The NSW Prime Minister is hoping for an imminent breakthrough in the case of missing three-year-old William Tyrrell, who went missing seven years ago.
Dominic Perrottet said Wednesday the signs and reports from the police investigation were “very encouraging” and the police were doing a “phenomenal” job.
He commented after NSW police announced that they had seized a car related to the case as part of their investigation.
The gray Mazda was seized on November 9 by coronal orders from a house in Gymea, southern Sydney. It will go through an extensive forensic examination that can take weeks.
William went missing in 2014 while wearing his Spider-Man suit and playing at his foster grandmother’s house, in a case that has attracted national attention.
It’s the third day of a renewed search for the boy’s remains that police officers comb through the property on the central north coast where he was last seen.
NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Malcolm Lanyon said investigators were involved in the active investigation.
“The NSW police will not stop until we investigate all possible leads,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
Police dug up the garden of the Kendall house on Tuesday and placed a mechanical sieve on the property. They also sprayed luminol at night, a chemical that detects traces of blood.
In the nearby bushland, volunteers are cutting down trees to help with the search.
When asked if police are investigating whether William died after falling from a balcony in the house, Police Secretary David Elliott said every option was being considered.
“In a mysterious incident like this, every single option has to be investigated, every scenario reviewed and tested,” he said on Tuesday.
“Let us hope whatever the conclusion (it) gives the families and the community a closure.”
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Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has confirmed that there has been a significant breakthrough in the case and said he was confident the police would solve the mystery surrounding William.
“There is surely one person we are watching closely,” he said.
The results of a coronal examination of Williams’ disappearance, which was completed last year, are yet to be recorded.
A $ 1 million reward for information about the case is pending.
