Karen Ristevski's childhood friend breaks down almost found body

Karen Ristevski's childhood friend has told how she almost found her rotting body.

Mrs Ristevski was killed in June 2016 by her husband Borce who dumped her body in Victoria's Mount Macedon Regional Park where it decomposed for eight months before police found it.

Ahead of his sentencing for manslaughter on Thursday, Mrs Ristevski's childhood friend Sam said she and her sister almost found the body while looking for her.  

Struggling to hold back tears in an emotional interview on the Today show, she recalled walking just 50 metres from the body without realising.   

'In Macedon my sister said, "I can smell something",' she said.

'I said, "Don't worry, it's probably just a kangaroo". Later on, we found that's where she was found.'    

Ahead of his sentencing for manslaughter on Thursday, Mrs Ristevski's childhood friend Sam  (pictured) said she and her sister almost found the body while looking for her

Ahead of his sentencing for manslaughter on Thursday, Mrs Ristevski's childhood friend Sam  (pictured) said she and her sister almost found the body while looking for her

Borce Ristevski (centre) will learn his fate on Thursday after entering a shock guilty plea last month to reveal he killed his wife Karen (left)

Borce Ristevski (centre) will learn his fate on Thursday after entering a shock guilty plea last month to reveal he killed his wife Karen (left)

Borce Ristevski entered a guilty plea last month with an unexpected admission on the eve of his five-week scheduled murder trial in mid-March - after vehemently denying involvement in Karen's death for almost three years. 

Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale ruled that Ristevski's actions after the killing, when he played the role of grieving husband, could not be used to prove 'murderous intent'.

A new indictment with the lesser charge of manslaughter was subsequently filed and Ristevski pleaded guilty.   

Following the admission, Sarah gave her father a glowing character reference during a pre-sentence plea hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.  

'If I could use a few words to describe my dad's personality they would be loving, caring, sympathetic, protective and charismatic,' Sarah said in the character reference that goes on for more than one page.

'Growing up as a family my mum, dad and I were completely inseparable.

'We would spend all of our spare time together and family was everything to us. The love we had for each other was unexplainable, and everyone in our lives saw it.' 

The sentence was delivered by Justice Christopher Beale in the Supreme Court of Victoria at 10.30am on Thursday morning

The sentence was delivered by Justice Christopher Beale in the Supreme Court of Victoria at 10.30am on Thursday morning 

Sarah said she had never witnessed her father act violently towards her mother.

'My dad has not had any prior convictions or issues with the law, and I can confidently say that in my 23 years and I have never witnessed any form of violence between my mum and dad,' she said.

Dress shop-owner Karen disappeared from the

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