"Police have done nothing": William Tyrrell's foster mother speaks out
William Tyrrell's foster mother has issued a rare statement, slamming the police investigation into the disappearance of the toddler.
In her first public comments in two years, the woman - who cannot be identified - has been insistent on denying any involvement in William's disappearance despite being at the centre of a dedicated Strike Force team.
She claimed police had “gone to great lengths to blacken my character in the media” as they built a case against her, since she was publicly outed as the current person of interest for Strike Force Rosann detectives in 2021.
As news.com.au continue their investigative podcast into William's disappearance and the subsequent investigation, the foster mother has slammed the authorities for the way they have handled the high-profile case.
She said, “I believe that if the police had properly investigated this case, instead of persecuting me, they may well have found the person responsible for William’s disappearance.”
She went on to reiterate she believes the three-year-old was taken from her mother’s yard in Kendall in September of 2014 and that she has “no idea who took William, or what happened to him”.
“For the past five years, the police have done nothing to try to discover who took William, and what has happened to him," she said.
“Instead, they have concentrated all their efforts on trying to build a case that I was in some way to blame for his death, and the disposal of his precious little body."
“They have gone to great lengths to blacken my character in the media.”
She went on to say she loved William “as much as any mother could love her child … if not more”.
She said, “It did not matter one bit that he was not connected to us biologically. William made my life complete; I loved him fiercely. I just loved being his ‘mummy’.”
“Never ever for a moment did I regret becoming a foster mother”, she said, adding the family was “and still are … connected as one”.
“It’s challenging to have hope and build plans for the future when our hearts remain shattered and in pieces,” she said. “All I can hope for is that some person who knows something comes forward.”
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