Man charged with stabbing murder of daughter
Allegedly threatened to kill her several times
Toddler's body found dumped in grassland
A man will face a Melbourne court today charged with stabbing his two-year-old daughter to death after picking her up for an access visit.
Ramazan Acar, 23, of Meadow Heights in Melbourne's north, collected his daughter Yazmina from his ex-partner's house at Hallam, in Melbourne's southeast, on Wednesday evening.
Homicide squad Detective Senior Constable Scott Jones told an out-of-sessions hearing last night that Mr Acar threatened to kill Yazmina during several telephone calls made to him by the girl's mother as he drove to an address at Campbellfield, near Meadow Heights.
Police allege Mr Acar stabbed his little girl at the Campbellfield address.
Yazmina's body was found in a field beside the Greenvale Reservoir, near his home, about 1.35am AEDT yesterday.
An autopsy conducted yesterday afternoon found the girl died from multiple stab wounds, Det Jones said.
Mr Acar is accused of dumping Yazmina's body at Greenvale before returning to Campbellfield, where he allegedly set fire to his four-wheel drive.
Detectives arrested him and a 23-year-old Campbellfield woman a short time later in another vehicle.
The woman was later released without charge.
Mr Acar, who wore blue cloth forensic overalls and was barefoot, did not address the bail justice after the summary of the case.
He spent most of the hearing with his eyes cast downward but appeared calm throughout.
Mr Acar has been remanded in custody to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today.
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