Kate McCann: I believe kidnapper drugged my twins night Madeleine was taken.

[G-Unit]

The asked the FLO if the was any evidence that a sedative has been used to remove Madeleine. Not quite the same.

You then go through the differential diagnoses e.g. to tell if they were drinking - smell their breath.


So not just by looking?

It seems that davel and Kate McCann share the same uncanny ability to diagnose problems without using agreed procedures like most doctors.

[slartibartfast]

No it applies to everyone
But when I ask for cites none are given
So let's insist on cites

That's fine as long as you understand what cites are.

[Robittybob1]

The asked the FLO if the was any evidence that a sedative has been used to remove Madeleine. Not quite the same.

You then go through the differential diagnoses e.g. to tell if they were drinking - smell their breath.


So not just by looking?

Absolutely use all your senses, but humans have become very reliant on sight.  In the Masterchef competition when the contestants were allowed to use their other senses Touch, smell, hear, (but not taste or sight (blind folded)) many were unable to identify the food item handed to them.

"The asked the FLO if there was any evidence that a sedative has been used to remove Madeleine."  That was how it was reported 1 year after the event, but one would imagine Kate and Gerry said more than that at the time.

[slartibartfast]

Absolutely use all your senses, but humans have become very reliant on sight.  In the Masterchef competition when the contestants were allowed to use their other senses Touch, smell, hear, (but not taste or sight (blind folded)) many were unable to identify the food item handed to them.

"The asked the FLO if there was any evidence that a sedative has been used to remove Madeleine."  That was how it was reported 1 year after the event, but one would imagine Kate and Gerry said more than that at the time.

Why?

[G-Unit]

No it applies to everyone
But when I ask for cites none are given
So let's insist on cites

You could start by setting a good example on this thread, where you have refused to provide any.

[Robittybob1]

Why?

Of course if someone asked if there was any evidence of drug use the liaison Police would ask "Why do you think so?".

If you really think that that one sentence ("was there any evidence that a sedative has been used to remove Madeleine?") was all that was said on the matter, so be it.  At least the topic was raised.
It would be most unreasonable to think the McCanns would raise such a question in front of about 5 liaison officers and there would not be some other discussion around the point.  No doubt these liaison officers could be re-interviewed regarding this matter.

[misty]

I can only wonder why the Portuguese officers who witnessed the McCanns "praying like Arabs" didn't summon immediate medical assistance for the apparent state of mind. Had they done so, the twins could have been assessed at the same time.

[stephen25000]

I can only wonder why the Portuguese officers who witnessed the McCanns "praying like Arabs" didn't summon immediate medical assistance for the apparent state of mind. Had they done so, the twins could have been assessed at the same time.

They should have been.

It was a major omission by the PJ, as it was by the parents, who are of course, self proclaimed experts.

As to the Mccann's prostrating themselves, do they have a history of this kind of behaviour ?

[Robittybob1]

I can only wonder why the Portuguese officers who witnessed the McCanns "praying like Arabs" didn't summon immediate medical assistance for the apparent state of mind. Had they done so, the twins could have been assessed at the same time.

It always hit me as a bit of religious or even racial discrimination to have used the words "praying like Arabs".

[slartibartfast]

It always hit me as a bit of religious or even racial discrimination to used the words "praying like Arabs".

Very descriptive though.

[Alice Purjorick]

It always hit me as a bit of religious or even racial discrimination to used the words "praying like Arabs".

It could have been worse, like "Nutting the sidewalk"

[Alice Purjorick]

Absolutely use all your senses, but humans have become very reliant on sight.  In the Masterchef competition when the contestants were allowed to use their other senses Touch, smell, hear, (but not taste or sight (blind folded)) many were unable to identify the food item handed to them.

"The asked the FLO if there was any evidence that a sedative has been used to remove Madeleine."  That was how it was reported 1 year after the event, but one would imagine Kate and Gerry said more than that at the time.

On wonders what form that evidence would have taken.

[slartibartfast]

On wonders what form that evidence would have taken.

Residues?

[misty]

On wonders what form that evidence would have taken.

It seems the PJ used the human olfactory system in the same manner as they used the dogs - ie, no forensic testing of the bed-linen, just acceptance of what they were told.

[Alice Purjorick]

Residues?

Yes but residues of what & how presented?
Residues of materials used or residues of the means of administration or both?