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Madeleine McCann investigation

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lyndie · 06/05/2014 18:49

I saw today that possible excavations are to start in the resort where MM went missing.

Does anyone think the progress The Met have made is astonishing given the length of time that has elapsed? I can't help but wonder what progress could have been made if they had been involved at the start.

I really hope that somehow they can find out what happened and give her family some sort of closure. I know the ins and outs of what happened and her parents leaving her have been discussed at length on MN but from a crime point of view I would be very interested to see if the Portugese police had done enough or not.

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noddyholder · 08/05/2014 22:20

They surely have 'connections' otherwise this would have been concluded in Portugal years ago

Burmahere · 08/05/2014 22:48

I can't believe it's 7 years..

Watched the BBC interview on News 24 a couple of days ago to mark the anniversary and you wouldn't wish what they are going through on anyone. When KM said that M would be starting secondary school urgh just awful.

Costacoffeeplease · 08/05/2014 22:58

Yes, poor Madeleine, so often forgotten - her parents never even talk to her when given the opportunity

Joules68 · 08/05/2014 23:00

What do you mean?

MrsMaturin · 08/05/2014 23:01
Hmm
HavannaSlife · 08/05/2014 23:03

What a daft comment

clam · 08/05/2014 23:08

costa that's not true. I've often seen them asked what they would say to Madeleine if she was watching and they always answer. Kate did it just the other day, turned to camera and said something along the lines of "Madeleine, we love you and we're waiting for you."

noddyholder · 08/05/2014 23:12

I just hope it reaches some conclusion this time as 7 years is so long and they seem to be going back to the original scenario from what I can see and that must be hugely frustrating for all concerned.

Costacoffeeplease · 08/05/2014 23:17

That's not what happened in the Fiona Bruce interview last week

MrsMaturin · 08/05/2014 23:23

Costa - I've got to say and with all due reflection - your posts on this thread are really not very pleasant.

PortofinoRevisited · 08/05/2014 23:24

Maybe they have even come to terms with the idea that she is dead. Which IS the most likely scenario.

PortofinoRevisited · 08/05/2014 23:27

Especially when they announce on the BBC that special equipment and cadaver dogs will be sent in.

Costacoffeeplease · 08/05/2014 23:29

Then please feel free to ignore me MrsMaturin

noddyholder · 08/05/2014 23:31

Costa I get what you are saying. I am not going to post further ATM as I don't want to get into it here but I support the Portuguese position on this and think they have been treated shoddily by UK media

noddyholder · 08/05/2014 23:33

I will just say though that I think the statements from the Gaspars are at the heart of this IMHO

Costacoffeeplease · 08/05/2014 23:36

Thank you noddy goodnight

PortofinoRevisited · 08/05/2014 23:44

Yes some kind of dodgy swinging/peodophile ring. Do you think the authorities would not have investigated this?

Scousadelic · 09/05/2014 00:07

I'm with Costa and noddy on this. We visit Portugal once or twice every year and it is shameful how the country and the police have been portrayed by the British media. They investigated as thoroughly as possible, faced with lack of co-operation, visitors coming and going to all over the world and all sorts of difficulties, yet have been maligned horribly. I'm afraid I take a lot I see in the British media with a pinch of salt.

I can also agree with Costas point that the resort could not be sealed off. We have stayed there and The Ocean Club is indeed just apartment blocks in Praia da Luz, not gated or enclosable in any way

Deux · 09/05/2014 00:16

Holy cow, I've just googled Gaspars statements.

That and other stuff I've read today.

And all the legal activity, cease and desist, the US criminal profiler Pat Brown, question mark over Jane Tanner's evidence, Mccanns 'suppressing' evidence about the second sighting which changed the time line when it seemed that this was evidence uncovered by SY.

Excellent media spin.

Makes me think that the Portugese aren't the hapless incompetents the media would have us beleive.

backstabtastic · 09/05/2014 00:26

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Costacoffeeplease · 09/05/2014 06:24

It's not a hotel

Costacoffeeplease · 09/05/2014 06:25

Makes me think that the Portugese aren't the hapless incompetents the media would have us beleive.

Thank you

Nerf · 09/05/2014 06:29

Costa, don't want to get into how she may have disappeared, but if you live in Portugal? What is happening that's new at your end? Do people feel like there may be a resolution, or she may be found? Thanks.

wannaBe · 09/05/2014 06:33

Everything about this has always been odd. The levels of publicity, covering up of information, the way the Portuguese were portrayed.

I haven't read the online documents, but I wouldn't be surprised if arrests happen in the uk iyswim.

Onesleeptillwembley · 09/05/2014 07:21

This is an odd situation. So much obfuscation by the parents, who then jet the world claiming to wan the mystery solved. The fund which has paid their mortgage and wasn't advertised clearly as not being a charity. All this money and resources thrown at nothing, whilst the parents and friends have not given consistent (if any) answers. What is the real backstory here?