Madeleine Mc Cann.

[anneasquith]

police are returning to portugal today for 3 days to interview '' several people '' in connection with her disappearance. another futile journey ?

[Bazile]

Who can say if it is futile or not - we dont know what evidence they have

[2sp_]

I suppose it depends on the outcome of the interviews.

Do we know if these people have been interviewed before, or if they are new "persons of interest"?

[Sqad]

Would you put your money on it being a fruitful trip?

I wouldn't.

[anneasquith]

neither would I sqad :(

[sunny-dave]

Not holding my breath ...

[Sqad]

If and if it is a big IF, she is found alive with a family, well fed and looked after, would it be beneficial for the girl to be taken away again and handed back to the McCanns?

[2sp_]

That's quite an issue, Sqad. If she is found safe, well and loved by a new family (who maybe paid for her "adoption" out of desperation), how on earth would it play out?

[ludwig]

It's pointless speculating about it. No-one will know if the journey was futile until it's happened.

[Sqad]

2sp....I have no idea......as you know, I am not very perceptive in these human emotional problems.

[Jomlett]

Andy Redwood calls it a day: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-cop-who-led-4753080

[Bazile]

I would think it would depend on how much she remembers of her parents and home life .

How old was she when she was abducted ? .

But don't forget a crime has been commited - so there is no way that she could remain with this family - this family is bound to know what has occurred - afterall it's not like going to the shop and acquiring a bag of sugar - is it

[Sqad]

ludwig....what's wrong with a bit of "speculation?"

If we wait until they return with the facts and THEN we comment, it won't be speculating.

[ludwig]

// what's wrong with a bit of "speculation?" //

Nothing really. It's just a bit pointless. All you can say is either 'yes, I think it'll be futile - or no I think it won't be futile'...and that's pretty much the end of the discussion.

[Sqad]

ludwig...true......very true.....but the lives and conversation of the majority of people is ........pointless.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh dear, not another thread on this :-(
I trust the police put the same proportional effort into all their cases.

[Samuraisan]

I think it's futile. My heart bleeds for them, but they won't find her, I am sorry to say I believe she has left this life many years ago. When I am in charge of of GD in shopping malls and so on, I don't let her out of my sight for a second. There are some absolute monsters out there , as we read every single day, all over the world. Death sentence ? Oh yes, for these ba.......

[ludwig]

// I think it's futile. My heart bleeds for them, but they won't find her //

They're trying to find out what happened to her. It's more about that now than any expectation of finding her alive.