Hundreds of devastated mourners have held a candlelit vigil to pay their respects to schoolgirl Charlise Mutten after her body was tragically discovered in a barrel.
Friends, family and fellow students of the nine-year-old congregated outside the front gates of Tweed Heads Public School on the Gold Coast on Wednesday night.
Many of the young mourners held candles as they stood outside the gates adorned with countless bunches of flowers, pink balloons, cards and photos of Charlise.
The schoolgirl’s body