A Suspect Named !

A curious accusation has emerged in the inquest into the disappearance of William Tyrrell, the boy in the Spiderman suit who mysteriously disappeared while playing in the garden of his grandmothers home in Kendal on the state's north coast.

A woman was babysitting two young boys and what is called William's song " Bring him Home " was playing on the radio.  The younger boy suddenly blurted that " he knew who killed William Tyrrell ", and his older brother tried to shut him up.  It was suggested that if the secret was revealed their mother's neck would be snapped.

The younger boy went on to comment that William had been killed and his body buried in a suitcase.  The killer was named as Frank Abbott, who is in Cessnock prison serving a paedophile sentence.  The shocked babysitter recounted this to her mother, who took it to the police and this resulted in a dam and a caravan at Logan's Crossing being closely examined by forensic police.  Frank Abbott previously lived there but the search was unproductive.

A reward of a million dollars was recently posted for information that broke this case and there is always hope that the lure of money will get some associated person to talk.  Frank Abbott is now a person of interest to the police, but no connection has been discovered that would link him to the boy's disappearance.

It seems strange that a young boy would make such an accusation without prompting and the babysitter is adamant that he appeared truthful.  The only factor leading to the admission was the song and its reference to William that was playing in the background.  That information has been in police hands for some time, and the case has not progressed.

There is no doubt the William Tyrrell disappearance has convinced many parents that he was the victim of a paedophile.   The personal freedom kids enjoyed in an earlier age has come to an end and today they are more likely to be escorted to and from school than allowed to make this journey on their own or in a group.  Several famous missing children cases come to mind every time a boy or a girl goes missing and these range from the Beaumont children in Adelaide to Samantha Knight in Sydney.  William Tyrrell is rapidly becoming a similarly remembered name.

No statute of limitations exists in murder cases and the police books will be open in this case until it is solved.