Cheryl Grimmer was abducted from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong in January 1970.

NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham has in parliament named a suspect who confessed to the murder of toddler Cheryl Grimmer in 1970.

NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham has in parliament named a suspect who confessed to the murder of toddler Cheryl Grimmer in 1970.

The five-decade search for the killer of a toddler who vanished from a popular beach has taken an extraordinary turn as a suspect was named.

A NSW politician has used parliamentary privilege to name a man who confessed to abducting and killing the three-year-old in 1970.

A NSW politician has used parliamentary privilege to name a man who confessed to abducting and killing the three-year-old in 1970.

A NSW politician has used parliamentary privilege to name a man who confessed to abducting and killing the three-year-old in 1970.

A politician names a person of interest in the disappearance of a little girl 55 years ago. We can’t.

The toddler was kidnapped from a beach changing area, south of Sydney. Despite extensive searches, her body has never been found.

Girl’s family had told the man, known by pseudonym ‘Mercury’, to meet with them by Wednesday midnight or they would make his identity public