The Smithman e-fits

[G-Unit]

How many guilty people would do that?  Any got an example?

Just because something has never been known to have happened before doesn't mean it didn't happen. No British child had ever been reported as abducted from it's bed when on holiday in Portugal before. Does that mean it didn't happen?

[kizzy]

The case was archived in 2008 and they were never even arrested, let alone charged.

What do you suppose would have led them to subsequently press for at least a review of available evidence?

What choice did they have, it wouldn't do to throw the towel in would it - reputation and all that. imo

[Erngath]

Ridiculous... Imo

Utterly ridiculous!

[Alice Purjorick]

How many guilty people would do that?  Any got an example?

What is proven if there is no previous example?

[slartibartfast]

Because in the eye of the public they are not squeaky clean.
They expected that pressing for a review would demonstrate their" innocence"
This has not happened, so they don't dare let go of the tiger's tail.
IMO

Fits the known facts.

[Carana]

Because in the eye of the public they are not squeaky clean.
They expected that pressing for a review would demonstrate their" innocence"
This has not happened, so they don't dare let go of the tiger's tail.
IMO

Wouldn't fading into obscurity have been an easier option?

[jassi]

Wouldn't fading into obscurity have been an easier option?

You might think so,  Not so  for an alpha male like Gerry though, who always knows best.
Again IMO.

[kizzy]

Wouldn't fading into obscurity have been an easier option?

imo G A put a stop to that.

[Angelo222]

Wouldn't fading into obscurity have been an easier option?

They are in a no win situation now because of their actions since Maddie disappeared.  Had they and their pals bent over backwards to help the PJ instead of hiding behind international legal differences then they would have been in an entirely different situation now imo.  The situation of the McCanns is the direct opposite of that of the Needhams. The differences between the two cases are staggering yet both should have played out identically.

[Miss Taken Identity]

Just because something has never been known to have happened before doesn't mean it didn't happen. No British child had ever been reported as abducted from it's bed when on holiday in Portugal before. Does that mean it didn't happen?

well... erm... does not having evidence of this happening amount to a yes answer? Oh I think so! 

[Lace]

Perhaps you have evidence of the McCann's fight to get the investigation reopened? I assume that they wanted what they asked Cameron for;

we are seeking a joint INDEPENDENT, TRANSPARENT and COMPREHENSIVE review of ALL information held in relation to Madeleine's disappearance.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/8511093/Madeleine-McCann-text-of-parents-letter-to-David-Cameron.html

What they got was not a joint review, just a UK investigative review and it certainly hasn't been transparent in my opinion.

snipped -   "If people want to find Madeleine, we need the case to be reopened," said Mrs McCann. The Met last week released a manipulated photograph to show what Madeleine might look like five years on from the day she vanished while sleeping with her two siblings in the family's holiday apartment in the resort town of Praia da Luz.

[Robittybob1]

What is proven if there is no previous example?

If there was an argument against it by way of an example my argument would fail.

[Mr Gray]

David Icke has shown you can say just about anything and build a case to support it... What is important  is not what is possible but what is probable

[G-Unit]

Wouldn't fading into obscurity have been an easier option?

To answer that you'd have to know what they were thinking; not what they said or what you think they were thinking.

[G-Unit]

snipped -   "If people want to find Madeleine, we need the case to be reopened," said Mrs McCann. The Met last week released a manipulated photograph to show what Madeleine might look like five years on from the day she vanished while sleeping with her two siblings in the family's holiday apartment in the resort town of Praia da Luz.

I believe that was said in 2012.  Was it mentioned before the review was agreed?