Two people have been charged with the murder of a missing man whose remains were found stuffed in a wheelie bin, police have announced.
SA Police found the torso of then-missing man Geoffrey McLean in a wheelie bin in a vacant lot in Salisbury South back in October last year.
Mr McLean’s torso was located in a wheelie bin in October. Pictures: Facebook
He had been missing since August. Pictures: Facebook
On Friday, Detective Inspector Mark McEachern from the Major Crime Branch told reporters a 51-year-old northern suburbs man and a 49-year-old woman have been arrested and charged with Mr McLean’s murder.
Mr McEachern said police allege the woman was known to Mr McLean.
He said the pair were also alleged to have attacked Mr McLean before his death.
“I can say that the female we arrested today is known to Mr McLean, and with respect to the 51-year-old male, we don’t believe he is known to Mr McLean but we do believe he is known to the female we have arrested today,” he said.
“The other offences that the male from yesterday has been charged with are aggravated assault, aggravated serious trespass and attempted murder, and they relate to assaults upon Mr McLean that occurred in April last year.
SA police divers searched for Mr McLean before his torso was found. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe
“A female this morning has been charged with, in addition to murder, aggravated assault, aggravated serious criminal trespass, attempted murder, arson, an aggravated cause serious harm, and those offences occurred in April and May last year.”
In February, police released CCTV footage of two people acting suspiciously near the lot where Mr McLean’s torso was dumped.
He was reported missing in late August and SA Police began a major search operation for him in September but believed he was dead.
Police later confirmed the wheelie bin used to discard some of Mr McLean’s body parts had been stolen from an address about 900m from the scene in Eastview Street at Brahma Lodge.
Police allege the wheelie bin was stolen some time after his murder.
More to come.