WEBVTT - Bonus episode - We’re Back 

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we are coming back with more episodes of Witness

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<v Speaker 1>William Tyrrel and thank you to everyone, and I mean

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<v Speaker 1>everyone who's got in touch to ask when or even

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<v Speaker 1>if we're going to do this, and the answer is yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we are, and the first episode will be out next week.

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<v Speaker 1>But it has taken us a lot longer to get

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<v Speaker 1>here than we expected. It's taken months longer, and the

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<v Speaker 1>reason for that is that what we thought might be

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<v Speaker 1>simple got complicated. It was like every time we pulled

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<v Speaker 1>on a thread in this investigation, it's led us deep

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<v Speaker 1>into a maze, and we've had to follow all of

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<v Speaker 1>those tunnels, the right turns and the wrong turns, and

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<v Speaker 1>what we've found there has genuinely shocked us. I never

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<v Speaker 1>expected this investigation to get so dark, or that we'd

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<v Speaker 1>end up investigating other murders beyond William Tyrell's disappearance, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's what's happened. And doing this kind of work, finding people,

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<v Speaker 1>talking to them, digging out old documents, flying across the country,

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<v Speaker 1>all of that takes time. This is easily the most complicated,

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<v Speaker 1>the most demanding, and the most long running investigation I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever worked on. And the truth of it is that

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<v Speaker 1>we also would not have got to where we are

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<v Speaker 1>today about to release these four new episodes without you,

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<v Speaker 1>the listeners who've got in touch by email or by

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<v Speaker 1>social media, The people who we hadn't managed to track

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<v Speaker 1>down when we published those first episodes last year who've

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<v Speaker 1>come forward and spoken to us, either anonymously or on

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<v Speaker 1>the record, or the people who've come forward with more tips,

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<v Speaker 1>who've helped fill in the blanks and have really you've

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<v Speaker 1>helped shape this investigation ever since it started. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>you have already influenced the podcast. Others have been the

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<v Speaker 1>sources for other written stories about William's disappearance which have

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<v Speaker 1>been published by news dot com dot Au, and several

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<v Speaker 1>of your tips have also been passed on to the authorities,

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<v Speaker 1>who I hope, I really hope are also doing their

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<v Speaker 1>own investigating. Particularly, I want to mention the sheer number

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<v Speaker 1>of people who've got in touch with us to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about other suspected or convicted pedophiles who lived in the

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<v Speaker 1>area around where William was reported missing, Beyond the several

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<v Speaker 1>people who we've mentioned in this series so far, that

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<v Speaker 1>has genuinely shocked me. Or the other people who've come

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<v Speaker 1>forward to help put us in touch with other witnesses

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<v Speaker 1>or with sightings of William, some of which were reported

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<v Speaker 1>to the police, and not all of them, it seems,

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<v Speaker 1>were followed up. I want to say thank you to

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<v Speaker 1>everyone who's contacted us about crime Stoppers. I now have

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<v Speaker 1>a much better understanding of how that organization works and

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<v Speaker 1>what the police did or didn't do with the countless,

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<v Speaker 1>literally countless reports crime Stoppers received about William. And thank

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<v Speaker 1>you to those who got in touch to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>police search dogs. They're not as reliable as you see

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<v Speaker 1>in the movies or sometimes as you hear about in

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<v Speaker 1>other podcasts. And finally, a special mention to the one

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<v Speaker 1>member of the public who attended the inquest and doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be publicly identified. You know who you are,

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<v Speaker 1>and from our conversations, you have a better idea than

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<v Speaker 1>most about what's coming up in the next four episodes.

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<v Speaker 1>For the rest of you, those episodes will be out

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<v Speaker 1>in a week, but here's a clip of what to expect.

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<v Speaker 2>They were gaut max like the someone had gouged skin it.

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<v Speaker 2>If he wasn't such a devious and a criminal, he

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<v Speaker 2>was clever, except well, I assume he's a pedophile as.

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<v Speaker 1>Young girls and young.

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<v Speaker 2>Boys saying about he took him out to the forest

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<v Speaker 2>at here and tied him up to trees. I can

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<v Speaker 2>just see where I am right now in the shed

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<v Speaker 2>within the telling me this story of this young girl

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<v Speaker 2>that they picked up, and yeah, all had sex with her.

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<v Speaker 1>I have said all I'm gonna say about him, And

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<v Speaker 1>you would at least inquire and ask around and do

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of digging.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you had fresh and compelling evidence now under

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<v Speaker 2>the double jeopardy legislation, you could have him retry. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking at all these unsolved cases, why has no

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<v Speaker 2>task force publicly looked at those cases. We're waiting and

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<v Speaker 2>waiting on the afternoon, but you didn't come out.

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<v Speaker 1>That's next time on Witness, William Tyrrell