Luke Willcockson, 37, has been charged with the alleged shooting murder of a man whose body was found last Wednesday night at a house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall

  • Man allegedly shot at Batar Creek Road, Kendall
  • Police arrest two men, one woman 
  • Police theorise William Tyrrell is buried along road
  • No suggestion of any connection between two cases 

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One woman and two men have been charged over the alleged murder of a 43-year-old man whose body was found at a home at Kendall on the NSW mid-north-coast.

The man was found allegedly shot dead around 6.40pm last Wednesday at the house on Batar Creek Road, and could not be revived at the scene.

NSW Police have charged 37-year-old Luke Willcockson with murder, and Ashley Shields, 27, with conceal serious indictable offence after the pair were arrested at 1.30pm on Sunday afternoon at North Haven.

A third person, Michael Nicholas Hatzigeorgiou, 39, who had been living at the Kendall house, was arrested after being stopped at 4.10pm on Saturday on the Pacific Highway at Nabiac.

He was charged with accessory after the fact to murder, conceal serious indictable offence and drive motor vehicle during disqualification period and appeared in Port Macquarie Local Court on Monday.

He was refused bail and will appear again in the same court today where Mr Willcockson and Ms Shields are also due to appear.  

Luke Willcockson, 37, has been charged with the alleged shooting murder of a man whose body was found last Wednesday night at a house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall

Luke Willcockson, 37, has been charged with the alleged shooting murder of a man whose body was found last Wednesday night at a house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall

Luke Willcockson, 37, has been charged with the alleged shooting murder of a man whose body was found last Wednesday night at a house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall  

The house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall where the body of a man, 43, was discovered on Wednesday night

The house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall where the body of a man, 43, was discovered on Wednesday night

The house on Batar Creek Road, Kendall where the body of a man, 43, was discovered on Wednesday night 

Police interview neighbours at the crime scene on Thursday after a man's body was found on Batar Creek Road, Kendall the night before

Police interview neighbours at the crime scene on Thursday after a man's body was found on Batar Creek Road, Kendall the night before

Police interview neighbours at the crime scene on Thursday after a man’s body was found on Batar Creek Road, Kendall the night before

Members of the public performed CPR on the man allegedly shot last week who, neighbours told Daily Mail Australia, had lived there with a woman for several years.

Neighbours reported hearing on Wednesday night before the man’s death, laughter coming from the house and then a screeching of car tyres.   

Kendall – a small village of 1,141 people, not far from Port Macquarie – was the town where William Tyrrell, Australia’s most famous missing child, went missing in September 2014.

Last week’s crime scene happened at a house just a two minute drive from the stretch of Batar Creek Road which was the subject of an intense police search for William’s remains two years ago.  

Police (above on Batar Creek Road during the last major search for William Tyrrell's remains) say about the missing toddler  'we know where he is'

Police (above on Batar Creek Road during the last major search for William Tyrrell's remains) say about the missing toddler  'we know where he is'

The body of missing toddler William Tyrrell (above) is believed to have been dumped along Batar Creek Road in the town of Kendall

The body of missing toddler William Tyrrell (above) is believed to have been dumped along Batar Creek Road in the town of Kendall

Police (above on Batar Creek Road during the last major search for William Tyrrell’s remains) say ‘ we know where’ the missing toddler’s remains are

Police still believe the remains of the missing toddler are buried at the other end of Batar Creek Road, a short drive from where he was last seen at Benaroon Drive, Kendall.

In late 2021, detectives and SES workers made extensive searches over four weeks along Batar Creek Road to locate missing William.

Detectives from Strike Force Rosann, which is investigating William’s disappearance, have told William Tyrrell’s foster mother: ‘We aren’t guessing. We aren’t bluffing. We know how, we know why, we know where he is.’ 

The woman, who cannot be identified, has strongly denied any knowledge of the toddler’s whereabouts or any link to William’s disappearance. 

There is no suggestion of a link between his disappearance and the latest incident on Batar Creek Road.

The house where the man died is closer into town than the location on the same street where police theorise that William is buried.  

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