Little William Tyrrell is still missing and Police believe he may still be alive.

On the second anniversary of William’s abduction, Monday 12 September, the NSW Police with the full support of the NSW Government announced a $1 Million reward for information that leads police to William – the largest reward offered in the history of NSW Police.

There could be thousands of reasons why the person or persons who know something haven’t come forward with information to date.

Now with a $1 Million reward on offer to encourage those with information to come forward to Police or Crime Stoppers, together with the promise of anonymity, the ability to negate the fact they’d concealed information regarding the offence and, having police protection, there is greater incentive than ever before to make the call.

MAKE THE CALL! Call Crime Stoppers NSW NOW! 1800 333 000 before Police CALL on YOU!

“It feels like an eternity without William.  We think of William every day, every hour, every minute and every second.  We constantly hope and pray that he is safe, loved and cherished. With every passing day we wonder what he is doing and how we so desperately wish we had answers.”

“Instead of William being home to celebrate his 5^th Birthday we are faced with the painful reminder that we have missed another of his milestones.  A reminder that we are now being forced to live with years that pass and each passing year is another heartbreaking year without our little boy; another year without answers.”

“It’s a harsh reality when life continues to move on and the day-to-day activities of life take over but the one thing that doesn’t change, that doesn’t move on is the fact that we don’t know what has happened to William.  We don’t know what is happening in his life – who is he talking to?  Is he happy?  Is he loved?  What toys does he play with?

“It’s been far too long, way too long not to see his happy cheeky smile, hear is bubbly laughter, watch him ride his bike and scooter and shower him with kisses, hugs and love. William needs to be home with us celebrating his 5^th Birthday, opening his presents, blowing out the candles on his cake, laughing and playing with his family and his little friends.”

“We are so immensely sad and disappointed in the person who either suspects and/or knows something about what happened on the 12^th September 2014 when William was kidnapped.  This person has for almost two years chosen to remain silent, has chosen not to come forward, has chosen to protect the monster who  stole William rather than being the person who chose to be William’s “hero” and help bring him home.”

“To the person who knows something, please find it in your heart to tell Police what you know and help bring William home.” William’s Mum and Dad

If you are the somebody who knows something or suspects someone may have been involved in the abduction of William Tyrrell, now is the time to make the call to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or contact Crime Stoppers online reporting page www.nsw.crimestoppers.com.au

 

“There is not a single day that goes by that we don’t wonder about our boy… Where he is, what he’s doing, hoping and praying that today’s the day we get the call from Police telling us William has been found.  It’s always hard but it’s times like Easter, Birthdays and Christmas that are the hardest to bear for us all. As Easter approaches, our family remembers William’s happy little face… His laughter and squeals of excitement as he and his sister would run and play together in search of brightly coloured eggs hidden in our garden by the Easter Bunny. It is the memory of each and every beautiful family moment shared with William that brings the most heartache; the most tears because William is not here. As a family, these are the times when it’s just so overwhelming…” William’s Mummy and Daddy.

“William is loved. William is cherished and is desperately missed by all who love him.  Every day the sun rises we face another day without our precious little boy. Somebody knows something and if that somebody is you, you need to tell your secret now. It’s been too long.  Please, please if you know something about William’s disappearance you must call Crime Stoppers and tell them what you know.  You could be the somebody we are all depending on… Even if you’re not sure but suspect someone may have been involved, please make the call and tell police what you know.  Please… You could be the somebody who can help bring William home to us.” William’s Mummy

MAKE THE CALL! Call Crime Stoppers NSW NOW! 1800 333 000 before Police CALL on YOU!

 

By William’s Mummy & Daddy

Hope is a funny thing. What do we hope for? We’re not too sure how to answer a question about ‘how we maintain hope for William’ exactly. We hope he’s safe, we hope he’s loved, we hope he’s not afraid. We hope we get an answer soon. We hope he comes home soon. We hope that we never have to face the fact that we may never know what happened to our beautiful little boy. We hope that someone will tell someone what they know.

As a family we survive by being present minute-to-minute. The minutes roll into days, days into weeks all from the moment our boy disappeared. Hope is all we have. To imagine a life without William is absolutely horrific and it’s something we just can’t do. We believe the Police are doing everything they can possibly do to bring him home.

By trying to think positively and that by not having an outcome as yet, we believe that there is still the chance of William coming home alive. We also believe the public can help in immeasurable ways. What we’re asking of people is; if you’ve noticed that something is odd, or that something just strikes a chord with you about what you might have seen or heard then you have to contact Crime Stoppers. It might be something that until now you’ve dismissed as unimportant but by telling police, it just may be the one thing, the one missing piece of the puzzle they are looking for and you just may be the one who helps to bring William home to us. We hope that the “one thing”, the one piece of information police are looking for will come through very soon because to live a life without our little boy is indescribable.

It’s the love and support of extended family and friends that keeps us going day-after-day. For our little family, we keep each other strong and remain focussed on caring for each other and what our family means to us. Keeping our family connected and emotionally safe, our roles with each other change as does our grief and sense of loss but for us it’s about being honest and open with each other with our feelings and thoughts.

We have a very strong support system around us with friends, counselling professionals and other family members all focussed on how we can keep each other moving forward and in helping each other with coming to terms with William’s abduction.

As a family, there are times when it’s just so overwhelming… One of the most confronting feelings we have sometimes is the feeling that life goes on without William at home… Life as we knew it stopped on the morning of the 12th September 2014 but around us the world was “ticking by”, the sun still came up each morning and the stars still shone each night…

It can be so overwhelming at times and this is when we rely on each other for strength. What’s also particularly cruel and hurtful is when people who don’t know us demonstrate an enormous lack of compassion and empathy for our situation and say the most hurtful and insensitive things on social media, this is when the strength and love of friends and family helps keeps us “normal”. We both support each other by keeping busy with the Where’s William Campaign to raise awareness of our boy and donations to keep his disappearance front of mind across the community.

William is a funny little boy with an amazing sense of humour. He can laugh at himself and is most happy being the centre of attention at home. He and his sister absolutely adore each other. We have pictures of them giving each other kisses, hugs and playing. One of the things that William was beginning to explore was dress ups and creating characters for us. He and his sister would put on concerts for us, they would play their guitars and pianos, sing their favourite songs which was Frozen at the time. William and his sister are everything to us and our family.

William and his sister are the ‘bestest little buddies’ and the centre of our entire universe.

It’s incredibly hard thinking about our plans and dreams for the future now. When we think of the plans we might make, often we question ourselves because we want so much to include William. How can we plan for our family’s future without him and yet, do we try to make plans as if he’s not with us?

We have almost completed our renovations on our home for our little family. We had planned those a while ago and we planned for it to become our “forever family home”. It’s heartbreaking that William has missed out on all the fun things that he would have been so excited to be a part of – the diggers, the saws cutting timber for the roof, the trucks and all the trades working on our family home. He wold have been so, so very excited especially knowing he wold be getting his new room upstairs with lots more room for all his toys! Having missed out on the fun of building, we hope that when William comes home to us he loves how we’ve made his room his own special magic place.

To the public we want to say a special thank you from the bottom of our hearts. So many of you have offered your heartfelt words of support, love and carrying for William you’re your continued support and endorsement in helping in our Where’s William? Campaign brings us incredible comfort. We have seen your words and felt your acts of kindness.

And yet, we are troubled and disturbed by the heartbreaking position we find ourselves in and feel a deep sense of helplessness at not knowing what has happened to our boy.

To the public, our message is simple; somebody knows something, somebody saw something or somebody heard something that can help police find our boy. Somebody may have even heard someone say something about William’s disappearance. All it will take to find him is for that somebody, that one person to come forward to make all the difference and help bring William home. Maybe that somebody is you?

Please visit whereswilliam.org to learn more about William and make a donation and share William’s official Facebook page: ‘Where’s William Tyrrell? Bring Him Home – Official’ Facebook page.

If you have seen William or have information relating to his disappearance, please contact Crime Stoppers now on 1800 333 000 or at Crime Stoppers online reporting page. You can remain anonymous.

Developing and launching the Where’s William? Campaign is our way of advocating for William and appealing to the public to not forget that someone has taken our little boy. It’s the public who can help up us to find that one clue that will lead us to William.

If it weren’t for the generosity of Dick and Pip Smith, we wouldn’t have been able to even dream that the Where’s William? Campaign were possible. The seed funding they provided enabled us to develop and launch the campaign to help find William and bring him home.

We are most grateful to Dick and Pip Smith and all those who are very kindly providing their services to us in a pro bono capacity or at cost. However, there are still many infrastructure costs and out-of-pocket expenses that require payment including printing, distribution, ads, and media engagement costs. Without the generosity of the public through donations, we would not be able to cover these essential expenses. Please don’t assume that someone else is supporting the campaign and think that someone else will donate.

When William first disappeared, out of concern for our boy a number of individuals and groups that don’t know us or William wanted to help by raising awareness in creating unofficial Facebook pages and in other ways.

Looking at Facebook, there are many different unofficial groups promoting the need to find William and some having a large following who, on their own, organise events and advocate their support for William. If everyone who liked those pages or was part of a group could donate just a few dollars each, then we would have funding that we could use for some additional forms of generating awareness of the need to find William.

Recently some are inviting people to participate in a Walk 4 William national event to help raise awareness of our little boy.

William’s family and Bravehearts are grateful to organisers but now the official Where’s William? Campaign is urging supporters and participants to register their events via the whereswilliam.org website to have our full support. Only officially registered events will be given vital information on legal requirements for their event and most importantly, once registered they will be covered by public liability insurance which is an absolute must.

Walk 4 William events can also fundraise to support ongoing campaign costs or purchase T Shirts, Ribbons and Hats directly from William’s official website. Every donation matters because it’s all about finding our boy.

We want people to know that he could still be out there ready to be found. The police believe William could be alive, he could be anywhere. We as people living in this day and age should be morally affronted that someone thought it was okay to abduct an innocent child from outside his Nana’s home. What is right about that? As mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, daughters, sons, brothers and sisters we should all be up in arms that a complete stranger abducted William and that somebody knows what happened to him. For whatever reason, that somebody is not coming forward. That somebody knows who took him. That somebody is keeping a secret….

How long can you live with that? Knowing that there is a family who is desperate for William to come home. Knowing that his siblings miss playing with their brother. Knowing that there is a family who are shattered. It’s unbelievably cruel and torturous.
Now is time for that somebody who knows something to share their secret and to help right this terrible wrong.

As William’s family we would do everything possible to find our boy. For us, there is absolutely no option other than to do everything in our power to help Police find our boy. Anything. For the last 12 months we’ve being doing everything we can to get the campaign up and running, asking friends and family to help and seeking seed funding to begin the first stage to develop the creative and launch the online components with William’s website and official Facebook page which have both been warmly received.

There is not a single day that goes by that we don’t wonder about our boy and where he is, what he’s doing, hoping and praying that today’s the day we get the call from Police telling us they know where William is. The Where’s William? Campaign just has to keep going and we will do whatever we can to achieve that. We will do absolutely everything we possibly can in order to keep the public’s awareness of William paramount.

Without the help of our team we wouldn’t have been able to have come this far. We are so appreciative of everyone who has supported us and continues to support our primary goal of finding William even though what we have each taken on is extremely hard for everyone.

Overall, we are humbled by the incredible support and good will toward us from the majority of the public who send their thoughts and kind wishes to us via William’s website and Facebook page. It is this kindness that often brings us to tears. It is this support that gives us hope and keeps us going when at times we feel we can’t go on.

It’s been almost a year since William was abducted and although the Police believe that William could still be alive, that he could be anywhere but we fear that with the passing of time people may have lost faith and hope that our boy can still be found.

We know the Where’s William? Campaign can continue to generate extensive awareness of William to prompt somebody with the knowledge of William’s whereabouts to come forward but we need help. We need the help of the public to continue to roll out the campaign nationally and we hope that people will help us.

Please, please don’t forget that someone has taken our boy and that somebody knows something. With the help of the public, we hope we can find William and bring him home.

For information or to make a donation please visit whereswilliam.org or ‘Where’s William Tyrrell? Bring Him Home – Official’ Facebook page.

If you have seen William or have information relating to his disappearance, contact Crime Stoppers now on 1800 333 000 or at Crime Stoppers online reporting page. You can remain anonymous.