Toddler found dead inside a Melbourne house was a 'bubbly little boy who loved trucks' - as his mother and her new boyfriend are interviewed by police
- Jaidyn Gomes, one, was found dead in a home at Langwarrin on Monday evening
- Stacie Amy Saggers, a 35-year-old mum-of-two, was arrested after the incident
- Jaidyn's grandmother remembered him as a 'bubbly little boy' who loved trucks
- Neighbours say they heard 'shrieks of terror' coming from the home on Tuesday
- Police have arrested another man over the incident and he is being interviewed
An 18-month-old boy found dead inside his family home was a 'bubbly little boy' who loved playing with his brother, his distraught relatives revealed.
Jaidyn Gomes was discovered dead inside the home at Langwarrin, south-east of Melbourne, about 4pm on Monday.
His mum Stacie Amy Saggers, 35, and another man were arrested at the scene and are being interviewed by Victoria Police over the incident.
Friends said Ms Saggers had been a sole parent to Jaidyn and her other son since the death of her partner Christopher in a motorbike accident in November last year.
Stacie Amy Saggers, 35, was arrested on Monday after the death of her son Jaidyn Gomes, 18 months
Ms Saggers had been a sole parent to Jaidyn and her other son since the death of her partner Christopher in a motorbike accident in November last year
The toddler's distraught grandmother spoke at the family home on Tuesday morning, remembering the fun times her grandson spent at her home.
'When I had him, he was always full of cuddles,' she said.
'(He was a) bubbly little boy. I found Jaidyn to be outgoing. It's really sad.
'He liked trucks. He had a little old plastic truck at my house, he would constantly play with that.'
Neighbours claimed they heard Ms Saggers shrieking in terror moments before her son was discovered dead.
Homicide detectives and emergency services arrived at the home about 4.10pm on Monday after receiving reports that a child was injured.
Paramedics performed CPR on the toddler, but he could not be revived.
A tricycle sits outside the home on Potts Road at Langwarrin, in Melbourne's south-east
Police attended the home about 4pm and arrested a man and a woman
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.
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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.
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.
Emergency services were called to an address in Potts Road about 4.10pm after reports that a child was injured
'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.'
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.
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