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Qld man held over body in wheelie bin
A 30-year-old man charged with murder after a decomposing body was found stuffed inside a wheelie bin in suburban Brisbane has appeared in court.
December 3, 2018
A man accused of murder after the grisly discovery of a decomposing body in a wheelie bin in Brisbane has been remanded in custody after a brief court appearance.
Adam John Charles Evans, 30, of Yeronga, is charged with murdering Kym Mitchell on November 26, six days before his body was discovered in the bin.
Evans appeared briefly in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday and was remanded in custody to reappear in the same court on January 21.
Mr Mitchell is understood to have been 61 and lived near to where his body was discovered on Saturday.
A second man, 38, has also been charged with his murder and will face court on Tuesday.
Evans, whose head was roughly and partially shaved, was not required to speak during his appearance.
No details of the alleged offence were read out in court, but police earlier said the victim was found in a bin outside a unit complex in Yeronga on Saturday night, after residents complained of a terrible smell.
Detective Inspector Mark Thompson said officers who attended the crime scene described it as “harrowing”, with the body believed to have been there for up to 10 days.
After making the grim find, police said they were looking for two men, aged 38 and 30, and two women, aged 27 and 23.
All four were located, and Evans and the 38-year-old man have been charged.
The youngest woman is still being questioned while the 27-year-old woman has been released without charge.