Latest police theory on William Tyrrell to be probed at inquest
A court has heard new information about a search conducted three years ago to find missing boy William Tyrrell.“The determination of this inquest at this stage is to concentrate on facts,” Mr Craddock said.
“Insofar as advocates wish to put forward inferences, they can do so, so long as they take into account all of the evidence and provide Your Honour with assistance – not of opinions – but of proper fact findings processes.”
The high-profile 2021 search of land at the corner of Batar Creek Rd and Cobb and Co Rd, where police suspect William’s body was dumped, displayed a “further level of intensity and minute planning” than already thorough searches conducted in the past, the court heard.
Even still it did not find fresh evidence at the site located a short trip from Benaroon Dr, Mr Craddock revealed to the court.
Mr Craddock told the inquest on Monday there were two other people – the Crabbes – on Benaroon Dr who also told police of hearing a car on the street that morning.
It was determined the car was heard by the Crabbes about 10.08am to 10.13am, which was around the time William was meant to have disappeared.
“People in Benaroon Drive sometimes hear cars entering their territory by reason of their infrequency,” Mr Craddock said.
“And although some have said no cars were heard on the morning of 12 September … Mrs Crabbe has given compelling evidence there was at least one car heard on Benaroon Drive.”
