New German suspect in Madeleine McCann mystery disappearance.

[Mr Gray]

No, seems he isnt going to either.

A pair of celestial teapots

[Brietta]

He fits a profile that legend writers promote.

OK.
So in your world investigators quite simply don't bother to take regard of individuals whose profile indicates a propensity for committing a particular type of crime using a particular modus operandi.

I really don't think it works quite like that in the real world where the only one promoting legendary lies seems to be Amaral.

[Mr Gray]

Wolters has made it clear that CB will only be prosecuted if the evidence is watertight... Whats the problem with that

[jassi]

On the contrary, police are eager to grasp anyone who fits their profile and are reluctant to let go until they are left with no option.
Such is the position of the German police at present.
IMO

[Eleanor]

What a laugh.  Same old same old.  if only it were funny.

Bruekner will be down for a few years yet. And probably even longer.

I prefer to believe that Madeleine is still alive.

[Vertigo Swirl]

On the contrary, police are eager to grasp anyone who fits their profile and are reluctant to let go until they are left with no option.
Such is the position of the German police at present.
IMO

Such was the position in 2007 with the PJ IMO.

[Eleanor]

Such was the position in 2007 with the PJ IMO.

So not much sense to that either.

No-one appears to be grasping at anything.  But Jassi does have a penchant for this.

[Brietta]

What a laugh.  Same old same old.  if only it were funny.

Bruekner will be down for a few years yet. And probably even longer.

I prefer to believe that Madeleine is still alive.

A German poster on Websleuths quotes Wolters from a podcast explaining what he has done over the last year and exactly why he did it.
Wolters has also claimed much of what has been reported in the media is inaccurate - for example he has never claimed that Madeleine died in Portugal.

I have listened to the podcast and read the brief precis underneath.
I have not seen any media reports addressing what Wolters who is at the centre of all of this has actually said publicly - the 'news' of the day being Brueckner's former friends speculation about what the Germans are doing and why they are taking so long about doing it.
The real deal has detailed the facts but it seems the money is on opinions from folk who know nothing.

Keep your chin up Eleanor - you could well be proved right

[John]

I believed that HCW had solid evidence on the case of CB in relation to MM, but now I do not know, and fear that the Germans have only a "criminal profile", and the fact that CB possibly was in PDL on May 3, 2007 having a call. The "criminal profile" is very interesting (he is a burglar and a paedo), but not enough to sustain the case against CB. We have to wait for future developments.

Totally agree Heriberto.  Bruckner is a small time villain, I don't believe murder was ever on his radar.

[Eleanor]

A German poster on Websleuths quotes Wolters from a podcast explaining what he has done over the last year and exactly why he did it.
Wolters has also claimed much of what has been reported in the media is inaccurate - for example he has never claimed that Madeleine died in Portugal.

I have listened to the podcast and read the brief precis underneath.
I have not seen any media reports addressing what Wolters who is at the centre of all of this has actually said publicly - the 'news' of the day being Brueckner's former friends speculation about what the Germans are doing and why they are taking so long about doing it.
The real deal has detailed the facts but it seems the money is on opinions from folk who know nothing.

Keep your chin up Eleanor - you could well be proved right

ThankYou Brietta.  I don't have much idea of what is going on and never have had beyond a bit of common sense.

I don't understand this aberrant desire to blame the parent's when there has never been any proof after fourteen long years.

I am now sick to death of this absolute bollocks of absolutely nothing.

I don't know where this leaves me as a Moderator. and sadly I don't care anymore.  And so I will just Delete anything that offends me personally.

This is probably the best way to go.  So best not to offend me.  Someone has to decide of what is offensive.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Totally agree Heriberto.  Bruckner is a small time villain, I don't believe murder was ever on his radar.

Brutal and prolonged rape and torture is not “small time” imo and could well be a precursor to even more serious crimes.

[John]

I don’t think he does I’ve read his book he gets a lot wrong.
I would say I know a lot more than him and can prove it

Don't be silly Dave, Gonçalo was there, and saw and heard a hell of a lot more than is reported in the files. In those circumstances he was best placed to solve the case but we all now know he was thwarted by the English authorities who refused to undertake certain requests relating to Madeleine's parents and the tapas group. Then there was the fiasco involving the FSS, a now disbanded discredited organisation.

[Eleanor]

Totally agree Heriberto.  Bruckner is a small time villain, I don't believe murder was ever on his radar.

And I don't believe that murder was on his mind either.  But there was always more to this than just him.
.

[John]

if they didn’t understand the basics they had no chance of solving the case

What they didn't have was the chance to investigate it without interference from UK.


Interview to Gonçalo Amaral

The full coverage of Detective Gonçalo Amaral's interview can be found here, which aired on May 2017. His actual interview only starts at 4:45.

He was interviewed at the place of Madeleine's disappearance, and demonstrated some of the witnesses' testimonies in the locale. This coverage is interesting because a lot of the information covered is not commonly known by the general public, perhaps due to a lot of misinformation spread by the media.

Summary of the Interview:

Det. Amaral describes the political pressure he felt while working on the case, including the presence of the British ambassador in the site nearly 24 after the disappearance. The ambassador seemed to have pressured the police into following an investigation based solely on the abduction theory, which hindered police work.

The interviewer asked "What if this [children being left alone, and one going missing] had happened in Britain?" Amaral replied that British law seems to be tougher in terms of child safety and the parents had likely been convicted in that case. (Source on this British Law)

Amaral describes the McCann couple's special treatment, but does not seem to believe in conspiracy theories. He think they had special treatment simply because they were British upper class and, since they "messed up" overseas and not in their home country, received political protection from the UK.

There is a lot more to this special treatment instigated by friends in high places.

[John]

Brutal and prolonged rape and torture is not “small time” imo and could well be a precursor to even more serious crimes.

Leopard and spots!