Podcasts by Mark Saunokonoko of 9News.

[barrier]

What about the watcher skulking in the shadows of the adjacent apartment and the getaway driver?

Would that be fag end lil.

[Eleanor]

Would that be fag end lil.

Who is Fag End Lil?

[The General]

They had already looked at the alternatives.

That's my point. Why exclude any possibility if you're having no joy with your focus? 7 years later and you're making no headway - maybe you're looking at the wrong theory. Or do they just wind it up and say 'ah well, we couldn't find an abductor, or indeed any evidence of an abduction, so thanks everyone, good bye'?

[Eleanor]

That's my point. Why exclude any possibility if you're having no joy with your focus? 7 years later and you're making no headway - maybe you're looking at the wrong theory. Or do they just wind it up and say 'ah well, we couldn't find an abductor, or indeed any evidence of an abduction, so thanks everyone, good bye'?

You don't know that they are making no headway.

[barrier]

What about the watcher skulking in the shadows of the adjacent apartment and the getaway driver?

What about the bit in-between, how was she sequestrated out of 5a with out leaving a trace.magic carpet?

[The General]

You don't know that they are making no headway.

I'm not going down the 'sphincter says what' route that so many use on this forum, and ask you if you think they are making headway, but after burning 7 years and £12m I think I can safely say they're not exactly covering themselves in glory.
And I'm not surprised either, if you only follow one of the threads in your possession, and that thread turns out to be a dud, it sort of leaves you in investigative limbo.

[ShiningInLuz]

Who is Fag End Lil?

Aoife Smith, according to the media.

I think barrier was cracking a joke.

[The General]

What about the bit in-between, how was she sequestrated out of 5a with out leaving a trace.magic carpet?

Let's get it right, if you put the theories in order of likelihood, this one is at the bottom just before 'inter-dimensional transportation'.

[Brietta]

Would that be fag end lil.

Pity nobody bothered to bag them individually and send them off for forensic testing ... that might have given us confirmation about who was smoking there ... or I believe there is unidentified DNA from apartment 5, maybe even a match for that??

[The General]

Pity nobody bothered to bag them individually and send them off for forensic testing ... that might have given us confirmation about who was smoking there ... or I believe there is unidentified DNA from apartment 5, maybe even a match for that??

'...yeh, they've come back from the lab. It turns out that they're cigarettes'.
Why not bag and tag every fag within a 2 block radius? Why not bag and tag all the Quaver's packets, used condoms and all the various items of flotsam and jetsam swirling around in the breeze?
You're quick to castigate the DNA found in 5a, just imagine how disparaging you would be about DNA found on an incidental object on the periphery.

[Robittybob1]

How does that help her ?

Potentially billions of people looking out for her day to day.

[Robittybob1]

Not according to Robbi, who seemed to think, yesterday that it was common gossip among staff.

Well who's side are you on?  Do you think the Tapas staff knew or not?

[jassi]

Potentially billions of people looking out for her day to day.

Any evidence of that ?  What exactly would they be looking for after so many years?

[The General]

Potentially billions of people looking out for her day to day.

'Potentially billions'. I suppose that's technically correct. But the number of actual people who 1. know about it 2. have the means to hear about it 3. give a shit about it - is actually really small.
Nice sentiment though, 'billions' of eager pair of concerned eyes scouring their locale for the little missing girl.

[jassi]

Well who's side are you on?  Do you think the Tapas staff knew or not?

I can see no reason why they should either know, or be in the least interested. Their responsibility was to serve food and drink