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#574118 3rd Sep 2011 10:17am
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I'm no longer surprised that they are throwing so many resources behind finding Robbie Crofts despite the obvious answer being that he drowned. Not after a conversation with one of the lifeguards down on the prom...

More to this than meets the eye and it's like a jigsaw made up of loads of little jigsaw pieces that don't fit...


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In my mind there are three possibilities here:

1. The poor lad drowned aswell but didnt get washed up by the tide, in which case he will more than likely be crab meat by now.

2. He has staged a murder for what ever reason.

3. He banged his head in the cuurent, lost his memory and is wondering around clueless.

Hope its the third one, I wonder what conclusions the police are drawing.


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It seems the police are as clueless as we all are. The "help us find him" seems vague, does that mean you want us to man boats and check the beaches or comb the streets?

Whatever the outcome, its not going to be good for the lad or his family and they have my condolences, for what they're worth.

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Originally Posted by Sanchez
In my mind there are three possibilities here:

1. The poor lad drowned aswell but didnt get washed up by the tide, in which case he will more than likely be crab meat by now.

2. He has staged a murder for what ever reason.

3. He banged his head in the cuurent, lost his memory and is wondering around clueless.

Hope its the third one, I wonder what conclusions the police are drawing.
I don't think that describing him as possible crab meat will give his family much comfort at this very worrying time.

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Well what do you think would be the best way to describe him?


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Originally Posted by Sanchez
Well what do you think would be the best way to describe him?
I think if you just said he is missing,everything else is just speculation.

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Well what do you think would be the best way to describe him?


Sleeping with the fishes?

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full marks to the respectful way in which Mersey Magazine has been covering this story

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Well what do you think would be the best way to describe him?
I think if you just said he is missing,everything else is just speculation.


Not that I am a qualified detective but if I sat down with a search team I would look at every eventuality, and yes including looking at every option. I say crab meat literally and not in the context of brown bread. The mersey is riddled with craps that will eat anything in a matter of hours.

What I was trying to say that if he didn't get washed up, unfortunatley there will be wont be much left of him to find.

This is a sad thing to happen and Im not trying to make fun of the situation.


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Originally Posted by Gibbo
It seems the police are as clueless as we all are. The "help us find him" seems vague, does that mean you want us to man boats and check the beaches or comb the streets?

If it was a member of your famiily or close friend, wouldn't you want as many people as possible keeping an eye out? They probably are clueless - only 2 people know what really happened, and one is definitely dead! It took a week for the guy at Anglesey to wash up so in the great scheme of things, it's early days. Given the probable weight difference, I think it is logical to think that the lightest one would wash up first think


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Originally Posted by Sanchez
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Well what do you think would be the best way to describe him?
I think if you just said he is missing,everything else is just speculation.


Not that I am a qualified detective but if I sat down with a search team I would look at every eventuality, and yes including looking at every option. I say crab meat literally and not in the context of brown bread. The mersey is riddled with craps that will eat anything in a matter of hours.

What I was trying to say that if he didn't get washed up, unfortunatley there will be wont be much left of him to find.

This is a sad thing to happen and Im not trying to make fun of the situation.
Fairy nuff Sanchez.

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If this poor lad has drown and to my mind it seems that way, the sea will give him up eventually and not necessarily around here. The Mersey has that many alternating currents, any 2 lifeless bodies will not always end up in the same place. Unfortunately i have seen 2 drowned bodies when working at Lairds, one was only in the water a few hours, the other they reckoned was in the water for about a month, the latter was still whole, not eaten away but very badley damaged and peeling skin. Lets hope for the family's sake there's a speedy conclusion to this.


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To my knowledge a body will usually get washed up after between 7 - 10 days

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a body from the mersey could be washed up on the welsh coast,morcambe bay or anywhere around the wirral.....9/10 its a dog walker that hapens to find the body.

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i think the people on here talking about what they think has happend to robbie really should keep their horrible opinions to themselves!!!!im not on about general worry for him im on about you sick mindless people who are on about crabs ect!!this lad is still missing and his family have to live with that,just imagine they see this site and whats been said!!they want the beliefe that he is still alive so at least give them that until he is found!!

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