Search for Aisling

TRIBUTE: A boy lays a bouquet amid flowers and toys left outside the property which had belonged to the Symes family.

SCENE: How the Aishling Symes tragedy unfolded.

GRIEF: A woman places flowers outside the property which had belonged to the Symes family.

GRIM ANNOUNCEMENT: Inspector Gary Davey of Waitakere police holds a press conference giving details of their overnight findings.

SAD FIND: Scene of where searchers were digging behind a west Auckland property overnight near the location where Aisling Symes went missing a week ago.

SUPPORT: Onlookers light candles at the scene where two-year-old Aisling Symes' body was found.

GRIM NEWS: Inspector Gary Davey at a media conference in Pomaria Rd, west Auckland.

SAD OUTCOME: The shocked faces of locals shortly after it was announced that a body of a young child was found near where Aisling Symes went missing.

WATCHING AND WAITING: The crowd gathered outside the west Auckland property where searchers were digging, near the location where Aisling Symes went missing a week ago.

ALERT: Scenes from Pomaria Road in Henderson, Auckland where dozens turned up after police cordoned an area in the search for Aisling Symes.

EMOTIONAL PLEA: Alan and Angela Symes said the last few days had been the most harrowing of their lives.

QUIZZED: An Asian couple who were babysitting their friend's child 20-month-old Ellen - who looks remarkably similar to missing toddler Aisling Symes - were questioned by police in Auckland.

WHERE IS AISLING? Family spokesperson Aithne Potts speaks to the media during a press conference at Henderson police station.

AISLING SYMES: The two-year old had disappeared from the home of her late grandparents about 5.15pm on October 5.

SEARCHERS ASSISTED: Police had brought in dogs to search for the missing toddler.

DIFFICULT TASK: Earlier in the search, Inspector Gary Davey speaks to the media about the hunt for Aisling.

WATERWAY: Police search one of the waterways near the street where the two-year-old went missing.

FRANTIC HUNT: Police search one of the waterways near the street where the child went missing.

NO SIGN: Two members of the search team on the street where the toddler went missing.

PARK: Police search a park near where Aisling Symes went missing.

AREA COMBED: Police search one of the waterways near the street where toddler Aisling Symes went missing.

AISLING SYMES: The toddler disappeared from the home of her late grandparents on October 5, when her mother turned her back briefly.

AREA SEARCHED: A police officer speaks to a local resident in Henderson after Aisling went missing.

ON HAND: A police officer dons his high-visibility vest as he enters Pomaria Primary School which is the base for the search for missing toddler Aisling Symes.

HQ: Searchers enter Pomaria Primary School which is the base for the search and rescue co-ordination for toddler Aisling Symes.

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Children walk down the road after a two year old girl who went missing from her home in Longburn Road in Henderson.

COMBING THE AREA: Searchers scour Pomoria Road near the home of a two year old girl who went missing from her home in Longburn Road in Henderson.

GRAVE CONCERNS: A police officer and search team member outside the home of a two-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Longburn Road in Henderson.