The Very same can be said of any one that was going about their daily business and trying to retro fit them into something suspicious like an alleged abduction by amateur sleuths. St Mary Mead is where it belongs.
Do the "amateurs" to whom you refer include the Judicial Police who reopened Madeleine's investigation to make the attempt to find out who kidnapped her?
Judiciária confirma reabertura do caso MaddieJudiciary confirms reopening of Maddie caseA Policia Judiciaria voltou a abrir a investigação ao caso Maddie, a menina Inglesa desaparecida em 2007 de um aldeamento na praia da Luz, no Algarve.The Judicial Police once again opened the investigation into the case of Maddie, the English girl who disappeared in 2007 from a village on Praia da Luz, in the Algarve.
Depois de questionado este orgão de investigação criminal responde em comunicado que "esta investigação tem sido desenvolvida em articulação com autoridades internacionais, obedecendo às regras de cooperação judiciária e policial, que as circunstâncias da situação justificam".After being questioned, this criminal investigation body replies in a statement that "this investigation has been carried out in conjunction with international authorities, obeying the rules of judicial and police cooperation, which the circumstances of the situation justify".
Para já a Policia Judiciaria não presta mais esclarecimentos.For the time being the Judiciary Police does not provide further clarification.
O esclarecimento da Judiciária surge depois de, nesta sexta-feira, o jornal "Correio da Manhã" ter dado conta de que esta policia segue novas pistas de rapto e que os inspectores procuram um suspeito de ter levado a criança.The clarification of the Judiciary comes after this Friday, the newspaper "Correio da Manhã" reported that
this police is following new kidnapping tracks and that the inspectors are looking for a suspect of having taken the child.https://rr.sapo.pt/2019/05/03/pais/judiciaria-confirma-reabertura-do-caso-maddie/noticia/150075/