New search for William
DETECTIVES will comb three new locations in the NSW town where William Tyrell went missing, senior police revealed on Monday.
It was also revealed investigators would be searching for the remains of the boy, who vanished from a property on the state’s mid-north coast seven years ago.
William was three when he disappeared in 2014 while playing with his five-year-old sister in the front yard of his foster grandmother’s Kendall home.
NSW Crime Command director Detective Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett detailed the renewed search efforts and “operational activity” under Strike Force Rosann.
He said fresh search efforts would be focused on the Kendall area and would take two to three weeks.
“There are three specific locations and they are all in the Kendall area,” he said.
“I don’t know who took William. We are hoping to find out throughout this investigation.
“It’s highly likely that if we found something it would be a body. We are looking for the remains of William Tyrrell, no doubt about that.”
When asked whether police decided to renew efforts after receiving a fresh lead, Chief
Superintendent Bennett agreed, but would not comment further.
He was also probed about new information the force reportedly received in September that pointed to a previous suspect being questioned again.
“This is in relation to information we have received, no doubt about that. There is an investigative review that has been undertaken as an ongoing process but there is also new evidence,” he said.
“I will not go into specifics.” He also confirmed detectives would be adopting a different search method and calling in experts outside of the police force to help with the search.
There has been no trace of William since he vanished in 2014, but images of the youngster, wearing his Spider-Man suit, were circulated across Australia.
He was wearing the costume when he vanished.
William’s disappearance prompted one of the largest police investigations in Australian history.
In September this year, a professional bush tracker said he was devastated that police called off the quest for the boy’s location “too early”.
Jake Cassar, a bush tracker called in to help the search for William and who also led the hunt for three-year-old Anthony “AJ” Elfalak, said he still suffered from the heartache of William’s search party being scaled back after seven days.
William’s case was put back in the spotlight in early September when police confirmed “new information” was being investigated.
But detectives did not elaborate on what that involved.