Overview
- Officers searching the Brookfield property on Monday uncovered yet-to-be-identified human remains during a preliminary excavation around 1:30pm, and the coroner was notified.
- Police say the case concerns a toddler who vanished around 2014 without a missing-person report, and a postmortem will be conducted.
- Victoria Police state the current occupants have no link to the matter, and the homeowner said officers believed a body was buried metres from his back door.
- Sources told the ABC the family living there at the time stopped paying rent, damaged the house and left, and police say they were only alerted to the disappearance earlier this year.
- The investigation is being led by the Missing Persons Squad with specialist support, and media reports indicate a relative’s tip and a possible move by the family overseas, possibly to Albania, are part of inquiries.