article_snippet.sent: The three-day search was carried out near local washing machine repairman William 'Bill' Spedding's home.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Spedding was identified as a person of interest in the case after Mr Spedding was due to fix William's grandmother's washing machine around the time the toddler vanished.
article_snippet.sent: However, Mr Spedding says Mr Spedding didn't go to the house on September 12 because Mr Spedding couldn't get in contact with William's grandmother.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Spedding has strongly denied any involvement and police have previously stressed Mr Spedding isn't police only line of inquiry.