There’s nothing stopping journos in any other country in the world asking them, but my guess is that answers to these questions are really not all that important or relevant in 2023 and that‘s why no PT or German or US journalists are remotely interested in asking them.
Fine? well obviously not ideal but taking more time to build a case, yes, why not? All the while the investigators think they are able to solve a case then it should be pursued IMO. If all they were doing were literally sitting in a room staring at the phone waiting for a lead then they’d probably actively prefer to be working on some other case a bit more dynamic. I know I would, even of it meant my tan faded.
You're totally right. The absence has been surprising and disappointing imo.
It can only be surprising and disappointing if you think the McCanns are hiding something significant. Presumably that’s where you’re coming from. I think that the media worldwide have concluded based on everything we know about them and the case that that is highly unlikely, hence the lack of interest in reviving old unfounded suspicions.
Doesn't matter where I'm coming from or what my opinions about the case are. There's clearly no lack of interest in the case, but imo it's disappointing that 16 years on only sensational coverage appears to exist in any media (including in podcasts). There wasn't much non-sensational coverage in 2007 either to be honest but there was some. It's not a good sign if it's gone forever. True crime cases tell us more about the world than just the details of whodunnit, when and how etc.
You call it 'reviving old unfounded suspicions'. I call it writing/recording history. The case is clearly part of the nation's history, and the full story will be told one day. If it's told fairly nobody should have a problem with that imo
Somehow I doubt that.
Must be a Truman Capote out there somewhere
It wouldn't be an easy job though as we know.
Not sure this case will appear in history books but in any case history is always written by the victors, so if you're not on their side to begin with you'd probably dispute it anyway.
Resourcing for the SY investigation is always under review as the demands of some appear to take precedence over what is right and what is wrong in the conduct of investigating what is a uniquely perceived missing child case.
The parents spent a year under a magnifying glass. Burning, searing, intense spotlight. Painfully and excruciatingly focused completely on them.
Personally I consider that quite a lot
You're hurling all that at the wrong person. Nobody here has any intention of not leaving them alone. Don't confuse us with the folks on social media.
And yet you appear to want “Truman Capote” or equivalent to write a book or in depth article about all the unanswered questions you feel only they can answer…? How is that “leaving them alone” I wonder…
It's democracy Dudley. Freedom and all that. The same freedom allows others to answer the questions before the hypothetical new Capote sits down in front of the typewriter. So far nobody has.
But think through why pollen signature would be of interest, it's known CB visited the area, it's known there is no body, what would they want a match for ?what would any indicators of CB being at the reservoir actually mean?
“What is right and what is wrong”
Wolters is certain Madeleine was murdered by CB, even if he does look like both Beavis and Butthead simultaneously when saying so. He’s not a stupid man despite his apparent resemblance to these dumb cartoon characters so one must assume that he has arrived at his opinion through the process of rational assessment of the evidence he and various police forces have gathered. You can go on wishing the parents were put back under the spotlight to answer your questions but you are almost certainly wishing in vain. It ain’t never gonna happen imo.
