Here we are eleven years on from the night that Madeleine McCann mysteriously disappeared from her parents holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve and for once the entire case appears to be waning. No public statement from her parents this anniversary and nothing of interest from either the Portuguese or English police. Not even an explanation as to how they managed to spend over eleven million quid allegedly looking for the child and still come up with nothing.
Has the time come to put the case to bed?
As I see it until the Portuguese find, prosecute and convict a perpetrator for a crime against MBM it will remain "open" in Portugal the same way unsolved cases remain "open" in UK.
Unless The Met has evidence of a crime being committed in its bailiwick it will find it hard to justify doing anything the Portuguese aren't[emotional outbursts notwihstanding]. Not least of the reasons being the Met's lack of jurisdiction in Portugal.
Beyond that the press will, imo,view it as: "does this remain a public or human interest story that will sell copy tomorrow".
Until the fate of MBM is determined or until the outcome of the McCann's application to the ECtHR is known what's in it for the MSM ?. Particularly as the Met's spokesman has said they print mostly nonsense on the subject.
Look at the options.
1)Dead
2)Living with a loving caring well heeled family who had her snatched to order.
3)Living off her wits like alot of adolescents the world over.
whatever, the cute little girl with tennis balls that sold stories is long gone.
The thing has /is slowly finishing itself off. imo