I was of the opinion that the police would have been prioritising the search for a missing child as the logical reason behind their interest in CB.
What an intriguing thought that in Luz you say the priority might have been debt collecting. Thing is though that nothing is known of why CB was on the police radar to begin with or why he was inexplicably dropped off it. To the extent that future investigators weren't passed his file.
The Porto Policia Judiciaria whose work led to the reopening of MM's case seemed to be in ignorance of CB going after a different suspect. Who to coin a phrase was perfect because he was dead.
'KIDNAP FORM OF REVENGE'
In 2013, Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha said: "The motives that could have caused the ex-employee to kidnap the youngster are still being investigated.
“The suspect could have taken the child to commit a sex crime before killing her.
“But he could also have committed the kidnap as a form of retaliation against the Ocean Club."
Police had lost crucial time to interview Monteiro because he was missing from a list of current and former Ocean Club employees that was given to police during the first investigation.
But having been identified as a suspect following suspicious phone records, detectives were set to question Monteiro.
POLICE missed their chance to interview a chief suspect in the investigation of Madeleine McCann’s abduction. Heroin addict Euclides Monteiro had been working as an employee at The Ocean Club resor…
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