Andrew correct me if Iam wrong, but shouldn’t that be…in speaking English…” Some would deem your subordinate clause a faulty generalisation, but then what would Iknow ?

I’ve read that Cornwall made a few comments such as “watch Kate — she is suspicious”, and, following on a popular theme, ‘ “they’ve taken her” yada yada.

These thoughts really added some forensical perspective to the discussion.

The whole “They’ve taken her” excitement is “ludicrous”. If one of my own daughters was missing, I would be so hysterical I would be likely to say anything. How “They’ve taken her” indicates something criminal, I can’t imagigine.

As someone who occasionally takes household rubbish to the local tip (stuff that is too big to go in the dustbin, such as furniture and old appliances), I doubt anyone would go to these smelly places whilst on holiday, unless they really had to, especially in a warm climate, and especially with so many rubbish bins available in town.

My local tip is just a collection and sorting depot before rubbish is carted off to a landfill site. The public would not normally visit these places.

PeterMac, we can but try! It’s entertainment albeit frustratingly so

I’m in agreement with you, too. I need to clarify that the rubbish is picked up in front of the houses and businesses…left either at the curb or against the building. I don’t recall ever seeing a dumpster or central collection point. This is a clean country. Every morning the streets and sidewalks are swept and cleaned by women with aprons, brooms and big push-cart barrel. Algarve is the most posh, gag, part of Portugal. I can’t imagine those snobs putting up with having to deal with their own waste.

Sorry to be totally off subject but after reading every single post here tonight I have to have the final say on Grammar. I have studied English Language in the UK to a high degree and have to say that as I stated earlier on this thread, Gerry McCann was CORRECT in stating the phrase “Kate and I” This is correct queens English. I noticed another poster also stated this to verify this point later in the day. I am quite amazed
(and slightly concerned) as to how many people have rambled on quite incorrectly about this matter.

The Queen of England is an expert of English speaking whereas most posters in here quite patently are not. Subject closed!

I don’t think what parents wear to interviews about their missing child is important in and of itself. What would be important is if suddenly their style changed. For example, if Kate McCann has always been very properly dressed and looks put together and, then, after reading how odd it is for a parent of a missing child to even be thinking clearly enough to pay attention to fashion and grooming, changes to looking unkempt, then this is a red flag. One would have to wonder if she just is falling apart suddenly or if she has been told or come to believe that her attention to wardrobe and hair and such makes her look guilty of a crime.

When profiling and investigating it is very important to learn the history of suspects to determine what their behavior might mean. For example, when I get upset, I talk a lot, go into action overdrive, and eat too much (I have never experienced being so emotionally upset that I can’t eat (darn)). So, if my daughter was abducted, I can guarantee you I would work on her case day and night and eat like a pig. So, if, after my daughter vanished, I rarely contacted the police and told folks I would just have to let the police due there job, and I was getting thin from not eating, red flags should go up that something is possibly fishy.

So what a profiler or cop should be doing in the McCann case is finding out past behaviors. If, for example, Kate McCann cried over a pet or couldn’t sleep well for months after a close relative died, or didn’t bother brushing her hair after her house burned down, then her behaviors after Maddie’s disappearance would be suspect. Likewise, if Gerry gave up his jogging for a month after he got bad news or he suddenly has become amused with every action of the twins when previously they bored him, then more red flags. I remember a case where the husband of a murdered woman suddenly became a charming neighbor after the crime. Until that time, he was nasty to everyone on the block. What caused the change? Hmm…

The history of the McCanns and any other suspect or witness is most important. If a witness is prone to exaggeration, then his testimony may not be worth much. If a suspect confesses to the crime - “I killed Maddie” - it is important to see if he has confessed to ten other crime over the last decade.

Hopefully, the police will be thorough in gathering this history. The McCanns should be more than thankful if they are.

Criminal Profiler Pat Brown

“I’m portuguese and never heard about somebody facing an investigation for an accident like this one in Portugal.
They will never face any investigation. It was an accident, thats all! The police will be only doing a report of the occurrences since somebody died in a public place. They were victims of their own mistake, ignoring the signs! What will they face?? Charges because somebody died of an accident? or the drown will be charged after being dead??
EVERYBODY know that after September 30, the beaches in Portugal are not under surveilance. The tourists can see that information all over the country in different places even far from the sea.
And after all, everybody knows the dangers of the sea. I was born far from the sea and since very young i was educated about the dangers in the whater, rivers, sea…
If the British don’t educate their children, then don’t blame the lack of signs.
But once more… blame the portuguese!!”

Cheers Colonel. Are you new in these forums? Catch some other time…