Seems woke and wandered back in favour again.

[Eleanor]

I was think of CPS type lawyers

To monitor something Brietta said on a Forum?

[jassi]

To monitor something Brietta said on a Forum?

Of course not.
I wasn't referring to Briettas post, but to the suggestion that 'having something in mind' would be satisfactory for case progression.

[Robittybob1]

I don't recall it ever being   said that the patio door was found wide open

It was "open" in that it was never locked or even latched. But I am surprised she came to picture it as being wide open.
Yet in my theory I do say someone found the front door wide open and closed it to stop the other kids from escaping.   Hence Kate found it closed as they had left it.

It is possible it was not Kate who said it was "wide open" but someone else.  Who was talking to Trish Cameron?  She is one of Gerry's sister's isn't she?
"Statement from Patricia Cameron
Occupation : Nurse

Date 15th April 2008

I am Gerry McCanns oldest sister, he is the youngest of five children. I'm married to Sandy Cameron and we have an adult son ...." http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PATRICIA_CAMERON.htm

[Eleanor]

Sometimes it's what we don't say that matters.

[Brietta]

Of course not.
I wasn't referring to Briettas post, but to the suggestion that 'having something in mind' would be satisfactory for case progression.

How did they progress the case then?  They had to work their way through years worth of material.  How did they manage that without thinking about the next step as each preceding one was checked out?

Unlike Amaral who made a name for himself writing a book based on 'something he had in mind' ... proper procedure requires solid evidence and if there ever should be a court case here, which like Eleanor I think remains to be seen, there will be plenty of that.

[jassi]

What evidence is there that the case has progressed significantly in say, the last 2 or 3 years?

[barrier]

Does no one keep up with discussions, necessitating interminable repetition???

The Totmans were resident in apartment block four. 

Why do you think the man seen carrying a child at the periphery of block five was walking away from the direction of both block five and block four if returning to block four from the night creche?

Obviously not,no one in any official capacity indentified who it was in the "exact same area at that time".

[Eleanor]

What evidence is there that the case has progressed significantly in say, the last 2 or 3 years?

The continuing Grant.

[Robittybob1]

It was "open" in that it was never locked or even latched. But I am surprised she came to picture it as being wide open.
Yet in my theory I do say someone found the front door wide open and closed it to stop the other kids from escaping.   Hence Kate found it closed as they had left it.

It is possible it was not Kate who said it was "wide open" but someone else.  Who was talking to Trish Cameron?  She is one of Gerry's sister's isn't she?
"Statement from Patricia Cameron
Occupation : Nurse

Date 15th April 2008

I am Gerry McCanns oldest sister, he is the youngest of five children. I'm married to Sandy Cameron and we have an adult son ...." http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PATRICIA_CAMERON.htm

"I was woken by the phone ringing at about 23.30. It was Gerry telling me that Madeleine had been taken. He was very upset on the phone,..." 
So why would Gerry say the front door was wide open, when IMO Kate found it closed?

[jassi]

The continuing Grant.

That's evidence that the investigation is continuing, not progressing - IMO

[Eleanor]

That's evidence that the investigation is continuing, not progressing - IMO

This could be true.  Mayhap Scotland Yard or The Home Office care very much about a British Citizen lost abroad.  But they would hardly be liaising with Portugal if they thought The McCanns were responsible.  And The Home Office wouldn't have dished out knocking on Twelve Million Pounds if they thought that this was a crime committed by British Citizens.

[Brietta]

The continuing Grant.

Which has to be justified each time it is granted.

[Eleanor]

Which has to be justified each time it is granted.

They just don't tell us why.  But then they wouldn't, would they.

[G-Unit]

Where exactly was Trish Cameron when relaying this information?  Glasgow I believe?  Hardly an eye witness was she?  Only a concerned relative reacting to an hysterical phone call of disastrous family news.

I think she was quite capable of repeating what she had been told, and the door clearly features in early reports.

Madeleine’s aunt, Trish Cameron.......said..........The door was lying open.........“They think someone must have come in the window and gone out the door with her.”
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/1may7/Sun1_04_05_2007.htm

[Eleanor]

I think she was quite capable of repeating what she had been told, and the door clearly features in early reports.

Madeleine’s aunt, Trish Cameron.......said..........The door was lying open.........“They think someone must have come in the window and gone out the door with her.”
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/1may7/Sun1_04_05_2007.htm

This is just more confusion about Doors.  Everybody was confused about Doors.