im here because theyre bringing it up again with the mothers book Maddie (*hidden subtitle* How I Cashed In On The Disappearance Of My Daughter). it tells how she had to deal with accusations and "pressure from the Portuguese police". and by "pressure" they must mean "ok so what actually happened, there's no sign of forced entry outside, witnesses saw a silhouette like Gerry's carrying a child-shape and your other two kids werent disturbed or taken."
one officer got fired for investigating them (or something like that). what the fuck. one witness saw someone carrying something (silhouette i mentioned) and when they saw Gerry holding one son they ID'd the silhouette as him holding Maddie. then the cop got punished for bringing that up.