There was no frantic activity by the Tapas Group after the alarm was raised

[Mr Gray]

Well for a start, how long after a death did contact take place with a body, i.e. the extent of decomposition ?

Did contact take place just with the surface of the body and/or with products of decomposition from within ?

etc.

If the dogs alerted in the apartment then decomposition had begun before maddie was removed

[Alice Purjorick]

If the dogs alerted in the apartment then decomposition had begun before maddie was removed

Doesn't decomposition commence immediately after death?

[Mr Gray]

Doesn't decomposition commence immediately after death?

I think most understand what I mean

[pegasus]

If the dogs alerted in the apartment then decomposition had begun before maddie was removed

The best available study says minimum 85 minutes

[Alfred R Jones]

The best available study says minimum 85 minutes

So in order for the dogs to have alerted correctly Madeleine must have been dead lets say 90 minutes.  90 minutes prior to 10pm = dead before the McCanns left the apartment.  So when Smithman moved her body his clothes would have been covered in cadaver scent, clothes which we are told are visible on Gerry in the days after the disappearance.  So, why did the dogs not alert to them, or any of Gerry's other clothes which would almost certainly have come into contact with them?

[pegasus]

So in order for the dogs to have alerted correctly Madeleine must have been dead lets say 90 minutes.  90 minutes prior to 10pm = dead before the McCanns left the apartment.  So when Smithman moved her body his clothes would have been covered in cadaver scent, clothes which we are told are visible on Gerry in the days after the disappearance.  So, why did the dogs not alert to them, or any of Gerry's other clothes which would almost certainly have come into contact with them?

the calculation is to add at least 85 onto 21:05 = 22:30 at the earliest

[pathfinder73]

So in order for the dogs to have alerted correctly Madeleine must have been dead lets say 90 minutes.  90 minutes prior to 10pm = dead before the McCanns left the apartment.  So when Smithman moved her body his clothes would have been covered in cadaver scent, clothes which we are told are visible on Gerry in the days after the disappearance.  So, why did the dogs not alert to them, or any of Gerry's other clothes which would almost certainly have come into contact with them?

Have you got any images of Gerry wearing a black jacket like the one seen on the sofa? I didn't see Eddie sniff one.

[Benice]

Have you got any images of Gerry wearing a black jacket like the one seen on the sofa? I didn't see Eddie sniff one.

If that black jacket(?)  had just been in close contact with a dead body - then that settee would  have been strongly contaminated with cadaverscent imo.    But IIRC Eddie showed no interest whatsoever in it.

[Alfred R Jones]

Have you got any images of Gerry wearing a black jacket like the one seen on the sofa? I didn't see Eddie sniff one.

nope.  Next question?