The investigation into the disappearance of three-year-old William Tyrrell has been called off.
The final week of evidentiary hearings was due to resume on Monday, but will no longer take place.
A spokesman said on Tuesday: “I can confirm that the coroner has closed evidence from the Tyrrell inquest and set aside the hearing dates of 16-20 December 2024.”
There has been no word on when Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame will deliver her findings.
William Tyrrell was last seen at his adoptive grandmother’s home in Kendall on September 12, 2014.
The mystery of the boy’s disappearance has cooled for more than a decade, and at the Lidcombe Coroner’s Court hearing in November, NSW Police Strike Force Rosann had uncovered no forensic evidence or from eyewitnesses.
Several theories have been put forward during the investigation, including that William’s adoptive mother hid his body after he ‘died from a fall’ for fear of losing access to another child in her care.
The adoptive mother, who cannot be identified, has repeatedly denied any involvement in William’s disappearance.
William Tyrrell (pictured) was last seen at his adoptive grandmother’s home in Kendall on September 12, 2014.
The abrupt closure by Coroner Grahame comes after she refused to allow Task Force Commander Tyrrell’s request to testify and denied a police request to re-examine William’s adoptive mother.
The coroner criticized the presentation by Detective Chief Inspector David Laidlaw, head of Strike Force Rosann, when the inquest briefly resumed in early November, saying it contained matters of opinion rather than fact.
The document was presented in a highly redacted manner.
Ms Grahame was also reluctant to allow further evidence to be heard in a week of hearings before Christmas which she has now cancelled.
Among them was the testimony of a scientific expert about the removal of remains from the mountain by predators such as wild dogs or foxes.
A video was played last month of the missing boy’s adoptive mother being questioned in 2021 by the NSW Crime Commission after she was identified as a person of interest in what are now the final hearings of the inquiry. long lasting.
In the NSWCC interview, the adoptive mother was warned she risked going to prison if she lied.
The 59-year-old answered “I don’t know” more than 70 times in more than two hours of questioning.
More to come.