DCI Redwood now admits Madeleine may not have left the apartment alive.

[jassi]

Do you expect him to repeat them every interview...I think some posters do...

No, but you implied that he had, whereas it was said long ago.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Scotland Yard's investigation  has to  acknowlege the fact that a cadaver dog alerted in the apartment where the missing child was last seen alive

They  have  to because there is no evidence to suggest the dog was  wrong  ...   it is entirely possible that the dog  DID  alert to the missing child's dead body having been in that apartment,  and Redwood has to investigate that possibility

That was,  I believe,  the reason he made public for the first time that Madeleine may have died in the apartment   

The difficulty is, of course,  if the dog was  right   (  and the scent of the child's dead body had been detected   )   then the time at which she died must be set at least one and a half hours before Kate found her missing   (  in order  for cadaverine odour to have been present  ) 

...  and that would have to mean that Madeleine was already dead when Gerry made his 9.05 check

Quite a hornet's nest that Redwood has stirred

I understand what you are saying about the dogs, but how can we divine his reason?

Surely there could be many.

[icabodcrane]

I understand what you are saying about the dogs, but how can we divine his reason?

Surely there could be many.

Are there  ?

I can't think of any reason for Andy Redwood to acknowledge publicly that he thinks Madeleine may have died in the apartment  ... other  than consideration being given to the cadaver dog's alerts

Can you think of any  ?

[Sherlock Holmes]

Are there  ?

I can't think of any reason for Andy Redwood to acknowledge publicly that he thinks Madeleine may have died in the apartment  ... other  than consideration being given to the cadaver dog's alerts

Can you think of any  ?

Off the top of my head no, but I will certainly think about it.

But that's not the point.

Any suggestion of why specifically he is saying what he is saying / what he must be thinking at the exclusion of all else, however, is divination - a talent I don't have.

[Mr Gray]

Are there  ?

I can't think of any reason for Andy Redwood to acknowledge publicly that he thinks Madeleine may have died in the apartment  ... other  than consideration being given to the cadaver dog's alerts

Can you think of any  ?

If he believed the cadaver dogs alerts he would be saying Maddie did die in the apartment...he isn't saying that

[jassi]

Nor is he specifically excluding the possibility.

[stephen25000]

Nor is he specifically excluding the possibility.

Precisely.

[Mr Gray]

Nor is he specifically excluding the possibility.

He has never acknowledged the dogs alerts

[jassi]

He has never acknowledged the dogs alerts

Have I said he did ?

[icabodcrane]

If he believed the cadaver dogs alerts he would be saying Maddie did die in the apartment...he isn't saying that

Let's concentrate on what he  is  saying,  shall we  ?

He is saying that Scotland Yard think Madeleine may have died in the apartment

It is the first time that possibility has ever been raised by Scotland Yard

The cadaver dog's alerts in the apartment is the only logical basis on which to present such a possibility

[Mr Gray]

Have I said he did ?

No...I did

[Eleanor]

Let's concentrate on what he  is  saying,  shall we  ?

He is saying that Scotland Yard think Madeleine may have died in the apartment

It is the first time that possibility has ever been raised by Scotland Yard

The cadaver dog's alerts in the apartment is the only logical basis on which to present such a possibility

NO IT ISN'T

[jassi]

NO IT ISN'T

What other possibilities have you got in mind?

[Eleanor]

What other possibilities have you got in mind?

I've already told you.  Fed up with repeating myself.  And you aren't interested anyway.

[jassi]

I've already told you.  Fed up with repeating myself.  And you aren't interested anyway.

You haven't told me, and I'm intensely interested in viable alternatives.