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‘You didn’t lose William’: Birth father of William Tyrrell told he’s not to blame

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The biological father of William Tyrrell, who is ‘crushed’ by seven years of no news about his missing son, has been reassured he shouldn’t feel responsible for failures in tracking down the toddler.

Police have now packed up the search for the missing three-year-old’s remains after weeks of tireless forensic work, with a bone fragment found on Wednesday just two days before the dig wound up.

William’s 39-year-old father, who is homeless and whose life is on the skids after 48 arrests and numerous stints behind bars, has said he’s ‘too scared to love’ his other kids. 

His family has begged his grandmother to find their homeless father, saying: ‘You go tell him he didn’t lose William’. 

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been living rough since his latest time spent behind bars.

He had an ‘incredible bond’ with William even after the boy was taken from him and placed in foster care, William’s grandmother told Daily Mail Australia. 

William Tyrrell's biological father had an 'incredible bond' with the missing toddler and his life has run off the rails since the three-year-old vanished from foster care

William Tyrrell’s biological father had an ‘incredible bond’ with the missing toddler and his life has run off the rails since the three-year-old vanished from foster care

William Tyrrell photographed on the verandah at Kendall where he was last seen before he disappeared on the morning of September 12, 2014

William Tyrrell photographed on the verandah at Kendall where he was last seen before he disappeared on the morning of September 12, 2014

His anguish about his son was clear during the inquest into William’s disappearance when the distressed father testified to that the Family and Community Services Department had failed to protect  William.

‘They f**ked up. The minister has a duty of care to keep him safe until 18,’ the father told the NSW Coroner. 

William’s father was arrested earlier this year for drug driving with methamphetamines in his system while accelerating in a red Subaru down Broadway in Sydney.

Police took a sample of his saliva which later tested positive for the drug.  

In August, he was convicted in his absence of drive vehicle while illicit drug present in blood, fined $1,200 and disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for six months.

Police have now called off the dig (above) at Kendall for William Tyrrell's body after 30 days of 'high intensity' searching for the boy's remains

Police have now called off the dig (above) at Kendall for William Tyrrell’s body after 30 days of ‘high intensity’ searching for the boy’s remains

William's biological mother (above) has said she was a 'mess' but she was glad detectives had turned their attention to a new person of interest

William’s biological mother (above) has said she was a ‘mess’ but she was glad detectives had turned their attention to a new person of interest

Police served the court papers on William’s father while he was behind bars for another crime at a western Sydney Correctional Centre.

His multiple charges include some for drug offences, and while on drugs he has displayed ‘bizarre’ behaviour, according to a close relative.

Daily Mail Australia has learned the man was at one stage sleeping on metal bedsprings rather than a mattress, and then carrying the springs around.

He also cut into the walls of a dwelling near the electricity point of a light switch and got ice cream from a freezer before placing it between the spokes of a motorbike, as well as kicking down the house’s letterbox.

William’s father and other family members say they have been ‘through hell for seven years’ since the toddler vanished in September 2014.

At the time, William was staying with his foster parents at a house in Kendall on the NSW Mid North Coast and wearing a Spider-Man suit to play in just moments before he disappeared. 

William's birth father has been told by another of his children that it is not his fault the toddler vanished, saying 'you didn't lose William'

William’s birth father has been told by another of his children that it is not his fault the toddler vanished, saying ‘you didn’t lose William’

Police prepare to search a water tank at the Benaroon Drive property from which William went missing while staying at his foster grandmother's place in September 2014. The search has now been called off

Police prepare to search a water tank at the Benaroon Drive property from which William went missing while staying at his foster grandmother’s place in September 2014. The search has now been called off

Despite numerous searches, no trace of missing William has ever been found.

In mid-November Strike Force Rosann launched a massive ‘high intensity’ search for William’s remains at the Kendall house and two bushland sites nearby.

Before he stepped down as NSW Police Commissioner, Mick Fowler named William’s foster mother as a person of interest.

It is not suggested that the foster mother was actually involved in William’s disappearance, only that she has been identified as a person of interest. 

After the latest search began, William’s biological mother has said she was a ‘mess’ but she was glad detectives had turned their attention to a new person of interest. 

Police announced last week that the search at Kendall for William’s body, which had been going for 30 days, would be ‘completed’ by the end of the week.

William's father and other family members say they have been 'through hell for seven years' since the toddler (pictured) vanished in September 2014

William’s father and other family members say they have been ‘through hell for seven years’ since the toddler (pictured) vanished in September 2014

Police have now packed up the search for the missing three-year-old's remains after weeks of tireless forensic work (pictured), with a bone fragment found on Wednesday just two days before the dig wound up

Police have now packed up the search for the missing three-year-old’s remains after weeks of tireless forensic work (pictured), with a bone fragment found on Wednesday just two days before the dig wound up

The dig yielded more than 30 items including pieces of fabric, as well as a ‘significant amount of soil’ which is being forensically tested for the NSW State Coroner Harriet Grahame.

The items are being examined at the Forensic and Analytical Science Service at Lidcombe, where the sample of William’s father’s saliva for his drug driving test was sent for analysis.

William’s foster parents will face court again this week over a charge of alleged common assault against a child.

The foster mother, 56, and foster father, 54, each face one count of common assault, alleged to have occurred at a home on Sydney’s upper north shore this year. 

The identities of the foster parents and the child subject of the charge cannot be revealed for legal reasons. 

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