Police are people too, mistakes happen.

It’s a lot you know about the inside of this operation.

I don’t have statistics but 1000’s of kids go missing in this country every year. The vast vast majority are found. I can only assume in the uk the figures are huge. Are we to assume each and every kid that’s reported missing a forensics team would be called in to search house ??

Silly and impractical. The second search as states searched where body was found. So this shows they were moving it but as the police were outside they could not get body out of house.

Unfortunately when your the police you can’t win you will always have know it alls. I don’t know how these investigations work but I accept there is a lot involved and as i don’t know I’m last to voice silly opinions on how they operate when I don’t know

You idiot! The media don’t solve crimes! It’s often better if they keep their snouts out of it anyway. They can do more harm than good. Read the theories below as to why the poor girl wasn’t found initially.

@ James: Couldn’t agree more. I wish all the people who know how to do police work better than the police would actually join the police.

As for the media coverage, like James said thousands of children go missing in the UK each year. The vast, vast majority of cases turn out differently.

The main thing is that the culprits have seemingly been caught.

James, your argument would carry some weight if the police hadn’t admitted to and apologised for their error. This is not about whether or not to initiate a forensic search, it’s very clear they deemed it necessary. It’s about the failure of those carrying out that search to uncover the body even if it was moved between properties. If evidence can be tampered with under the noses of investigators it leaves the gates wide open for any defence lawyer worth their salt secure an acquittal on that very basis. That is and would be unforgiveable in my opinion. We’re talking about a professional police force who deemed it necessary to carry out a forensic search of a potential crime scene in the investigation of the disappearance of a child who have admitted to an error. I know how I’d feel if it was my daughter!

Yeah actually I was just thinking about that before you posted that reply and the police like I said can’t win no matter what your not right therefore have to apologise.

Let me give you scenario child goes missing in ballymun tonight mom reports it child is 13 this happens everyday of the week. Should police rip house apart with forensics? Ireland is not csi we don’t have forensic officers that can be in 20 places at once

she would turn up but carry out search of normal haunts and friends she would visit etc and build it from there the girl will turn up. But let’s say she didn’t and there was a body. The police are blamed for not doing enough.

Wait for it you will see that the NHS will be blamed how social workers did not see this coming. At the end of the day the blame lays with the murderer who the police have in custody.

the second search (which was first proper search as first is to maybe look for suicide note or diary about running away) even if a dog was brought in to look for body believe it or not it’s not exact science I believe a body wrapped or covered can me missed by a dog unless really decomposing. Seems body was moved around

I personally think the police have nothing to say sorry for but in these PC days your damned if you do damned if you don’t