Police have called off the bushland search for the remains of schoolgirl Quanne Diec south of Sydney.
Murder-accused Vinzent Tarantino led police to an area of dense bush in Bulli Tops, near Wollongong, on Wednesday, where the 12-year-old’s body is believed to be buried.
Tarantino was charged with murder after walking into Surry Hills police station on Sunday and remains in custody.
A police spokesman said investigators were “consolidating a plan” in the search for the girl’s remains.
After Wednesday’s trek through bushland with a handcuffed Tarantino, investigators would discuss the most likely burial sites, police said.
Tarantino, who changed his name from Victor Gerada, is alleged to have kidnapped the girl with the intent to hold her for ransom before causing Quanne “a substantial injury” that ended her life.
The search at Gerada’s family home in Granville had also concluded, police said on Thursday.
Quanne disappeared a few hundred metres from her Granville home as she made her way to school on the morning of 27 July 1998.