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Originally Posted by Chris T
I said no such thing, and nothing I've said was intended to imply such a thing. I happen to believe that all human beings are entirely capable of pretty awful things, given the right circumstances.
We may, but at the moment we're not talking about the conduct of the investigation. We're talking about the likelihood that the parents had something to do with the disappearance of the child.
When you said:
"And you came to the opinion that was 'No, they couldn't possibly do such a thing' "
Seeing as I never expressed any such opinion, I'm at a loss to understand what I said that drew you to that conclusion - unless it is (at best) a gross misunderstanding of this:
"The fact that parents kill their children does indeed mean it is technically possible that the McCanns may have murdered their daughter. I do not however believe it is likely."
Which is, as far as I remember, the clearest statement I've made on my beliefs about what is possible or likely in this case.
Yes, unless they have access to the specifics of this case. Dress it up however you like, all any of us have got to go on, in the absence of hard facts, is probabilities, likelihoods and possibilities. On the other hand, if you do know someone who knows someone who has first-hand information that would enlighten this discussion, by all means post away.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but scene-of-crime specialists such as the ones you are acquanited with are not full police detectives with the breadth of experience to make authoritative speculation about the motives of people involved in criminal cases are they? Or am I taking an unduly narrow view of the work of SOCOs and the like?
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I think we're getting into semantics here.
Your post was along the lines of 'I think it's very improbable/highly unlikely that they would of been involved' Which is why I questioned on what basis you formed that.
fair comment on the dressing up of the 'Oh, they couldn't have possibly done it' comment whilst not directly attributed to you it was meant to display that the mentality of people who have watched things such as press conferences and believe what they see rather than question it, for that comment I apologise.
The work both myself and my colleagues do here relates to all forces across the UK and NI (excluding Scotland) and on occasion europe and yes there are individuals who have had first hand contact with the investigation. and at that point Im going to not go into this area anymore for obvious reasons.
SOCO/CSI is a changing roll with more and more convictions dependent on forensics. the part they/we play in gaining a conviction is increasing evermore. Senior Investigating officers now listen more and more as we are either corroberate or disprove a potential supsects claims. Again I'm not going to go into to much detail on here but if you would like to know more (Within reason of course) Id be more than happy to drop you an email or a pm