Tyrrell disappearance
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William Tyrrell
Tyrrell foster mother says boy’s skeleton will be found ‘in 40 years’, phone tap reveals
The woman also said she doesn’t know why she didn’t immediately call triple zero when three-year-old William disappeared.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Woman confronts foster mother outside William Tyrrell inquest
The deputy state coroner issued a stern warning after a woman describing herself as a “concerned taxpayer” yelled at the missing child’s foster mother outside the hearing.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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William Tyrrell
Tyrrell foster mother theory presented to coroner, but court reminded ‘guesses are not rational’
A police theory that three-year-old William Tyrrell died after accidentally falling from a balcony at his foster grandmother’s home will be probed at the coronial inquest in Sydney.
- by Amber Schultz
Police seek delay in investigation into William Tyrrell’s foster mother
Last year, police recommended charges against William Tyrrell’s foster mother to the director of public prosecutions. On Tuesday they asked that prosecutors pause their review of the evidence.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
William Tyrrell’s foster parents’ lives fell apart as police investigated them
The missing boy’s foster parents have been convicted of intimidation of another child, with each sentenced to 12-month good behaviour bonds.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
William Tyrrell’s foster parents guilty of intimidating a child
The missing boy’s foster father was on Friday found guilty after yelling at the child in his car, while Tyrrell’s foster mother had threatened to slap the child on two occasions.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
William Tyrrell’s foster father not guilty of lying to Crime Commission
Magistrate John Arms said some of the commission’s questions were vague and he could not be satisfied the man had knowingly given false or misleading answers.
- by Georgina Mitchell
‘Ask her if she did it’: William Tyrrell foster mother quizzed over balcony theory
At a secretive examination, it was suggested that William toppled off a verandah before his foster mother disposed of his body. She insisted: “I didn’t.”
- by Georgina Mitchell
William Tyrrell inquest to be advised on foster mother’s potential charges
Prosecutors will give advice by January on whether the woman could be charged over the toddler’s accidental death, an inquest was told. She maintains her innocence.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Child said William Tyrrell foster father ‘put his hands around my neck’, court told
A support person who sat in on a police interview in 2021 said the child sobbed during a break and disclosed the foster father had anger management issues, a court heard.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Tyrrell foster mother breaks down after secret recordings played in court
Police recorded the woman having arguments with a crying child who is not the missing toddler, and her hitting them with a wooden spoon.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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