Jakarta Forum - POLICE have located a shallow grave site where they believe the body of missing girl Kiesha Abrahams is located. 
Scores of police are searching the area close by the grave, which was found in bushland at Shalvey, in Sydney's west.
A senior police source said once forensic officers had scoured the area, they will dig up the grave.
The mother and step-father of the missing Mt Druitt girl have been charged with her murder this morning, on what would have been her seventh birthday.
Kristi Abrahams, 28, and Robert Smith, 31, were arrested in a laneway in Freya St, Shalvey at about 1am this morning and taken to Mt Druitt police station to be questioned by homicide detectives.
They have been formally charged with the little girl's murder and have just faced Parramatta Bail Court today.
Their solicitor told the Magistrate Ms Abrahams was "immensely distraught this morning."
Neither of them applied for bail and it was formally refused, meaning they will remain in custody until their next appearance in Penrith Local Court next Friday.
Court documents say police allege the pair murdered Kiesha at Mount Druitt between July 20 and July 27 last year, about a week before she was reported missing.
Police have set up a crime scene in bushland near Shalvey.
More than a dozen locals have converged on Mt Druitt police station to shout abuse at the pair.
Several officers were forced to go into the alleyway to control the growing crowd and stop them chasing after a paddy wagon.
The first car is believed to have been carrying only of the one of the pair.
It is understood the two will be held at Penrith Remand Centre ahead of their court appearance this morning.
Robert Smith's mother Rebecca is in Mt Druitt hospital after experiencing chest pains early this morning.
Six-year-old Kiesha was reported missing from her home in Woodstock Avenue last August, and since then Ms Abrahams and Mr Smith have been interviewed by police on at least two occasions.
Police set up a task force named Strike Force Jarocin last year to investigate her disappearance.
The pair issued a plea for information just days after they reported Kiesha missing, with a tearful Ms Abrahams begging people "anyone that's seen her can they please go to the police''.
Mr Smith also said during their appeal that he had no idea where his stepdaughter was, saying "If I had any idea we'd be there looking.''
Source: www.couriermail.com.au
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