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William Tyrrell may still be alive and police pursuing 'active leads', court told William Tyrrell may still be alive and police pursuing 'active leads', court told
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It is not possible to conclude that missing New South Wales boy William Tyrrell is dead based on the current evidence, a court has heard.It is not possible to conclude that missing New South Wales boy William Tyrrell is dead based on the current evidence, a court has heard.
A directions hearing was held at Glebe coroner’s court on Wednesday ahead of an inquest into the three-year-old’s disappearance and suspected death more than four years ago.A directions hearing was held at Glebe coroner’s court on Wednesday ahead of an inquest into the three-year-old’s disappearance and suspected death more than four years ago.
William vanished while playing in his grandmother’s front yard at Kendall, on NSW’s mid-north coast, in September 2014.William vanished while playing in his grandmother’s front yard at Kendall, on NSW’s mid-north coast, in September 2014.
The inquest will begin in Sydney in March and will run for a week before the deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame, before resuming in August.The inquest will begin in Sydney in March and will run for a week before the deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame, before resuming in August.
William Tyrrell: four years on, police hand case of missing boy to coronerWilliam Tyrrell: four years on, police hand case of missing boy to coroner
Counsel assisting the coroner, Gerard Craddock SC, told Wednesday’s hearing it was not possible – at present – to conclude William was dead.Counsel assisting the coroner, Gerard Craddock SC, told Wednesday’s hearing it was not possible – at present – to conclude William was dead.
“The police investigation into his disappearance is ongoing and police are following active leads at present,” Craddock said.“The police investigation into his disappearance is ongoing and police are following active leads at present,” Craddock said.
He said William was in foster care and it was that, combined with his disappearance and the circumstances of his disappearance, that meant there was jurisdiction to hold an inquest.He said William was in foster care and it was that, combined with his disappearance and the circumstances of his disappearance, that meant there was jurisdiction to hold an inquest.
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