Tyrell’s case going to NSW coroner

THE case of missing NSW boy William Tyrrell is to be handed to the coroner and an inquest proposed for next year.

On the fourth anniversary of William’s disappearance, NSW Police announced that investigators had been speaking with the coroner and an inquest before Deputy NSW Coroner Harriet Grahame had been proposed.

A NSW Police statement says investigators “would like to acknowledge the continued strength and courage of William Tyrrell’s families today”.

The deputy coroner has requested a brief of evidence, the statement said, which would be provided by year’s end.

The inquest will be “an opportunity to test information and evidence gathered by Strike Force Rosann and further the investigation.

“This is another step in ensuring answers are provided to William’s loved ones,” the statement says.

William was playing in his grandmother’s yard at Kendall, on the NSW mid-north coast, when he vanished on September 12, 2014.

He was three years old.