William Tyrrell search ends with no sign of boy

THE large search for missing William Tyrrell has ended with no trace being found of the boy who vanished four years ago.

The search for William Tyrrell has concluded without finding any trace of the missing boy who vanished in 2014.

A LARGE search for missing William Tyrrell has ended with no trace being found of the boy who vanished, aged 3, four years ago.

The missing toddler’s case is likely to go to inquest now that Strike Force Rosann has wound up the major forensic search of bushland at Kendall on the NSW Mid North Coast.

NSW deputy state coroner Harriet Graham was given a tour of the search sites this week, the usual prelude to an inquest hearing.

For three weeks, detectives and uniformed officers scoured several search areas in a last-ditch attempt to find clues in one of Australia’s greatest missing child mysteries.

NSW Police issued a statement saying that “while police have not located William or evidence of William being in the search areas, Strike Force Rosann detectives have gathered information relevant to the investigation”.

“The Homicide Squad’s Strike Force Rosann are continuing their inquiries into the suspicious disappearance of William Tyrrell and remain focused on providing answers to his family,” the statement read.

No sign of missing toddler William Tyrrell has been found since he vanished in 2014.

Deputy state coroner Harriet Graham with Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin visit search sites near the town of Kendall for missing William Tyrrell. Picture: Nathan Edwards.

William disappeared from the Kendall home of his foster grandmother in September 2014.

It was later revealed that he had been living in care since being taken from his biological parents. Karlie Tyrrell and Brendan Collins.

Last year, the NSW Supreme Court allowed the publication of the identity of William’s birth parents, but concluded that it was a “tragic probability” the boy was already dead.

NSW Police thanked the Kendall community and local volunteers for their help during the final search.

Police said the public should remember that a $1 million reward remains in place for information that leads to the recovery of William.

Police search bushland at Batar Creek for the boy. Picture: Shane Chalker.

William would have turned seven last month.