If, as you frequently proclaim, Amaral's mind was made up immediately, why did the PJ investigate Murat so thoroughly?
If, as you have repeatedly claimed, OG are so professional and well trained, what have they been doing with those 7,000 phone calls for nine years?
As I understand it CB was first mentioned in 2013, but not investigated. What were OG doing?
It seems to me that getting that phone number allegedly belonging to CB was the German's lucky break. When it was checked with the phone info it was active on 3rd May in the vicinity.
That's what the info was for, imo, to be available as needed.
The information is acquired to be used in investigations to progress the case. Not to be set aside for a rainy day on the off chance that it might be 'needed' ten years down the line in this case.
500 calls were received after Gerry and Kate McCann appeared on German TV’s Crimewatch equivalent, Aktenzeichen XY, in 2013.
Brueckner was brought to police attention as a direct result.