I can understand why people were misled initially as there was so much false information being fed into the system.
Now that we know many of the press leaks were falsifications, I'm not sure I comprehend why people still obsess about the original headlines and ignore the fact they were wrong to begin with and at best a distortion of fact.
The cultural differences which allegedly aroused police suspicions have long since been subject to clarification but are still regularly quoted to justify 'suspicion'.
For example, the request made by Dr Kate McCann to see a priest was misinterpreted as apparently Portuguese would only make the request in the event of a death.
http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2011/05/23/madeleine-mccann-case-reopened/Similarly as noted in Mr Amaral's book, the suspicions aroused by the marked passage in the bible on Dr McCann's bedside table.
(a) the bible was not hers. It had been borrowed which should have been clear from the
dedication written on the cover page, and the pages marked had been marked by the
bible's owner.
(b) The passage which was used to illustrate that they were grieving for Madeleine's death
had been marked by the owner and was read at a traumatic time in her life and since.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PE-PA.htm#mccannDespite clarification of both these instances, the mistaken interpretation of cultural differences strangely continue to be quoted and hotly discussed.
Obsession or what?
