In a new light: Police seize family vehicle as search hits third day
NSW Police have seized a car as they continue to comb a mid-north coast property and surrounding bushland for the likely remains missing three-year-old William Tyrrell.
Forensic services use luminol and a blue light to look for blood traces at the front garden of the former home of William Tyrrell’s foster grandmother in Kendall, mid north coast of NSW. Detectives are launching a new search for the remains of missing boy William Tyrrell, seven years after he disappeared on the NSW mid-north coast. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
The renewed search for vital clues in the baffling seven-year mystery is now in its third day as detectives returned to the property where he disappeared.
William went missing wearing his Spider-Man suit while playing at his foster grandmother’s home in 2014, in case that has attracted national attention.
Police on Tuesday dug up the garden at the Kendall home, with a mechanical sift brought on to the property and sprayed luminol, a chemical that detects traces of blood, during the night.
In nearby bushland, volunteers cut down trees to help in the search.
Police on Wednesday seized a Mazda car from a home in Gymea in Sydney’s south.
“The vehicle was taken to a secure facility, where it is undergoing extensive forensic examinations and analysis, which is expected to take several weeks,” police said in a statement.
Asked if police were investigating whether William died after falling from a balcony at the house, Police Minister David Elliott said every option was being considered.
“With a mysterious incident like this, every single option has to be investigated, every scenario has to be reviewed and tested,” he said on Tuesday.
“Let’s hope whatever the conclusion is, (it) gives closure to the families and community.”
Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has confirmed there has been a significant breakthrough in the case, saying he was confident police would solve the mystery of what happened to William.
“There is certainly one person in particular that we are looking closely at,” he said on Tuesday.
The findings of a coronial inquest into William’s disappearance, which concluded last year, are yet to be handed down.
A $1 million reward for information on the case still stands.
