An expert can't determine how a young woman died because her body was crushed in a garbage truck six weeks after she was allegedly murdered, a court has heard.

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Marat Ganiev, 53, is accused of killing Isla Bell on October 7, 2024, three days after the 19-year-old was last seen leaving her Brunswick home in Melbourne's north.

Her remains were found at a rubbish tip in the city's southeast on November 19.

Ganiev faced Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link on Monday, listening through an interpreter for the start of h

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