Domaszewicz had been minding Jaidyn during the day, and was originally meant to drop the child home to his regular babysitter at 4pm; however, they never arrived and, despite several attempts, Murphy was unable to get into contact with him.

[3] After picking her up, Domaszewicz further told Murphy that he had moved Jaidyn from Moe Hospital due to their substandard care, and that her son was now at Maryvale hospital—near the town of Morwell.

[4][11][12] The 'Pig’s Head Team' became potential witnesses for Jaidyn's whereabouts after 2:30am, and stated in police and media interviews that they did not hear any sounds of a child crying during their vandalism of Domaszewicz's home.

[6][14] Regardless of quickly being ruled out as suspects, the Pig's Head Team have attracted intense attention from media and true crime writers, with some alleging the police should have investigated more thoroughly.

[15] Domaszewicz himself has claimed that Penfold and the Pig's Head Team kidnapped Jaidyn as revenge for their failed relationship, panicked after the police became involved, and killed the child.

[3] Media interest in the case began the same morning he disappeared, while Domaszewicz and Murphy were still being questioned by police, with the focus of early coverage on a tale of abduction—characterised by a severed pig's head and rumours of satanic cultism.

[16] The media placed particular focus on the relationships and personalities of Jaidyn's family and the town of Moe which, combined with the sensational trial and acquittal of Greg Domaszewicz, caused the case to attain national significance.

[3] The media response is often characterised as having overshadowed Jaidyn's death, with metropolitan journalists focusing on Moe's 'bizarre' relationships while representing the case as a symptom of rural economic decline, local deviance and 'bad' parenting.

[6][14][17] Moe's community vocally resisted these negative representations,[6] claiming that the metropolitan media '...had turned Jaidyn Leskie's disappearance into a circus and had been rightly rebuked by residents.

"[3] On 1 January 1998, more than 6 months after he disappeared, Jaidyn's body was discovered by picnickers at Blue Rock Dam, 18 km (11 mi) north of Moe.

[5] Approximately 200 metres from where Jaidyn's body was discovered, police recovered a two-metre crowbar, baby's boots, a bottle, bib and sleeping bag.

Forensic testing on Jaidyn's body revealed a poorly bandaged broken arm, severe head trauma and the presence of the drug Benzhexol.

[5] Jaidyn's teeth, hair and size have also been claimed to be slightly more developed than when he disappeared: each of these observations can also be explained by normal aspects of the decomposition process.

[36] While recent changes to double jeopardy laws have driven some pressure to reassess Domaszewicz's involvement in Jaidyn's death, currently the closest he has come to any admission of guilt is stating to journalists that: 'It's upsetting, still, because ultimately there's a kid that died because of my stupidity.

'[8] Despite ongoing media speculation[37] and debunked hints of 'missing evidence' by a former Victorian police sergeant, there are no new suspects and no current plans for a new trial for Jaidyn's murder.

[5] Almost ten years after Leskie's death, the Victorian State Government fulfilled this recommendation by distributing a 'Babysitters Kit', which consisted of a single-page document aiming to provide 'common sense' information and advise parents on choosing 'the right' babysitter.

"[40] In the absence of a convicted perpetrator, continued speculation and irresolution, the Victorian State Government instead addressed the notion of 'poor parenting' as the actionable cause for Jaidyn's death.