Overview
- Police believe a body found beside a Tarneit playground is the 30-year-old abducted from a South Morang home, though formal identification is pending.
- Investigators say several men with machetes forced their way into the South Morang house, assaulted the victim, and dragged him into a dark-coloured car.
- The Homicide Squad says the attack appears targeted and is checking if a burned vehicle in Eynesbury is linked to the kidnapping and death.
- In a separate case, officers found a 31-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman dead inside a Werribee home, and detectives are not seeking other suspects as they await postmortem results.
- Police have cordoned the Tarneit and Werribee scenes, report the children at the South Morang address are safe with family, and ask drivers between South Morang and Tarneit to share dashcam footage.