PICTURED: 'Beautiful and innocent baby William, six months, found dead in a car next to the body of his father, 46, in shocking murder-suicide - as the child's family says his distraught mother was 'let down by courts' in custody battle
- A six-month-old baby was found dead alongside his father in rural Queensland
- The body of baby William was discovered at 8am Wednesday on Sunshine Coast
- Council workers made the grim discovery of William and his 46-year-old father
- Baby's relatives are raising funds to help his devastated mum pay for his funeral
- Police believe the bodies could've been in the car for days before being found
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Six-month-old baby William (pictured) was killed by his father in a suspected murder-suicide in remote Queensland
The shattered family of a baby boy killed by his own father in a suspected murder-suicide say he should never have died and claim his mother was 'let down' by the justice system.
Baby William, just six months old, was found dead in a car on an isolated track in the Beerwah State Forest, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, on Wednesday morning.
Council workers discovered the bodies of William and his 46-year-old father at 8am - but police are now investigating whether they had been in the car for up to a week.
The baby boy's relative Katie Buckingham, who has set up a fundraising page to help baby William's mother with funeral expenses, said the child's death was the 'saddest day for everyone involved' and that his mother was 'devastated'.
Relative Katie Buckingham said the death of baby William (pictured) was the 'saddest day for everyone involved' and that his mother was 'devastated'
The bodies of William and his 46-year-old father were found inside a red Holden Commodore (pictured) on a remote track on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
'This mother needs all the help we can give her so she can grieve for the loss of her child,' Ms Buckingham said.
'This should never have happened! The courts have let her down and not kept the baby's father away from her son!
'Now this beautiful and innocent baby boy has been taken from her by the man who did nothing but make her life hell.'
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Ms Buckingham has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to help William's mum pay for his funeral.
'She says she needs to go back to work to pay the mortgage and for her babies funeral,' the mother's cousin wrote on the fundraising page.
'Please help her and her kids to be able to pay for everything they need to so that they can grieve.'
Detective Inspector Dave Drinnen said council employees made the grisly discovery while they were working in the remote forrest.
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
'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.
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 bodies were found inside a car on Roys Road (pictured) on Wednesday morning
'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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