William Tyrrell's biological parents admit absconding with their child in 2012 when they learned a children's court determined he would become a ward of the state.
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The pair fronted the NSW Coroner's Court on March 28 to give evidence in an inquest that hopes to determine that William was taken on September 12, 2014 from his grandmother's front yard at Kendall as a result of human intervention and not misadventure.
The inquest is being heard before NSW Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame.
William's biological mother told the coroner of the day in 2014 that police arrived on her doorstep after the three-year-old disappeared and asked if he was there.
"They didn't tell me anything ... they looked around ... they asked what I'd done, blah, blah, blah, and left," the woman testified at the NSW Coroners Court on Thursday.
The mother, who can't be identified for legal reasons, said she stood by her statement to police that she "didn't take him" and "definitely" doesn't know where William is.
If I took him, I would be gone and I would have (his sister) as well. I want a normal life. I don't want to be hiding away with them somewhere.
- William Tyrrell's biological mother.
In that document, the woman states: "If I took him, I would be gone and I would have (his sister) as well. I want a normal life. I don't want to be hiding away with them somewhere."
Her last supervised contact visit with her son was on August 21 in 2014.
William vanished on September 12 that year.
His biological father testified on Thursday at the inquest into the boy's disappearance and suspected death.
The man said he was at home in Sydney when he found out William was missing.
It was the minister's duty of care to keep him safe until he was 18 and that was not the case at all. FACS was about keeping kids safe.
- William Tyrrell's biological father
The inquest so far:
- A roar and then nothing: the moment William Tyrrell disappeared
- Foster mother first thought "someone has taken him"
- Suspicious cars seen in Benaroon Drive
- Foster mother says she heard something like a "high-pitched scream"
- Foster father says he searched everywhere
- Police officer takes stand and gives evidence
Junior counsel assisting the coroner, Tracey Stevens, asked: "If you were informed by anyone of information of William's whereabouts, what would you do?"
"I'm still waiting to be informed," the man replied.
When questioned about the involvement of authorities, including the Department of Family and Community Services, he said: "They f***ed up."
"It was the minister's duty of care to keep him safe until he was 18 and that was not the case at all. FACS was about keeping kids safe," the father said.
Both parents conceded they "absconded" with William and hid him for five to six weeks in early 2012 after a children's court determined he was a ward of the state.
The mother said she was aware of adoption plans before he disappeared but not in any detail.
The father told the court: "Through everything that happened, I really had no regard for any of that controversy. It was just something ... in one ear and out the other."
Senior counsel assisting the coroner, Gerard Craddock SC, told the inquest the police investigation was ongoing.
"We certainly haven't given up," he said.
"If anybody, either in the room or in the community generally has any further information which they think might be of assistance ... we want to hear from them."
A directions hearing will be held on April 24 ahead of a month of hearings in August when persons of interest will be called to give evidence.
Australian Associated Press