Missing girl's mum, step-father arrested in Sydney

The disappearance of Kiesha Abrahams sparked a major search in the Mount Druitt area. Photo / AAP

There has been a major development in the case of missing Sydney girl Kiesha Abrahams with the arrest of the girl's mother and step-father.

The six-year-old was reported missing from her Mount Druitt home in Sydney's west on August 1 last year.

Kiesha's mother and step-father have been charged with her murder this morning, on what would have been her seventh birthday.

Kristi Abrahams, 28, and Robert Smith, 31, were arrested in a laneway in Freya St, Shalvey at about 1am this morning and taken to Mt Druitt police station to be questioned by homicide detectives.

They have been formally charged with the little girl's murder and will face Parramatta Bail Court today.

- AAP