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1. Police dig up backyard in search for a toddler.
Police have started digging up the backyard of a Queensland home in search for a New South Wales toddler who went missing almost a decade ago.
Police established a crime scene in Woodridge, south of Brisbane, with officers from NSW and Queensland working together to identify any links to the boy.
So far, some items have been seized from the area which will undergo forensic testing for solid conclusions to be drawn.
In 2007, when the 22-month-old boy went missing, he had begun living with some relatives from his extended family.
However, it was only in January of this year that his immediate family reported him missing, by force of a NSW magistrate.
The magistrate was hearing a case involving the boy’s family when he questioned the location of the toddler, who would now be aged around 11.
The family informed the magistrate that he had gone to live with relatives elsewhere, and after police investigated their claims, they failed to find him.
The family of the child had never tried to find him.
Police have also been searching other property they believe may be involved in the toddler’s disappearance, which is being investigated by the homicide squad.