Investigators probing the disappearance of two-year-old Angelo Tobias-Plaza believe they have made a major breakthrough in the case, nine days after the toddler was reported missing.

The Express was informed that one of seven people detained in connection with the child’s disappearance allegedly told investigators that the child was strangled and his body thrown into the sea near a coastal village on Tobago’s windward side, several kilometres beyond Scarborough.

The alleged confession reportedly led officers back to the home of Angelo’s mother and stepfather at Cambridge Trace, Goodwood, on Saturday morning as investigators intensified enquiries.