Senior Constable Christopher Rowley arrived at 11.06am, 10 minutes after William's foster mother frantically called police to report him missing.
Counsel assisting the coroner, Gerard Craddock SC, asked: "(You) canvassed local businesses to see if anyone expressed any interest in Benaroon Drive, and I think you identified at a cafe a person who could recall someone asking for directions?"
"Yes," the officer replied
Sen Const Rowley searched the family property when he got to the scene and asked another officer to do the same when he arrived
His initial search did not include the roof space or the garage.
"I would've tried to do it but it was either locked or too heavy for a young child to lift himself," the senior constable said.
William Tyrrell Inquest: Police officer said mystery person asked for directions to Grandmother’s street
i thought they discounted the stranger asking for directions?
wish he'd checked the garage!