Arrest in Australian double killing case

A man has been arrested for the killing of a woman, whose skeletal remains were found in an Australian forest 750 miles from where her daughter’s body was discovered dumped in a suitcase.

The arrest came a week after police identified the remains of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson, 20, and her daughter, Khandalyce Pearce, 2, and seven years after police say the pair were killed at different times and in different locations.

Fraudsters used Ms Pearce-Stevenson’s mobile phone for three years after her death to convince family and friends she was still alive, police said.