UPDATE 9pm: The crowdfunding page has been removed. Updated story here
THE grieving family of Danielle Easey say someone pretending to be a family member has created a fundraising page in an attempt to gain donations following the Lake Macquarie woman's death.
In a post shared widely on social media at the weekend, Ms Easey's mother Jennifer Collier said a page had been set up by an unknown person in the name of Ms Easey's father.
"I'd just like to let everyone know if they see a Go Fund Me page for Danielle made by her dad Col, do not donate please," she wrote.
"He did not write it, or nor did any other family member."
It comes just days after two people were charged in connection to the murder of the 29-year-old mother-of-two, whose body was found wrapped in plastic floating in Cockle Creek near Wakefield Road at Killingworth on August 31.
Police allege Ms Easey was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of a home at Reeves Street, Narara, on August 17, before later being dumped in the creek.
Mr Dilosa, who has denied any involvement in Ms Easey's death, has been charged with murder and did not apply for bail in Belmont Local Court on Friday.
Ms McHenry, 32, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder and dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, with police alleging she posed as Ms Easey online, after her death, and asked her mother for money. Her bail was refused in Toronto Local Court on Friday.
A Go Fund Me page in the name of Danielle Easey appeared to have been removed on Sunday and had raised $15 of its $5000 target.
Another page, purported to be created by Colin Easey on another fundraising platform, had raised $5 on Sunday.
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