Nat Barr’s chilling William Tyrrell question
New TV footage has revealed that William Tyrrell's biological mother was concerned about her son’s treatment by his foster family years before the police began their investigation.
His mum - who for legal reasons cannot be identified - was concerned about how her son was being looked after.
“From the start, I always had concerns and I wrote letters back and forth to one of the carers,” she said in a 2018 interview with Seven.
“Because I didn't really like the care that I thought he was being given. My son would come home with bruises, snotty noses, not dressed appropriately for the weather…” she added.
This part of the interview was previously cut out of the final segment in 2018, but the never-before-seen footage was recently broadcasted on Seven’s Spotlight special on Sunday, reigniting people’s interest.
The clip was shown despite a court suppression order which prevented Tyrrell’s mum from being named or pictured.
On Monday, Sunrise host Nat Barr questioned former homicide cop Charlie Bezzina about the revelations from the clip.
Bezzina commented that it was no surprise that Tyrrell’s biological mum was concerned for her child’s well-being.
“That's to be expected from a biological mother to be a little bit bitter towards the foster mother - to have a child taken from you is quite dramatic,” Bezzina said.
Last month police handed over a brief of evidence to prosecutors, a move which could see Tyrrell’s foster mother - who also cannot be named for legal reasons - being charged in connection with his disappearance.
Bezzina has slammed the police case against Tyrrell’s foster mother, which he deemed as “very weak” and believes to be based on circumstantial evidence.
To which Barr responded with the chilling question: “So basically you're saying we have no idea who killed William and we're no closer to finding that out?”
“Absolutely. And I think it's unfortunate that the current investigators have done the investigation through the media,” Benzzina admitted.
Image: Sunrise on Seven