Proof of abduction

[Brietta]

With respect, 100% speculation, unless you have a jot of evidence otherwise.

I tend to look at the absence of activity of activity of OG going through the T9 in the media to suggest that there was no combing over the T9.

Of course, if you can point me at such reports, I will be grateful to thank you for your enlightenment, and be pleased to agree the step prior to the remit was to check out the T9 and rule them out.

Is there anything whatsoever to show the McCanns were investigated by OG before the remit?  Or the remainder of the T9?

It is how it is done.

The object of reopening a cold case is to find out what happened.

Irrespective of who has carried out initial investigations it is inevitable that fresh eyes will often pick up on something which has been overlooked.
It may be a game changer or it may be trivial and lead nowhere ... but it is added to the sum of knowledge.

To do that requires to go back to the very beginning of the case and interview yet again those at the heart of it ... it involves ploughing through every existing scrap of paper ... only once that has been dealt with and eliminated is it possible to either recommend no change or to recommend progressing to the next stage.
Which may include interviewing new suspects or persons of interest.

In initial leaks the names of those going through this process of elimination in Portugal were put into the public domain.  Prior to that the Oporto team and the London team separately went about their business with discretion.

I fail to see why the logic of the situation defeats you.

Why would Scotland Yard fail to take procedural steps right at the beginning of a review which would save them the risk of egg all over their faces at a later date?  Failure to do so would be an unprofessional course of action ... not to mention very sloppy police work.

[ShiningInLuz]

It is how it is done.

The object of reopening a cold case is to find out what happened.

Irrespective of who has carried out initial investigations it is inevitable that fresh eyes will often pick up on something which has been overlooked.
It may be a game changer or it may be trivial and lead nowhere ... but it is added to the sum of knowledge.

To do that requires to go back to the very beginning of the case and interview yet again those at the heart of it ... it involves ploughing through every existing scrap of paper ... only once that has been dealt with and eliminated is it possible to either recommend no change or to recommend progressing to the next stage.
Which may include interviewing new suspects or persons of interest.

In initial leaks the names of those going through this process of elimination in Portugal were put into the public domain.  Prior to that the Oporto team and the London team separately went about their business with discretion.

I fail to see why the logic of the situation defeats you.

Why would Scotland Yard fail to take procedural steps right at the beginning of a review which would save them the risk of egg all over their faces at a later date?  Failure to do so would be an unprofessional course of action ... not to mention very sloppy police work.

OK, no evidence then.  Just speculation.

[Brietta]

Evidence thereof?

You are asking lay people for evidence from an active, ongoing police investigation into a missing person.  Firstly, I wouldn't know.
Secondly, if I did ... I wouldn't tell you or anyone else for that matter. 

[Mr Gray]

Evidence thereof?

It's called deduction
You seem to be suggesting that SY would investigate the case without accurate statements from the McCanns
If you want to believe that fine
But it is absurd

[ShiningInLuz]

It's called deduction
You seem to be suggesting that SY would investigate the case without accurate statements from the McCanns
If you want to believe that fine
But it is absurd

No evidence then?

[Mr Gray]

No evidence then?

The evidence is that it it is normal practice
If you don't want to accept it it up to you
It is of no importance whether you accept it or no
None whatsoever

[ShiningInLuz]

The evidence is that it it is normal practice
If you don't want to accept it it up to you
It is of no importance whether you accept it or no
None whatsoever

So still no evidence?

By the way, what is normal practice in a child missing in a foreign country?

[Mr Gray]

So still no evidence?

By the way, what is normal practice in a child missing in a foreign country?

The fact that it is normal police practice to interview the last people to see a missing child is evidence that the McCanns would have been interviewed by SY
Not proof but certainly supporting evidence that the McCanns would have been interviewed
You seem to be in denial

[Mr Gray]

OK, no evidence then.  Just speculation.

Common sense
SY said they were going to take the investigation back to the beginning
More evidence

[G-Unit]

The fact that it is normal police practice to interview the last people to see a missing child is evidence that the McCanns would have been interviewed by SY
Not proof but certainly supporting evidence that the McCanns would have been interviewed
You seem to be in denial

SY had in the files the interviews conducted by the PJ with the last people to see the missing child. Why would they repeat that step? What could the McCanns or their friends possibly add to their initial statements four years later?

[misty]

SY had in the files the interviews conducted by the PJ with the last people to see the missing child. Why would they repeat that step? What could the McCanns or their friends possibly add to their initial statements four years later?

Crimewatch frequently shows reconstructions of historic crimes, revealing new evidence or hoping to jog memories, sometimes many years after the event. It is possible that when SY had assimilated all the information from the files, something which may have been totally irrelevant to one of the Tapas 9 at the time may have then prompted a new memory.

[Mr Gray]

SY had in the files the interviews conducted by the PJ with the last people to see the missing child. Why would they repeat that step? What could the McCanns or their friends possibly add to their initial statements four years later?

The interviews were non verbatim and translated ...in fact twice translated
It is obvious that SY would want to reinterview
Totally obvious and it is absurd to think they did not

[Alfie]

SY had in the files the interviews conducted by the PJ with the last people to see the missing child. Why would they repeat that step? What could the McCanns or their friends possibly add to their initial statements four years later?

Well quite a lot if you actually believe they are hiding something!

[slartibartfast]

Of course I can.

Although one wonders why you require one  &%+((£

Because I can't find it in the book.

[ShiningInLuz]

The fact that it is normal police practice to interview the last people to see a missing child is evidence that the McCanns would have been interviewed by SY
Not proof but certainly supporting evidence that the McCanns would have been interviewed
You seem to be in denial

"normal police practice"
"would have"

Pure speculation unsupported by evidence.

Any evidence the McCanns or the rest of the T9 were re-interviewed?  Can I take that as a no?