"In a radical departure from previous thinking, police are now working on the theory that William plunged to his death from a second-storey balcony in a probable accident and his body was left in bushland close by.
About 100 police officers are back on the Mid-North Coast, spending the past week digging up the garden below the balcony and sieving through the dirt. A kilometre down the road, investigators honed in on a patch of bushland that insiders say was recently brought to police attention by some new information.
RFS volunteers cleared the surrounding area with chainsaws and an excavator was brought in to dig. Officers also pumped a nearby creek on private land that hydrologist Professor Jon Olley concluded was the only place William’s remains could be...."
Interesting ^^^ clues from above, imo. Apparently the 'fall from the balcony' is only a working theory. So there does not seem to be a witness to such an event then?
The bushland they are now searching was brought to their attention by some new information? Maybe GPS info or cell pings? But again, it seems to be based upon their new working theory. In other words if their speculation is correct, and it was the FM that hid the body, then this is the area she went to that day.
The creek was chosen by a hydrologist. So again, it was not witness testimony. I am not sure how credible this new developing theory is so far.
This is just my speculation but I am feeling like the detective looked at all the previous suspects---determined them to be cleared. Then went back to the beginning and decided to investigate the person last known to be with him. I am not sure there is anything real solid---but then again, I don't know enough about this alleged assault charge. Is it really against both fosterers?