TIMELINE OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILLIAM TYRRELL
2014
* SEPTEMBER 12 - Dressed in a Spiderman outfit, three-year-old William Tyrrell goes missing from the front yard of his foster grandmother's home in Kendall, 40km south of Port Macquarie.
* SEPTEMBER 21 - Police stop searching for the missing boy after scouring surrounding bushland and neighbouring houses.
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2015
*JANUARY 20 - Police search the home and business of washing machine repairman William Spedding, who had been due to carry out repairs at the Kendall house at the time the boy disappeared.
*JANUARY 23 - Spedding publicly denies any involvement in William's disappearance and no charges have been laid against him.
* FEBRUARY 19 - Homicide detectives take over the case and say it's likely William was abducted.
* MARCH 2 - Police search bushland near Bonny Hills for three days after a tip-off.
* APRIL 17 - William's foster parents speak publicly for the first time in an emotional video released through police which does not identify them.
* APRIL17 - Police say the boy may have been a victim of a pedophile ring.
* SEPTEMBER 12 - "Where's William" week is launched one year after he disappeared.
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2016
* SEPTEMBER 12 - A $1 million reward is offered for information leading to William's return.
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2017
* AUGUST 24 - William's foster child status is revealed after a court ruling.
2018
* JUNE 12 - NSW Police announce the start of a four-week forensic search of bushland in Kendall.
