2017 is an interesting year in this case
That year, the number of sceptics, on forum, who toned down their viscious attacks on The Mccanns, or stopped posting was noticed.
Had the Police accidentally, or deliberately, leaked ?
Had some news indicating that the PJ and OG knew who (a collective "Who" ) the perps were, escaped the silence from the Police Forces ? ...... the silence that the rest of us noticed ?
Was it best policy for sceptics in the know, or ones that had abused The Mccanns, to cover their backs and to quietly slide away ? Cos that is what I noticed.
Also as we saw on here in a recent post, 2017 was the year that Amaral started backing off. Why then ? ... And his mate Flores, IIRC., didn't he back off a bit?
Two things of note in 2017,Rowley update and Pedro do Carmo telling Brunt,they don't know what happened and have to prepared for different scenario's,this in answer to a question"do you accept the girl was abducted"
Grange as it stands.
https://www.met.police.uk/notices/met/operation-grange/On 12 May 2011 the Met announced that, at the request of the Home Secretary, it had agreed to bring its particular expertise to the Madeleine McCann case.
The then Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, considered the request and took the decision that on balance it was the right thing to do. This was subject to funding being made available by the Home Office, as this case is beyond the Met’s jurisdiction.
Investigative review
The Met’s involvement, known as Operation Grange, is led by the Specialist Crime Command unit and involved, in the first instance, an ‘investigative review’. This was a review of all of the investigations that had been previously conducted into the circumstances of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.
Ongoing investigation
In July 2013 the status of the Met’s enquiries changed to that of an investigation, working with the Portuguese authorities to pursue specific lines of enquiry.
The Portuguese authorities retain the lead and the Met continues to work in support of them.The Home Office continues to fund Operation Grange.
Contact details for Operation Grange
Ways to contact us:
By phone: 0207 321 9251
By email: Operation.grange@met.police.uk