No alibi: Fresh twist in William Tyrrell case
<p><span>A key person of interest in the high-profile William Tyrrell case has been unable to give investigating police an alibi for the day of the boy's disappearance.</span></p>
<p>A <a rel="noopener" href="https://7plus.com.au/7news-disappearance-of-william-tyrrell" target="_blank">7News investigation</a> revealed that convicted pedophile Frank Abbott was living approximately 12 kilometres from the town William went missing from in September 2014. </p>
<p>The elderly man is now serving time in jail for the sexual assault of three young children, to which he maintains his innocence over.</p>
<p>Police repeatedly questioned Abbott about his movements on the day William disappeared, and has been unable to provide a suitable alibi or someone to vouch for his movements. </p>
<p>Despite the mounting suspicions, Abbott maintains he has nothing to do with the disappearance. </p>
<p>A witness in the case named Steve, whose true identity is suppressed by a court order, claims a lot of the key evidence points to Abbott. </p>
<p><span>“I believe that he, Frank, dropped (friend Ray Porter) off at hospital and had access to Ray’s car,” Steve told 7NEWS.</span></p>
<p><span>When asked whether the car claim supports evidence supplied by William’s foster mother, Steve replied, “100 per cent.”</span></p>
<p><span>Child protection advocate Adam Washbourne claims police had relented to disclosing the number of pedophiles living near the town of Kendall at the time of William's disappearance. </span></p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“There were 20 sex offenders in the Kendall area,” he said.</p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“Do you think there’s a street where there isn’t a registered sex offender? I’ve got news for you if you do."</p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">“They are in every town, every suburb, the safest places. They are monsters, predators, stalkers, and they live among us.”</p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><span>It’s hoped that the findings of a coronial inquest into William's disappearance will shed more light on the case, after out concluded in October last year due to the pandemic. </span></p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><span>In September, police returned to where William was last seen on the seven year </span>anniversary of his disappearance, saying, "<a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/legal/shock-twist-in-seven-year-search-for-william-tyrrell" target="_blank">Further information has come to light</a>."</p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">William was only three years old when he disappeared from his grandmother's home in Kendall, NSW, on Friday September 12th 2014. </p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020">Despite hundred of volunteers, emergency services workers and locals scouring the town, no one could find a trace of the missing boy. </p>
<p class="css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph e4e0a020"><em>Image credits: NSW Police/PR Image</em></p>
