Body found in abandoned toddler case

Abandoned toddler Qian Xun Xue, known as "Pumpkin" with her mother, Anan Liu. Inset: Her father, Nai Zin Xue, speaks during an interview in Auckland, New Zealand.Reuters

New Zealand police yesterday found the body of a young Asian woman in a car outside the home of a three-year old toddler, who was abandoned at a train station in Australia.

But police in New Zealand, Australia and the United States are still hunting for the girl's father, who they believe caught a flight to Los Angeles after abandoning toddler Qian Xun Xue, nicknamed "Pumpkin", in the Australian city of Melbourne.