The 17-year-old boy’s remains were located in a shallow mineshaft in the Lerderderg State Park in Bacchus Marsh on Thursday 10 March and a homicide investigation was launched.
A 28-year-old Kawarren man was arrested on Friday and charged with one count of murder on Friday (27 May).
The man has been remanded in custody to reappear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 2 June.
