Authorities search for 9yo girl missing from Blue Mountains

The nine-year-old girl missing from a Blue Mountains property since Thursday was visiting from Queensland, police revealed, as they co-ordinated a large scale search for her on Saturday.

A nine-year-old-girl who disappeared from a Blue Mountains home on Thursday was staying with family after visiting from Queensland for the school holidays.

Police are continuing a desperate search for a Charlise Mutten who disappeared from a property in Mount Wilson on Thursday.

Charlise was reported missing from the home of a family member by her parents at 8.20am on Friday, after she was last seen on Thursday.

Police have confirmed she had been staying at the residence for “a couple of weeks” over the school holidays, and that she usually resides in Queensland.

Police hold grave concerns for her welfare, and the homicide squad has been called in to assist in the search, which continued through rough bushland overnight.

A frantic search is under way for Charlise Mutten. Picture: NSW Police

A frantic search is under way for Charlise Mutten. Picture: NSW Police

Blue Mountains Police Area Commander Acting Superintendent John Nelson said police were throwing all their resources at the search to find the missing girl.

“She’s a nine-year-old girl and she’s missing, we’re here to pull out every stop to find her,” he said.

A NSW Police spokesperson confirmed the Mount Wilson home was searched and that a car was seized from a Penrith location for examination. The property remains under police guard.

“That’s part of a standard investigation, our primary task is to locate her,” Acting Superintendent Nelson said.

“(Her family) have given us a bunch of information, they are helping us in the search.”

Emergency crews convene at a command post on Saturday. Picture: Tim Hunter

Acting Superintendent John Nelson said they are co-ordinating a large scale search. Picture: Tim Hunter

A full-scale operation involving hundreds of officers, helicopters, the dog squad, Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service was launched on Friday, while geo-targeting text messages have been sent out to people in the Blue Mountains area.

Crews searched nearby campsites in the Blue Mountains National Park on Friday afternoon, looking inside tents and bins.

Search crews on motorcycles on Saturday. Picture: Tim Hunter

Police officers join in the search. Picture: Tim Hunter

SES personnel and Rural Fire Service crews have joined the search on Friday. Picture: TNV

By Saturday afternoon, police divers were searching creeks nearby the Mount Wilson home.

A command post has been established at the Mt Wilson Rural Fire Service Station, where a Charlise’s mother was comforted by NSW Ambulance paramedics before she was taken to Katoomba Hospital late on Friday.

“For any parent it’s a very distressing scenario and we are providing her with the support we can,” Acting Superintendent Nelson said.

Charlise is described as being of Caucasian appearance, between 130cm and 140cm tall, of thin build, with brown hair and brown eyes.

It is believed she was wearing a pink top with a round neck collar, a black knee-length skirt and pink Nike thongs at the time of her disappearance.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

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