After spending months searching for the remains of William Tyrrell, police have left the site on the mid north coast of New South Wales.
As they departed, they left behind a memorial for the missing child, where emergency crew members have signed their names on a hoe that was being used to search for evidence.
Messages were also written on the handle, reading, “We will never give up”, and “search for William Tyrrell”.
After announcing that the search would end, police on the site found fragments of bone, which was confirmed by the NSW Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith on Wednesday.
There has been no information yet regarding if the bones belong to William or not, as police have confirmed there were animal remains found in the search area one month ago
“Another bone fragment was found, it will be processed with the others by forensics,” Assistant Commissioner Smith said.
“We don’t know what the answers of those are until we are provided with that.
“The matter will then return to Her Honour (the coroner) to determine the future.”
Despite the new evidence being found, the renewed search for the missing boy has still come to a close.
The search efforts were renewed on November 15th, with investigators saying their aim was to find the body of William.
Throughout the month-long search, police made no announcements regarding a discovery that pointed to the fate of William.
The then three-year-old went missing from his foster grandmother’s home in the town of Kendall in 2014.
NSW Police issued a statement as the search efforts drew to a close, saying they were not giving up.
“The NSW Police Force remains committed to finding William Tyrrell and investigations by the Homicide Squad’s Strike Force Rosann are ongoing.”
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