Boy, 16, charged with murder after police discover body of 13-year-old Layla Jeffery in Victorian bushland

Police said the teenage boy was known to both Layla and the police

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A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the discovery of human remains during a search for a missing teenage girl in regional Victoria.

The boy has been charged with one count of murder, detectives from Victoria’s missing persons squad said on Saturday evening.