One of the other theories I was following here was that this was premeditated. The motive being to remove WT to have access to the sister. So, this would mean having plenty of time to plan and make sure all the dots are connected. With the McDonalds footage - I am thinking 'why go inside at that time of night?' Why not the drive through? Most people would stop and get dinner and stretch their legs especially with little kids. But, they were only there 10 minutes (according to the news articles). the kids didn't play on the playground, they ordered, they ate, and then they left. There was a stop (before or after this McDonalds stop) whereby the FM put pull-up nappies on the kids. Can someone fact check that please? It was mentioned many threads ago.
I am just thinking - why not go through the drive through and pull up the car to eat in the car park, or serve the meal to the kids in their carseats and keep travelling? Especially with little kids who are probably getting grizzly and whiney by that time. Feed them, go to the loo, and then hit the road to get to grannies. Then I was thinking - well the image of the 'happy' family would have been caught on camera inside the restaurant (and not so much in the drive-thru). WT on Dad's shoulders. Everyone holding hands and standing close together. The happy family stopping for a meal and performing for the camera. JMO MOO IMO
The CCTV stills show William's foster mother and father taking him to the Heatherbrae McDonald's restaurant, north of Newcastle, about 6:30pm on Thursday September 11, 2014.
William can be seen sitting on his foster father's shoulders.
The group orders a meal at the counter and sits to eat for about 10 minutes before leaving
taken from: Missing child William Tyrrell captured on camera day before disappearance