The part I have never understood is why Redwood wasn't 100% convinced by crècheman. Surely the chances of two identical/identically dressed men carrying identical children just happening to be there that night is infinitesimally small?
What perturbed me was DCI Redwood's "almost sure".
I have always thought that Tannerman had kidnapped Madeleine. Too much of a coincidence for a child to have gone missing and a man to be seen seen just outside the apartment carrying a child away from it.
His image still features prominently on Madeleine's website.
http://findmadeleine.com/campaigns/unidentified_people.htmlThe forum has discussed 'Crecheman' before ... but always from the point of view of him being seen in the location where 'Tannerman' had been.
I had convinced myself that he must have passed that way just minutes before because I was still hanging on to the notion that 'Tannerman' = kidnapper.
Misty's thinking outside the box allows everything to fall neatly into place. I think that it is a very neat theory which explains so much ... certainly with the exception of what Scotland Yard are thinking about regarding the Smithman/ Tannerman/ Crecheman scenario ... then that doesn't perturb me unduly.
I don't feel the need to question their every move ... I'm confident they know what they are doing.
Misty's Theory has a lot of mileage in it without relying on anything extraordinary ... it is all so simple that I understand why it might have been a 'revelation moment' for the DCI. All in my opinion.
