It comes back to that bag in the wardrobe. It is in the photo taken at night but doesn't appear to be there in the next day photo. Who moved that bag and when?
The bag in the first photo is pictured almost exactly where Eddie alerts.
Also with regards to the time cadaver odour first starts to develop the times quoted on the previous page are averages. The decay process of vertebrates begins rapidly after death (i.e. "four minutes after death") [Vass, A.A.
Understanding Human Decomposition] and leads to the release of postmortem compounds in the ecosystem . These cadaveric compounds, mainly volatile organic compounds (VOCs), are by- or end-products of the decay process. Using dogs it has been shown to be detectable as soon as
30 85 minutes after the time of death (Cadaver Scent Project)
For a possible time of death, IMO, we need to look at the period between the last independent sighting and
30-60 at least 85 minutes before the latest reported time that the alarm was raised (22:15). Another possibility would be to conclude that Eddie alerted to
blood behind the sofa and not cadaver odour. In addition a body may have been concealed in the cupboard in 5A and removed some hours later. This last scenario (which seems unlikely due to the risk of detection) would rule out GM being the man Martin Smith saw carrying a child.
Another scenario that would explain Eddie's alerts only at locations directly associated with the McCann's would be that someone using the McCann's apartment or hire car or items of clothing has been in close proximity with a corpse and had introduced cross contamination. Is there any truth in the stories that KM tried to explain away the alerts by saying she had attended a number of post mortems and she had taken her daughter's favorite comfort toy with her!?
