Has Amaral now been vindicated? The Tanner sighting was of no consequence.

[pathfinder73]

I can't believe the police took the Tanner sighting serious at all. 5 years wasted. Pull the other one. Abduction can also be ruled out in the Smithman sighting IMO because no abductor would be crazy enough to sneak into an apartment and walk of with a child in their arms through the streets for everyone to see. Pre-planned abduction with all the comings and goings that night. Suicidal more like.

[imustpointout]

"Yet it also means that what could be the key e-fit lay under wraps for several years. "It was passed to the Portuguese police at the time and for whatever reason they decided to nothing whatsoever with it," said one source close to the McCann investigation. "It was then handed to the Met two years ago, and they have now deemed it worthy of publication, but frankly it should have been out there a long time ago.""

Telegraph 19/10/13 - before the Sunday Times article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/10391348/Madeleine-McCann-is-there-hope-at-last.html

interesting that a fuss wasn't made of this at the time

[Benita]

"It was passed to the Portuguese police at the time and for whatever reason they decided to nothing whatsoever with it," said one source close to the McCann investigation. "It was then handed to the Met two years ago,


answer to this is...(Amaral)

[Sherlock Holmes]

I can't believe the police took the Tanner sighting serious at all. 5 years wasted. Pull the other one. Abduction can also be ruled out in the Smithman sighting IMO because no abductor would be crazy enough to sneak into an apartment and walk of with a child in their arms through the streets for everyone to see. Pre-planned abduction with all the comings and goings that night. Suicidal more like.

This is the big practical problem we have now.

If bundleman could be ruled out at the drop of a hat, Smithman could easily be found to be some kind of red herring. Then what?

It may even be the case that information about Smithman does exist somewhere, and has been overlooked, like much of the material in the early investigation. Who's to say that SY won't uncover old information on him as apparently they did with bundleman?

But the main problem for SY with regard to Smithman is that he contradicts their current position that Madeleine's disappearance bears the hallmarks of a professional abduction, involving reconnaissance and a team of people. The professional team aspect is the one thing that SY have been explicit about with relation to their current search.

There is absolutely nothing professional, however, about Smithman's  MO.

[Cariad]

"It was passed to the Portuguese police at the time and for whatever reason they decided to nothing whatsoever with it," said one source close to the McCann investigation. "It was then handed to the Met two years ago,


answer to this is...(Amaral)

Yeah, wasn't he replaced in september of /07 and these came out in November /08?

God, that man really does have super powers!

[pathfinder73]

Smithman definitely exists. As Redwood should've said "This BS has been going on for far too long!" If there's no evidence of an abduction taking place you start looking at alternatives. This is easy to piece together but hard to prove without eye witnesses coming forward and identifying Smithman.

[ferryman]

Amaral vindicated?

Have the McCanns been proved to have driven Madeleine anywhere dead in the Renault Scenic?

[Benita]

Yeah, wasn't he replaced in september of /07 and these came out in November /08?

God, that man really does have super powers!

yes you could be right god knows what powers he did have ..but his powers are weak now arnt they  8-)(--)

[imustpointout]

Have they found the fridge and not told anyone?

[Albertini]

interesting that a fuss wasn't made of this at the time

That was a quote from Mitchell. It's incredibly easy to blame the PJ knowing they won't respond.

What's more telling is that he didn't use that answer in the Sunday times article.

It's spin pure and simple and the clutching of straws at comments made by the mcCann's own spokesman as though it's some official word is laughable.

[Wonderfulspam]

That was a quote from Mitchell. It's incredibly easy to blame the PJ knowing they won't respond.

What's more telling is that he didn't use that answer in the Sunday times article.

It's spin pure and simple and the clutching of straws at comments made by the mcCann's own spokesman as though it's some official word is laughable.

Carlos Anjos said of Clarence Mitchell: "He lies with as many teeth as he has in his mouth."

[AnneGuedes]

I can't believe the police took the Tanner sighting serious at all. 5 years wasted. Pull the other one. Abduction can also be ruled out in the Smithman sighting IMO because no abductor would be crazy enough to sneak into an apartment and walk of with a child in their arms through the streets for everyone to see. Pre-planned abduction with all the comings and goings that night. Suicidal more like.

At least one could presume that Tannerman had his car parked in the private car park he was heading to. But Smithman couldn't. He was heading to a part of PDL where there are no car parks.

[AnneGuedes]

Smithman definitely exists. As Redwood should've said "This BS has been going on for far too long!" If there's no evidence of an abduction taking place you start looking at alternatives. This is easy to piece together but hard to prove without eye witnesses coming forward and identifying Smithman.

They do have now the tricky task to find some paedophile looking vaguely like Mr McCann and having no alibi for that night.

[AnneGuedes]

There is absolutely nothing professional, however, about Smithman's  MO.

Imagine Smithman had found Madeleine hurt in the street and, not knowing where she belonged, had resolved to take her to his home, would he have crossed the Smith family without asking for help ?

[Wonderfulspam]

They do have now the tricky task to find some paedophile looking vaguely like Mr McCann and having no alibi for that night.

An environmentaly friendly paedophile ring effecient at traceless abduction