The three people charged with the murder of a Wangaratta man whose body was found in a burnt out car at Bunbartha on Christmas Eve have been remanded in custody.
Kylie Anne Stott, 37, of Shepparton, Danny Clarke, 38, of Shepparton and Dimitri D’Elio 24, of Mooroopna are charged with the murder of 19-year-old Wangaratta man Charlie Gander.
The trio faced the Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, January 3 in filing hearings.
Firefighters were called to a car fire on Loch Garry Rd about 10am on December 24, 2022.
After the fire was extinguished, the body of Mr Gander was located inside the vehicle.
The three were charged with murder on December 30.
The court heard from prosecutor Senior Constable Caitlin McLeod that police investigators would need 16 weeks for pathology report results “because of the state of his body”.
The court also heard from a Homicide Squad officer that there was “potentially hours” of CCTV footage that would need to be looked at as part of the police investigation.
He also said forensic analysis would need to be done on evidence that was seized as part of police investigations.
The officer also told the court police inquiries were ongoing.
“We need 18 weeks to get full detail and full understanding of the evidence,” the officer said.
“It’s a very complex case.”
Magistrate David Faram ordered that hand-up briefs of evidence be served on the lawyers of all three people by May 16.
None of the three applied for bail, and they were all remanded in custody until their next court appearance on June 27.
The court heard Ms Stott suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, separation anxiety from being apart from her children, and chronic back pain from an accident where she was hit by a car.
She is also withdrawing from cannabis and methamphetamines.
The court heard Mr Clarke suffers from depression and anxiety and has back pain.
His solicitor said there may also be polysubstance abuse issues.
Mr D’Elio has diagnosed depression.