New German suspect in Madeleine McCann mystery disappearance.

[Vertigo Swirl]

The media continue the desperate barrel-scraping. Has anyone seen inside a VW van like that? You have a seat, that turns into the bed. In front of that is about 2 feet of leg space and a compact kitchen unit sometimes with a mini fridge. There's some 'boot' room over the engine at the back but you have to take everything out of there when you put the bed down, and store it in the front. They are pretty compact.

That’s not the van being referred to

“Brueckner arrived in a large cream-coloured Winnebago campervan with Hanover licence plates”.

[Eleanor]

That’s not the van being referred to

“Brueckner arrived in a large cream-coloured Winnebago campervan with Hanover licence plates”.

So yet more confusion.  Is this being done deliberately?  Most of us can read.

[faithlilly]

Our law is complex enough for anyone I think, Sadie, and I've never really given a thought to legal systems in foreign countries travelled to, just being wary of guys in uniform carrying guns which was not the norm here at the time.

But I've got to admit that was an article which left me with my mouth hanging open and wondering if the prosecutor had taken a brainstorm of some type.

What on earth possessed him.

Yet last week you believed that the Germans had their ‘finger on the pulse’.

[jassi]

Unfortunately there is no specific date given the arrival of this van in Portugal.
As I recall from previous media reports, he returned to Germany post Madeleine's disappearance, where he purchased a new van.
If so it cannot have been used at the time of the abduction.

[Gertrude]

That’s not the van being referred to

“Brueckner arrived in a large cream-coloured Winnebago campervan with Hanover licence plates”.

There is still a great deal of barrel-scraping going on, so forgive me If I don't read every bit of it in depth.

[Gertrude]

This is from last week. So Wolters seems to have been spinning a yarn to the media for a while.

'The public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) continue to pursue new traces in the "Maddie" missing person case . However, there is still no decisive evidence against the main suspect, a 43-year-old man who was last registered in the Braunschweig region. "It is not enough for an arrest warrant or an indictment," said Hans Christian Wolters from the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office on Friday.'

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goettingen/Maddie-Hinweise-reichen-noch-nicht-fuer-Anklage,maddie158.html

[Gertrude]

So yet more confusion.  Is this being done deliberately?  Most of us can read.

Is the rudeness deliberate? I clicked the link and the bit about the Winnebago was half way down hidden by loads of other guff I didn't bother reading.

[G-Unit]

its how just about evry missing child investigation works from what ive read. Its important asap to rule in or rule out the parents...clearing the ground beneath their feet they call it.

Various people, including the head of CEOP, have accused the PJ of failing to clear the ground beneath their feet. So how were Operation Task and CEOP able to identify the crime before the end of May 2007? If they had evidence which ruled out the parents why wasn't it shared with the PJ? If they didn't have such evidence how could they decide what crime had been committed at that early stage? It seems to me that the police force leaping to conclusions early in the investigation was Op Task, not the PJ.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Is the rudeness deliberate? I clicked the link and the bit about the Winnebago was half way down hidden by loads of other guff I didn't bother reading.

On the contrary, the revelation about the Winnebago appears in the 4th paragraph - I would suggest you didn't bother reading ANY of the article and just made an assumption. 

[Gertrude]

On the contrary, the revelation about the Winnebago appears in the 4th paragraph - I would suggest you didn't bother reading ANY of the article and just made an assumption.

I don't have to justify myself to you. I read the first few paragraphs of some Daily Mail guff and that was enough so early in the morning. so think whatever you like.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

Various people, including the head of CEOP, have accused the PJ of failing to clear the ground beneath their feet. So how were Operation Task and CEOP able to identify the crime before the end of May 2007? If they had evidence which ruled out the parents why wasn't it shared with the PJ? If they didn't have such evidence how could they decide what crime had been committed at that early stage? It seems to me that the police force leaping to conclusions early in the investigation was Op Task, not the PJ.

This is crucial imo. Everyone interested in the case needs to be aware of how the events unfolded from the outset.

[Eleanor]

Is the rudeness deliberate? I clicked the link and the bit about the Winnebago was half way down hidden by loads of other guff I didn't bother reading.

Obviously you should, before commenting.

[Eleanor]

I don't have to justify myself to you. I read the first few paragraphs of some Daily Mail guff and that was enough so early in the morning. so think whatever you like.

Are all of your Comments so ill informed?

[Gertrude]

Obviously you should, before commenting.

As I said, I'm sick of the media speculation and I could tell that's what it was after a couple of paragraphs. My prerogative. I'll stick to giving my full attention to actual quotes from the people involved in the investigation.

[Eleanor]

This is crucial imo. Everyone interested in the case needs to be aware of how the events unfolded from the outset.

Have you actually read any of it?