The viability of a police theory William Tyrrell’s foster mother loaded his body into a car and disposed of it close to where he died will be examined at a reopened inquest into the toddler’s disappearance. The three-year-old went missing while playing on the verandah at his foster grandmother’s home in Kendall, on the NSW mid-north coast, on September 12, 2014. On Monday, counsel assisting Gerard Craddock SC reopened the inquest for a fifth round of evidence, saying the focus would be on a theory the foster mother was involved in unlawfully disposing of William’s body after his accidental death.
After the three-year-old died at the Kendall property, police believe the foster mum might have loaded his body into her mother’s Mazda before driving down the road to dispose of his remains, deputy NSW coroner Harriet Grahame heard. It was only then that she called triple zero, according to investigators’ theory. “Police assert that she must have quickly resolved that if the accidental death were to be discovered, she might lose (her other foster child),” Mr Craddock said.
The foster mother denies having anything to do with William’s disappearance. Evidence will be given from a truck driver who drove past where the foster mother allegedly disposed of the body at the time. The inquest into William’s disappearance began in March 2019 but was adjourned in October 2020.
No one has been charged and a $1 million reward for information stands. Despite a decade-long inve.