Who said they did? Oh yes, their family and friends, not me.
Brian Healey 05/05/07: "Gerry told me when they went back the shutters to the room were broken, they were jemmied up and she was gone. She'd been taken from the chalet. The door was open."
To my knowledge Gerry has never described 5A as a chalet, and IMO he was talking about the Bedroom door being found open - but that was wrongly interpreted by some as the front door, In fact I believe another family member went as far as to say it was the front door that was found open. Neither Kate or Gerry have ever made that claim.
This is perfect example of Chinese whispers - where words and facts get changed as a result of a person putting their own interpretation on what has been said to them and then repeating what they genuinely believe to be true to another person - who then puts
their interpretation on it. The result is often an account which bears little resemblance to the original conversation. It's not done in a malicious way but it happens all the time. It's a very common human fact of life. But I'm sure you already know that G.