New German suspect in Madeleine McCann mystery disappearance.

[Anthro]

Unless he's put on 4" in height in the interim. Might be a late developer.

Like Davel mentioned, he had his head down.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

"It looks as though" is opinion.  "I have to agree" is opinion.  You had a go at both Davel and Brietta without seeming to understand when an opinion is being expressed. 
As for Smithman, you're asking me enter a debate when I don't have any answer for you - I have absolutely no idea why, but I expect there is a perfectly logical reason.  Please note "I expect" is an opinion.

IMO “it looks as though” is debatable as to whether it is opinion or not if it’s followed by a definitive statement and no caveat. The proof of the pudding is in the moderation, but let’s get back on topic. It’s clear that certain posters believe that the German sex offender is responsible for whatever fate befell poor MM. In my opinion it looks as though she died in the apartment. In my opinion if the German sex offender is in some way responsible then it looks as though there is connection between him and Smithman.

[The General]

Like Davel mentioned, he had his head down.

So when the Smiths were discussing height, instead of using the conventional measure of actual height, they decided to collectively adopt the less frequently used measure of 'stooping height'?

[Brietta]

I am interested in viewing present happenings from the Portuguese point of view although a bit less interested in profilers as a rule.
Interestingly I received a lesson in how Madeleine's parents are currently perceived and portrayed which doesn't really fit with the ruling of the Supreme Court judges.



"Narcissistic" and "weak": the psychological profile of the suspect in kidnapping Maddie
Forensic expert believes that Christian Brueckner chooses children and the elderly as victims to feel empowered.
Morning mail
June 17, 2020, 8:32 p.m.

"Narcissist", "psychopath" and "weak": this is how Mark Benecke, a famous German forensic biologist, described Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in the abduction and disappearance of Maddie McCann from Praia da Luz, in Algarve, in 2007 .

the expert who examined skulls like those of Adolf Hitler and Eva, suspects that Christian is a "narcissistic" personality disorder with anti-social. Analyzing the crimes for which he has already been convicted, Benecke believes that the suspect chooses young victims for the sake of power and not for sexual desire for a certain age group. "Many of these criminals are 'weaklings', so they choose easier targets, such as children and the elderly, because these victims are less struggling," he said in a statement to the Mirror.
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The man, Christian Brueckner, 43, is a repeat pedophile currently under arrest in Kiel, in northern Germany, who at the time lived a few kilometers from the hotel where the British child disappeared.

Brueckner is suspected of murdering the girl, who at the time was on vacation with her parents and two other brothers in Portugal. Investigators discovered, according to the German media, children's swimsuits in the suspect's motorhome. According to the German media, the investigators also found USB pens with thousands of pedophile images, some of which show the suspect, hidden in the place where he buried his dog.

The suspect has already made a release request that will not be accepted, according to the attorney general's office.

The Judiciary Police (PJ) reopened the investigation in 2013, after the case was dismissed by the Attorney General's Office in 2008, clearing the three defendants, Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, and another Briton, Robert Murat.
https://www.cmjornal.pt/mundo/detalhe/narcisista-e-fraco-o-perfil-psicologico-do-suspeito-de-raptar-maddie?ref=Mais%20Sobre_BlocoMaisSobre




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The last paragraph above was translated from ... "A Polícia Judiciária (PJ) reabriu a investigação em 2013, depois de o caso ter sido arquivado pela Procuradoria Geral da República em 2008, ilibando os três arguidos, os pais de Madeleine, Kate e Gerry McCann, e um outro britânico, Robert Murat.

ilibando translates as

gerund exculpate

i · li · bar - Combine
( Latin * illibare , of illibatus , -a , -a , not touched , no stains )
transitive verb
1. Make it pure .
2. Prove that there is no spot on .
3. Release from guilt or suspicion .
Related words:
acquittal , exonerated , exculpatory , blame , accuse , harmless , undefiled
...

"ilibando", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2020, https://dicionario.priberam.org/ilibando [consultado em 21-06-2020].
i.li.bar
iliˈbar

conjugation

transitive verb
1. make pure ; remove the stain
2. blame
3. rid of prosecution or possible conviction
4. rehabilitate
How to use the verb
free from
exempt
They cleared him of the prosecution after analyzing the evidence.

[Anthro]

6ft,
 34-35, some of the Smiths put him as old as 40
Hair not brown.

Brückner, currently, looks older than 43. Possibly, in 2007, he looked older than 30. In the dark, as witnessed by the Smiths, his hair would have looked brown.

[Anthro]

So when the Smiths were discussing height, instead of using the conventional measure of actual height, they decided to collectively adopt the less frequently used measure of 'stooping height'?

That is your take on it. Not mine. The Smiths had a brief look at the man with a girl. How accurate, do you think, their description would be?

[The General]

Brückner, currently, looks older than 43. Possibly, in 2007, he looked older than 30. In the dark, as witnessed by the Smiths, his hair would have looked brown.

Keep going down this route and Smithman will end up looking like Jimmy Cranky.

[Anthro]

Keep going down this route and Smithman will end up looking like Jimmy Cranky.

Back to you: keep going down this route and Smithman will end up looking like Piet Pompies.

[The General]

Back to you: keep going down this route and Smithman will end up looking like Piet Pompies.

Ahh, Piet Pompies, the machiavellian Cape Dune Mole Rat; nemesis of Lodewjk the Scrub Hare of the series 'Tales from the Highveld' (Imka Van den Heever - 1977)

[Vertigo Swirl]

I don't know what anything is in the gaff any more. Except Rob. Rob's the only constant.
Does anyone actually think this German animal is the culprit, aside from the polizei?

What do you think?  Still convinced it was the ma and pa what dunnit?

[Vertigo Swirl]

IMO “it looks as though” is debatable as to whether it is opinion or not if it’s followed by a definitive statement and no caveat. The proof of the pudding is in the moderation, but let’s get back on topic. It’s clear that certain posters believe that the German sex offender is responsible for whatever fate befell poor MM. In my opinion it looks as though she died in the apartment. In my opinion if the German sex offender is in some way responsible then it looks as though there is connection between him and Smithman.

Why should there be a connection in your opinion?  Is it because of all the witnesses in this saga Mr Smith’s is the only one you trust to be 100% accurate?  If so why? 

[The General]

What do you think?  Still convinced it was the ma and pa what dunnit?

Don't know that either. I do know it would be as heinous and terrible a way to go as is possible, at the hands of a monster, so I'd rather hope that wasn't the case.

[Brietta]

Don't know that either. I do know it would be as heinous and terrible a way to go as is possible, at the hands of a monster, so I'd rather hope that wasn't the case.

Don't we all ... but at the moment it seems as if the investigation has led police to one of Brueckner's many doors and it has all to be checked out bearing in mind Madeleine is only one of the missing children cases police are checking in relation to him.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Don't know that either. I do know it would be as heinous and terrible a way to go as is possible, at the hands of a monster, so I'd rather hope that wasn't the case.

Yes, well we know most sceptics really hope she fell off a sofa to her death and was tossed in a bin by her parents but that’s entirely beside the point.  It’s about what is most likely not about what we would like.

[faithlilly]

Brückner, currently, looks older than 43. Possibly, in 2007, he looked older than 30. In the dark, as witnessed by the Smiths, his hair would have looked brown.

Now you’re simply making it up as you go along. It is said Brueckner could be mistaken for 25 even though he was 30 in 2007.