Madeleine McCann; prime suspect Christian Bruckner Getty Images. We have given, above, some general considerations as to when Madeleine may have died. 2 min read. British girl Madeleine McCann went missing at the age of three while on holiday with her family in Portugal in 2007. . There are indications which point in either of these directions, but not enough information to say which. We suggest, given what we know, that there are two main possibilities: There are indications which point in either of these directions, but not enough information to say which. This unidentified, anonymous neighbor tells the McCanns she saw a car going up the Rocha Negra at night. Mr McCann . The views of the Madeleine McCann Research Group, August 2016. But we suggest that instead of having four hours to plan an abduction hoax, they actually had four days. It was very early - Madeleine might very well have been found alive and well later that Friday - but on that very day, many media editors immediately despatched reporters to Praia da Luz. We will refer to the theory that Madeleine died from an accident (or worse). Do we know for sure that Madeleine was with her family in her apartment at 6pm? Chloe Corner, daughter of Jon Corner; Madeleines godfather, had been a Facebook friend of Catriona Baker well before 2007. he room forensically cleaned of any blood? The lack of any credible, independent evidence by anybody that Madeleine McCann was seen alive after Sunday 29th April. Doubtful or contradictory stories about what they did with Madeleine after Sunday, for example: Claiming to have gone on a trip to the beach with the children one day - despite the creche records saying the children were in their creches at the time and promoting stories about things that she had allegedly said or done, Contradictory stories about an alleged incident of the children crying at night-time: on Thursday: (a) it was the twins (b) it was Madeleine (c) it was Madeleine and Sean and (d) it was Amelie on the Wednesday not the Thursday. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. However, we are persuaded, largely by evidence on the two 'Last Photo' threads on CMOMM, that the Last Photo was taken at lunchtime on Sunday 29 April. We believe that there are a considerable number of people who know what really happened to Madeleine but will not speak of what they know. This is consistent with her having been dead for some time before she was reported missing. When he was asked at an interview under caution in Portugal on 15 May 2007 what he had been doing in Portugal during his first four days there (1-4 May), he lied about his actions in at least 17 material respects. When examined in detail, Lourencos claim that his daughter was nearly kidnapped by Krokowski falls apart. There would then have to be a rapid decision-making process during which all the following decisions would have to be taken: Can we pass this off as a genuine accident? The episode of the holidays in 2005, in Mallorca - which raises suspicions about a friend of the couple - and the DNA results are the first parts. However, in our view it is very unlikely that her death could have been a simple accident, otherwise the McCanns would have taken her to the local hospital. AS far as we know, they knew no-one in the area who could help them. Getting all the children changed and ready for bed and asleep before they set off for dinner? This points us in the direction of Madeleine having come to serious harm shortly after that photo was taken. Later, Robert Murat claimed that Mrs Fenn had phoned, Madeleine McCann Research Group, August 2016, http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/f57-mccann-case-the-most-important-areas-of-research, http://goncaloamaraltruthofthelie.blogspot.co.uk, http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t12362-new-film-by-richard-d-hall-when-madeleine-died. We think there are good grounds for suspecting that the two photos may have been taken on the same day, and that Madeleines very sad appearance could be connected in some way to her having died later that same day. A raft of evidence, but especially comparative weather records for the week, point in that direction. 6. In early 2009, Brian Kennedy, the Cheshire businessman who led the McCann Teams private investigations, helped to create a bogus private investigation company, ALPHAIG Ltd. She described a man of medium height, with long black hair, wearing cloth clothes and classic shoes, who didnt look like a tourist. This booking appears to have been made on the Sunday night. It appeared in a short film made by Madeleines godfather, film-maker Jon Corner. Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007. Credit: PA. There is no other photo of Madeleine which with certainty can be said to have been taken after then, which we regard as hugely significant. The 17 alerts by two cadaver dogs, used by dog top handler Martin Grime, to the odour of a corpse and to blood or body fluids, in locations associated with the McCanns or on their clothes, is prima facie evidence that Madeleine died (or was killed) in the McCanns holiday apartment. Whilst this doesnt prove that Jane Tanner and Robert Murat were in Krokowskis apartment that week, it certainly raises at least the possibility that they were. We think there are good grounds for suspecting that the two photos may have been taken on the same day, and that Madeleines very sad appearance could be connected in some way to her having died later that same day. http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t11921-was-madeleine-seen-after-sunday-no-credible-evidence-that-she-was-watch-the-video? From that moment on, no other person saw the little girl, apart from her parents and their friends. C. The absence of photographs of Madeleine taken after Sunday. There is good evidence that the so-called Last Photo of Madeleine was taken at lunchtime on Sunday 29 April and not at lunchtime on Thursday 3 May as claimed by the McCanns. Is that when Jane Tanner was briefed to give a description of Krokowski when she was questioned by the Portuguese police? Here are our main reasons: The Last Photo shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. The following are some of the main factual issues we have taken into consideration in arriving at our conclusion that Madeleine McCann died on Sunday 29 April: No DNA of Madeleine was found in the McCanns apartment, nor on her clothes nor on objects she had used or come into contact with on holiday, e.g. Thats 24 times as much time to think, plan and carry out a hoax abduction. She had a pink hair bead on her. It would also be consistent with the apartment having been forensically cleansed before the alarm was raised and Madeleines clothes and other items having been removed or disposed of. Madeleine vanished shortly before her fourth birthday while her parents were eating dinner with friends at a nearby tapas restaurant, and would have turned 17 last month. No body has ever been found. His conduct during his translations was so outrageous that an inspector sent an urgent report to Dr Amaral, complaining about his conduct. She had a pink hair bead on her. We cannot say. Lourenco supplied the police with a photograph he said he had taken of the mans car. In addition, Antonio Giminez Raso was caught bribing people in Morocco to falsely claim that they had seen Madeleine. It is a fact that from about 8am on Friday 4 May, the news of Madeleines reported disappearance rapidly became the top story in both Portugal and Britain for weeks - and has continued to make international headlines ever since. Maddie 'killed by sleeping pill overdose'. "All we have ever wanted is to find her, uncover the truth and bring those responsible to justice," her parents, Kate and Gerry, said in a statement issued before the German prosecutor spoke. They has eaten in the Millennium Restaurant on the Saturday evening. ANSWER: We reject her evidence for several reasons. The 'Last Photo' shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. Kate McCann used to carry Madeleines favourite cuddly toy, Cuddle Cat, to work with her whilst she visited homes to issue death certificates, thats why the smell of death was on Cuddle Cat. Point 5. Never being seen out together with the twins from Monday onwards. Lourenco had evidently. Kate McCann said that the dogs were only alerting to the conscious or unconscious signals from the dog handler, Martin Grime, a claim that basically accused Martin Grime of gross professional incompetence. Amaral and his team (rightly) rejected all claims by the McCanns that Madeleine was alive after 6pm on 3 May because, obviously, they were made by someone who was not independent. He queries, as many others have done, why anyone would need to wash a minor tea stain off a pair of pyjamas just two days before the McCanns were due to return home, and then photograph them. What was it that galvanised them all into sending reporters there so soon? Chloe Corner, daughter of Jon Corner; Madeleines godfather, had been a Facebook friend of Catriona Baker well before 2007. Michael Shrimpton reacts to this week's overblown reports of a 'fresh' development in the Madeleine McCann case. How long this initial phase lasted can only be guessed at. The explanation for this conduct is inexplicable unless, for example, the room was empty and being cleaned. Tony and Cherie Blair also gave personal support to the McCanns, while David Cameron set up the five-year-long Metropolitan Police investigation into Madeleines reported disappearance. Evidence that an abduction hoax was planned over a period of four days. Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of the missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, hold up a picture of Madeleine during a press conference on June 6, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. This was meaningless. Madeleines 4th Birthday Just 9 days after her parents reported her disappearance and claimed that she had been abducted by a paedophile gang. He was on an extended stay in England (Devon) when the McCanns went on holiday to Praia da Luz in 2007, 4. But many people did know about Freuds conduct and likewise kept it secret for decades. Scotland Yard began a review of the investigation, known as Operation Grange, in May 2011, and . Evidence that an abduction hoax was planned over a period of four days. Support for this claim was found when it became clear that every night from Sunday to Thursday, one or other adult had not been at the Tapas restaurant for dinner each night (see below), either because one of the adults or one of the children was stated to be ill. Photographs taken of Madeleines pyjamas before 3 May - in Praia da Luz, and the mystery of the brown tea stain. A cadaver dog had alerted to the odour of a corpse which suggested that Eugene Zapata had moved his wifes body twice. McCann used to carry Madeleines favourite cuddly toy, Cuddle Gerry McCann - statement 10th May 2007 [3] They continued with searches outside, around the various apartment blocks, the deponent having asked MATTHEW to go to the secondary reception in order to communicate the fact to the local police, since he had no doubt that his daughter had been abducted. Some suggest that maybe the body wasnt hidden before 8.30pm, but lay there while they were eating, with someone - presumably Gerry McCann later carrying his dead daughter to a temporary or final resting place somewhere after that. June 30, 2020 7:03pm. . It was very early - Madeleine might very well have been found alive and well later that Friday - but on that very day, many media editors immediately despatched reporters to Praia da Luz. Could they chat away merrily to the Carpenter family and their children, for example (as indeed they did that night), knowing that their first-born daughter had suddenly died within the past three hours? Whilst this doesnt prove that Jane Tanner and Robert Murat were in Krokowskis apartment that week, it certainly raises at least the possibility that they were. The very next day, early in the morning, a man called Nuno Lourenco rang the Portuguese police and said that, six days previously, a man was taking photographs of children on a beach had tried to kidnap his child at a tiny village called Sagres. . The following are some of the main factual issues we have taken into consideration in arriving at our conclusion that Madeleine McCann died on Sunday 29 April: The complete absence of any of Madeleines DNA in Praia da Luz. . Her accounts lack any real detail of what Madeleine actually did in the creche that week. Gerry McCann had met Sahlke before he helped with the search but did not show any concern for his death. But this Tapas restaurant booking represented a change of plan. The McCanns issued sketches of a suspect on January 20th, based on a description of a "scary man" observed at the resort by a British holidaymaker. . Its Head of Risk, Alex Woolfall flew there the very next day (4 May) and he was later joined by another top Director of the company. Later, when re-interviewed by the Portuguese police on 10 and 11 July, after police had interrogated his mobile phone, and discovered that the account he had earlier given of his movements was false, he completely changed his story, claiming he had been too tired on 15 May to tell the truth. Here, quite apart from the matters dealt with above, are several other specific indications that an abduction hoax was indeed planned over a four-day period: The relevant facts are these. A regional prosecutor's office is investigating a 43-year-old German national on suspicion of murder. He was contacted by one of Britains mainstream press in the early hours of the morning, before the media storm broke at about 8am on the Friday morning. On the very night when the McCanns and their friends should have been distraught, following Madeleines sudden disappearance, some of them were busy contacting the TV and print media and claiming, even in the very first hours after they had raised the alarm, that the Portuguese police were incompetent and not organising a proper search for her. In this respect, the fact that the only fingerprints found on the opened window was that of Kate McCann is highly significant. A third (but we say unlikely) possibility is that she did suffer a genuine accident, but that the McCanns did not produce her to the local hospital because there may have been indications that Madeleine had previously suffered some form of harm or abuse. It is said to prove that she was alive and well on the Tuesday that week. But those who claim that Madeleine died after 6pm have to explain how the McCanns were able to pull off an audacious abduction within the four hours between 6pm and 10pm (when the alarm was raised) on Thursday 3 May. There is evidence that the British Embassy in Portugal arranged for Murat to become the main translator for the Portuguese police in the days following Madeleine being reported missing. The initial DNA samples taken from the body fluids discovered in the McCanns apartment and in their car showed a 99.99% certainty that they belonged to Madeleine McCann. Specific indications that Madeleine died on Sunday 29 April We have set out why we believe that Madeleine died, and why she could not have died after 6pm on Thursday 3 May, as claimed by Portuguese detectives. Well, that depends on whether or not one accepts as gospel the claims of Gerry and Kate McCann, Catriona Baker and Charlotte Pennington that Madeleine was at a high tea in the Tapas restaurant from (according to Gerry McCann) 4.45pm onwards to about 6pm. The children were sleeping at the back of their apartment, so there was nothing for the McCanns to see from the Tapas restaurant. It was a wild goose chase. and claimed that she had been abducted by a paedophile gang. It is time for us now to be still more specific about why we think she died on the Sunday that week. Mitchell once boasted that his job was to control what comes out in the media. His conduct whilst a translator in those early days after Madeleine was reported missing was bizarre and suspicious. Immediately following the reported disappearance of Madeleine, the holiday company who arranged the holiday, Mark Warner, brought their PR company, Bell Pottinger, to Praia da Luz. Here are our main reasons: The change of routines from Sunday night onwards and the absence of independent and corroborated sightings of Madeleine from then onwards (see above). We are sure that this high tea did not take place; the contradictions about it are too many and too serious. The McCanns say the photo was taken at 2.29pm on Thursday 3 May. Then (assuming that they then decided that they are not going to inform the authorities of Madeleines death) there are more decisions to be made about what to do with Madeleines body: Or phone a trusted friend first and ask for advice? A high-level meeting is taking place between their Portuguese lawyer and senior detectives involved in the long-runn They refused to hand over their photographs without first selecting exactly what they wanted the police to see and what they didnt want them to see. There are two different versions of who made the booking, which in itself is strange. 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