A man has been charged with murder following the death of Chelsea Heights teenager Cayleb Hough.
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A 28-year-old Kawarren man was arrested on Friday and charged with one count of murder on Saturday.
He was remanded in custody overnight and faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Sunday.
He has been remanded in custody and will re-appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, June 2.
The 17-year-old boy’s remains were located in a shallow mineshaft in the Lerderderg State Park in Bacchus on Thursday 10 March and a homicide investigation was launched.
Cayleb had been missing since December 20 and was last seen in a blue Ford Falcon XR6 sedan leaving a party at a house in The Crescent at Highett in Melbourne's south-east.
The teenager's remains, found at the bottom of a shallow shaft in bush off Camerons Road, near Seerey Track, were still in the clothes he had last been seen in, including Nike shoes and Kobe Bryant basketball socks.
