Bodies of father, 46, and his six-month-old son may have laid undiscovered in his car for DAYS after suspected murder-suicide
- Bodies of man, 46 and his six-month-old son found on isolated track in forest
- Council workers discovered the two bodies lying in a Holden Commodore
- Police believe the bodies could've been in the car for days before being found
The bodies of a father and his baby may have been left undiscovered in a car for days after a suspected murder-suicide.
A 46-year-old man from Brisbane and his six-month-old son were found in a red Holden Commodore on Wednesday morning parked on an isolated track in the Beerwah State Forest on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Council workers discovered the bodies at 8am - but police now think they could have been sitting in the car for almost a week.
A father and his baby son may have been left undiscovered in a car for days after a suspected murder-suicide (pictured)
Council workers discovered the bodies at about 8am - but police now think they were sitting in the car for days
A 46-year-old man from Brisbane and his six-month-old son were found on an isolated track in the Beerwah State Forest (pictured) on Queensland's Sunshine Coast
Detective Inspector Dave Drinnen said council employees made the grisly discovery while they were working.
'It's extremely distressing, it's a very tragic incident. The mother was distraught, as you can imagine,' he said.
Det Insp Drinnen said the baby was reported missing on Monday and that the mother and father had recently separated.
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The baby's father was due to hand the child over to his mother as part of a custody arrangement, but never arrived at the allocated time.
Det Insp Drinnen also confirmed that no amber alert was issued, despite the fact the child was missing for more than 36 hours.
Police are now investigating why the alert - which urgently broadcasts a photo of a missing child to media outlets - was never issued.
Police (pictured at the scene) are investigating whether the man killed the child before taking his own life
'The father and the child failed to turn up as a result of some custody arrangements,' Det Insp Drinnen said.
'The mother was concerned... so [police did] welfare checks initially, before this was reported as a missing person investigation.
'This was treated as a high-risk missing person investigation ... to try and locate the missing person and child.'
No weapons were found in the car and the cause of the deaths is yet to be established.
Police said the bodies had been in the car for 'some time'.
Daily Mail Australia understands a witness told investigators he saw a red Holden parked in the same spot on Tuesday.
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The bodies were found inside a car on Roys Road (pictured) on Wednesday morning
