Incoming NSW police commissioner vows to find William Tyrrell as search enters 11th day
The incoming police commissioner in New South Wales says no stone will be left unturned to resolve the William Tyrrell case, as officers spend an 11th day combing the mid-north coast town of Kendall for the remains of the missing boy.
Deputy commissioner Karen Webb, who was named as the next commissioner on Wednesday, is confident there will be a result but says it will take time.
“It’s a long, laborious search and obviously the weather conditions up there at the moment are unfavourable but police will pursue that no matter what,” Webb told Sydney radio 2GB on Thursday.
“There’s no stone being [left] unturned. It’s been seven years now and that’s a long time but we’re not going to give up.”
Three-year-old William disappeared seven years ago from the home of his foster grandmother in Kendall. Police have been intensively searching the property since last week along with nearby bushland as rain and storms persist.
Police divers arrived to help with the search on Wednesday and inspected a septic tank and a water tank on the Kendall property, Webb said. Officers are also searching bushland a kilometre from where the boy was last seen.
“I’m confident this team will keep pursuing this until we get a result,” the deputy commissioner said. “We need to find William and get this resolved.”
More than 15 tonnes of soil have been taken to a lab for analysis but Webb said she was not aware of any DNA being detected. “There’s been miles and miles of material and many exhibits taken that will be examined but that takes time.”
The search is expected to continue for at least another four weeks. “We’ve got our best detectives up there,” Webb said on Thursday.