A man has been charged with murder over the 2006 disappearance of Victorian man Christopher Jarvis, weeks after another man was sentenced over the decades-old cold case.
Missing Persons Squad detective today charged a 72-year-old man from Wangoom, near Warrnambool, with murder after the 38-year-old went missing in the same town.
He is expected to face Warrnambool Magistrates’ Court this afternoon.
It is the second breakthrough in the case in in weeks, after Glenn Fenwick, 61, was sentenced earlier this month after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Jarvis, was last seen around 6am on June 13 2006, when he left the home he shared with his partner and stepchildren on Warrne Road in Wangoom.
When he didn’t arrive at work, his colleagues contacted his partner around 7.30am.
His car was located on fire at popular Warrnambool lookout Thunder Point about 8am.
Initial enquiries deemed Jarvis’ disappearance as not suspicious, but the case was later handed over to the Missing Persons Squad following information from the public.
Jarvis’ remains have never been located.
Fenwick was sentenced to a maximum of five-and-a-half years jail on March 11, but could be eligible for parole as early as August this year.
The court heard Jarvis was killed over an ongoing property dispute.
In August 2023, prosecutors dropped a murder charge against a 71-year-old man in relation to the case.
Anyone with further information regarding Chris’ disappearance or the location of his body is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 300 000 or submit a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
