Why did the McCanns reject Henri Exton's expertise ?

[Sherlock Holmes]

What kind of police officer checks a night creche before sightings of a child, if the suspect, sighted, comes from the opposite direction and if nothing indicates a father using the creche could be an abductor ?

But they didn't check the night creche, apparently - until recently.

[Carana]

What kind of police officer checks a night creche before sightings of a child, if the suspect, sighted, comes from the opposite direction and if nothing indicates a father using the creche could be an abductor ?

Checking who in the vicinity could have been carrying a child that evening might have been useful, if only to eliminate potential suspects, don't you think?

[pegasus]

One possible explanation of innocentcrechedad crossing the t junction in direction described by JT.
Picks up kid from creche, by chance at same time another parent picks up their kid, they walk back together and chat, they go first to door of other parent's building, then he walks back from there to his building. If other parent is block 4 then this would fit.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Woe is me
Then
it's some litany
What do you mean ?
Would you like the list of the sightings of the following days ?

Woe is me that an obvious starting point was passed over.

It goes without saying that if movements in PdL had been given more focus and the beginnings of a trail had been established, the need for looking simultaneously in a hundred different directions would have been obviated.

Giving a long list of places where sightings were looked into makes it seem on the face of it that much work was being done.

In reality, it was because of the dearth of leads from source that so many diverse options had to be visited.

A waste of precious resources and precious time - and a situation that remains today.

[Sherlock Holmes]

One possible explanation of innocentcrechedad crossing the t junction in direction described by JT.
Picks up kid from creche, by chance at same time another parent picks up their kid, they walk back together and chat, they go first to door of other parent's building, then he walks back from there to his building. If other parent is block 4 then this would fit.

It must be something like this.

[AnneGuedes]

The McCanns and police know considerably more about this matter than we do and it would make no sense whatsoever for them to choreograph every single dance step to our tune.

Would that be the definition of 'leaving no stone unturned' ?

Which matter, please, SH ?
And what's exactly our tune ?

[AnneGuedes]

It must be something like this.

Good luck !

[Sherlock Holmes]

Checking who in the vicinity could have been carrying a child that evening might have been useful, if only to eliminate potential suspects, don't you think?

Exactly.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Which matter, please, SH ?
And what's exactly our tune ?

The matter of 'suppressing the e-fits'. We don't know for sure what happened there and what is the rhyme and reason.

Our tune: our random musings

[Carana]

No.

That would best be described as unnecessarily waiting for years. If they in any way thought the person in the efit was of no interest then they still should have released it if only to rule this person out!

There is no good reason!

Without an official investigation, how could that have been taken forward?

[AnneGuedes]

Woe is me that an obvious starting point was passed over.

It goes without saying that if movements in PdL had been given more focus and the beginnings of a trail had been established, the need for looking simultaneously in a hundred different directions would have been obviated.

Giving a long list of places where sightings were looked into makes it seem on the face of it that much work was being done.

In reality, it was because of the dearth of leads from source that so many diverse options had to be visited.

A waste of precious resources and precious time - and a situation that remains today.

Are you sure that another police would have arbitrarily ignored the sightings ?
Do you work for the police ?
Are you sure that another police force would have found normal the way Tannerman was carrying the child, exposing it to the cold wind ?
Are you sure that, finding it normal, they would have checked all fathers of the creche, neglecting resident fathers in PDL don't use the creche ?
Is it normal in the places you've been living in to see a warmly dressed father carry a child in pyjamas and barefoot, in 13°C with wind, chatting with a friend, half a mile ?
In Portugal even poor people use a blanket.
Ms Tanner knew, hence her feeling of guilt, that it was not normal, that a father would hardly do that.
At least Smithman had the little girl against him, warming her.

[pegasus]

IMO the crimewatch photo of the clothing of innocent creche dad's child indicates that a pale pink blanket was used to cover the child

[AnneGuedes]

Without an official investigation, how could that have been taken forward?

Innocentman 2 reads "Madeleine", sees the e-fit, has his memory jogged (one of the purposes of "Madeleine"), calls his State police which, if not the PJ, takes a first statement and sends it to  the Portimao PJ. After examining Innocentman 2's first statement, the PJ either shelves or alerts the MP in order to interview Innocentman 2 and possibly resurrect Tannerman.

[AnneGuedes]

IMO the crimewatch photo of the clothing of innocent creche dad's child indicates that a pale pink blanket was used to cover the child

IMO too. The trouble is that Ms Tanner didn't see any blanket.

[AnneGuedes]

Exactly.

Carana Watson and you should teach police officers or be police advisers ! ;)