“‘I am confident in saying that it is only a matter of time before we find out what has happened to William, and if we come to you the offer of the reward is off the table”.
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It is double the amount of the state’s previously highest standing reward of $500,000, attached to the 1999 case of murdered teenager Michelle Bright.
Chief Inspector Jubelin said the police decided on the reward to “bring back William to his family, to his community”.
“Those million dollars, we hope, encourages anyone with any information to come forward to reunite William with his family”.
“It’s unacceptable that two years down the track we haven’t found out what’s happened to William”, he said.
“Two years ago today, the tragic disappearance of a young boy”.
“But what we would be interested in (would be) if anyone’s got concerns about the circumstances in which a child has come into a family”.
The then three-year-old disappeared from the backyard of his grandmother’s home in Kendall, on NSW’s mid-north coast, on September 12, 2014.
‘We have a further 196 reports directly to the strike force.
More than 600 persons of interest have been identified in the search for missing toddler William Tyrrell.
NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione made the announcement on Monday morning alongside Premier Mike Baird and Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin.
Those profiles may include only physical descriptions from suspicious sightings and information gathered by police.
Strike Force Rosnan has reportedly been given information about 600 persons of interest in relation to the case, and extra resources have been assigned to the investigation.
William disappeared from his grandmother’s home in Benaroon Drive, Kendall, on the NSW Mid North Coast at 10:30am on September 12.
“Investigators have cast the net wide, and with the assistance of investigators from across the state, they are bringing the net closer and have solid lines of inquiry”.
The youngster was wearing a Spider-Man outfit when he was last seen and within hours hundreds of local residents and emergency service workers combined to search the township, looking in forests, creeks and paddocks for the boy.
Detectives investigating the suspected abduction of toddler William Tyrrell have been given information about 600 persons of interest in a mammoth case that has engaged police statewide.
“To put the past two years into perspective, I can tell you police have received nearly 3000 calls through Crime Stoppers, there have been more than 1000 alleged sightings in NSW, and another 300 around Australia or overseas; hundreds of persons of interest and hundreds more potential vehicles of interest nominated, more than 11,000 investigative reports completed, more than 450 addresses canvassed, and more than 300 statements obtained”, Det Ch Insp Jubelin said. I can guarantee personally we can protect your identity. “We can protect your safety”, he said.
He was three years old at the time and wearing a Spiderman suit.
The person responsible for abducting William will now have to look at the people they have confided in and think well, there is a million reasons why they might betray you.
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Unlike other rewards that are contingent on someone being convicted of a crime, the $1 million reward in William’s case is for his location. Some people might overreact.
