A man has been arrested over the disappearance of Leisl Smith, who went missing from the Central Coast in 2012.
\nLeisl Smith, then aged 23, was last seen about 1pm on Sunday 19 August 2012, leaving her Wallarah home.
\nConcerned family members alerted police when she failed to return home and she could not be located or contacted.
\nExtensive searches were conducted for Leisl; however, police have been unable to locate her.
\nStrike Force Wehl \u2013 comprising detectives from Tuggerah Lakes Police District \u2013 was subsequently formed to investigate her disappearance.
\nLeisl\u2019s car, a Honda Accord, was found abandoned at the Tuggerah Railway Station car park on Wednesday 26 September 2012.
\nStrike Force detectives spoke to a then 42-year-old man before searching two properties in Wallarah and Brookfield on Thursday 4 April 2013, seizing a number of items.
\nFurther properties were searched bordering the Golden Highway at Merriwa, approximately 60km west of Scone, in the upper Hunter Valley.
\nThe investigation has been ongoing since this time.
\nAbout 5.10pm (Thursday 18 October 2018), detectives from Tuggerah Lakes Police District
\narrested a 48-year-old man on the Gwydir Highway, west of Inverell.
\nHe was taken to Inverell Police Station where he was charged with murder.
\nHe was refused bail and will appear in Inverell Local Court on Friday 19 October 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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