Should the Find Madeleine Fund contribute finances to the SY investigation ?

[Jazzy]

Missing Madeleine McCann has not been granted charitable status Jazzy, therefore it is not a charity !

You are quite right.

The fund was given in her name though. Would you like to see it taken away from her, Opposing Pat?

[Benice]

Children. Plural. Madeleine Mccann is being  looked for by Sy, paid from taxes. Madeleine is not the only lost child out there.

Whether Madeleine is found or not, the fact is a huge amount of information, knowledge and expertise will have been gained by our police force because of the McCann case, which will help other children who go missing in the future - which sadly they will.

[Benita]

Missing Madeleine McCann has not been granted charitable status Jazzy, therefore it is not a charity !

yes you are right its not a charity its a private fund madeleines fund ..and ?

[Jazzy]

Do I want what taken from her ? The name of the fund or the cash held in it ?

The cash.

[Jazzy]

Although there is no proof of abduction.

No proof her parents "did it" either. Scotland Yard are following abduction as a line of enquiry and the Mccanns are not persons of interest to them, not conclusive, I agree, but the recent Crimewatch did point to an abductor.

[Redblossom]

No proof her parents "did it" either. Scotland Yard are following abduction as a line of enquiry and the Mccanns are not persons of interest to them, not conclusive, I agree, but the recent Crimewatch did point to an abductor.

No, a possible one......

[Jazzy]

Seeing as they have funded various private investigations which have proved unsuccessful, should they wholly or part fund the SY investigation ?
I believe they should as Gerry has stated the SY investigation is the best option to find Madeleine's abductor !

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So what do you think? Should the Mccanns give the considerable (in my circumstances and income, not in any major sense) sum I donated to the police to do what I already pay them to do through my taxes?

I'd like to know what your view is.

As a tax payer, I have already paid the police, what I gave to the fund when Madeline went missing wasn't given to enable the police to do their job, it was to help the Mccanns  and their child.

[Jazzy]

No, a possible one......

As was always the same in reference to her parents. Elipsis is a good device, isn't it?

[Redblossom]

As was always the same in reference to her parents. Elipsis is a good device, isn't it?

were talking about redwood and what he says and means...he has only always said there was a possibility of abduction...steady on

[Redblossom]

Absolutely, what purpose does the fund hold from this point forward if the tab for the SY investigation I'd being picked up by the UK exchequer ?
Would it not be utilized in better ways by registered charities in other areas rather than sitting in a bank account doing nothing ?

if SY come up with nothing, with a team of 40 odd and spending what is said to cost 11 m pounds, thats on top of what the PJ spent and LP  initially, and what they paid or didnt pay to private investigators, I doubt the fund could be justified to be used after that in hiring ever more PIs, as none  of the seven lots or so have been fruitful at all, it will probably be used for private publicity campaigns and things like that......

[Jazzy]

And that is why the fund should now become defunct i.e. there is no need for future donations as the UK exchequer is now footing the bill for the investigation !

I didn't contribute to fund an investigation, I contributed to help Madeline and her parents. I did that irrespective of the exchequer. I fully expected a full and professional police investigation by the PJ at the time. That was already funded when I mademy contribution.

So why should it become defunct?

[Redblossom]

But given that the vast majority of the fund's cash reserve was spent on investigation expenses are we now more likely to see a further escalation of a public awareness programme for Madeleine ?
Surely by this stage the world and his wife is aware of Madeleine's plight, no ?
What more can be done to further raise awareness of this case ?

Nothing imo

[Jazzy]

Nothing imo

Obviously.

[Redblossom]

Obviously.

Its saturated....and has been for years.....you can do sporadic and yearly appeals but the mass publicity this has had globally cant go any further can it? Be sensible/pragmatic.

[Jazzy]

Have you read the fund objectives of the Find Madeleine Fund ? By making a donation you were contributing to fund an investigation, a private investigation outside of a state police investigation !
As I've replied to you previously, now that that investigation is being paid for by the UK exchequer there is no further need for the Find Madeleine Fund !

P.S. There are 3 'e's in Madeleine.

Fair enough, as many as as you like,.

I paid into that fund before the objectives were established, I just gave what I could to help them all.

Things have changed and it's finally being investigated.

Why is there no further need for a fund?

It was initially given to help the family, then used to investigate where the PJ didn't.

Did you contribute?

Could you now, with your current view ask for your possible contribution to be refunded? That would be your objective met, wouldn't it?