A 27-year-old man has been arrested after human remains were found a month after the suspicious dissappearance of Joshua Bishop.
The 23-year-old was last seen by his housemate on Lalor Cresent in Sunbury, north-west of Melbourne, at about 9.30pm on May 27.
He was reported missing by his mother two days later and a park in Broadmeadows was searched after his phone was tracked there on the same day he was last seen.
Nothing was discovered but on Saturday police found a body after they executed a warrent at a home in Erinbank Crescent in Westmeadows on Saturday.
A crime scene has been established and a 27-year-old man was arrested. He was expected to be interviewed about the body, which has not been formally identified.
Police said the investigation was ongoing and anyone with information was urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Mr Bishop’s parents had made a public plea to find their son, with father Travis saying they just wanted him home safe.
‘We want him to know we love him, we’re here for him,’ he said. ‘I don’t know how people go through this.’
Joshua Bishop has been missing for a month
Joshua Bishop hasn’t been heard of since his roommate saw him on May 27
Mr Bishop’s phone and bank accounts were inactive since his disappearance and nobody had heard from him.
His abandoned car, a white Toyota Corolla, was discovered by investigators on Ridley Street, in Albion, on Wednesday, June 4.
Friends of Mr Bishop believed his car was stolen but no formal theft report was filed.
Earlier this month detectives said they were looking into whether Mr Bishop may have been involved in criminal activity prior to his disappearance.
‘The more time passes without us hearing Joshua or getting any information about his whereabouts, the more we believe his disappearance is likely to be suspicious,’ Acting Detective Sergeant Matthew Wilson-Hawe said.
Mr Bishop’s mother, Kristie, appeared at a press conference alongside his father pleading with the public to help bring her son home.
‘Josh was really open with me. We had a really good relationship,’ she said.
‘This is not something he would do unless he felt he had to. This is just… definitely out of character.’
