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Expecting the Unexpected
They are still clearing brush and looking into sewers on the search site:
Tony Stewart ‏@TellyTone 12m
A team if Brit officers begin another search in scrubland near the large drain #praiadaluz #mccann pic.twitter.com/xXfuSTQu7X
One article I missed yesterday. This is about a different spot than the hole under the sheet metal:
http://www.itv.com/news/2014-06-05/...ering-police-something-worth-close-attention/
And here's one reason why news is leaking out so slowly:
Tony Stewart ‏@TellyTone 12m
A team if Brit officers begin another search in scrubland near the large drain #praiadaluz #mccann pic.twitter.com/xXfuSTQu7X
One article I missed yesterday. This is about a different spot than the hole under the sheet metal:
http://www.itv.com/news/2014-06-05/...ering-police-something-worth-close-attention/
. . . the second spot they've identified is still keeping officers busy. Ground penetrating radar equipment picked up an image beneath the soil there yesterday. Forensic teams began work on the spot late in the afternoon and even the most senior detectives stayed on into the evening, supervising the operation.
Today, a team is still at work on the spot. Intermittently, they emerge to take buckets back to their vans. Samples, perhaps, for inspection.
And here's one reason why news is leaking out so slowly:
Frustratingly, we're receiving no updates from the teams here, no progress reports at all. The British taxpayer would be entitled to expect at least some information, perhaps, given the search is being funded from the public purse, but Scotland Yard insists its hands are tied. This is, officially, a Portuguese police operation and the law here forbids officers from talking about an ongoing inquiry.
So it may be that for another week or more we watch this meticulous search continue, fascinated by the methods the police are employing but unable to tell whether any of this is taking them even a small step closer to finding Madeleine McCann.