Exactly. There's been more speculation about this image and its sources, some coming to the conclusion that the "sketches" were made from actual photos, and this explains their incredible likeness.
I've read that the police say the two composites were based on descriptions by two different witnesses. And yes, I've read multiple articles saying that the police believe it's the same person, which makes zero sense to me, given the stark difference in the two.
I suspect that explanation got traction as a result of sloppy reporting.
One British newspaper reported that they were two different sketches of the same person, but another one said that they were drawings of different ones. It seems there was confusion on this score from the very time the sketches were issued.
Yes it's
supposed
to be a composite of the same person. However people are saying that this is the Portuguese police's way of telling the world who did it.
▼ CredAndBercuses
Exactly. There's been more speculation about this image and its sources, some coming to the conclusion that the "sketches" were made from actual photos, and this explains their incredible likeness.
▼ CubbyShelf
I've read that the police say the two composites were based on descriptions by two different witnesses. And yes, I've read multiple articles saying that the police believe it's the same person, which makes zero sense to me, given the stark difference in the two.
I suspect that explanation got traction as a result of sloppy reporting.
▼ chryseos-geckota
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/14/british-detectives-efits-madeleine-mccann-suspect
▼ SIMONBARROW
One British newspaper reported that they were two different sketches of the same person, but another one said that they were drawings of different ones. It seems there was confusion on this score from the very time the sketches were issued.
▼ justiceforever
Yes it's supposed to be a composite of the same person. However people are saying that this is the Portuguese police's way of telling the world who did it.