Express: MADELEINE HUNT MAKING PROGRESS

Peering at the small print, it seems that Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has again stated that the Yard have found no firm evidence that Madeleine is dead.

Which will set the McCann-haters off on another bout of carpet chewing.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/421950/Madeleine-McCann-hunt-makes-progress

Madeleine McCann hunt 'makes progress'

AN elite squad of detectives probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will fly to Portugal to pursue new leads “in weeks”.

The latest development was revealed yesterday by Britain’s top policeman following diplomatic moves linked to the inquiry.

Scotland Yard is waiting for the green light after Home Secretary Theresa May sent an official request for British police to carry out investigations in Portugal.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said he hoped his officers will fly out in the next few weeks.

He was speaking after the Yard’s Operation Grange identified 38 potential suspects from five countries, including 12 Britons.

Sir Bernard said yesterday his ­officers will carry out a joint inquiry with Portuguese police in a bid to get to the truth of what happened to Madeleine.

Her parents Kate and Gerry have never given up hope that she is still alive.

And Sir Bernard stressed yesterday his officers have found no firm ­evidence that the little girl is dead.

Asked when the detectives will fly to Portugal, he said he hoped it would be “in the next few weeks”.

Madeleine was three when she went missing from the McCann family apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007.

Her parents, both doctors from Rothley, Leicestershire, are being kept informed about the progress of the new Yard inquiry.

After a painstaking examination of files from Portuguese and British police along with inquiries from seven firms of private investigators, last month the Operation Grange squad came up with the list of 38 “persons of interest”.

As part of the review, officers from the 30-strong squad travelled to Portugal 16 times to discuss evidence and the potential for new inquiries.

Crucially, there have been inquiries with several other countries, although the Yard is keeping the details strictly confidential.

Speaking of the investigation, legal sources said last night: “We are on track.”

The process had generated almost 4,000 different lines of inquiry.

The result was the list of 38 potential suspects.

As he launched the new inquiry last month, Mr Redwood said: “The review has given us new thinking, new theories, new evidence and new witnesses. We remain committed to finding out what happened to Madeleine. Everything we do is utterly focused on her best interests.”

Portugal’s Attorney General’s office has confirmed receipt of Mrs May’s letter of request.

Sources said a timetable for “when and how” to proceed was being worked out.

The McCanns have welcomed the latest stage of the Operation Grange inquiry as a “big step forward”.

Mr McCann said recently: “Not a day goes by where we don’t think about Madeleine. You’re not going to accept that your child’s dead unless there’s conclusive proof.

“We have always lived in the hope that we can find Madeleine, and given the number of cases of children who have been taken and found many years later, there is real hope.

“The biggest problem is that we won’t know what’s happened to Madeleine until we find who’s responsible.”

The McCanns have said they have “absolute faith” in the inquiry and dismissed reports it was being “slowed down” by red tape.

International legal experts say diplomatic communications involving police investigations must be precisely worded.

One lawyer remarked: “You have to be extremely careful in any diplomatic communication but especially when there are legal ramifications.

Communications relating to police investigations must be drafted with great care and precision bearing in mind they have to be translated.

“The meaning of every document must be clear. Each one could be challenged in courts of each country involved.”

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Quite.

Who can forget the PJ sending letters concerning citizens of the Irish Republic to London - and then blaming London for not acting on them instantly?

well done Scotland Yard, keep up the good work.

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-pj-will-conduct-questioning-that.html

Before the Amaral fans get over-excited, that clearly says:

14 AUGUST 2013 | POSTED BY ASTRO

Still no sign of Morais. Or the Great Co-Ordinator.

Her parents Kate and Gerry have never given up hope that she is still alive.

And Sir Bernard stressed yesterday his officers have found no firm ­evidence that the little girl is dead.

Any chance of the McCann-haters grasping that? That the Yard know that the dog circus was at best meaningless, and at worst, particularly nasty propaganda?

Every single time they post their Dogs don't lie, rubbish, they are confirming that they hate Madeleine McCann as much as they do the rest of her family.

Oh, and they are protecting child abductors.

bb1, your words are mine.

for me, this is what really matters:

"“We have always lived in the hope that we can find Madeleine, and given the number of cases of children who have been taken and found many years later, there is real hope."

Something else for the McCann-haters to shriek about:


http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/08/12/madeline-mccann-missing-nancy-grace-mysteries-case-background

Is Madeline McCann still alive?
By HLNtv.com Staff
updated 12:33 PM EDT, Tue August 13, 2013
NEED TO KNOW
Madeline McCann, 3, vanished from Portugal in 2007
Scotland Yard Detectives believe she could still be alive
Watch “Nancy Grace Mysteries” Friday night for the latest developments in the case

Watch “Nancy Grace Mysteries,” Friday night at 8 & 11 p.m. ET on HLN for the very latest developments in the search for Madeline McCann.

It was the evening of May 3, 2007, at a luxury resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal, when 3-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her parent’s apartment while on holiday with her family.

Around 8:30 p.m. that night, Madeleine’s parents, Gerry & Kate McCann, left their daughter and her twin siblings alone in a bedroom of their apartment, joining several friends at the resort’s tapas restaurant just a two minute walk away.

Fearing their children could be trapped should a fire break-out, the McCann’s decided not to lock their doors. Instead, the parents opted to take turns checking on the sleeping children every 30 minutes.

Around 10 p.m. that night, Madeline’s mother went to check the apartment and found a shutter ajar and the bedroom window wide open.

The 3-year-old girl was just nine days shy of her 4th birthday when she vanished without a trace.

In 2007, Gerry and Kate McCann were named suspects in their daughter’s disappearance, but were cleared of any wrongdoing the following year.

While massive searches for the little girl have turned up few clues, Scotland Yard Detectives announced on July 4 they believe the little girl could still be alive, according to a report from People.com.

Six years later, could Madeline McCann still be alive?

Pitchforking attention-seekers in the comments section:

Pat Brown · Works at The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency/The Sexual Homicide Exchange
The chances of Madeleine being alive are next to none, even IF she were abducted. Check out my book, Profile of the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann on Smashwords and my blogs on the case and my investigation in Praia the Luz at The Daily Profiler.

Stephen D. Birch
PlEASE SIGN THE PETITION AT Avaaz "Digging for Madeleine Mc Cann".
Reply · 3 · Like · Follow Post · 23 hours ago

Pat Brown · Works at The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency/The Sexual Homicide Exchange
Can we dig where I want, Stephen? ::

Well-matched pair, those two.  

Yep. The pair of them desperate attention seekers who in real life are nothing more than pathetic wannabes.  

They should have a Digathon. See who can did down farthest in the shortest time. The winner gets to fill in the hole with the loser in it.