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Australian True Crime

What Went Wrong in the Search for William Tyrrell

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The long-awaited findings from the inquest into William Tyrrell’s disappearance are soon to be revealed.


William, just three years old, vanished from Kendall, New South Wales, on September 12, 2014.


Joining us to unpack the police investigation's failures and what we can expect from the inquest is Dan Box, Editorial Director of Audio and host of news.com.au’s latest investigative series, Witness: William Tyrrell.


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Click here to learn more about Witness: William Tyrell, news.com.au's latest investigation podcast.


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CREDITS:

Guest Host: Dr.Xanthé Mallett

Guest: Dan Box

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from ABC News, Channel 10 and 60 Minutes.


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0:00.0

The long-delayed inquest into the disappearance of William Tyrell has resumed

0:04.4

by delving into the police theory that the little boy was buried after an accidental death.

0:10.9

But even with attention turning to that suggestion, the coroner's court has been reminded,

0:16.5

suspicions don't equal findings of fact.

0:24.4

When suspicions don't equal findings of fact. We're joined again in this episode of Australian True Crime by guest host,

0:28.8

criminologist and forensic pathologist Xanthi Mallet.

0:32.7

Today we have Dan Box as our guest, who I'm very excited to speak to about a new podcast that's been

0:38.8

running since I think October. He's previously worked for the Australian, the BBC and the

0:43.2

Sunday Times in London. He's the journalist behind the Bowerville and Blood Guildt podcasts.

0:48.9

Now, in terms of the podcast we're going to be talking about today, it's part of the

0:52.7

witness series, and this one is entitled

0:55.3

Witness William Tyrell. So to give you an introduction, it's 10.56am, a family home in Kendall on the

1:02.4

mid-north coast of New South Wales. Three-year-old William Tyrell is reported missing. Last scene wearing his

1:08.5

favourite Spider-Man suit. Ten years after his disappearance on the 12th of

1:12.6

September 2014, there was still no sign of William. The police believe his foster mother

1:18.1

knows something. She denies it. Only one of them can be telling the truth. This is Australian

1:24.6

true crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, the Wurundri Woi Warang people of the Koolin Nation.

1:33.7

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