Blood stains on a T-shirt in a washing machine as well as a pillowcase in a hallway cupboard could be the pivotal evidence for a man accused of killing his ex-partner's son.
Aaron John McLeod is alleged to have caused a catastrophic brain injury to the two-year-old son of his then-partner in May 2022 at her house in Coffs Harbour, on the NSW mid-north coast.
Neither the child nor his mother can be identified for legal reasons.