Wandering Off Topic

[G-Unit]

”A stranger does not exist unless you have some evidence of one” - extremely poor logic IMO.  Didn’t bother with the rest.

The police are supposed to follow the evidence. If there's no evidence of a stranger then they're not following the evidence.

[Brietta]

The police are supposed to follow the evidence. If there's no evidence of a stranger then they're not following the evidence.

      What about the missing child? Doesn't she count?

[Venturi Swirl]

The police are supposed to follow the evidence. If there's no evidence of a stranger then they're not following the evidence.

So in a serious crime with no tangible evidence (ie forensics etc) police should just stop investigating?  No evidence of a stranger abductor means there is no stranger abductor - you believe that is logical do you?

[jassi]

So in a serious crime with no tangible evidence (ie forensics etc) police should just stop investigating?  No evidence of a stranger abductor means there is no stranger abductor - you believe that is logical do you?

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?

[Brietta]

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?

What can you expect to find if you don't look for it ?

[barrier]

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?

These cases then are reopened should advances be made in forensics or such like as has happened in the likes of the Lesley Moseley case or other new evidence comes up,some false as in the recent digs concerning the disappearance of Suzi lamplugh show.IMO in the Madeleine case, history will show it falls between these two,should a confession not be forthcoming.

[jassi]

What can you expect to find if you don't look for it ?

What would you be looking for ?

[barrier]

What can you expect to find if you don't look for it ?

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

[Lace]

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

Either a body or no body.   they had to follow up on what the witness said didn't they?   There was no body.

[barrier]

Either a body or no body.   they had to follow up on what the witness said didn't they?   There was no body.

What witness's,we know it wasn't the 3 amigos's,they were questioned afterwards.

[jassi]

Either a body or no body.   they had to follow up on what the witness said didn't they?   There was no body.

The problem with digging holes is that unless you find what you are looking for, there is the distinct possibility that you have not dug in the correct place.

No trace of the object does not mean the object is not somewhere else, possibly  nearby.

[G-Unit]

      What about the missing child? Doesn't she count?

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.

[Brietta]

These cases then are reopened should advances be made in forensics or such like as has happened in the likes of the Lesley Moseley case or other new evidence comes up,some false as in the recent digs concerning the disappearance of Suzi lamplugh show.IMO in the Madeleine case, history will show it falls between these two,should a confession not be forthcoming.

What if it is discovered that evidence which had been given to the police had never been investigated at all but filed away as being irrelevant.  I think that is either enormously corrupt or enormously incompetent if not both.

[Brietta]

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

A process of elimination.  Isn't that what police do in an investigation?

[Brietta]

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.

Particularly if the conduct of the investigation is incompetent.