{"id":1025368,"date":"2026-08-26T14:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1025368\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:12:22","slug":"human-remains-found-as-police-investigate-shooting-of-father-at-wildwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1025368\/","title":{"rendered":"Human remains found as police investigate shooting of father at Wildwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Homicide detectives have found a body in their search for a Melbourne father who went missing after allegedly being shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A desperate search has been underway for Khaled Malas, 37, who has not been seen since he was allegedly attacked at a home in Wildwood, north-west of the city, on August 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police allege he was shot after a dispute, which is understood to involve a significant debt, and there were grave fears for his welfare.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A police car is parked on a road behind a barrier and a sign that says &quot;landfill&quot;.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1f6d62effbf485b8e8c3ae20e547d813.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police last week searched near a waste facility at Sunbury for missing man Khaled Malas. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mohammed Aboueid, 56, has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">On Wednesday afternoon, investigators found human remains covered in grass on Havelock Road in Clarkefield, about 15 kilometres from Wildwood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The coroner has been notified, and an autopsy is expected to take place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Victoria Police said it would consider alternative charges upon receiving the results of the autopsy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A dog with a vest that says &quot;Police&quot; on a lead near a pair of legs in dark pants.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20baad1d6361a4e2b9df38d1d83870e6.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The dog squad was involved in the search near the Sunbury landfill site. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p>Remembered as a loving father<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Omar, a long-time friend, said Mr Malas would be remembered as a family man who was deeply respected by his community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said Mr Malas, who arrived in Australia 14 years ago, &#8220;loved his young family and kids to death&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We remember him as a hard, honest worker that came to this country &#8230;\u00a0 to achieve a dream,&#8221; Omar said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;He was the sole son that was also providing for his parents overseas as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said the community was in shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;[They&#8217;re] in disbelief &#8230; how can a beautiful soul vanish in such [a] horrible way,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Homicide detectives have found a body in their search for a Melbourne father who went missing after allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1016397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,5022,406627,11116,5425,50,7207,101],"class_list":["post-1025368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-australia","tag-investigation","tag-khaled-malas","tag-missing-man","tag-missing-person","tag-news","tag-police","tag-shooting"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117162225768562587","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1016397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}