Is there any evidence at all which points to Madeleine being alive or dead?

[ferryman]

As did the PJ. Just before they were made arguidos...

UK police have a very different modus operandi from Portuguese police.  Mid-way through the investigation into the murder of Joana Yeates, her boyfriend Greg Reardon was commended by police as a first-class witness.

And the police meant it.

If British police entertain suspicions about anyone, they certainly don't go out of their way to issue false 'praise' or 'reassurance'.

They just stay silent.

[sadie]

Yes Icabod, I was just about to book our summer holidays in Portugal to have a look-see for Madeleine, but now you've implied that she might be dead on this forum, I've decided to go to Barbados instead. I shall also be packing extra books, as I will not need to be using my eyes to scan the surrounding area for blonde children!

Icabod, I hope you feel guilty! You really should think befoe you type!

How facetious can you get !

The readers will judge you as they will judge me too.

So in your eyes it is fine to keep intimating that Madeleine is dead?  Even tho it may stop people reporting any suspected sightings?


What an abysmal attitude

[Cariad]

How facetious can you get !

I'll assume that's a rhetorical question....

The readers will judge you as they will judge me too.

I certainly hope so!


So in your eyes it is fine to keep intimating that Madeleine is dead?  Even tho it may stop people reporting any suspected sightings?

I don't believe for one moment that someone wouldn't report a sighting of Madeleine Mccan. I think that she's probably dead and has been so for many years. If I saw a child who I thought might be her, no matter how slim the chance, I'd report it and let the authorities do their job.
 

What an abysmal attitude

Less of the personal comments please Sadie, It's really not necessary.

[Lyall]

The statements are quite simple davel,  they both know she is dead. If you can't see that then I reccommend you visit an opticians.

I think you're perhaps misunderstanding what GM has many times said WS. He says the evidence doesn't prove that she is and the AG in 2008 clearly agreed with him.

GM's statements are logical not intuitive.

[jassi]

I think you're perhaps misunderstanding what GM has many times said WS. He says the evidence doesn't prove that she is and the AG in 2008 clearly agreed with him.

GM's statements are logical not intuitive.

Not very good logic considering he believes she was snatched by paedophiles. Just what did he expect would happen to her ?

[Lyall]

Not very good logic considering he believes she was snatched by paedophiles. Just what did he expect would happen to her ?

I agree but that's intuitive not logical. He means physical evidence that proves it.

[Wonderfulspam]

I agree but that's intuitive not logical. He means physical evidence that proves it.

Yes, there is no physical evidence that proves she is dead,

However there would appear to be some indications that she may have been less than one hundred percent alive before she left the apartment.

[sadie]

I agree but that's intuitive not logical. He means physical evidence that proves it.

Hurrah

We both agree.

Have you got logical (Napier) blood?

[Lyall]

Not very good logic considering he believes she was snatched by paedophiles. Just what did he expect would happen to her ?

He was always very careful with the words he used I think, right from this first media statement (when he used the word disappearance not abduction) and he's been very careful ever since.

"Nobody should be allowed to say she's dead" he said (or words close to that, I can't remember the exact phrase) and that's very high on their current aims I think: trying to ensure it can't be said legally.

[Lyall]

Hurrah

We both agree.

Have you got logical (Napier) blood?

Not on much else though

I have Dostoyevsky blood

[Lyall]

Yes, there is no physical evidence that proves she is dead,

However there would appear to be some indications that she may have been less than one hundred percent alive before she left the apartment.

I agree. Carlos Anjos agreed it was indicative, and perhaps if the case was in some US states that would have been enough for arrests, at least >@@(*&) American police wouldn't have been as polite as the Portuguese (GM sitting in the room for KM's interview? Nah, wouldn't happen in the USA. Or UK I expect).

[sadie]

Not on much else though

I have Dostoyevsky blood

Ahhh   

A friendly person, I see ! 

[slartibartfast]

He was always very careful with the words he used I think, right from this first media statement (when he used the word disappearance not abduction) and he's been very careful ever since.

Very true, one of traits that didn't endear him to some.

[Angelo222]

How facetious can you get !

The readers will judge you as they will judge me too.

So in your eyes it is fine to keep intimating that Madeleine is dead?  Even tho it may stop people reporting any suspected sightings?


What an abysmal attitude

Well if she isn't alive she must be dead?  Surely even you can agree with that Sadie??

In modern times no child has ever been returned to her parents alive after so many years.  For it to happen now to Madeleine would be a sheer miracle.  I think we can safely say she is dead and what's more a court will confirm it later this year.

Question will be then - Who killed Madeleine McCann??

[Angelo222]

He was always very careful with the words he used I think, right from this first media statement (when he used the word disappearance not abduction) and he's been very careful ever since.

"Nobody should be allowed to say she's dead" he said (or words close to that, I can't remember the exact phrase) and that's very high on their current aims I think: trying to ensure it can't be said legally.

When the coroners court declares her deceased there will no longer be any legal impediment.