Wandering Off Topic

[The General]

"The woman gave an interview to Portuguese detectives 13 days after the disappearance but the report on the informal interview does not mention her overhearing a conversation about disposing of a body.
However, in April 2008 the woman made a further statement in which she recounted hearing the astonishing comment, saying she heard it days after the abduction."

She heard it days after but did not reveal it to police on 16 May 2007. 

The incompetent fools, they should have known she was holding back.

[pathfinder73]

The incompetent fools, they should have known she was holding back.

 

[G-Unit]

Particularly if the conduct of the investigation is incompetent.

That's a matter of opinion, not fact.

[G-Unit]

This witness,  they were following up what this witness said she heard.   I'm sure I've given you this link before -

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/488487/EXCLUSIVE-Potential-key-witness-McCann-case

A witness who said nothing at the time but allegedly remembered it years later? Yeah, that sounds convincing....not!

[Lace]

"The woman gave an interview to Portuguese detectives 13 days after the disappearance but the report on the informal interview does not mention her overhearing a conversation about disposing of a body.
However, in April 2008 the woman made a further statement in which she recounted hearing the astonishing comment, saying she heard it days after the abduction."

She heard it days after but did not reveal it to police on 16 May 2007. 

The Police felt they had to investigate just in case IMO

Some people take a while to  go to the police perhaps she was thinking 'did I really hear what I think I heard'  then decided she would go and tell the Police anyway

[G-Unit]

The Police felt they had to investigate just in case IMO

Some people take a while to  go to the police perhaps she was thinking 'did I really hear what I think I heard'  then decided she would go and tell the Police anyway

I wonder which police she spoke to in May 2008? There's nothing in the PJ Files imo.

[pathfinder73]

The Police felt they had to investigate just in case IMO

Some people take a while to  go to the police perhaps she was thinking 'did I really hear what I think I heard'  then decided she would go and tell the Police anyway

I thought she had overheard a conversation on the night - 'Why did you bring her here' but according to the report it was days after. I suppose a body hidden on the night then moved somewhere else days later cannot be ruled out.

[Anthro]

Does anyone know what the origin of the photo to the left is and how it relates to Madeleine? Madeleine is on the right.

[Venturi Swirl]

Aren't they called 'cold cases'? - when an investigation is terminated due to lack of useful evidence.


How can you look for something of which there is no trace?

Ask the police, those who have spent years looking for Ben Needham, Claudia Lawrence, etc.  Should they have given up as soon as it was established there was no actual evidence regarding what happened the day they went missing?

[Venturi Swirl]

What would  the expectation of Grange digging the earth in Luz  back in 2014 be?

You are obsessed with those digs - why?

[Venturi Swirl]

Of course the child counts, but sometimes there's no definitive evidence. The Portuguese investigators were quite right to archive the case in my opinion. Not all cases are solvable.

And yet the Met found all sorts of new investigative opportunities prior to re-opening the case.  Why were they not followed up by the initial investigation? 

[Wonderfulspam]

And yet the Met found all sorts of new investigative opportunities prior to re-opening the case.  Why were they not followed up by the initial investigation?

And what useful leads they were too, hence the reason Maddie is home safe & w.......Oh, no wait, that's right.

[Robittybob1]

Does anyone know what the origin of the photo to the left is and how it relates to Madeleine? Madeleine is on the right.

The photo on the left could be Madeleine McCann, it is not one I recall.   Where did you get it from?  The way there is eye shadow applied it has similarities to the make-up photo taken in PDL (I think).

[Venturi Swirl]

And what useful leads they were too, hence the reason Maddie is home safe & w.......Oh, no wait, that's right.

So in the wonderful world of Spam police shouldn’t follow up on investigative leads because probably nothing will come of them.  Best to ignore them, it saves time, money and bother.

[Venturi Swirl]

The photo on the left could be Madeleine McCann, it is not one I recall.   Where did you get it from?

The nose is a very good match to Madeleine’s.