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CB spending a lot of time defending the McCanns.
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always remember that crimewatch when the maccaans were on and the reconstruction about the irish family sighting,whether it happened or not the person used in the reconstruction was a dead ringer for gerry,the whole show was as though crimewatch was trying to flush someone out maybe one of the tapas squad to break ranks,didnt show the macaans in a good light at all
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always remember that crimewatch when the maccaans were on and the reconstruction about the irish family sighting,whether it happened or not the person used in the reconstruction was a dead ringer for gerry,the whole show was as though crimewatch was trying to flush someone out maybe one of the tapas squad to break ranks,didnt show the macaans in a good light at all
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they didn't break ranks then ?
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The only plausible explanation of guilt is a culpable accident on the night, they make an almost instant decision to stick her in a bin bag and dump her in the rubbish bins, without any sign of an accident or DNA, or witnesses, or cctv. the bin bag gets taken to a rubbish dump and remains buried there to this day. Meanwhile they go to dinner and pretend everything is fine and hatch this abduction plan. Then they never fess up, tell a friend anything, leave any incriminating evidence in diaries or computers or leave any evidence of sedative drug use.
This is about the size of it. Getting away with this guilty scenario, requires an incredible and highly, highly unlikely sequence of good fortune, not to mention balls of steel. |
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I have read the PJ files and done quite a lot of research on this case. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that Madeleine died in the apartment and there is zero evidence to suggest that Madeleine was abducted.
Am not sure I agree with a lot of evidence to suggest she died in the apartment. No hard evidence, nothing that cannot be explained away. No smoking gun, no forensics. |
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unlikely indeed. but as unlikely as a random abduction, which gerry himself speculated was about 100 million to one?
https://youtu.be/zzKS6HnTKOM?t=129 |
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are their any other cases that parents have been involved in their child's death and the child disappeared ?
or are these mainly , exclusively, abduction cases ? |
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there will be cases, more likely, if it is an older person who disappears .
but in a case such as this it doesn't seem to make sense. |
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It doesn't make sense that parents of three children would be quite content to leave them alone, in an unlocked apartment, in a foreign country, either, TBF.
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no , but we know that happens . thousands of parents have done it .
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Lfc1971. Stop talking to your self. Definition of madness or a mccann team member.
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here we go
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once a child disappears you immediately have a problem right there.
that will stay with parents for the rest of their lives. and can never be resolved, is it likely that parents would do this, even if it was an accidental death ? |
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The fact they were quite happy to leave their kids tells you a lot about the McCann's selfish mentality.
To my mind, that is the exact same mentality that would lead to someone trying to "limit the damage" if they were somehow responsible (ie if Madeleine had been "drugged"). Particularly if you knew that the truth would lead to you losing your other two children (arguably should have happened anyway) and your career(s). |
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there are many thousands of selfish parents, many thousands career orientated parents.
would any of them react in such a way ? it doesn't seem credible to me . |
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I think when you consider the possibility alongside the statement analysis (I know you don't buy into that, and I respect your right to do so), I think it is very credible. The language they use to talk about their daughter was shown, in a way that made sense to me, to be distancing and arse-covering.
Bottom line is that until such a time as a body is found, or someone cracks, we're unlikely to ever know the truth. |
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IS there any chance the twins might recall something or reveal something in time? probably too young at the time, probably asleep, perhaps hypnosis might dredge someting out n time. r someting they have heard growing up...you never kknow.
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Apparently they were only 2 years and 3 months at the time, so, combined with the possibility that they could have been asleep, it's highly unlikely, I imagine.
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They are distancing, unemotional and arse covering. All "qualities" that are probably beneficial in the medical profession. They are unlikeable, no two ways about that. But, if they were emotional, self blaming etc. etc. and went for counselling, maybe they have, the counsellor would tell them not to blame themselves.
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Why are they so litigious?
The effort, the money and the distraction, as well as the Streisand effect, seem to present a greater risk of distracting people from searching for Madeleine, as well as preventing them from devoting their time and money directly towards searching, than allowing a man to publish a book which one assumes innocent people would consider trivial. Ask yourself as a parent what level of humiliation and personal pain you would put yourself through to increase the chance of your missing child being returned by 0.1%. |
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I think the fact that they are unlikeable and different to most people is one of the reasons people are determined to find them guilty.
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They are self centred pragmatic and realistic, rather than kind, idealistic and optimistic DStyle.
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They are also dominant fighters rather than submissive weaklings
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The 'statement analyst' (Mr Hyatt) gave a compelling case for Madeleine dying in the room. He said he was 'certain' of this.
The rush by the Govt to get their people out there within 48 hours was odd. The McCann's are clearly well connected. Robert Murat is another odd character in the case. Gerry clearly knew him but refused to answer whether he did or didn't. |
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They have a God complex - inherent in Doctors (and Chefs)
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Not really.
The really big tell is Kate running back to table where everyone was eating, screaming "Someone has taken her" rather than immediately searching the surroundings herself in case madeleine had wandered off. |
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CLYDEBANK29 03 Feb 17 09:53
They are self centred pragmatic and realistic, rather than kind, idealistic and optimistic DStyle. they are not pragmatic and rational. that's my whole point: their litigious nature is counterproductive. |
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The most common way of determining whether someone is likely to be lying is their hand gestures. Whether it be touching your ear, nose or mouth. I've been looking out for it and not seen them do it once. Unlike Richard Hall fwiw. I caught him doing it once.
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no it's not. the most common way is if their story is inconsistent.
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It is pragmatic DStyle as there is realistically feck all chance of finding their daughter alive. A lot of their litigation has been successful.
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I'll rephrase that. The most common way of determining whether someone is likely to be lying (by their behaviour) is their hand gestures (ignoring inconsistencies and evidence)
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Titled - Kate and Gerry body talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEGRfyQq2yU |
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i think it difficult to judge mccanns overall behaviour as i expect them to be covering
up against their behaviour in leaving kids whilst they were out dining so always defensive then defensive as to why the machine rolled out so quickly |
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I have holidayed every year for the last 15 years near Luz and know the area well.
Luz is a very nice upmarket area, very popular with families. It is not a big place but due to it's popularity there are always people on the streets in the evening walking to/from restaurants or just promenading. I've always contended that it's very difficult to imagine an abduction happening there without someone seeing something untoward. Because it's full of families with kids and retired people, it's the sort of place where someone up to no good would stand out a mile. Statistically, when a child goes missing or is killed, the probability is that it is someone in the family who is responsible. Actual child abductions are very rare. FWIW I don't believe she was abducted. |
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I'm taking no notice of suggestions of guilty behaviour by third parties. Given the profile of the case they will be misleading and largely complete BS imo. Common sense is to stick to the evidence and logistics. I know about hand gestures, so I'm not being influenced or powered by suggestion with regard to that. I've not seen that.
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The evidence suggests that Madeleine died in the apartment and the Mcanns facilitated the disposal of her body.
Just ask the dogs. |
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they can't talk, it's the police that talk,
I don't always believe them |
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If the dogs led to a body , I would believe that.
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Bianca Jones???? - same dogs, no body, conviction
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