The e-fits were created I believe in 2008 yet nobody bothered their backsides to publish them until three years later when Redwood had his eureka moment. I don't know of anyone who has ever gone to the bother of creating e-fits in a missing child case only to file them away for years. But then the McCanns have broken the mould more than once in this case in order to fit in with their own selfish priorities. They have constantly sought to discredit Smithman in favour of Tannerman contrary to the thinking at SY.
One wonders why DCI Redwood was so convinced that the association of a convicted fraudster in the production of the efits many months after the event in question had produced the real deal.
They may have been constructed in collaboration with the Smith family ~ despite one calling to mind that apparently Mr Smith did not help when approached by Brian Kennedy on behalf of the McCann family ~ change of heart perhaps?
Or was the DCI playing a long game here using the efits? which had perhaps been confirmed from another source turned up during Scotland Yard research into the case. In my opinion ... he wouldn't have given Halligen house room.
quoteHe has been contacted by Mr Brian Kennedy who is supporting the McCann family to take part in a photo fit exercise. He has given no stories or helped in any photo fits.
Detective Branch
Drogheda
County Lough Dated 19/02/08
end quotehttp://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/P16/16_VOLUME_XVIa_Page_4134.jpg**snip
However, it was only later, when tape recordings of interviews undertaken in Praia da Luz were sent to Dr Parton and Mr Taylor, in Washington, that they started to fear the worst for the investigation.
Mr Taylor said: 'The quality of the interviews was terrible, very
amateurish. The noise in the background was bad, the interview questions were useless and the subjects were irrelevant. I told them to stop wasting time and money on such low-key figures - homeless people and receptionists who knew nothing.
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Dr Parton said: 'He has left a trail of debts across America and the UK. But the horrible truth is that he stole from the McCanns what they really couldn't afford - time.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231757/Madeleine-McCann-investigator-didnt-listen-ANY-tip-offs-given-hotline--squandered-500-000.html#ixzz4HKQmVwLO