UPDATE 10:46pm: POLICE are hunting a child killer after the body of a missing toddler was found, six hours after he vanished from a suburban home while his mum was having a shower.
The Indian boy, Gurshan Singh Kaurchanna, 3, who was on a three-month holiday in Australia with his parents, disappeared from a house in Lalor about 1.10pm.
His body was found by a council worker in grassland about 20km away near Melbourne Airport six hours later.
Police tonight confirmed it was murder.
Earlier, his distraught family, due to leave Australia tomorrow week, had told how they feared he had been kidnapped.
"He was home playing. The mother was out the back of the house in the bathroom. When she went looking for him she found the security door ajar," Sgt Geoff Gauci told the Herald Sun.
The Indian consul general in Melbourne was told of the tragedy by the State Government in light of recent attacks on Indian nationals.As soon as she discovered her son was missing, mum Harpreet Kaur, who is studying in Australia, and another member of the household frantically searched the home.
When they couldn't find the boy, Ramen Deep Singh, the cousin of the boy's father, Harjit Singh, called police.
A huge air and ground search was mounted and police called for help from the public to find the youngster.
The search was stepped up about 4pm when 50 SES volunteers joined 15 police units and the police airwing in the huge hunt.
His frantic parents were supported by relatives during the search.
"Maybe someone picked him up - whatever. I don't know," Ms Kaur said before the body was found.Ramen Deep Singh told the Herald Sun he was worried someone may have taken the "mischievous" toddler.
"I think someone pinched the baby," he said.
Mr Singh described the boy as playful.
"He's a very naughty boy, mischievous."
A council worker saw the boy's body lying in grassland near the intersection of Wildwood and St Johns roads in Oaklands Junction about 6pm.
About 7.30pm the child's father and a woman, believed to be his mother, were taken from the Lalor home in separate police cars.
Homicide squad detectives and forensic police headed to the scene of the tragic find near the back of Melbourne airport.
Police tonight started to canvass the area, looking for witnesses who may have noticed anyone acting suspiciously near the intersection.
Police initially hoped the boy had wandered off, but their concerns mounted by the hour until the body was found.
A post-mortem examination was to be performed last night to establish how and when the boy died.
The investigation was initially handled by detectives from Epping but the homicide squad was called in when the boy's body was found.
- with Mark Buttler
My critique--
A toddler murder tragic again!A 3 year old Indian toddler who was on 3 month holiday in Australia was killed! Why all these innocent children have to be the victim of the murderers? Why are they so cruel? I really hope that the policemen with the cooperation of detectives can find the sinner as soon as possible so to return the victim's family a justice. Besides, returning back the peace of the society. All the parents and children should also be aware of the risks all the time....
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