William Tyrrell’s grandma hits out at police investigation: “He’s dead”
William Tyrrell’s biological grandma has hit out at the new police investigation combing the dense Kendell scrublands for clues into his disappearance, saying: “You’re wasting your time — he’s dead.”
Natalie Collins, 59, broke down as she told The Daily Telegraph: “This is just opening old wounds for us, the door never closes, the police are wasting good taxpayers’ money and their time, they’re never going to find William — I just know in my heart he’s dead.
“I know exactly what’s happened, someone’s taken him and done something to him. Brendan [William’s father] says it, too, he believes William’s gone.”
William, who was three at the time, was abducted on September 12, 2014, while playing in his foster grandmother’s front yard in Kendell on the NSW mid north-cost.
No trace has been found of him and this week police renewed a hunt for the boy.
Ms Collins, a cleaner, said she and her family were not informed of police’s renewed search for fresh evidence, which now entering its third day of a four-week search has already unearthed a toy hidden in the undergrowth.
Police said the difference between this search and the initial hunt when William disappeared was “a focus on deliberate human intervention”.
“What clues are they looking for? William can’t even walk that far to Kendall, he’s not there,” Ms Collins said through tears.
“Brendan [her son] knows in his heart of hearts his son is dead.
“His mum Karlie has his other children, it’s hard for him dealing with that.
“He hopes they find something but he is not hopeful, maybe finally we’ll be able to get on with our lives, maybe the search will help us do that.”
Mrs Collins’ call came after William’s biological father broke his silence for the first time since William’s disappearance.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Brendan Collins laid bare his despair at his son’s disappearance almost four years ago.