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One of the world's most popular crime shows has joined the hunt for fugitive Nai Yin Xue, who fled New Zealand after allegedly killing his wife, then dumping his 3-year-old daughter at a Melbourne train station.
America's Most Wanted, which screened on Saturday night to about 10 million US viewers, has revealed new details of what happened after An An Liu's body was found in the boot of her husband's car outside their Mt Roskill home.
The show said it was the toddler, Qian Xun, who gave Australian detectives a vital clue when she finally uttered the word "aeroplane", sending them racing to the airport.
And previously unreleased CCTV footage showed Xue giving a thumbs- up sign and smiling shortly before he boarded a plane to the United States.
A Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman told the Herald last night there had been no calls from the public since the show screened, but it was "still early days".
Qian Xun - nicknamed Pumpkin by the police who found her - has since gone to live with her maternal grandmother in China.
Los Angeles police believe Xue, a self-proclaimed martial arts expert, has disappeared in the large Chinese community there.
"Xue is likely to be making money teaching martial arts to small groups. He also likes to access the internet and is probably carrying a laptop," America's Most Wanted reported.
Xue was already featured on the show's website, alongside the country's worst criminals.
The man heading the hunt in America, US Marshal Tom Hession, said last month he was highly confident Xue would be caught and returned to New Zealand to stand trial for murder.
"You don't always catch everybody right overnight. Sometimes it takes a while but we don't stop looking."
New Zealand Detective Senior Sergeant Simon Scott said they gave as much help as possible to the programme makers.
In New Zealand, Operation Patch is still taking calls from anyone with information on Xue. The number is 0800-272-824.