Met given 6 months and £2 million more to find Maddie. Is this the end?

[Brietta]

Why ?


When not one trace of her has emerged in nearly 8 and a half years.

Madeleine was perhaps more findable eight+ years ago, but because she was not found, does not mean that she is not there to be found and after a hiatus between 2008 and 2011 deserves to be actively sought.

There is a certain mentality at work in the question ... "Why Madeleine McCann why ... ... ?"

I believe that lessons were learned from the only other comparable case involving a British child ... Ben Needham.

Should similar cases to these arise in the future the lessons derived from Madeleine's case ~ particularly in working with law enforcement agencies of another country ~ will only be of benefit to any child unfortunate enough to vanish in like circumstances.

[stephen25000]

Madeleine was perhaps more findable eight+ years ago, but because she was not found, does not mean that she is not there to be found and after a hiatus between 2008 and 2011 deserves to be actively sought.

There is a certain mentality at work in the question ... "Why Madeleine McCann why ... ... ?"

I believe that lessons were learned from the only other comparable case involving a British child ... Ben Needham.

Should similar cases to these arise in the future the lessons derived from Madeleine's case ~ particularly in working with law enforcement agencies of another country ~ will only be of benefit to any child unfortunate enough to vanish in like circumstances.

You assume she can be found ?

Therefore you must think she is alive.

So give me logical possibilities of where and whom she could be and with.

[Alice Purjorick]

UK police work on Madeleine McCann case 'has cost £10m' so far



18 September 2015

The investigation by UK police into the disappearance in Portugal in 2007 of the then three-year-old Madeleine McCann has cost more than £10 million (€14 million), according to a Home Office minister.



In answer to a question in the House of Lords, Michael Bates said that £10.1 million had been spent by the end of June, and that for 2015 as a whole a further £2 million was budgeted.

Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday resort in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007, a few days before her fourth birthday. An investigation by Portuguese police failed to find her, or lodge any charges against anyone, and was closed in 2008.

After an appeal by the girl's parents to the UK prime minister, David Cameron, London's Metropolitan Police in 2011 launched its own investigation into her disappearance, dubbed Operation Grange, with 30 letters of request having since been sent to the authorities in 30 countries, including Portugal, and several procedures having been undertaken in and around Praia da Luz at the Met's behest.

In the meantime, the case has formally been reopened in Portugal as well.

Over the years, the case has attracted unprecedented public interest in both countries.

http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/uk-police-work-on-madeleine-mccann-case-has-cost-10m-so-far/35992

Is that 30 letters to 30 countries or one each to 30 countries?
We are led to believe that Portugal has only received about half a dozen.
Confusing.

[Carana]

If this investigation is in any way going to aid the prevention of this happening again then it will be money well spent.
There are s..m bags who think that stealing children is easy money.

As for 30 Countries, I have long suspected that Madeleine is far away from Portugal and could be difficult to recover.

We don't know what the content of them was about. I'm not even certain if "30 countries" is accurate or whether 30 ILORs were sent to a smaller number of countries.

If Spain and Switzerland were on the list, it could have been about seeing if there was any connection with the cases of poor Mari Luz and Ylenia. Or checking criminal records or current whereabouts of potential suspects. Or - quite likely IMO - getting information from overseas phone companies to identify who they belonged to.

[Eleanor]

Why ?


When not one trace of her has emerged in nearly 8 and a half years.

It is the fact that not one trace of her has emerged that leads me to believe that she could well be alive.

Why do I think the search for her is more important at this point?  Medical Research will always go on, and the money will always be found.
The search for Madeleine is finite, anyone can see that.  But at the moment we do not know what has been found so far, so if Operation Grange and The PJ think it is worthwhile then it must continue.

[Eleanor]

and why is maddie the only missing child getting  11 millon dollars spent on her??  is   she a  royal or something ??

She is a missing child.  A British child who was stolen abroad.  It really is that simple for Britain.

[stephen25000]

It is the fact that not one trace of her has emerged that leads me to believe that she could well be alive.

Why do I think the search for her is more important at this point?  Medical Research will always go on, and the money will always be found.
The search for Madeleine is finite, anyone can see that.  But at the moment we do not know what has been found so far, so if Operation Grange and The PJ think it is worthwhile then it must continue.

What is more likely, is that because she hasn't been found and not one trace of her, she is unfortunately dead.

[Eleanor]

and before the supporters say i hate maddie etc you know i dont but you can understand  why people from other countrys dont understand  even you in the uk dont  right?

It isn't really for other people from other countries to understand, if they don't want to.  I understand, which is all that matters to me.

[Eleanor]

You assume she can be found ?

Therefore you must think she is alive.

So give me logical possibilities of where and whom she could be and with.

You already know the logical possibilities, Stephen.

[stephen25000]

You already know the logical possibilities, Stephen.

Of course I do.

...and i don't think either scenario stands up to logical scrutiny.

[carlymichelle]

Of course I do.

...and i don't think either scenario stands up to logical scrutiny.

in police work stephen   48 hours aftera child vanishes is crucial after that more then likley the child is dead it is the way it works  here anyway

[Eleanor]

What is more likely, is that because she hasn't been found and not one trace of her, she is unfortunately dead.

Not more or less likely, Stephen.  It is not possible to define a percentage.  And even if it was then even one percent of the likelihood of her being alive would be sufficient if she actually is.

[Eleanor]

Of course I do.

...and i don't think either scenario stands up to logical scrutiny.

Fortunately, your logical scrutiny is not important.

[Eleanor]

in police work stephen   48 hours aftera child vanishes is crucial after that more then likley the child is dead it is the way it works  here anyway

So Tasmania gives up after 48 hours, does it?

[Brietta]

It is the fact that not one trace of her has emerged that leads me to believe that she could well be alive.

Why do I think the search for her is more important at this point?  Medical Research will always go on, and the money will always be found.
The search for Madeleine is finite, anyone can see that.  But at the moment we do not know what has been found so far, so if Operation Grange and The PJ think it is worthwhile then it must continue.

Succinctly said Eleanor.

I wish people would just sit back and allow the PJ and SY to do their jobs;  they will recommend a wind down if and when they they reach the end of the road.

Bearing in mind they are under constant review to justify expenditure ... as long as it is being funded, there must be adequate reasons to justify that.