what do we know to be fact and what is rumour? One thing I do know is that a poor little lass is missing, presumed dead and some sick fecker or feckers have her or did her in. I have stated before that the parents are culpable in leaving 3 kids under the age of five alone not just that night but apparently for every night the whole week. Also, they have been treated differently by the media because of their status, that is I'm afraid, a fact. If this makes them guilty of more than reckless parenting, I am not sure
Child protection officer interviewed this am Said in his opinion given his experience of such occurences that he didn't think she was taken from inside the apartment. If it wasn't the McCanns or someone "close" to them, he considered that she'd walked outside and been taken by a predatory paedophile. He didn't get asked his opinion on whether he thought the McCanns had been observed prior to her disappearance by a paedo or somesuch and had thus been waiting for their opportunity.</p>
I'll guarantee................... that theres another CPO out there who'll say exactly the opposite! it's just pure guessing
Question is.. have the Portugeuse police got anything concrete to go on or are they just guessing too?
RE: Question is.. <font size="2">Some forensic scientists have begun to question some of the evidence against the couple - supposedly samples of Madeline's blood found in the boot of the car they hired 25 days after the disappearance, and the "death smell" allegedly found on Mrs McCann's belongings by a police sniffer dog. </font> </p><font size="2">There is suspicion that tiny DNA samples obtained from the McCanns' apartment - and compared with the blood found in the car boot - could have been contaminated. </font> </p><font size="2">One of Britain's leading forensic scientists, who asked not be named, said: "If they are spots of blood, it could not be from a car used by the McCanns 25 days later. That doesn't make sense. </p></font><font size="2">"The blood would have dried and it would not transfer as spots unless the child is alive. It would be fragments [of dried blood]. </p></font><font size="2">"But that is not what the police are saying they have. This is the prevailing view among other forensic scientists I have spoken to." </p></font><font size="2">John Barrett, a former Scotland Yard dog handler, also indicated that the trained dogs used in an attempt to detect a "death smell" on Mrs McCann's Bible and clothes were brought in too long after Madeleine vanished. </p></font><font size="2">The crucial scent lasts for no longer than a month, he said. </p></font>
RE: Question is.. However, all these quotes are based on guesswork as not one of these experts have seen the evidence. These DNA results are from a British Lab are they not? I presume that they will have advised the Police what they mean?
RE: Question is.. It was said on radio this morning that it's usually a partial DNA match that is looked for rather than checking full profile…so the possibility is that the blood in the car could have come from one of the parents where there could be a partial match with the DNA of the missing girl.
RE: Question is.. I don't think you need to see the evidence to say you can't get a blood spot from somebody who's been dead 25 days.
If the Portuguese Police had hard evidence against the McCanns Does anyone really think they would have let them leave the country? I dont Trouble is that none of us really have any idea what evidence the police have because in Portugal they dont go blabbing to the press every time they get a lead. Experience over the years tells me that relying on the British Media to give you the facts is bad enough when there are facts to report, when there is just speculation and hearsay we will get as much useful info from the Sunday Sport as anywhere else!
RE: If the Portuguese Police had hard evidence against the McCanns The BBC has reported that the McCann's haveapproached the same QC who was hired to stop General Pinochet's extradition.
RE: If the Portuguese Police had hard evidence against the McCanns Thatcher'll be backing em up soon then Lawyers. Pah
well, if the portuguese police are as incompetent as the Jamaican police who investigated bob woolmers death then they're safe as houses with that guy. then again, the McCann's didn't provide the nation with "assistance" during the Falklands
RE: Question is.. I think it's stupid how the police seem to think they killed her and then dumped her body and then decided to carry on using the hire car they apparently dumped her body in. They wouldn't be that stupid.
