| £11m spent on finding Maddie 08:50 - Mar 27 with 28016 views | hype313 |
Why does this case in particular get huge funding, as opposed to the Ben Needham case? |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 08:52 - Mar 27 with 11362 views | Benters2 |
See also the missing RAF chap . |  | | |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:06 - Mar 27 with 11314 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
You’ll get lots of controversial replies to this I’m sure, but I’d suggest a few reasons this case in particular has received lots of attention and funding:
- Nature of disappearance means possibility that she is still alive
- Incident happened abroad (obviously Ben Needham was the same but differs to other missing person cases)
- Events a complete mystery. I suspect with Ben Needham the authorities had a good idea what happened and who may be responsible for a while, with Madeleine that doesn’t seem to be the case (insert conspiracy theory here)
- Madeleine very photogenic
- Well to do family involved, very adept with the media and generating publicity
- In line with the above, lots of press exposure
I do agree with the general point though - this case does seem to have received an extraordinary amount of resource, which almost certainly could have been used more effectively elsewhere |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:07 - Mar 27 with 11294 views | Radlett_blue |
Beyond absurd, especially when the police are apparently taking days to respond to 999 calls. Whoever authorised this should be held to account & explain why it's been the best use of £11m. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:09 - Mar 27 with 11276 views | Swansea_Blue |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 08:52 - Mar 27 by Benters2 |
See also the missing RAF chap . |
Pretty obvious what happened in that case though. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:09 - Mar 27 with 11272 views | DanTheMan |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:09 - Mar 27 by Swansea_Blue |
Pretty obvious what happened in that case though. |
And it still cost £2million+ |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:13 - Mar 27 with 11242 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Because the parents are posh.
You aren’t telling me if this was a council estate kid from Liverpool that there would even be a tenth of the money thrown at the case. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:15 - Mar 27 with 11232 views | itfcjoe |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:09 - Mar 27 by Swansea_Blue |
Pretty obvious what happened in that case though. |
What is the obvious? That he slept in a bin and got dumped in a landfill - haven't seen much about it lately |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:16 - Mar 27 with 11213 views | Benters2 |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:09 - Mar 27 by Swansea_Blue |
Pretty obvious what happened in that case though. |
Is it? Have you told the lads Mother ffs! | | | |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:19 - Mar 27 with 11186 views | FinidiCentenary |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:13 - Mar 27 by The_Romford_Blue |
Because the parents are posh.
You aren’t telling me if this was a council estate kid from Liverpool that there would even be a tenth of the money thrown at the case. |
I'd also be surprised if they were allowed to remain in charge of their other children. | |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:20 - Mar 27 with 11177 views | hampstead_blue |
PR and the court of public opinion keep this one rolling on.
I'd put more into the missing RAF chap and Ben Needham.
People are too scared to say 'No' for fear of getting hit with the 'you don't care about a young girly' stick.
If the parents had given a damn, they would not have left her alone and gone out with their mates!
(I'm Ok with getting hit, I quite like it so long as it's on my bum). |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:21 - Mar 27 with 11176 views | Swansea_Blue |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:16 - Mar 27 by Benters2 |
Is it? Have you told the lads Mother ffs! |
Is this the guy that used to sleep in dustbins or another one? If it's the bin lad then there's a very sad and likely outcome (if not proven, granted). | |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:30 - Mar 27 with 11140 views | Reuser_is_God |
Have Kate & Jerry been done for neglect yet?
Scumbags. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:31 - Mar 27 with 11125 views | BlueBadger |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:20 - Mar 27 by hampstead_blue |
PR and the court of public opinion keep this one rolling on.
I'd put more into the missing RAF chap and Ben Needham.
People are too scared to say 'No' for fear of getting hit with the 'you don't care about a young girly' stick.
If the parents had given a damn, they would not have left her alone and gone out with their mates!
(I'm Ok with getting hit, I quite like it so long as it's on my bum). |
Didn't Ben Needham actually get wrapped up a year or two ago? |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:32 - Mar 27 with 11109 views | FrimleyBlue |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:06 - Mar 27 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
You’ll get lots of controversial replies to this I’m sure, but I’d suggest a few reasons this case in particular has received lots of attention and funding:
- Nature of disappearance means possibility that she is still alive
- Incident happened abroad (obviously Ben Needham was the same but differs to other missing person cases)
- Events a complete mystery. I suspect with Ben Needham the authorities had a good idea what happened and who may be responsible for a while, with Madeleine that doesn’t seem to be the case (insert conspiracy theory here)
- Madeleine very photogenic
- Well to do family involved, very adept with the media and generating publicity
- In line with the above, lots of press exposure
I do agree with the general point though - this case does seem to have received an extraordinary amount of resource, which almost certainly could have been used more effectively elsewhere |
simple case
charge parents with neglect, they'll get depressed, divorce, truth comes out. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:33 - Mar 27 with 11104 views | Swailsey |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:13 - Mar 27 by The_Romford_Blue |
Because the parents are posh.
You aren’t telling me if this was a council estate kid from Liverpool that there would even be a tenth of the money thrown at the case. |
Yep. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:46 - Mar 27 with 11066 views | monytowbray |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 08:52 - Mar 27 by Benters2 |
See also the missing RAF chap . |
All evidence suggests he ended up falling asleep in a bin and was lost in a landfill site on that case. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:49 - Mar 27 with 11049 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:46 - Mar 27 by monytowbray |
All evidence suggests he ended up falling asleep in a bin and was lost in a landfill site on that case. |
His phone tracker saying his last active place (overnight) being in that bin is a sad but crucial bit of evidence as someone known to sleep in bins when he was drunk. | |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:50 - Mar 27 with 11043 views | factual_blue |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:31 - Mar 27 by BlueBadger |
Didn't Ben Needham actually get wrapped up a year or two ago? |
Unfortunate turn of phrase there, that will upset the snowflake contards. |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 11:46 - Mar 27 with 10812 views | Guthrum |
Do we know whether the funding is disproportionately larger than other cases? Or is that simply how much any extended, complex enquiry costs nowadays?
The McKeague investigation ran up expenses of £2.1m in just 16 months, for just the one force in a fairly small geographical area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42808142 |  |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 12:23 - Mar 27 with 10730 views | monytowbray |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:49 - Mar 27 by The_Romford_Blue |
His phone tracker saying his last active place (overnight) being in that bin is a sad but crucial bit of evidence as someone known to sleep in bins when he was drunk. |
There was also some data stating one of the rubbish disposal lorries that would have been collecting was over typical/average weight when it got to the landfill site too I believe. | |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 12:42 - Mar 27 with 10670 views | Benters2 |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 09:13 - Mar 27 by The_Romford_Blue |
Because the parents are posh.
You aren’t telling me if this was a council estate kid from Liverpool that there would even be a tenth of the money thrown at the case. |
Indeed. | | | |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 12:44 - Mar 27 with 10659 views | DanTheMan |
| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 11:46 - Mar 27 by Guthrum |
Do we know whether the funding is disproportionately larger than other cases? Or is that simply how much any extended, complex enquiry costs nowadays?
The McKeague investigation ran up expenses of £2.1m in just 16 months, for just the one force in a fairly small geographical area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42808142 |
I'd be genuinely interested to know if other missing children got this level of funding, and "operations" that lasted this long.
I don't think they would. I also think that McKeague was himself a pretty high profile missing persons case which may not be a good example of a standard missing person case. | |
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| £11m spent on finding Maddie on 12:46 - Mar 27 with 10651 views | clive_baker |
As well as the nature of the way she went missing / was stolen, I would wager it's in part because she was privileged, white and a cute little girl. If she was black and from a council estate in Peckham it would've been page 4 news. |  |
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