No Smells!

[Holly Goodhead]

I can't claim this little treasure as my own since I picked up on it from reading one of the police interviews with a member of T9.  I think it was MO from memory but can't be certain.

Anyway afaik those that entered 5A to carry out checks: GM, KM and MO do not mention any unfamiliar smells eg perfume, aftershave, body odour, cigarettes, alcohol.

I don't know about others but I think I have a strong sense of smell and if I entered the apartment where someone had recently been smelling of the above I may well have detected such.  However maybe if the window/shutter was fully open as KM claimed maybe it would diminish. 

[Robittybob1]

I can't claim this little treasure as my own since I picked up on it from reading one of the police interviews with a member of T9.  I think it was MO from memory but can't be certain.

Anyway afaik those that entered 5A to carry out checks: GM, KM and MO do not mention any unfamiliar smells eg perfume, aftershave, body odour, cigarettes, alcohol.

I don't know about others but I think I have a strong sense of smell and if I entered the apartment where someone had recently been smelling of the above I may well have detected such.  However maybe if the window/shutter was fully open as KM claimed maybe it would diminish.

OK this will be a hard topic to discuss, but have you really tried to prove whether it would be possible to sense this.
 I'm not saying it is impossible but IMO humans have a poor sense of smell.  There was a program called Master Chef and they had a test where the chefs (contestants) had to identify what they were given while they were blindfolded.  Most failed even when they smelt it.

[The General]

My missus is able to detect, not only the fact that I've had a wee nip or two, but can also discern the approximate tributary that fed the distillery on Islay.

[G-Unit]

My missus is able to detect, not only the fact that I've had a wee nip or two, but can also discern the approximate tributary that fed the distillery on Islay.

There's an episode of Absolutely Fabulous where Edina is legless as a teenager but her Mum never noticed. My mother was like that, but she could smell cigarette smoke at 50 paces. I used to be staggering and slurring and she was asking me if I'd been smoking!

[Brietta]

It was raised on the forum some time ago that the window might have been opened to help dissipate the smell of a substance used to overcome Madeleine.

[jassi]

It was raised on the forum some time ago that the window might have been opened to help dissipate the smell of a substance used to overcome Madeleine.

But for what reason ? Would an abductor care  if there was a lingering smell?

[The General]

But for what reason ? Would an abductor care  if there was a lingering smell?

Good point. 'Quick, waft away the smell of the chloroform before we make good our escape'.

[Miss Taken Identity]

But for what reason ? Would an abductor care  if there was a lingering smell?

Well if it is in the air he/she they may be overcome themselves and conk out...  you silly thing...

[ShiningInLuz]

Good point. 'Quick, waft away the smell of the chloroform before we make good our escape'.

I understand that chloroform dissipates quite rapidly.

And nobody in the T9 reported an odd smell.

There's a puzzle.

[pathfinder73]

Control Risks

"MO enters flat, hears a sound in the children's bedroom that is probably one of the twins rolling over in their cot."

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TIME_LINE_3_MAY_07.htm

From the witness:

"I was there to check, erm, no, no funny sort of smells, no sort of funny draughts, no sort of funny sort of noises, no, erm, nothing that I can think of for that. I mean, it was a complete just a shock out of the blue when, you know, I'd been in and then suddenly somebody's saying Madeleine's missing, there was nothing that made me think, oh'."

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-ROGATORY.htm

 

Who in the tapas 9 was changing statements?

[The General]

Control Risks

"MO enters flat, hears a sound in the children's bedroom that is probably one of the twins rolling over in their cot."

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TIME_LINE_3_MAY_07.htm

From the witness:

"I was there to check, erm, no, no funny sort of smells, no sort of funny draughts, no sort of funny sort of noises, no, erm, nothing that I can think of for that. I mean, it was a complete just a shock out of the blue when, you know, I'd been in and then suddenly somebody's saying Madeleine's missing, there was nothing that made me think, oh'."

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-ROGATORY.htm

 

'Hello, McFly'.
What's the chances of the concentration of simple-minded doctors on one holiday?

[sadie]

But for what reason ? Would an abductor care  if there was a lingering smell?

He/she would, if keen to give the false impression that  Madeleine had gone of her own volition.  And especially that no one with access to OC keys was involved.

IMO

[Holly Goodhead]

He/she would, if keen to give the false impression that  Madeleine had gone of her own volition.  And especially that no one with access to OC keys was involved.

IMO

Is there any evidence that supports an employee or associate of OC being involved?

[slartibartfast]

Is there any evidence that supports an employee or associate of OC being involved?

As far as I am aware, none.

[Angelo222]

I can't claim this little treasure as my own since I picked up on it from reading one of the police interviews with a member of T9.  I think it was MO from memory but can't be certain.

Anyway afaik those that entered 5A to carry out checks: GM, KM and MO do not mention any unfamiliar smells eg perfume, aftershave, body odour, cigarettes, alcohol.

I don't know about others but I think I have a strong sense of smell and if I entered the apartment where someone had recently been smelling of the above I may well have detected such.  However maybe if the window/shutter was fully open as KM claimed maybe it would diminish.

Good point Holly, that would appear to rule Smellyman out then.