Let's hear how the search should have been conducted then. Let's hear from the McCann critics all about what actual, physical searching you would do if your child had disappeared thousands of miles from your home, how far you would extend out from the place she disappeared from, how long you would spend, etc, in each of the following:
1) in the hour after your child disappaeared.
2) in the day after your child disappeared.
3) in the week after your child disappeared
4) in the month after your child disappeared.
5)in the year after your child disappeared.
6) 2 years after your child disappeared.
7) 5 years after your child disappeared.
8) 10 years after your child disappeared.
We have heard from some of you that you would never give up looking, that you would have remained in Portugal until the child was found, blah blah blah so let's collectively write up the definitive guide to proper parental searching, for future parents of missing kids.
Shall we start off with what parents shouldn't do when searching :
1) Only give your PIs who have been tasked with searching for your child access to part of the investigation files ( David Edgar's evidence in Lisbon )
2) When your PIs have identified a likely suspect put all your money and energy into investigating a sighting they say has no credibility.
3) When arguably one of the finest police forces in the world have identified a person of interest don't make the efits of that person less important than a sighting that has already been ruled out.
4) Bury the efits of the identified person of interest behind an anonymous button on your Facebook page.
5) Leave the website connected to your campaign unmanned for months or years at a time.
6) Don't use money donated to fund the search on anything but the actual search.
7) Don't be less than open and cooperative with the police force investigating your child's disappearance.
I'm sure there's more but I think that's enough to be going on with.