Search underway for missing nine-year-old girl in Blue Mountains
Police are currently carrying out a large-scale search for a missing nine-year-old girl in the Blue Mountains.
Charlise Mutten, 9, was reported missing from a Mt Wilson property at about 8.20am today.
Officers said Charlise has been missing since Thursday.
Charlise is described as being of Caucasian appearance, with brown hair.
It’s not known what she was wearing at the time.
Hundreds of officers, along with State Emergency Service (SES) and Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews, are looking through dense bushland at Mt Wilson.
Crews are looking in tents and bins for any sign of the child.
“A command post has been established at the Mt Wilson RFS Station with volunteers from the RFS and SES assisting police from the Blue Mountains Police Area Command, Police Rescue, the Dog Unit, and PolAir,” NSW Police said in a statement.
A woman was comforted by ambulance officers at the search centre before being taken to a Katoomba hospital.
Police are appealing for help from the public and have sent out geo-targeting messages.
Late this afternoon, a car was seized in Penrith by police.
The search will continue into this evening and begin again at first light tomorrow.
9News understands the homicide squad has been called in to assist local detectives.
