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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Alan Vaarwerk

Afternoon Update: Tyrrell inquest examines foster mother theory; Trump says he ‘shouldn’t have left’ White House; and a Coldplay stage tumble

A police officer takes photos in bushland
NSW police are investigating new theories about the mysterious disappearance of William Tyrrell as detectives again scour the property where he went missing. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Good afternoon. An inquest into the disappearance of toddler William Tyrrell will examine a police theory that his foster mother loaded his body into a car and disposed of it close to where he died.

The inquest has been reopened for a fifth round of evidence, with counsel assisting Gerard Craddock SC saying the prevailing theory was that the boy’s foster mother found him already deceased after a fall from the balcony at the Kendall property on 12 September 2014.

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