Overview
- Homicide detectives located human remains covered in grass on Havelock Road in Clarkefield on Wednesday, concluding a week‑long search linked to an alleged Wildwood shooting.
- Police have not yet formally identified the remains and have ordered a post‑mortem examination to confirm identity and establish cause of death.
- The missing man has been reported as 37‑year‑old Khaled Malas, who vanished after an alleged shooting at a Wildwood property on August 19 following a dispute.
- A 56‑year‑old Wildwood man was arrested on August 20 after CCTV placed him in Greenvale and has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury while police say they may consider alternate charges after the autopsy.
- Malas’s family have publicly appealed for information and local reporting has linked the dispute to a large unpaid debt, an unverified detail that investigators are still probing as the case moves through forensic work and upcoming court hearings.