‘Utterly shocking': New twist in William Tyrrell investigation to be revealed in the podcast, Witness: William Tyrrell
Shock new details are about to come to light in the case of missing boy William Tyrrell – a case that has gripped Australia and left the public demanding answers.
In an interview with the Stellar podcast Something To Talk About, journalists Dan Box and Nina Young reveal groundbreaking information they've uncovered during their lengthy investigation into Tyrrell's disappearance.
'We've found new witnesses, we found some potential connections between this person of interest and some other unsolved cases on the New South Wales mid North Coast that are not William Tyrrell,' Young told Something To Talk About.
Box and Young uncovered some 'utterly shocking' information that has never been reported before.
'What struck me throughout, is the evidence we've uncovered, a lot of it was known to police or could have been known to the police if they went asking questions. And time and time again, it seems that they haven't,' Box said.
Listen to an interview with the hosts of Witness: William Tyrrell on the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About:
The investigative reporters have been covering the three-year-old boy's disappearance since he vanished from his foster grandmother's backyard wearing a Spider-Man suit on 12 September 2014.
In October, they launched the chart-topping podcast Witness: William Tyrrell, revealing which questions are still needing to be answered.
Four new episodes of the podcast will be released on Monday. Along the way, they've uncovered dark and deeply confronting material, adding to the heavy personal toll. 'It's a darkness that I never expected to [find],' Box said.
'I really struggle with the transition from work to family, and I'm not very good at it.
'Most of my work is murder at the moment: writing scripts, writing articles … so when you're working from home then flip from that to dinner time, it's rolling chaos.
'It does affect your sleep. Nina's had dreams about William Tyrrell. I've got to the point where before I go to sleep, I tell myself, don't think about him, 'cause I won't go to sleep otherwise.'
Listen to an interview with the hosts of Witness: William Tyrrell on the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About:
Tyrrell's disappearance shocked the nation, destroyed lives and ended careers, and Box reveals that after 20 years of crime reporting, the case has also broken him.
Box said: 'It takes a toll. I don't know if I'll do crime reporting again after this.'
For Box and Young, it's not just about bringing William home, it's about finding answers to the hundreds of unsolved homicides across New South Wales.
'There are hundreds and hundreds of families whose loved ones were murdered or went missing and have no answers,' Box said.
'I would love for there to be a proper investigation, firstly, into what went wrong with the William Tyrrell investigation, but also an investigation into what went wrong with all these other unsolved homicides. Because the closer you look at them, you realise that things were done wrong in a lot of them.'
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