Missing toddler’s body found 11 years after disappearance, police believe

The body of a toddler who went missing more than a decade ago has been found buried in the yard of a home in Melbourne’s north-west, police believe.

At 1.30pm on Wednesday, Melton crime investigation detectives uncovered remains thought to be those of a child who went missing in 2014 at the Brookfield property. Police said the child was not reported missing at the time.

An investigation into the disappearance started earlier this year. Detectives, along with the missing persons squad, AFP and the major crime scene unit, began searching the scene on Monday.

“The coroner has been advised, and a postmortem will occur in due course,” police said. “The missing persons squad will now assume primacy of the investigation, which remains ongoing.

“The current residents of the property have no knowledge or connection to the investigation or to the people who lived at the property at the time.”

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