I am getting becoming very dubious / concerned about how this investigation is progressing.
I will admit I am a big Gary Jubelin fan, so I am bias, but this aside I think the Police Commissioners comments re: the investigation is political and *advertiser censored* covering.
Listening to Gary’s recent response to the last developments on the William Tyrrell investigation and the claims his investigation was in “shambles” on his podcast “I Catch Killers” further cements my concerns.
I’d recommend listening to it (available on Apple podcasts) but in summary:
- police commissioner Mick Fuller was in tenure for the full duration of the investigation
- Gary really offended by Mick Fullers comments - feels political and he posed that other senior police (commanders) should also be responsible if the investigation is in “shambles”
- Gary mentioned that at no time whilst he was leading the investigation did any of his superiors raise concerns about the course of the investigation, the direction of the investigation or the suspects they were looking into
- the only issues that Gary had at the time of the investigation was not enough staff and whether or not the investigation should be shut down - there was pressure to reduce the strike force by his superiors and Gary did not want to do this
- the foster parents were ruled out as suspects PRIOR to Gary Jubelin joining the strike force
- Gary Jubelin stated that when he joined the strike force as the lead of the investigation, there were regular briefings, he would have to submit progress reports which were reviewed by his superiors and he also had to attend panel review meetings where senior police attended to be updated on the progress on the investigation. Gary said he prepared and provided about 44 progress reports to senior police (his superiors)
- a member of the strike force, female detective, during a briefing, in mid 2016 raised concerns that there were things that wasn’t sitting well with her regarding the foster parents (their explanations etc) Gary valued the opinion of this female strike force member and as the foster parents were ruled out prior to Gary joining, he agreed that it’s important to keep all options open, there were many suspects, so Gary interviewed the foster parents separately.
- Gary said he went into homicide detective mode and interrogated both of the foster parents separately - it was difficult for them
- Gary advised that there was a covert operation in place immediately after the foster parents were interviewed to listen to their conversations to see if anything was discussed between the two foster parents. Apparently the foster parents said some pretty disparaging comments re: Gary following the formal interviews which is to be expected but nothing concerning was disclosed during the covert operation.
- Gary stated that the strike force eliminated the foster parents again following the formal interviews with the foster parents and nothing being uncovered during the covert operation.
- Gary stated that he wanted to rule out the parents (biological and foster) prior to announcing the million dollar reward.
- Gary stated when he was part of the investigation there was no physical evidence implicating the foster parents.