Sr Amaral did not leave the McCann's children without adult supervision in a locked/unlocked* apartment.
Delete as appropriate depending upon which statement you prefer to believe.
What exactly does that statement have to do with Goncalo Amaral and the investigation he was in charge of.
It is very, very easy for some to overlook and forget that missing little girl whose chances of being recovered started to fade the minute he took up the reins of the investigation when he opened his eyes and got out of his bed on the 4th May 2007.
Deciding before he even set foot in Praia da Luz that "something isn't right in the account of the events" (
truthofthelie chapter 3) rather set the tone of the investigation.
Getting a background report on Madeleine's parents as he states he did would have been procedure, had it not been mired in unwarranted suspicion and carried out by one with a closed mind. Unfortunately it was a path from which there is no evidence he deviated throughout his tenure.
His decision, without a shred of evidence, that Madeleine was dead with the involvement of her parents in my opinion took precedence over any other lines of investigation which may have led to finding out what happened to Madeleine and perhaps even led to her recovery.
Quote: Ricardo PaivaHe admitted that Mr Amaral's conviction about the McCanns' involvement had stopped police from investigating other theories.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242716/Madeleine-McCann-dead-abduction-faked-say-Portuguese-police.html#ixzz3z3Jq69Pc People living in block 5 who could have been material witnesses were apparently not interviewed ~ for example, Mrs Fenn who was directly above the apartment Madeleine disappeared from and one above that, Mr & Mrs Moyes, leaving one to wonder who might have been living in apartment 5J, the path to which was followed by the GNR dogs.
