Madeleine McCann

And an alternative to the Daily Express's Statins/Winter weather headlines.

It is a difficult and frustrating task. One that would have been better carried out by the original investigation. The passage of time has only added to the difficulty, but any true professional knows that there will be times when your determination is tested. The only thing one can do in those circumstances is to make the decision that it needs to be done, take a deep breath and get on with it.

I suppose we can only hope for some useful leads, and maybe closure to this case.

only a matter of time before they pin it on jimmy savile

They've got to be thinking they've got away with it by now, surely.

They being the perpetrators of this dastardly act, of course.

plenty of overtime on this case

@naydam
Scotland Yard should not have got involved. I often wonder what the parents of Ben Needham think. (Ben was the 21 month old boy who went missing in Greece 24 years ago)
After an initial search the case was dropped and the British government more or less turned their backs on the case.

Once heard from a friend who's Brother In Law was a copper during the Yorkshire Ripper attacks that when he was finally caught , the officers who caught him were more or less 'sent to coventry' by their fellow officers because of all the overtime etc the regular coppers on the beat were getting from the case , a great number paid their mortgage off straight away from the wages they were coming out with and were shocked when it all stopped thanks to the very good luck of the coppers who stopped his car.

Well, if Scotland Yard should not have got involved...how is it that they ARE?
As for the boy in Greece: I don't know why the same sort of continual pressure wasn't  maintained. If you want results you've got to make sure that people don't just wander off and investigate something easier.

Similar to what the McCanns and Stephen Lawrence's parents have done.

McCanns - guilty as sin.

I hope you are right JD

anyone who thinks the parents did this should check themselves into the mental hospital.
my heart goes out to them. this is surely the worst thing that can happen to any human being.

is there any betting in-play?

Yellow pages ?

killers nearly always flaunt publicity. its a common theme. i dont think the mccanns did it though. i can see why they came under suspicion cos it did look a bit dodgy, but i think theyre just a bit weird. like that bloke with the crazy hair who got pulled for that murder he didnt do. just cos someone is strange, doesnt mean they did the crime!

Propofol

A three-year-old child actress, bearing a striking similarity to their daughter, will double as Madeleine.»
Daily Mail, October 6 2013

«Madeleine McCann may have been abducted after disturbing burglars in her family’s holiday apartment, Scotland Yard believes.» Daily Mail, October 5, 2013

«New line of enquiry comes as UK detectives review missing girl's case. Detectives investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann believe a team of British cleaners may hold the key to her whereabouts.» Daily Mail, March 15, 2013

«The Metropolitan Police now has a team of six Portuguese detectives based in Faro, who are carrying out inquiries on its behalf.» Daily Express, October 6, 2013

«A shaken barrister has told police how a man boasted to him that he had seen missing Madeleine McCann just weeks ago.» Daily Mirror, October, 6 2013

«Portuguese detectives are now working on the theory that British paedophiles active in the resorts of the Algarve were responsible» Daily Mirror, October 5, 2013

«Portuguese cops working on behalf of the Metropolitan Police in the UK are focusing on the theory Madeleine McCann was snatched by an Algarve-based paedophile ring, it was claimed on Friday.» SundayWorld, October 4,2013

anyone who thinks the macaans are involved is mad,did they not leave 3 kids alone in an apartment whilst they were getting pished up,think that involves them,

if we believe these ridiculous theorys from scotland yard,
41 people thought capable of been involved in this crime in a quiet resort out of season,
take it further that would mean in huge resorts in high season there would be 1000,s and 1000,s of people thought capable of commiting such a crime and in the years previous and since exactly how many uk toddlers have been taken [ ben needham apart ]
scotland yard ,mcaans on a huge jolly at the taxpayers expense,funny how these more clues ,leads etc come outwhen the mcaans have been out of the news for a while

Been said many times before but why were they not prosecuted for child neglect?He's a consultant and she's a GP.What's their combined annual income ,ffs,and yet they can't arsed to pay 20 or so quid for a child-minder for the evening.They deserve to be haunted by this,sadly.

they left their kids alone and there are thousands that have done that - david cameron left his kid at a pub not so long ago, had to drive back when he remembered, not sure whats worse

But to think they killed their daughter is ridiculous, if she ever is found there is gonner be a lot of shame faced people with some of the things they've said, and I wouldn't pay attenton to the author of "the truth of the lie" - how much did he make from that ? Ironic title.

Kids go missing all the time, why this case has gained so much interest / time / money spent on I don't know, in fact it's a liberty, must run into the millions with the Portuguese and British police services combined