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Third Teenager Faces Murder Charge Over Sunshine Coast Home Invasion

Her arrest brings the total number of suspects to three.

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Overview

  • The 18-year-old woman from Bethania was arrested July 22 and is charged with murder, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, multiple break-in offences and burglary.
  • She joins a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old boy who were charged last week with murder after allegedly entering Zdravko Bilic’s Warana home on July 14.
  • Operation X-ray Elting detectives recovered the suspected murder weapon and have sent the knife for forensic analysis.
  • Investigators used mobile-phone tracking to trace the teenagers’ movements across more than 100 kilometres before their arrests.
  • Police are urging residents with CCTV or information from 11:00pm July 13 to 7:35pm July 14 in the Warana area to come forward.