William Tyrrell search: Police uncover small piece of light blue material in search for missing toddler’s remains - 7NEWS.com.au

New potential evidence has been uncovered by police in the search for William Tyrrell’s remains.

Light blue material was collected and bagged from a search site near Kendall on Friday afternoon, the fifth straight day of renewed searches.

The piece of cloth is believed to be about eight square centimetres in size.

A marker was put down where it was found, before being bagged and sent to Sydney for forensic testing.

It follows police draining a creek in bushland near the home where Tyrrell was last seen more than seven years ago.

Police place potential evidence in a brown paper bag. Credit: 7NEWS

Then three years old and dressed in a Spider-Man outfit, William vanished while playing in the garden of his foster grandmother’s Kendall home on September 12, 2014.

Earlier this week, New South Wales Police announced a new “high intensity” search for his remains.

It was foreshadowed that “new evidence” had brought about the search efforts.

On Friday morning, officers returned to a search site, about 1km from the home, and were seen using a water pump to drain the creek in search of any clues as to what happened to the three-year-old.

William Tyrrell in his now-infamous Spider-Man outfit. Credit: AAP

There is nothing to suggest William’s remains are in the creek. NSW Police say draining nearby water sources is standard practice during search operations.

Plastic sheets have also been laid down at the site where police have been digging since Monday, with showers and possible thunderstorms expected to hit Kendall on Friday.

Dozens of people are helping with the search in Kendall, including officers from the NSW Police and the Australian Federal Police, as well as Rural Fire Service volunteers.

NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Malcolm Lanyon on Wednesday vowed to “leave no stone unturned” and praised investigators’ “dogged determination” as they continued the search in Kendall, which could take weeks.

NSW Police say draining nearby water sources is standard practice during search operations.  Credit: NSW Police

“The NSW Police will not stop until such time as we’ve investigated every possible lead,” he said.

On Thursday, Australian Federal Police officers brought in ground-penetrating radar to scan a concrete slab at the Kendall property that belonged to the boy’s foster grandmother. No inconsistencies were detected.

Earlier in the week, officers had been digging and examining a garden bed at the property to investigate a theory William may have fallen to his death from the home’s second storey balcony.

Cadaver dogs have also been on the scene.

The findings of a coronial inquest into William’s disappearance, which concluded last year, are yet to be handed down.

A $1 million reward for information on the case still stands.

- with AAP

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