William Tyrrell’s former foster parents have made a plea to find the missing toddler on the eve of a court hearing in which they will plead guilty to rigging the sale of William’s forever home.
On the Facebook site Where’s William, the couple works with a PR firm. They plead for the safe return of William, who disappeared in 2014 and has never been seen since, saying ‘William, we will never give up’.
“Tomorrow, as we gather to celebrate Father’s Day, we commemorate 3278 days since William was taken from all those he loved and who love him dearly,” the Facebook post began.
“Tomorrow our thoughts will be with dear William, his loved ones and all those whose children have not made it home.
“The NSW Police Department is offering a ONE MILLION DOLLAR reward for information that will lead them to William – that’s a MILLION REASONS to call Crime Stoppers NOW on 1800 333 000.”
Where is William? was founded by Sydney-based mother-and-daughter PR firm Insight Communications, acting on behalf of William’s foster parents, and launched in 2015 by then Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin along with child safety activist Hetty Johnson.
On the Facebook site Where’s William, the couple works with a PR firm. They are calling for the safe return of William, who disappeared in 2014 and has never been seen since, saying: ‘William, we will never give up’
William Tyrrell’s foster parents were taken to court earlier this month over allegations that they had manipulated the sale of a property on Sydney’s north coast. They will plead guilty to a new, reduced statutory charge on Monday
The foster parents were taken to court earlier this month over allegations that they had manipulated the sale of a property they owned on Sydney’s north coast.
Police allege the couple placed a dummy bidder in December 2020 to raise the home’s auction price.
The house, which had a special bedroom for William’s return, sold for several million dollars.
They were each charged with unfairly obtaining financial advantage or causing harm through fraud.
According to documents accessed by Daily Mail Australia, the new reduced fee the couple agreed to under the Property & Stock Agents Act, which falls under the NSW Department of Fair Trading, is “inducing another person to make a dummy bid on behalf of the seller at auction’.
At a brief hearing in Parramatta local court three weeks ago, prosecutors said they would introduce a lower regulatory charge and dismiss the existing allegations.
Mystery surrounds the 2014 disappearance of William Tyrrell, who was three years old when he disappeared from his grandmother’s estate, in Kendall on NSW’s north coast
The Where’s William? The social media page was founded by Sydney mother-and-daughter public relations firm Insight Communications, acting on behalf of William’s foster parents, and launched by then-Detective Detective Gary Jubelin (pictured) along with child safety activist Hetty Johnson in 2015
The couple’s lawyer told the court that an agreement was reached late Thursday evening that they would plead guilty to the new charges at a hearing held Monday at the Parramatta court.
There is mystery surrounding the 2014 disappearance of William Tyrrell, who was three years old when he disappeared from his grandmother’s estate in Kendall on the NSW north coast.
Police have consistently searched for answers in the years since his disappearance, including a thorough search of the Kendall property in December 2020.
In June, the foster mother’s lawyers called on detectives to respond to reports that criminal proceedings were being considered against her over William’s disappearance.
“The foster mother has always, and claims, had nothing to do with William’s disappearance,” the lawyers said in a statement.
The woman, in her late 50s, was acquitted in 2022 of lying to the NSW Crime Commission about hitting another child with a wooden spoon.
“Tomorrow, as we gather to celebrate Father’s Day, we commemorate 3,278 days since William was taken from all those he loved and who love him very much,” reads the Facebook post on the Where’s William? page started
Police have consistently searched for answers in the years since his disappearance, including conducting numerous searches of the Kendall property where he was last seen (Photo: NSW Police conduct a search in June 2018)