Not that I have read anywhere. Just that his sisters encouraged him to tell the officer at the club (who wasn't there) about the sighting.
The sighting of what? Hoon drivers and an unrestrained child? That is what he seems to have been grumbling about at the time.
And was that good enough for the sisters as well, if it possibly was a sighting of William? To tell a person at the club and hope that the info got through to the police officer?
I wonder when this third party actually went to the police.
Police first spoke to RC in March 2015.
Was there ever mention of police saying they were canvassing residents
within 1 klm in the initial weeks? Wasn't it just said they would be canvassing residents?
This article is from 16 September 2014
"We are appealing for anyone who saw any people or vehicles in the vicinity of Benaroon Drive or in the Kendall township on Friday to contact police," he said.
"The search to locate William and his survival is definitely our priority, but we have an open mind and we are broadening our investigation teams at present.
"We just ask if there's any members of the public at all that know of anyone that was in the Kendall area or was visiting the Kendall area last Friday before 11:00am, any information at all, if they could contact CrimeStoppers 1800 333 000.
"We are after any lead whatsoever to try and find where young William is."
Search expands for 3yo boy in Spider-Man suit
and this February 19, 2015
Mr Jubelin said the intensive search for the missing three-year-old, who was last seen in his Spiderman costume, was unlike anything he’d seen in 20 years of policing.
Police now want to speak to everyone who was within a 1km radius of William’s grandmother’s home in Kendall, on the NSW north coast, between 10am and 11am on September 12.
That will likely involve questioning hundreds of people as well as analysing CCTV footage, financial transactions and phone data, reports
The Australian.
‘If you’re in there, you’d better come forward’