I've been puzzling over the phone appeal & trying to make sense of the timeline.
It seems that CB only came into the picture as a serious suspect after the 2017 anniversary appeal:
'“Following the ten- year anniversary, the Met received information about a German man who was known to have been in and around Praia da Luz. We have been working with colleagues in Germany and Portugal and this man is a suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.'
(
Operation Grange Update)
At this point, German LE had already been investigating him over the Inga case - they found the USB under animal bones in 2016.
In 2016/2017, CB wouldn't have had the same phone he was using in 2007, so:
- how do they know what his number was in 2007 (they obviously do know, as they've been able to find out that he received a call on it on the night Maddy disappeared)
- why has LE only now put out an appeal for people to help identify the caller?
- how do they know the first number is CB's, but don't know who the second belongs to? (Or do they?)
- when was the exchange of calls traced?
My suspicious mind is thinking perhaps the 2007 phone has only recently been found. Perhaps it was buried along with the USB, or turned up somewhere else. Perhaps it contains incriminating material that has only now been linked with CB &/or Maddie.
My thoughts aren't very clear at all, but I have a distinct sense that something doesn't quite add up here.
Time for bed!
