Kate Stewart: Madeleine McCann has become nothing but a lucrative businessWHANGANUI CHRONICLE | Opinion
Yes, I'm an occasional columnist, of questionable repute, but I'm always a human being who is entitled to voice my own opinion in other forums.
A right I use, albeit occasionally. A right that, in sheer outrage, I felt forced to voice on the NZH Facebook page when I read of the latest bullshit story circulating about Madeleine McCann.
We were captivated from day one ... but 4000 or so days later, I'm just gonna jump right in and say I'm over it. Enough is enough.
Next please. #yawn
No surprises there really, most governments are more than happy to spend big on anything they think will gain them favour in the public eye.
As a true crime buff of more than 35 years, I've studied this case from day one and prided myself in researching it, beyond what MSM would have me believe.
I've seen live videotaped footage of the best cadaver dogs in the world, at the time, alerting on two locations in the holiday apartment before alerting on the car, dogs with a 100 per cent strike rate ... until this case.
The dogs' findings, however, were buried better than a bone!
Facts such as these were not conducive to gathering millions of pounds in public and state-funded donations.
I've also seen documented evidence that shows every person the McCann's hired, at great expense, was either bent, a crook or a swindling opportunist prepared to perpetuate the lie that Maddy was abducted.
What predatory child abductor is going to leave behind two even younger kids and just happen to time the kidnapping to the short window between alleged adult checks?
The hopeful and gullible may have had their doubts in the beginning but this case stank like a dirty diaper from day one.
Many of us picked up on it, just like the dogs did.
That instinctual feeling that we're constantly being told not to ignore because it's usually right.
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