KAREN RISTEVSKI: HOW THE MYSTERY UNFOLDED
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June 29, 2016
* Karen Ristevski last seen at her Melbourne home in Avondale Heights
* Her mobile phone pings off a tower in the Macedon Ranges
* A car similar to her black Mercedes SLK coupe spotted by CCTV cameras near Diggers Rest railway station
July 14, 2016
* Husband Borce Ristevski and daughter Sarah make a tearful plea for information to help find their missing wife and mother
December 19, 2016
* Police search grassland, waterways, creeks and farms
February 20, 2017
* Karen Ristevski's body found at Mount Macedon Regional Park
March 6, 2017
* Funeral service held with Borce Ristevski a pallbearer and daughter Sarah leading the procession
August 31, 2017
* Police recreate the journey of Ms Ristevski on the day she went missing in a black Mercedes, identical to hers
December 13, 2017
* Borce Ristevski charged with murder and faces court where a lawyer indicates a not-guilty plea and he is remanded in custody
April 18, 2018
* Ristevski returns to court where it's revealed detectives tapped phone calls and planted listening devices as they investigated the alleged killing, compiling a 22,000-page evidence brief
* Ristevski is granted state-funded legal aid as he fights the allegations
July 16, 2018
* Ristevski's two-week committal hearing begins and later hears evidence from his daughter Sarah who said he was never "aggressive" towards her mum.
August 2, 2018
* Ristevski ordered to stand trial in the Supreme Court charged with murdering his wife
December 4, 2018
* A five-week trial for Ristevski is set for March 2019
March 13, 2018
* A day before a jury is due to be empanelled for his murder trial, Borce Ristevski pleads guilty to manslaughter after prosecutors withdraw the murder charge.
Australian Associated Press
