Advertisement A second person has been charged with murder over the death of Ballarat mother Kobie Parfitt. A 32-year-old woman who is currently in a correctional facility faces one count of murder, according to Victoria Police. She will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday. Ballarat mother Kobie Parfitt. Credit:Victoria Police The fresh charge comes a month after Wendouree man Brendon James Prestage fronted court charged with one count of murder in relation to Ms Parfitt’s disappearance. The 31-year-old was arrested in Kinglake in December with the help of Victoria’s Critical Incident Response Team. Remains police believe belong to Ms Parfitt were found at the bottom of a mineshaft last month at Snake Valley, a town 27 kilometres west of Ballarat. The 43-year-old vanished from her Hickman Street home in Ballarat on April 28.