On New Year's 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
Senior Sergeant Rowland Legg 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 this heinous crime to happen? And, most importantly, who killed Jaidyn, and why?
In researching the Jaidyn Leskie murder, author Michael Gleeson, a crime reporter with Melbourne's Herald Sun, was granted unprecedented access to police case diaries and files. As a result, Gleeson's is the only authoritative and detailed examination of a crime that chilled a nation. The conclusion? Read the book, and make up your own mind.