To whom did she say that?
Or is the statement that the McCanns are very strange folk an opinion of Pathfinder. If so then he/she should say so.
It is mine! Couldn't even say it was his daughter that went missing. That's either distancing behaviour from the truth or very strange folk? Take your pick. The first officers on the scene questioned their mad praying no tears behaviour!
FB: And you can never have imagined, 10 years ago, that you would still be in this situation?
GM: I think the situation is that we tried everything in our power to not have a long protracted missing person case like this. (Kate and Gerry McCann Ten Year Interview)
1. "Case": "Note next he does not say "Madeleine is missing" but de-personalizes Madeleine into a "case." This is not expected by a biological father, no matter how much time has passed. It is, however, expected by a biological father who has processed his daughter's death. This allows the brain some protection by distancing, via depersonalization, what happened. It is the language of parents who have lost children, for example, to illness. It helps to refer to them as a "case."
http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2017/05/kate-and-gerry-mccann-ten-year-interview.html