Met Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley gives update on the search for Madeleine McCann.

[ShiningInLuz]

There's Looked At and there's Looked At.  Which kind of Looked At did they do?

That would be of the kind of the analyses in the PJ Files.

[Eleanor]

That would be of the kind of the analyses in the PJ Files.

They certainly Looked At The McCann's phone calls.  Is that the kind of Looked At you mean?

[ShiningInLuz]

Do we know if any of this much vaunted phone data has proved to be of any use? It doesn't seem to have led to any 'break through'

I am led to believe, from a source I consider reliable, that the phone data was important in making 3 of the 4 people of July 2014 arguidos.  That would require that the data passed an OG test, and that whoever decides arguidodom in Portugal also deemed it passed muster.

The phone data that interests me is the call that does not appear in the PJ Files.  However, access to the original data has been requested and has been refused.

This seemingly missing call was communicated to OG months ago.

[ShiningInLuz]

They certainly Looked At The McCann's phone calls.  Is that the kind of Looked At you mean?

Actually, I was referring to the analysis of the 74,104 calls and texts in/out of Luz on 2 May to 4 May 2007.

I don't think the McCanns had a significant impact on that traffic, as most of it was from before Madeleine went missing.

[jassi]

I am led to believe, from a source I consider reliable, that the phone data was important in making 3 of the 4 people of July 2014 arguidos.  That would require that the data passed an OG test, and that whoever decides arguidodom in Portugal also deemed it passed muster.

The phone data that interests me is the call that does not appear in the PJ Files.  However, access to the original data has been requested and has been refused.

This seemingly missing call was communicated to OG months ago.

Presumably these are the 4 people who are no longer of interest, in which case it would suggest that the phone data did not provide answers and only created more work to sift through.

[Brietta]

denial  is still around  supporters

There is certainly no denying that Scotland Yard have progressed and continue to progress with Madeleine McCann's case.

Who knows ... before this is over we may find out what happened to Madeleine ... who knows, she may even be found.

What is it that appears to displease you about that?

[stephen25000]

Indeed.

Progressing to the inevitable shelving.

[carlymichelle]

Indeed.

Progressing to the inevitable shelving.

i can predict it now they will say so and so  did it even the dead ones they suspected  10 years ago and thats  it

[Brietta]

Presumably these are the 4 people who are no longer of interest, in which case it would suggest that the phone data did not provide answers and only created more work to sift through.

Everything that was 'sifted through' represents work. That is how the 'significant' lead now being actively followed was discovered.

Unlike fictional detectives and Amaral whose cases are solved only by their brilliance ... real police work includes sifting through accumulations of data to weed out the wheat from the chaff to enable progress.

I think the sceptic attitude we have seen displayed since the SY announcement that they are actively following evidence is very revealing and is not a pretty sight.

[misty]

Everything that was 'sifted through' represents work. That is how the 'significant' lead now being actively followed was discovered.

Unlike fictional detectives and Amaral whose cases are solved only by their brilliance ... real police work includes sifting through accumulations of data to weed out the wheat from the chaff to enable progress.

I think the sceptic attitude we have seen displayed since the SY announcement that they are actively following evidence is very revealing and is not a pretty sight.

I was astounded to read this quote from an ex top cop in Portugal regarding the scale of the original investigation. If his comment represents the normal attitude towards complex investigations then Madeleine stood no chance.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ex-top-cop-breaks-madeleine-10278020

He said: “When Madeleine disappeared, we had 12 other missing children – three or four in the Madeira islands, the rest on the mainland.

“The money we spent on Madeleine was a million times more than all the others put together.

“I don’t know if it was pressure from government or the media, but it was the most expensive investigation in the history of Portugal – by far.

“That’s one of the lessons too, not always putting big numbers and lots of policemen. Sometimes you don’t need 400 officers, you need only three or four to focus on the results.”

[stephen25000]

Everything that was 'sifted through' represents work. That is how the 'significant' lead now being actively followed was discovered.

Unlike fictional detectives and Amaral whose cases are solved only by their brilliance ... real police work includes sifting through accumulations of data to weed out the wheat from the chaff to enable progress.

I think the sceptic attitude we have seen displayed since the SY announcement that they are actively following evidence is very revealing and is not a pretty sight.

The report was full of cliches and meaningless twaddle.

The  case is going nowhere as regards abduction, as predicted.

[Mr Gray]

The report was full of cliches and meaningless twaddle.

The  case is going nowhere as regards abduction, as predicted.

we are all aware that  chances of this case being solved are slight...your prediction is a very obvious statement

[Brietta]

The report was full of cliches and meaningless twaddle.

The  case is going nowhere as regards abduction, as predicted.

Madeleine's case is still under investigation and a 'significant lead' is being followed. 

I don't regard that information as a cliche or meaningless twaddle.  You see negativity I see hope.

[stephen25000]

Madeleine's case is still under investigation and a 'significant lead' is being followed. 

I don't regard that information as a cliche or meaningless twaddle.  You see negativity I see hope.

The term 'significant lead' is merely a cliche.

Mark my words on that.

[Robittybob1]

The term 'significant lead' is merely a cliche.

Mark my words on that.

We will don't you worry!