Madeleine McCann: McCanns no longer hire private detectives
THE Express, as ever, has no news of Madeleine McCann. But it does have news of the hunt for her:
MADDIE MCCANN PRIVATE EYES CALLED OF (sic)
James Murray and Tracey Kandohia have no news:
KATE and Gerry McCann are no longer employing private detectives to search for their missing daughter Madeleine
The private detectives have failed.
A “source” who, apparently, cannot be named for some unstated reason, says:
“There was no fall-out. They did the work as required and got on well with Kate and Gerry. Their contract simply came to its natural end.“It was felt the lead should be taken by the Scotland Yard detectives working on the review. Dave and Arthur passed over all their material to the Yard officers.”
That’s Dave Edgar (pictured) and Arthur Cowley.
So. Can Operation Grange succeed? Will the story of the century have an ending?
Hope so.
Posted: 28th, October 2012 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (19) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
October 31st, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Have to disagree, Yampster – the McCann Files provides information, without comment, which makes it a perfectly valid secondary reference source. It may be a source of irritation for those, who would prefer that certain information could be “lost”, or otherwise redacted, but it works perfectly well as an archive and/or repository.
October 31st, 2012 at 4:46 pm
The McCann files are not evidence as such, merely a source of easy reference of the chronology of events. I will remain a sceptic, unconvinced of the abduction theory until such time a viable lead is found, till then the Cadaver Dogs detecting the scent of death & the lack of a scent trail being found by the tracker dogs remain credible facts in this case that do not support an abduction.
October 31st, 2012 at 4:20 pm
The Mccann files site as a valid reference FFS? Come on now. At least put some effort in. I like a joke as much as the next man but the mccannfiles.
October 31st, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Lothian and Borders Police might disagree with you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Suzanne_Pilley
Like much else in this case, the circumstances surrounding the “inconclusive” DNA evidence (according to the FSS) remains shrouded in a fog of obfuscation.
October 31st, 2012 at 4:02 pm
The Real Stig , you wrote: the Portuguese brought in trained tracker dogs. They didn’t provide any useful leads either.
Quite true, the trained tracker dogs Failed to detect any scent of a live Maddeleine leading out of the Ocean club & most importantly of all along the path taken by the mysterious Romany looking man seen carrying a child in a blanket as witnessed by Jane Tanner . The Importance of that ” Non Finding ” cannot be overlooked !
” Jane Tanner, partner of Dr Russell O’Brien, has provided perhaps the single most important evidence of the case so far – the description of a man, she said she saw, carrying a child near the McCanns’ apartment.
The original description of ‘a man carrying what appeared to be a child in his arms’, eventually became a definite sighting of Maddie where even the colour of the pyjamas was remembered.”
source: http://www.mccannfiles.com/id18.html
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October 31st, 2012 at 3:13 pm
maboo/mahatma – why don’t you try a site for insomniacs, you could really help people …
October 31st, 2012 at 3:06 pm
maboomerangwontcomeback: You carry on as if it is an accepted truth that the antics of a couple of dogs are some sort of recognised scientifically credible evidence. They aren’t. No blood or DNA or any other credible forensic evidence was ever found to back up the dog’s story. Long, long before the British dogs were brought in – at the time of the actual disappearance, the Portuguese brought in trained tracker dogs. They didn’t provide any useful leads either.
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October 31st, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Yampster & Dairy. If Gonçalo Amaral had planted cadaver odour as you suggested Yampster how did he do it, drag unotticed a stiff from the local morgue into the apartment & rub it up against the cupboard & items such as of Kates clothes etc & for good measure smear a drop of blood with a DNA match to the McCanns on the wall behind the sofa ? Then some 25 days later he repeats that in the car the McCanns hired ?
I think this would have come out by now. Dairy I believe the Cadaver dogs are only trained to detect human remains not beef, pork, lamb, fish or a take away kebab.
Sorry but the Scent of Death detected by the dogs, is & remains credible evidence that can not be explained away by PR Spin doctors or high priced lawyers
October 31st, 2012 at 2:08 pm
droppings from an old beef sandwich would probably have produced the same effect.. the apartment was searched shortly after she disappeared, therefore there wasn’t time for cadaver odour to establish itself and it is highly improbable that their car wasn’t searched at the same time. From the time they alerted authorities to date, they seem to have had their every move watched, so I would like someone to explain to me why these silly theories about cadaver dogs are still being bandied about…
October 31st, 2012 at 1:53 pm
I spoke to a reliable forensic scientist yesterday and he said it was most likely a police plant. That sardine munching copper couldn’t stay sober for long enough to investigate the case properly so he planted it so he could go down the pub. There, satisfied? No? I thought not
October 31st, 2012 at 11:35 am
Yampster, unless a reliable forensic scientist can offer a credible explanation as to why the cadaver odour detected in the McCanns appartment & later in the rental car, is not in fact cadaver odour, then I & many others will remain sceptics as to there being an abduction.
October 31st, 2012 at 10:22 am
Ah! Cadaverine makes its reappearance just in time for the Christmas shopping season
October 29th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Martine , I refered in my first post to the Cadaver odour detected in the appartment, no amount of ” creative explaining” by their lawyers can explain that away. As or the ” Hit ” on the rental car, hired some 25 days after Maddie vanished, they tried unsuccessfully to explain that away with the remarks you posted, which IMO only the most naieve of people tend to believe. If the McCanns could come up with a believable explanation for both sets of Cadaver Odour hits, I might consider that there was an actual abduction, till then I suspect they are hiding the truth, I can’t prove it , not my job to do so, but I suspect it.
October 29th, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Dear Boomerang, perhaps you are being a little harsh after all it was their holdiay too.
What the dogs responded to in the back of the car remember, was “rotten meat and nappies” the usual things you’d expect to find in the boot of two highly qualified medical consultants on their jollies. Shame they refused to help police with their enquiries but bolted back to the UK the second they were made arguidos.
October 29th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Graham Perry you have a moral obligation to inform the Portuguese Police, the McCanns & Scotland Yard of your ” Evidence ” . If you have not done so you are letting poor Maddie down, just like her Parents in fact, who have long ago stopped searching for her & instead made Maddelene McCann into a money making brand
October 29th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I still have a very strong feeling plus evidence that Madeleine is living among us somewhere – RUSSIA – CHINA.
October 28th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Stig, not a coconut shell but a half eaten bounty bar left by Jimmy Saville on his visit to the home !
October 28th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Oh they did a lot better than 20 years on Jersey. Hundreds of years in fact. They can detect a coconut shell through 30cm of concrete, they can. Simply amazing.
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October 28th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Its time to take the two Cadaver dogs back to PDL to search appt.5a & the Ocean Club once again. The dogs can detect cadaver odour even after 20 or more years & if they detect the scent once again its time for the Portuguese to re-open the case & remake the McCanns ” Arguidos ” , If however no cadaver scent is detected then we must give the McCanns the benefit of the doubt.