Pat Brown's blog

FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2012
Criminal Profiling Topic of the Day: Sherlock Holmes on Scotland Yard's Madeleine McCann Review
W: So, Holmes, what do you think Scotland Yard is doing in the Madeleine McCann case?

H: Well, Watson, there are only two options: they are searching for truth and justice or they are using four million taxpayer dollars to cover up a crime.

W: What would show they are searching for truth and justice, Holmes?

H: They would be seeking justice for those who perpetrated crimes against a little three-year-old girl.

W: So, let me see if I have this right; they would be following evidence and statistics which would mean they would look at the parents first since there is evidence that they were the last ones to see her, they admitted to her neglect, and because cadaver and blood dogs hit in their apartment and car, and they would also investigate the parents because statistics show caretakers are the ones most likely involved when a child of Madeleine's age disappears or dies in their care. Then, if the parents can be cleared, they should look for a local child sex predator who murdered her since statistics overwhelmingly support a child this age would be kidnapped, raped, and murdered within an hour by a man living in the vicinity.

H: Correct, Watson. But, Scotland Yard hasn't spent any time analyzing the possibility of the parents' involvement in their daughter's disappearance nor have they spent any time focusing on the vicinity of the McCann's apartment or a local child sex predator.

W: I am confused, Holmes. Are you saying that they have spent four million dollars sifting through tips that would take them out of Portugal in search of a live Maddie living with a family somewhere?

H: This is what appears to be the fact, Watson.

W: Well, then, Holmes, I would have to deduce that Scotland Yard is rife with dunces or corruption.

H: Bravo, Watson! I think you have hit the nail on the head! All the evidence points to Madeleine McCann being dead but her parents and Scotland Yard have collectively purportedly spent some eight million dollars not seeking justice for little Maddie and not seeking to punish the perpetrator or perpetrators, but instead appear to be focusing on a statistical anomaly in spite of evidence to the contrary; they want the public to believe she is alive and being cared for by strangers for the last five years. Yet none of the investigators, not the McCann hired PIs nor Scotland Yard, has presented ONE shred of evidence to validate this cock-and-bull theory.

W: Then, why, Holmes, are so many attacking the Portuguese police, retired Detective Goncalo Amaral, Criminal Profiler Pat Brown, and the others who have worked to analyze the case and provide theories and evidence of Madeleine having died in Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007? These folks haven't been milking the public and citizens of millions of dollars and then refusing to show them any of what they have discovered during their investigations.

H: Ah, Watson, I guess because there are a lot of people out there who just can't accept that Madeleine McCann is dead, has been dead, and will be dead, and there is not going to be a happy ending to the story.

W: Whoa, Holmes, aren't you afraid to say unequivocally that Madeleine McCann is dead? Aren't you worried the McCanns and Carter Ruck will be suing your deductive ass?

H: Well, let them have at it, Watson! Since I am a fictional character, they can sue me for my fictional money, and I will happily send them a fictional check for the fictional Madeleine Search Fund with my fictional signature on it. Good luck cashing that at the bank.

Criminal Profiler Pat Brown

July 6, 2012

tigger wrote:Tweets from Pat:
8th July 2012
PAT BROWN ‏@ProfilerPatB
Why didn't Scotland Yard spend a few pounds searching Monte do José Mestre, a desolate area where Gerry's phoned pinged near? #McCann


PAT BROWN ‏@ProfilerPatB
Why I believe Madeleine McCann is buried, in Monte do Jose Mestre & if I get the funds, I will search it. #McCann patbrownprofiling.blogspot.com/2012/03/crimin…

russiandoll wrote:Ms Brown please do not associate yourself with Birch-like alleged activities, you are coming across as ghoulish with your talk of a search for a body and it smacks of jumping on a not very pleasant bandwagon.
btw how do you know what the Portuguese and British authorities have done/ are doing? They are working without publicising their activities and you are writing about their lack of certain actions as a fact.
Sorry to those of you who are fans of this woman, but her recent posts re this case after weeks of silence have really begun to annoy me.

aquila wrote:

russiandoll wrote:Ms Brown please do not associate yourself with Birch-like alleged activities, you are coming across as ghoulish with your talk of a search for a body and it smacks of jumping on a not very pleasant bandwagon.
btw how do you know what the Portuguese and British authorities have done/ are doing? They are working without publicising their activities and you are writing about their lack of certain actions as a fact.
Sorry to those of you who are fans of this woman, but her recent posts re this case after weeks of silence have really begun to annoy me.

I second that. Good post as usual russiandoll.

pennylane wrote:I think Pat Brown deserves a great deal of respect. [...] She is not just an armchair critic, she has proven she cares. I hope she is able to go back to Portugal again in the near future and report back to us on her findings!
You rock Pat!

russiandoll wrote:Ms Brown please do not associate yourself with Birch-like alleged activities, you are coming across as ghoulish with your talk of a search for a body and it smacks of jumping on a not very pleasant bandwagon.
btw how do you know what the Portuguese and British authorities have done/ are doing? They are working without publicising their activities and you are writing about their lack of certain actions as a fact.
Sorry to those of you who are fans of this woman, but her recent posts re this case after weeks of silence have really begun to annoy me.

Woofer wrote:

russiandoll wrote:Ms Brown please do not associate yourself with Birch-like alleged activities, you are coming across as ghoulish with your talk of a search for a body and it smacks of jumping on a not very pleasant bandwagon.
btw how do you know what the Portuguese and British authorities have done/ are doing? They are working without publicising their activities and you are writing about their lack of certain actions as a fact.
Sorry to those of you who are fans of this woman, but her recent posts re this case after weeks of silence have really begun to annoy me.

Pat has a criminal profiling business, profiling other cases besides this one, she is an author, she does media work and is obviously a very busy woman. I doubt whether she has the time to give one case her undivided attention to the exclusion of all her other work. Personally I`m just grateful she has found the time to show the interest she has to date.

uppatoffee wrote:

Woofer wrote:

russiandoll wrote:Ms Brown please do not associate yourself with Birch-like alleged activities, you are coming across as ghoulish with your talk of a search for a body and it smacks of jumping on a not very pleasant bandwagon.
btw how do you know what the Portuguese and British authorities have done/ are doing? They are working without publicising their activities and you are writing about their lack of certain actions as a fact.
Sorry to those of you who are fans of this woman, but her recent posts re this case after weeks of silence have really begun to annoy me.

Pat has a criminal profiling business, profiling other cases besides this one, she is an author, she does media work and is obviously a very busy woman. I doubt whether she has the time to give one case her undivided attention to the exclusion of all her other work. Personally I`m just grateful she has found the time to show the interest she has to date.

I think Russiandoll may have been referring to the content of the posts Woofer, rather than the fact that it had been a long time since posting about Madeleine.

uppatoffee wrote:I agree Woofer, it is useful to have as many people as possible look at the case. I know though, that I have felt uncomfortable with the wording of some of her recent posts.

I am not sure about Birch and his motives however I think one positive thing that has come out of the whole affair is the response from Team McCann. As Pat so rightly says

"Should the McCanns push the police or Murat to take action? Well, if I were them and I were innocent, I would damn sure want that ground dug up because it would drive me crazy not to know if Maddie was really there or not."

This is the crux of the matter. If they are not involved in Madeleine's disappearance and are really looking to find out what happened to her, they MUST ask for the ground to be dug. Their pussyfooting around and waiting to see how this pans out only confirms in my mind what I already suspect. You would be desperate to find out whether there was any truth in the claims.

Woofer wrote:
Totally agree uppatoffee. It`s an indication that either they don`t want her body found or they know it`s not there.

Meagain wrote:May I play devil's advocate for a moment.

If they ignore this man Birch and don't ask for the Murat's garden to be dug up, it seems it's because they don't care about her. On the other hand if they were to manage to persuade the Police to dig there and no body was found, what are the chances that somebody somewhere would accuse them of knowing that she wasn't there in the first place because they had hidden her body elsewhere?

Doesn't it seem as if this scenario, created by Mr Birch, his snoopery machine and his apparent reluctance to deal with "his findings" in a discreet and professional way, has created a situation where they will be damned if they do and damned if they don't?

K.