Why did the McCanns reject Henri Exton's expertise ?

[Apostate]

You're slowly getting the gist, Buzz.

The efit could only be released in the context of a live, active, police enquiry that could investigate the lead.

Rubbish. Clarence and the McCanns were quite happy to publish and promote images of "suspects" when it suited them. But not the e-fits it seems. In fact they actually took action to suppress them.

[icabodcrane]

You're slowly getting the gist, Buzz.

The efit could only be released in the context of a live, active, police enquiry that could investigate the lead.

That makes no sense at all

Where do you get the idea that the McCanns were,  somehow,   not  'allowed'  to make those e fits public  ?

[Mr Moderator]

Remember the comment by the official Madeleine team when challenged about the Sunday Times story...

 “The report was hypercritical of the people involved . . . it just wouldn’t be conducive to the investigation to have that report publicly declared because . . . the newspapers would have been all over it...and it would have been completely distracting.”

[ferryman]

That makes no sense at all

Where do you get the idea that the McCanns were,  somehow,   not  'allowed'  to make those e fits public  ?

The purpose of an efit is to identify someone -- seen carrying a child in close proximity to apartment 5a at the time Madeleine is known to have been abducted.

The only legitimate context in which the likeness of such a person could be revealed to the world is in the context of an official enquiry.

[AnneGuedes]

Rubbish. Clarence and the McCanns were quite happy to publish and promote images of "suspects" when it suited them. But not the e-fits it seems. In fact they actually took action to suppress them.

I remember the press release of the Spicegirllookalike ! The solemness of CM still makes me laugh !

[icabodcrane]

The purpose of an efit is to identify someone -- seen carrying a child in close proximity to apartment 5a at the time Madeleine is known to have been abducted.

The only legitimate context in which the likeness of such a person could be revealed to the world is in the context of an official enquiry.

So what was the point of the McCanns spending hundreds of thousands on private investigators then   ?

It was the  public's  help that the McCanns were enlisting  ...  they could  do that whether there was an official enquiry going on or not 

Your claim is not only unsupported ...  it makes no sense

[Lyall]

ferryman's revising for his spin doctor examinations

[AnneGuedes]

They could easily clear the matter up, ferry, if things are as simple as you think.

Why should they clear it up if they can make it thicker, more enigmatic and attractive ?

[Cariad]

So what was the point of the McCanns spending hundreds of thousands on private investigators then   ?

It was the  public's  help that the McCanns were enlisting  ...  they could  do that whether there was an official enquiry going on or not 

Your claim is not only unsupported ...  it makes no sense

Yet again I agree with Icabod, s/he* makes the point that I was trying to make earlier. The Mccans released many other E-fits with the help of a police force, why not these ones?

[Carana]

Remember the comment by the official Madeleine team when challenged about the Sunday Times story...

 “The report was hypercritical of the people involved . . . it just wouldn’t be conducive to the investigation to have that report publicly declared because . . . the newspapers would have been all over it...and it would have been completely distracting.”

Hmmm. That's one of my problems with this article (amongst many others).

The only attributable comment to the Madeleine Fund seems to be this:

A statement released by the Find Madeleine fund said that “all information privately gathered during the search for Madeleine has been fully acted upon where necessary” and had been passed to Scotland Yard.

It continued: “Throughout the investigation, the Find Madeleine fund’s sole priority has been, and remains, to find Madeleine and bring her home as swiftly as possible.”


Prior to that was "a McCann fund source". There might have been one, but without knowing what that person was actually asked, any reply may have been taken out of context.

[AnneGuedes]

There was no denying.

[Carana]

Would you be happy with two comments ?

I'd accept an article that would appear to have been written clearly, without ambiguity. This one doesn't seem to have been, IMO.

[Carana]

It is indeed troubling.
I think that the arguido status was the maximum Portugal was prepared to do concerning the McCanns, unless they had very solid charges that implied the finding of a body. Something like : they're not clear, but we are not here to have them protest, accuse, claim we're incompetent. You better resolve yourselves and if you don't, al-right !
I don't think that GA would have admitted this. He was a potential risk for the policy of burying heads in the sand.
Rebelo wasn't called to investigate new avenues (there was none except for aberrant sightings) but basically to review carefully the investigation.
He didn't engage his reputation doing so. The media were never interested by him nor insulted him.

There might be reasons for that...

[ferryman]

So I'll ask you again. Did the SY enquiry only begin 14th October 2013?

No.

That was the moment Scotland Yard choose to unveil the e-fit.

[Mr Gray]

Does anyone know when the efit was made seeing as smith refused to make an efit in 2008 according to another thread on this board