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| Daniel James Holdom appears in court charged with murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson | Daniel James Holdom appears in court charged with murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson |
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| A 41-year-old man faced court on Thursday charged with the murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson. | A 41-year-old man faced court on Thursday charged with the murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson. |
| Daniel James Holdom appeared via video link in Maitland local court, declining to apply for bail. | Daniel James Holdom appeared via video link in Maitland local court, declining to apply for bail. |
| Holdom said little during his brief appearance. At the start of the hearing the man’s lawyer told the court: “He does not wish to actually appear.” | |
| Magistrate John Chicken responded: “Given the nature of the charge ... I think it’s appropriate he be brought on screen.” | |
| Police said Holdom had been arrested at 4.15pm on Wednesday at Cessnock police station on the New South Wales mid-north coast. | Police said Holdom had been arrested at 4.15pm on Wednesday at Cessnock police station on the New South Wales mid-north coast. |
| Pearce-Stevenson was 20 when police allege she was killed “some time between 14 and 15 December 2008”. | Pearce-Stevenson was 20 when police allege she was killed “some time between 14 and 15 December 2008”. |
| Her body was found in Belanglo state forest in August 2010 but not identified until last week, when police verified she was the mother of a two-year-old discovered in July in a suitcase 1,200km away beside a South Australian highway. | Her body was found in Belanglo state forest in August 2010 but not identified until last week, when police verified she was the mother of a two-year-old discovered in July in a suitcase 1,200km away beside a South Australian highway. |
| Superintendent Mick Willing said on Thursday he believed the child, Khandalyce Pearce-Stevenson, had been murdered at some point after her mother “but we are trying to establish the exact time”. Police are yet to charge anyone with her death. | Superintendent Mick Willing said on Thursday he believed the child, Khandalyce Pearce-Stevenson, had been murdered at some point after her mother “but we are trying to establish the exact time”. Police are yet to charge anyone with her death. |
| Willing said the mother had “sustained certain injuries to her body but I cannot go any further into those injuries as the investigations are ongoing. | Willing said the mother had “sustained certain injuries to her body but I cannot go any further into those injuries as the investigations are ongoing. |
| “Now we know that others have knowledge of what occurred to Karlie and Khandalyce and we need those people to come forward. The time to do that is now.” | “Now we know that others have knowledge of what occurred to Karlie and Khandalyce and we need those people to come forward. The time to do that is now.” |
| Police alleged this week the people involved in killing the pair had used Pearce-Stevenson’s phone to text her family for years afterwards, asking for money and reassuring them they were safe. Pearce-Stevenson’s mother withdrew a missing person’s report she filed in 2009 because of texts indicating her daughter was alive. | Police alleged this week the people involved in killing the pair had used Pearce-Stevenson’s phone to text her family for years afterwards, asking for money and reassuring them they were safe. Pearce-Stevenson’s mother withdrew a missing person’s report she filed in 2009 because of texts indicating her daughter was alive. |
| They also allegedly accessed Pearce-Stevenson’s bank account to claim wages, welfare and other payments totalling more than $90,000. | They also allegedly accessed Pearce-Stevenson’s bank account to claim wages, welfare and other payments totalling more than $90,000. |
| A woman in a wheelchair, accompanied by a man, allegedly impersonated Pearce-Stevenson at a bank in South Australia in 2010. Police allege the same woman used identity documents for Khandalyce and her mother to claim payments at a Centrelink office in 2010. | A woman in a wheelchair, accompanied by a man, allegedly impersonated Pearce-Stevenson at a bank in South Australia in 2010. Police allege the same woman used identity documents for Khandalyce and her mother to claim payments at a Centrelink office in 2010. |
| Holdom will reappear in court on 11 November. | Holdom will reappear in court on 11 November. |