The inspection of the McCann's clothing by dogs Keela and Eddie in the gym.

[ferryman]

Thanks for that.  But can cadaver odour be eliminated by a washing machine cycle?  Or two? Or three?

Three months had passed before the dogs were employed, and even I wash my clothes from time to time.

You see, I just don't believe that Eddie was reacting to cadaver odour.

Absolutely agreed.

And principles of cross-contamination were just ignored by the way clothes were transported to the gym, in bog-standard cardboard boxes.

Small wonder Harrison summarised both inspections at the gym and at the villa as PJ exercises, with no elaboration.

And why, after the inspection at the gym, he gave PJ personnel translated instructions on how to conduct inspections in buildings and vehicles ...

Harrison's summary of searches:

The timeline of these searches was as follows:
 
On 31-07-07 the PJ conducted canine searches with a search warrant at apartments in Praia da Luz that had been previously occupied by the McCanns and their friends.
 
On 01-08-07 the PJ and GNR assisted by a canine, conducted searches on the eastern beach and wasteland in Praia da Luz.
 
On 02-08-07 the PJ conducted a search warrant at a villa in Praia da Luz currently occupied by the McCann family.
 
Later the same day PJ officers conducted a screening procedure involving items removed from the McCann’s villa.
 
On 03-08-07 PJ and GNR officers were given instruction based on translated extracts from NPIA doctrine on search management and procedures. This focused on search procedures relating to buildings and vehicles.
 
On 04-08-07 and 05-08-07 a search warrant was executed at the villa and gardens belonging to the PJ suspect Robert Murat. This search involved both PJ and GNR personnel supported by civil defence, geophysical equipment operators and a canine handler.
 
On 06-08-07 ten vehicles were searched associated to the enquiry.
 
On 07-08-07 the western beach and remaining wasteland areas were searched using canine and GNR personnel.
 
On 08-08-07 the drains around the apartment block where Madeleine McCann disappeared from were subject to a visual inspection by PJ officers.

Mark Harrison.
 

[ferryman]

The thread is over two years old.

The question remains pertinent.

Police conduct enquiries, always, with the hope of achieving something that will further a criminal enquiry.

Often (perhaps, more often than not) that hope will be thwarted and nothing of worth to an enquiry will be revealed or uncovered.

But there will always be hope of achieving something worthwhile to an enquiry.

We know that all that actually came from the inspection in the gym was the canard of 'death-scent on Kate's clothes'.

But what was it hoped might be achieved?

[ferryman]

Any takers?

[Robittybob1]

Any takers?

I was going to review the thread before posting.

[Robittybob1]

Thanks for that.  But can cadaver odour be eliminated by a washing machine cycle?  Or two? Or three?

Three months had passed before the dogs were employed, and even I wash my clothes from time to time.

You see, I just don't believe that Eddie was reacting to cadaver odour.

@Eleanor - Did you ever work that riddle out?