Is there a plausible, logical theory of abduction?

[barrier]

Is Redwood still leading the investigation then? What does DCI Wall think ?

The last time any thing of note from OG was back in October 2015 when announcing the cutting back of personal, since then its been mere press speculation.

[Alfie]

Well if Redwood isn't leading the case his opinion is no longer relevant.

More relevant at this time is what DCI Wall thinks. Do we know? What leads is she following and, some will think more importantly, why her progress wasn't worthy of a mention in Kate's Christmas message?

Do you think Redwood was expressing a personal opinion, or the opinion of the team working on Operation Grange?  There is no reason to think DCI Wall has taken the case down a different route, and if you are still pinning all your hopes on the lack of an acknowledgment of her efforts in the McCanns Christmas message then I can't help but feel a bit sorry for you.

[G-Unit]

It's clear from what he said that Redwood believed Madeleine was taken in a criminal act by a stranger, whether alive or dead.  Do you not agree?

I do not, as you well know. Saying there was 'an opportunity' in the timeline isn't saying someone took advantage of that opportunity.

[Mr Gray]

I do not, as you well know. Saying there was 'an opportunity' in the timeline isn't saying someone took advantage of that opportunity.

But it is certainly saying it was possible

[faithlilly]

Do you think Redwood was expressing a personal opinion, or the opinion of the team working on Operation Grange?  There is no reason to think DCI Wall has taken the case down a different route, and if you are still pinning all your hopes on the lack of an acknowledgment of her efforts in the McCanns Christmas message then I can't help but feel a bit sorry for you.

We have no idea what direction DCI Wall has taken the investigation in as she certainly isn't telling us. Perhaps Kate, by her omission, is. Either that or she is one ungrateful individual.

[jassi]

 There never seems to have been any urgency to solve the case so I suppose this could sit on the back burner for years. Only a handful of people involved, maybe less than in 2015, so cheap to finance indefinitely.

[John]

There never seems to have been any urgency to solve the case so I suppose this could sit on the back burner for years. Only a handful of people involved, maybe less than in 2015, so cheap to finance indefinitely.

I don't think they have achieved anything which can justify the £ millions spent on the case.  And when Redwood blew Tannerman out of the water he inadvertently destroyed the principal witness to the claimed abduction.  Smithman is all that is left but trying to discover his identity appears to have been lost somewhere along the line.

[jassi]

You think it was inadvertent ?

[John]

You think it was inadvertent ?

Possibly. That was his eureka moment but in solving one element of the case he opened up a whole new debate.

[Alfie]

I do not, as you well know. Saying there was 'an opportunity' in the timeline isn't saying someone took advantage of that opportunity.

Did he ever venture an alternative theory?  No. 

[Alfie]

We have no idea what direction DCI Wall has taken the investigation in as she certainly isn't telling us. Perhaps Kate, by her omission, is. Either that or she is one ungrateful individual.

Keep on straw-clutching.

[faithlilly]

Did he ever venture an alternative theory?  No.

He's yesterday's man.

[Alfie]

He's yesterday's man.

Seriously, do you actually envisage a day when the McCanns are arrested and tried for hiding their child's body?  Do you think it's likely?

[faithlilly]

Keep on straw-clutching.

So has Nicola Wall told us what direction she has taken the investigation in ?

[John]

Could we stay on topic please.