The family of Brisbane schoolgirl Larissa Beilby are shattered by confirmation it was her body that was found inside a barrel on the Gold Coast last week.
Police are providing counselling for the 16-year-old's parents and relatives after confirming Larissa had been murdered.
Her boyfriend, 34-year-old Zlatko Sikorsky, was on Sunday charged with the Craigslea State High School student's killing.
"With a broken heart shattered into more than a million pieces our family is utterly destroyed to inform you all that Larissa has been taken from us," Larissa's sister Deanna posted on Facebook on Sunday.
"Our beautiful girl has been reunited with our beloved wife and mother.
"Fly high our darling angel, until we see you again Rissy."
Larissa was last seen in the north Brisbane suburb of Sandgate on June 15.
She was reported missing by her father Peter Beilby on Tuesday, a day before police discovered her body in a barrel placed on the tray of an abandoned ute at Stapylton.
Despite reports the body was Larissa's, the family had held on to hope until a formal identification came from police on Saturday.
Inspector Damien Hansen told reporters support for her relatives would be ongoing.
"It will be devastating for them and we certainly are giving them all the support that we can and so to are counsellors from the Queensland Homicide Victim support group," Insp Hansen said.
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