'She was screaming, shrieking in terror': Neighbours reveal horrific scenes as 18-month-old baby boy is found dead in a suburban home - before man and a woman are arrested
- Detectives investigating death of an 18-month-old boy in Melbourne's southeast
- Man and woman arrested following the death of child in Langwarrin on Monday
- Emergency services were called to an address in Potts Road about 4.10pm
- Crews worked on an 18-month-old boy but he could not be revived
A woman was heard screaming and shrieking in terror moments before an 18-month-old boy was found dead at a home in Melbourne's south-east.
Homicide detectives and emergency services were called to Potts Road in Langwarrin at about 4.10pm on Monday after reports a child was injured.
Paramedics performed CPR on the toddler, but he could not be revived.
Police arrested a woman and a man at the scene.
A man and a woman were arrested following the death of a child in an 18-month-old boy in Melbourne 's south-east on Monday
Neighbour Craig Blackwell said he heard an argument for about half-an-hour before police arrived at the house.
'Very quickly the argument turned to hysteria and you could tell something had happened,' Mr Blackwell told the Herald Sun.
'She was screaming, shrieking in terror.'
Mr Blackwell said he often heard screaming and arguments from the house.
He said last Friday at about midnight he approached the home to tell them to be quiet.
'A couple of blokes in the house at the time said for me to get f***d or they would bash me,' he said.
Emergency services were called to an address in Potts Road about 4.10pm after reports that a child was injured
Another resident, who lives across the road, said the woman was hysterical when police handcuffed her.
The resident's partner said shortly after the tragedy, a woman arrived at the house claiming to be the grandmother of the children.
Share this article
'She [the grandmother] was distraught,' the neighbour told The Age.
'She didn't know what had happened. She was asking to see the kids.
'I don't care about her (the arrested woman), just let me see the kids.'
The grandmother was reportedly heard telling officers the children's father had previously died in a motorcycle accident.
Neighbours said the arrested woman had lived at the rental property for less than a year, but they were not aware if she had a partner.
Police said the arrested pair are assisting with enquires.
A next door neighbour said there had never been issues with the family in the past
