The nature of the crime has not been proven...

[Mr Gray]

Three actually! Parent, person known to the victim or stranger.
Tempered with the comment by Leicestershire's Assistant Chief Constable with which most will be familiar.

are you seriously suggesting a friend of the family carried out a criminal act against maddie.......without the knowledge of her parents

[Benice]

a bizarre suggestion...there was no attention...the case was closed...if the mccanns were guilty they were home and dry

Also there would have been no fear of the PJ stopping them from 'quietly slipping into obscurity' as that is what they wanted this whole case to do - and as soon as possible IMO.

[Alice Purjorick]

are you seriously suggesting a friend of the family carried out a criminal act against maddie.......without the knowledge of her parents

No.
Why would you think that from the content of my post?

[Mr Gray]

No.
Why would you think that from the content of my post?

then theres only two possibilities..stranger or parent

[Alice Purjorick]

then theres only two possibilities..stranger or parent

Three!
Someone known to the child is not of necessity a family member or a friend of her parents.

[pathfinder73]

No parent that was responsible for a crime against their child would have repeatedly put themselves at risk by searching, searching and pushing, pushing,  as the Mccanns have.

The Mccanns are not dumbwits, they are highly intelligent people.

They would know that if they were responsible, they necessarily MUST keep reputedly the Worlds best Detectives (NSY) away from the case.  They would know that NSY, with a big team, has considerably more intellect collectively than they do.  They would be found out.

They pressed for SY to be involved. 


Proof on its own that they were not involved

That proves nothing if she can never be found. There's one area in PDL where the yard should properly search for clues and it's on top of a hill possibly under rocks.



This is the crime scene photo of the shutters (not jemmied or broken!):

[Wonderfulspam]

Can someone remind me when exactly did the McCanns start 'pushing for a review' ?

When, & where, are they first on record as 'trying to get the case re-opened'?

[Wonderfulspam]

That proves nothing if she can never be found.......

'She's out there until proven otherwise'..........to Dr McCanns amusement.

(@ 7:54)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lhACS6ck-Dw#t=474

[Mr Gray]

Three!
Someone known to the child is not of necessity a family member or a friend of her parents.

The mccanns didn't know anyone in Portugal apart from their friends

[Mr Gray]

That proves nothing if she can never be found. There's one area in PDL where the yard should properly search for clues and it's on top of a hill possibly under rocks.



This is the crime scene photo of the shutters (not jemmied or broken!):

mccanns never said jemmied or broken...the shutters were forced open from the outside

[pathfinder73]

mccanns never said jemmied or broken...the shutters were forced open from the outside

There's no evidence of the shutters being forced open but they were tampered with before the police arrived.

[Mr Gray]

There's no evidence of the shutters being forced open but they were tampered with before the police arrived.

The evidence is the mccanns statements...they admitted they moved the shutters before the police arrived...

[Alice Purjorick]

The mccanns didn't know anyone in Portugal apart from their friends

Didn't they?
Evidence suggests that by the Friday they knew quite a few people.

[jassi]

Madeleine wouldn't have known them though, she spent most of her waking hours in a creche

[Alice Purjorick]

Madeleine wouldn't have known them though, she spent most of her waking hours in a creche

With creche nannies, club workers, attendants and mums and dads all becoming familiar to her.