More money to find missing girl
Discussion
Muzzer79 said:
Trust me, there are enough Maddie-fanatics out there who project their own children onto this case to really care.
I don't have any kids either but I think you can never 'accept' the situation whilst you don't 100% know. Accepting and dealing with a child's death is probably the hardest thing in the world to do. Accepting it without knowing for sure that it's occurred would be, I imagine, impossible.
If I were the parents, I wouldn't care what the investigators were doing as long as something was being done.
Again, I do agree that there is a question of priority of funds - how long does this go on for? It's tough for the Police.....at what point do you shut down the search for a 3 year old British citizen who has been abducted from a popular holiday spot and, seemingly, vanished?
One assumes that once the case is closed, it's very difficult to re-open it if new evidence (potentially from the German fella) comes to light.
Kate McCann was a GP. Gerry McCann was/is a Cardiologist. During their medical training and subsequent work they will have dealt with death myriad times, told people that they are going to die, and encountered umpteen dead bodies. Life and death is their business, so to speak. They should be amongst the best placed people to accept it, having dealt with it so much more than the average citizen. I don't have any kids either but I think you can never 'accept' the situation whilst you don't 100% know. Accepting and dealing with a child's death is probably the hardest thing in the world to do. Accepting it without knowing for sure that it's occurred would be, I imagine, impossible.
If I were the parents, I wouldn't care what the investigators were doing as long as something was being done.
Again, I do agree that there is a question of priority of funds - how long does this go on for? It's tough for the Police.....at what point do you shut down the search for a 3 year old British citizen who has been abducted from a popular holiday spot and, seemingly, vanished?
One assumes that once the case is closed, it's very difficult to re-open it if new evidence (potentially from the German fella) comes to light.
Surely they must know she is dead by now. She was likely dead very soon after she was abducted - assuming you agree with the abduction theory.
The chances that she is somehow alive and living elsewhere waiting to be found are staggeringly small. There is one suspect in her disappearance and he is languishing in a German prison, unlikely to confess, and if charged in future the evidence against him is seemingly circumstantial.
What exactly are the parents expecting these investigators to turn up now? The trail is long cold.
V8covin said:
Cold said:
I suspect 2007 is pertinent because that's the year a young British girl went missing in Portugal.
There's no hope with some people mate lolAnd I quote "The same goes for any cold case. They are cold cases for a reason, because they've investigated every possible avenue and come to a dead end."
As you say, there's no hope!
skwdenyer said:
Ian Geary said:
WhatsApp!!
Having a Bud, watching the game…?Oh wait, wrong decade
More seriously, my sense is that successive politicians are “chasing the loss” on this case, hoping that “just another £300k” will finally crack it, so they can bask in the reflected glory.
It does seem absolutely crazy someone somewhere is still signing off these budgets. Surely even the most deluded realises 'just another £300k' isn't going to achieve anything?
The Polish girl is going on Dr Phil, so there's clearly still interest in the US.
Cold said:
Updating this ancient thread.
In a surprise move, more bottles of Factor 30 sun cream and some new golf balls have been ordered by the Met.
Oh, and on a completely different subject, they are to be given a further £300,000 towards the investigation of a missing girl to top up the previous £13m already spent since 2007.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mc...
Shameful waste of resources. In a surprise move, more bottles of Factor 30 sun cream and some new golf balls have been ordered by the Met.
Oh, and on a completely different subject, they are to be given a further £300,000 towards the investigation of a missing girl to top up the previous £13m already spent since 2007.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mc...
The Hypno-Toad said:
Cold said:
Updating this ancient thread.
In a surprise move, more bottles of Factor 30 sun cream and some new golf balls have been ordered by the Met.
Oh, and on a completely different subject, they are to be given a further £300,000 towards the investigation of a missing girl to top up the previous £13m already spent since 2007.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mc...
No. No. This is obscene now, this has to stop. In a surprise move, more bottles of Factor 30 sun cream and some new golf balls have been ordered by the Met.
Oh, and on a completely different subject, they are to be given a further £300,000 towards the investigation of a missing girl to top up the previous £13m already spent since 2007.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mc...
This isn’t funny anymore, it’s not annoying, it’s not even ridiculous, it’s now beyond that, it’s downright f
king scandalous. She’s dead. There you go, I’ve solved the case. She is dead. There might not be a body yet but she’s dead. The Portuguese police know that, the Portuguese media know that and the parents must by now know that.
This is a shocking waste of public money and resources at a time when the public’s opinion of the police is at an all time low and quite literally no one except her family cares anymore.
Seriously, this needs to stop. They are taking the piss.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but she was more than likely already deceased that night. Praia da Luz had so much building work going on at the time with loads of exposed open footings, it's likely she's entombed in concrete.
I'd wager that ground penetration scanning around developments like Estrela da Luz would be interesting.
I'd wager that ground penetration scanning around developments like Estrela da Luz would be interesting.
Leicester Loyal said:
Tragic incident but how much longer are going to continue funding this? It'll be 2040 and we'll still be spending hundreds of thousands to find nothing.
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...sugerbear said:
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...
That had a visible end in sight & was successful.sugerbear said:
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...
How is that remotely comparable ?New evidence came to light.
What new evidence is there for Maddie ?
What have the millions been spent on over the last 16 years ?
Have there been other missing persons cases where the police have put so many resources into it ?
sugerbear said:
Leicester Loyal said:
Tragic incident but how much longer are going to continue funding this? It'll be 2040 and we'll still be spending hundreds of thousands to find nothing.
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...sugerbear said:
Leicester Loyal said:
Tragic incident but how much longer are going to continue funding this? It'll be 2040 and we'll still be spending hundreds of thousands to find nothing.
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...I hope the Maddie case can be solved and put to bed, but I believe we'll spendmore millions and never get any closer to solving it.
Leicester Loyal said:
sugerbear said:
Leicester Loyal said:
Tragic incident but how much longer are going to continue funding this? It'll be 2040 and we'll still be spending hundreds of thousands to find nothing.
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...I hope the Maddie case can be solved and put to bed, but I believe we'll spendmore millions and never get any closer to solving it.
sugerbear said:
Are you close to the investigation?Do you know what new information / evidence there is? Or is this just your cyncisim at play?
Just a suggestion: there is no new evidence, based on the fact that none has been mentioned. If there were such evidence it would be shouted from the rooftops.sugerbear said:
Leicester Loyal said:
Tragic incident but how much longer are going to continue funding this? It'll be 2040 and we'll still be spending hundreds of thousands to find nothing.
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...That particular hunt was described by others as 'futile' and the veracity of the self-proclaimed expert - who seems to want to make a name for himself in (not) solving historic crimes - was called into question by actual expert forensic archaeologists.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/07/di...
But after seven days of digs and searches at the spot where Edwards was adamant a body had been found, professional forensic investigators have discovered nothing at all. On Friday, Greater Manchester police said they had closed the scene on Saddleworth Moor having concluded there was “currently no evidence to indicate the presence of human remains”
The bloke (Russell Edwards) is a fantasist.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/amateur-sleuth-said-...
Alan Bennett, Keith’s brother, wrote on Facebook: “Will he apologize for the anguish, anger, hurt and distress he has caused by his thoughtless, heartless and publicity seeking actions?” He added: “I'm just left with a feeling of utter contempt for him and his actions and I know the rest of Keith's family feel the same, along with anger and pain.”
So yeah, there is that.
Edited by PurpleTurtle on Tuesday 28th March 14:12
Biggy Stardust said:
sugerbear said:
I suppose you also think this was a waste of money as well - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/po...
That had a visible end in sight & was successful.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff