A dutch newspaper has been sent details of the whereabouts of Madeleine Mccann

[angeltoangel]

here

and the police are taking it seriously.

does it matter RubberDuck, that is wasn't the exact spot?? the girls were found pretty close and the handwriting is the same. fgs, it doesn't take a genius to work out, does it? maybe the killer/killers haven't told their 'friends' exactly where but just roughly? or maybe the person who wrote the letter saw them go so far with the girls but not right to the exact buriel site?

No, I was just correcting the hysterical outcry of "the police aren't doing anything" while at the same time propagating erroneous information.

itn reporting search called off. i just don't understand this. it doesn't seem logical to me. the information is pretty specific, imo. only seven officers searched according to the report i've just read. that's just not good enough

Am sure the police know what they are doing though. We are not privvy to the information that they have.
More shocking is that a newspaper publised the reports of this letter before giving it to the police or allowing the parents to be notified.

Actually agree with taylorsmummy

wow, allgonebellyup - do you? maybe all hope is not lost then!!

Taylorsmum, IS the information specific? Have you seen the map? I haven't, but I understand that it shows an area about 15kms Northeast of Praia da Luz, and that the child is suposed to be buried North of the road, around 6 or 7 metres from the road. But what Road, and 6 or 7 metres north of what point in that road?

According to Portuguese News tonight they have neither started nor abandoned a search. They are trying to evaluate the veracity of this clue, which is one of thousands - it's just we don't know about all of the others.

They will be taking more decisions in the next few hours.

On GMTV, they have said that a search of an area is now taking place.....sniffer dogs and team of police are in area.

thank god for that.lets hope they don't give up too easily

says here that police have cordoned off an area and are searching with sniffer dogs.

news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1270637,00.html

Doesn't it say that the search is finished?

According to BBC Radio news this morning the police are planning to search actively today, whether in the same area as mentioned I'm not sure

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6755587.stm

theyve changed the page since i linked it cos it said it was ongoing.

And how hard is it going to now be for the sniffer dogs given the amount of journalists that have wandered over that land

Not to be thick, but what are the sniffer dogs sniffing for? Are they sniffing for traces of her having been there at some point, or a body?

Probably either. Any traces.

I would have thought then, if looking for the latter, that the journalists wandering around would not hamper the dogs?
Probably would have destroyed any chances of trace if she'd just been there iykwim

Called off

BBC News update at 11:08 states the searches with sniffer dogs this morning have found NOTHING, and now have now been abandoned.

Have they searched the whole area for long enough though?

why surely that's good news, means she isn't thre?

yes i thought it was good news really, just sounded like they only searched for a couple of hours, thats all..

Well it means, they haven't found her this time ie. no further forward.

i don't think it's long enough.i really don't.the letter about the belgian girls was 2 km out, wasn't it? it looks like a big area, i can't believe they've called it off already

they should spread their search a lot wider, IMO. you cant just search a tiny area of land and give up after an hour. (not that i was there!)