Dimensions
136 x 208 x 19mm
On New Years Day 1998, the body of an infant child was discovered in Blue Rock Dam near the town of Moe in eastern Victoria. Although the body had been submerged for some time, the cold water in the dam had prevented rapid decomposition. To Detective Sergeant Rowland Leg of Victoria's homicide squad, the child's face was instantly recognisable. It was a face that had been etched into Australia's national consciousness, and conscience, since a little boy had disappeared in bizarre circumstances six months earlier. It was the face of Jaidyn Raymond Leskie.
The discovery of Jaidyn's battered body brought to a close one of the biggest searches for a missing person in Australia's history. However, it did little to answer the myriad questions surrounding the murder. What happened on the night of Jaidyn's disappearance? What was the relevance of a pig's head, found on the front lawn of the house from which he allegedly vanished? How could a society such as ours have allowed his heinous crime to happen? And, most importantly, who killed Jaidyn, and why?
