The Smithman e-fits

[Brietta]

Doesn't that mean you both misunderstood what was being discussed?

Oh?

[Carana]

My fault, I should have specified which family.   

I didn't think it necessary as the thread is about the questions raised over the Smith sighting.

[Brietta]

My fault, I should have specified which family.   

I didn't think it necessary as the thread is about the questions raised over the Smith sighting.

LOL Carana ... I was going along the lines that whatever the thread and whatever the discussion the roads to McCann mirror the roads to Rome ... so my bad not yours.

[faithlilly]

I don't know if bins are emptied every night or not. It's possible, but I haven't found confirmation of it.

If so, why wasn't the dump checked in the early days?

The bins are emptied in the early hours of the morning and I agree the landfill site should have been checked in the early days but unfortunately it wasn't.

[faithlilly]

If there was a body ... bearing in mind there is not a single indication there was one ... and it was the intention that it be found ... that would surely have been the simplest thing in the world to achieve.

It would and I'm sure at the time it seemed simple.

[slartibartfast]

If there was a body ... bearing in mind there is not a single indication there was one ... and it was the intention that it be found ... that would surely have been the simplest thing in the world to achieve.

There was definitely a body somewhere, whether living or dead is another matter.

[Mr Gray]

There was definitely a body somewhere, whether living or dead is another matter.

You are stating your opinion  as fact.... It is not a fact there was a body... It is not a fact the alert was to cadaver.... You seem not to understand the alerts

[slartibartfast]

You are stating your opinion  as fact.... It is not a fact there was a body... It is not a fact the alert was to cadaver.... You seem not to understand the alerts

So you don’t think there was a body, living or dead somewhere? Where do think Madeleine went?

[Brietta]

It would and I'm sure at the time it seemed simple.

Simple for whom?

[ShiningInLuz]

Staff and volunteers poked around in bins that night. Ok, presumably not thoroughly. The dump was eventually inspected, although I doubt that that was very thorough, either.

Irrespective of who may have dumped it in one, if it was meant to be found, wouldn't simply leaving the body on top of the heap have had a greater chance of success?

AFAIK, the one and only dump in the western Algarve was never inspected.  If you have something that says otherwise, I would be most grateful if you would correct me.  TY.

[ShiningInLuz]

By the 5th the bins would have been emptied twice, once in the early hours of the 4th and once on the 5th so  its not surprising that they found nothing.

Our bins here get emptied roughly every three days.

While I cannot remember bin emptying frequency across everywhere we have lived in Luz, it was roughly once every 3 days in the last place we lived in.  Perhaps central Luz gets more frequent emptying.

[G-Unit]

Our bins here get emptied roughly every three days.

While I cannot remember bin emptying frequency across everywhere we have lived in Luz, it was roughly once every 3 days in the last place we lived in.  Perhaps central Luz gets more frequent emptying.

On 7th May 188 bins were checked. Would that have been done if the bins had been emptied between 3rd and 6th? I suppose it may have been done in case someone put something in them after a collection.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUBBISH.htm

[Carana]

AFAIK, the one and only dump in the western Algarve was never inspected.  If you have something that says otherwise, I would be most grateful if you would correct me.  TY.

No, I stated further up that I'd made a mistake - the search with the 3 GNR  officers was just the bins.

Correction 3 employees from the Lagos Municipal Chamber.

[G-Unit]

No, I stated further up that I'd made a mistake - the search with the 3 GNR officers was just the bins.

Were there two different searches?

I the undersigned, together with Inspector Luis Piedade as well as three employees from the Lagos Municipal Chamber, responsible for rubbish collection from Praia da Luz, went to P da L and carried out a detailed check of all the rubbish containers in the area, including the underground containers, as well as in surrounding areas, a total of 188 containers were checked, nothing was found of interest to the NUIPC 201.07 OGALGS investigation.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUBBISH.htm

[Carana]

Were there two different searches?

I the undersigned, together with Inspector Luis Piedade as well as three employees from the Lagos Municipal Chamber, responsible for rubbish collection from Praia da Luz, went to P da L and carried out a detailed check of all the rubbish containers in the area, including the underground containers, as well as in surrounding areas, a total of 188 containers were checked, nothing was found of interest to the NUIPC 201.07 OGALGS investigation.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUBBISH.htm

Same one (just corrected 3 GNR to 3 employees).