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Tahnee Shanks two-year-old daughter was found alone and barefoot outside a church in Cancun nearly two mon...

A Cancun local posted a picture of the toddler on Facebook to try to trace her family - but now her relatives believe it contains crucial evidence and could be a worrying clue about the fate of her mother.

Tahnee Shanks, 32, had travelled with her estranged husband Jorge Estudillo and their daughter Adelynn from their home in Merida to the tourist hotspot of Cancun on May 1.

Two-year-old Adelynn was found alone outside the chapel in Cancun on May 3, as authorities search for her mother Tahnee Shanks, 32, and dad Jorge Aguirre Astudillo who are both missing.

The Queensland mum and her former partner were captured leaving the Mexican holiday town of Cancun in their white ute as they began the 300 kilometre drive back to Merida.

Two-year-old Adelynn was found alone outside the chapel in Cancun on May 3, as authorities search for her mother Tahnee Shanks, 32, and dad Jorge Aguirre Estudillo who have been reported missing.

Image of burnt-out van published by Mexican media linked to disappearance of Australian missing mum.

Two-year-old Adelynn was found alone outside a church after being separated from mother Tahnee Shanks in the early hours of Sunday morning, who hasnt been seen in six days.

Adelynn, 2, was spotted outside the chapel in Cancun, Mexico, on Sunday but is now in the care of her Brisbane grandmother Leanne and uncle Ben Shanks who flew from Australia.

A two-year-old girl found abandoned in a Mexican church is on her way to Australia with relatives, while th...