Human remains found in search for missing Victorian woman Isla Bell
- Ms Bell was last seen on October 4
- Police have charged a man with murder
- READ MORE: Mate of missing Melbourne woman Isla Bell, 20, reveals she was about to tell her some exciting news - before she suddenly stopped typing
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A young woman has been found dead at a rubbish tip more than a month after vanishing while a man has been charged with murder.
Isla Bell, 19, was last seen leaving her Brunswick home, in Melbourne, at about 6pm on October 4, just days before her 20th birthday.
Her remains were found at a tip at Dandenong on Tuesday evening and are yet to be formally identified.
Victoria Police are investigating whether Ms Bell's remains had been placed into a household rubbish bin before they ended up at the tip.
Detectives from the Missing Persons Squad arrested three men after executing search warrants at two properties in Bentleigh East and Mulgrave.
Marat Ganiev, 53, has since been charged with murder, while Eyal Yaffe, 57, has been charged with assist offender (murder).
A 63-year-old Mulgrave man was also released pending further enquiries.
The Missing Persons Squad formally took over the investigation in late October.
Two men have been charged after police found suspected human remains in their search for 19-year-old Isla Bell
Ms Bell's family has been notified following the discovery at the tip.
Shortly after her disappearance, Ms Bell's best friend revealed their last conversation took place on October 7 - three days after she was reportedly last seen.
During that conversation, Ms Bell was keen to talk about a recent night out and a new friend.
'She was just about to tell me all about her night. She abruptly stopped replying before giving me any more details,' the anonymous friend said.
'She was very eager and excited to tell me all about it, then radio silence.'
Another friend said Ms Bell had struggled with mental health issues and did sometimes disappear for days at a time, but her recent disappearance was out of the ordinary.
'The messages to her friend the night she disappeared were really sus, real dodgy crowd,' they said.
'The police have been pinging her and such but to not much immediate avail.'
Ms Bell was last seen leaving her Brunswick home, in Melbourne’s inner city, about 6pm on October 4
Ms Bell's mother, Justine Spokes, also shared her worries online.
'My girl is missing and dearly missed,' she wrote on Facebook.
'She leaves an impression, she's hard to forget. She has a fighting spirit, sometimes it's loud and sometimes it's soft, always enduring.
'We're here for you bub. I love you my care bear.'
Ms Spokes later revealed the family had been planning to visit the Great Barrier Reef for Ms Bell's 20th birthday and became alarmed when they couldn't reach her.
'Hey bub. We're looking forward to our reef trip for your birthday coming up,' her mum wrote in a public message after she vanished.
'We've been trying to call you to book flights. Let us know your thoughts.
'We love you my darling.'
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