Scotland Yard given permission to question 8 key suspects.

[jassi]

I agree Faithlilly

What is the point in  digging up PDL  only to find out later  that the  person (s)  of interest are actually of no interest whatsoever to the investigation  ?

Cart before the horse

Maybe they are hoping to find some evidence to plant   

[Carana]

Surely it's absolutely ridiculous to start digging for a body if you haven't yet questioned your main POI ?

Why?

[pathfinder73]

Why?

You need to be tracking the right person. No good going to a campsite if you have no proof that Smithman was there. It is ridiculous to think they're tracking other possible suspects in the area using their phone for buying and selling drugs. One person was seen carrying the child away on foot not 3.

[Brietta]

I agree Faithlilly

What is the point in  digging up PDL  only to find out later  that the  person (s)  of interest are actually of no interest whatsoever to the investigation  ?

Cart before the horse

Permission was only granted to question people in the last few days.

IMO the Met went with what they had permission to do ~ not necessarily in the order they might have wished.

[faithlilly]

Permission was only granted to question people in the last few days.

IMO the Met went with what they had permission to do ~ not necessarily in the order they might have wished.

Nonsense. With the small fortune that is being spent on the dig I'm sure SY would have waited until they had all the information they could possibly have in order to target the right areas to search. If, as been reported, they are looking for a body then there really sing any need to rush, is there ?

[Brietta]

Nonsense. With the small fortune that is being spent on the dig I'm sure SY would have waited until they had all the information they could possibly have in order to target the right areas to search. If, as been reported, they are looking for a body then there really sing any need to rush, is there ?

I think you tend to underestimate and devalue the work of two professional policing bodies.

In the absence of an official statement, no-one knows exactly why the Met were digging and neither does anyone know why they chose the particular areas to be searched. 

Permission was granted to search ~ this they are doing. 

Now that permission has been granted for the PJ to interview on their behalf ~ this they will do.

No-one has said officially that they are looking for a body, I for one am relieved that so far one has not been found.

Your statement that there is no "need to rush” is IMO a tad insensitive.

[faithlilly]

I think you tend to underestimate and devalue the work of two professional policing bodies.

In the absence of an official statement, no-one knows exactly why the Met were digging and neither does anyone know why they chose the particular areas to be searched. 

Permission was granted to search ~ this they are doing. 

Now that permission has been granted for the PJ to interview on their behalf ~ this they will do.

No-one has said officially that they are looking for a body, I for one am relieved that so far one has not been found.

Your statement that there is no "need to rush” is IMO a tad insensitive.

Not insensitive, realistic.

Why do you think they are digging Brietta ?

[jassi]

Not insensitive, realistic.

Why do you think they are digging Brietta ?

And using cadaver dogs?

[Wonderfulspam]

Gonçalo Amaral:

'Well, I heard an earlier version where they were digging but still maintained the hope that she is alive, so they are looking for a hole where the child is living, so there is some confusion here, also from the British police. But in fact the theory that the child is dead and that it died that night in that apartment exists since that time, since September of 2007, and it was a conviction both from the Portuguese police and the British police that worked on the case. So it’s not something new.

[Brietta]

Not insensitive, realistic.

Why do you think they are digging Brietta ?

That is one area which the air surveys and detective work showed to be worthy of being looked at closely.
It now seems to have been eliminated. 

We shall just have to wait and see what information is returned from the next two designated and approved areas. 

By the time that has been completed they will be able to attend the interviews with the persons of interest for which approval has just been allowed. 

Why do I think they were digging? ~ just doing their jobs, and bearing in mind that they are in a foreign jurisdiction, perhaps not quite in the order they would wish or as they would conduct business at home. 

They have a job to do and they have demonstrated they are undoubtedly going to do it as best they can.

[faithlilly]

That is one area which the air surveys and detective work showed to be worthy of being looked at closely.
It now seems to have been eliminated. 

We shall just have to wait and see what information is returned from the next two designated and approved areas. 

By the time that has been completed they will be able to attend the interviews with the persons of interest for which approval has just been allowed. 

Why do I think they were digging? ~ just doing their jobs, and bearing in mind that they are in a foreign jurisdiction, perhaps not quite in the order they would wish or as they would conduct business at home. 

They have a job to do and they have demonstrated they are undoubtedly going to do it as best they can.

Just doing their job ? Could you expand please Brietta ? Do you really have no thoughts on what SY may be looking for ?

[VIXTE]

Gonçalo Amaral:

'Well, I heard an earlier version where they were digging but still maintained the hope that she is alive, so they are looking for a hole where the child is living, so there is some confusion here, also from the British police. But in fact the theory that the child is dead and that it died that night in that apartment exists since that time, since September of 2007, and it was a conviction both from the Portuguese police and the British police that worked on the case. So it’s not something new.

And since even after these searches there is no proof yet that she has died she might still be alive.

[jassi]

And since even after these searches there is no proof yet that she has died she might still be alive.

There's no denying that.

Do you envisge her living with a paedophile, or have you some other fantasy?

[Alfred R Jones]

Surely it's absolutely ridiculous to start digging for a body if you haven't yet questioned your main POI ?

What if your main POI can no longer be questioned...??

[jassi]

What if your main POI can no longer be questioned...??

Then they are almost certainly on a hiding to nothing as regards a satisfactory conclusion as they can never bring him to trial - assuming that he was guilty, of course.