Does this video show path taken by William’s abductors?

Does this video show path taken by William’s abductors?

EXCLUSIVE

A VIDEO taken days after William Tyrrell disappeared shows a possible escape route for his abductors.

A group of women in the Kendall area, on the NSW mid-north coast, filmed the footage on the dirt road through a forest in an area adjacent to the home where the three-year-old was last seen.

The group walked the track many times looking for William, following his September 2014 abduction.

News.com.au revealed this week the hidden track was a possible escape route for his abductors.

Now the video obtained by news.com.au shows how it is possible to both walk and drive along the track which begins on the side of the house on Benaroon Drive in Kendall, disappears into bush and connects with a local cemetery and highway.

Walk 4 William Walking Warriors Australia, who led the successful legal campaign to have his biological parents’ identities revealed, said the police description of the road where William disappeared as a “dead end” was only the case “if you consider asphalt as a road”.

“It wasn’t the only way in and out of Benaroon Drive,” the group told news.com.au.

“Near 48 Benaroon Drive is a dirt road that leads directly to the cemetery.

“That dirt road/track also leads to a major main road that takes you out of Kendall — Batar Creek Rd.

“There are so many ways in and out of Kendall. More than three.”

The roads and tracks in the video show the surrounding forests near the abduction site. One road joins up to a small track that leads away from the house at Benaroon Drive, where William was playing when he was kidnapped.

The track leading from Benaroon Drive comes out at a local cemetery. A further track from the cemetery comes out on a tarred road.

It also reveals a tree off a track carrying the words “William Dad” which appear to have been inscribed with a knife or sharp object.

The tree “graffiti” was discounted by NSW Police as a clue to the whereabouts or motive for the abduction of William.

Photographs and the video show a worn track gradually winding into bushland.

An aerial view on Google Earth of the street and the cemetery does not show the possible escape route track. But the W4W advocates’ information does match NSW Police maps released following William’s abduction.

On the day the three-year-old vanished a number of vehicles were seen in the street.

A year later, NSW Police Strike Force Rosann examined the cars seen in the street, an old white station wagon and a dark-grey, old-model, medium-sized sedan.

Both cars were parked behind each other on the roadway between the driveways of two properties opposite the house from which William disappeared.

On the third anniversary of William’s disappearance this week, the strike force commander leading the investigation urged anyone with information to come forward.

Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin described the Tyrrell case as “currently very active”.

“I can assure you that we haven’t given up on the investigation. I can assure you we will not give up on the investigation,” he told a press conference on Wednesday.

Among other recent revelations about the William Tyrrell case is the fact Karlie Tyrrell and Brendan Collins have been named as William’s real parents.

It was also revealed he was in foster care when he was abducted.

News.com.au exclusively revealed that Mr Collins’ family are concerned about his wellbeing following his release earlier this year from prison on drugs charges.

A NSW Supreme Court judge - in allowing information about his time in foster care to be revealed - has said that William was “probably dead”.

Police are working on the assumption there was “human intervention” in William’s disappearance,

Det Chief Insp Jubelin said his team was interested in hearing from anyone who had suspicions about a relative or someone they know, and urged people to take careful note of any “strange” reaction to mentions of William’s case.

“I want that person to feel the pressure,” he said. “I want that person to feel that everyone’s looking at them and let’s see where that takes us.”

A $1 million reward remains on offer for information that leads police to William.

Call Crime Stoppers NOW on 1800 333 000

www.whereswilliam.org

candace.sutton@news.com.au