It has happened many times before in many other similar cases. April 2017: The only four . Evidence that the children of the McCanns and their friends were cared for in one room from Sunday night onwards. Maybe they would have had other related questions. They then said that the samples could have been from Madeleine but also that this could not be stated with any certainty. April 7, 2008 . Eileen McCann, Madeleine's paternal grandma, died from coronavirus weeks before police publicly announced a new suspect in the little girl's 2007 Algarve disappearance. This suggests that Lourenco was part of a group of people who planned to deliberately sabotage the Portuguese polices investigation and send them off in entirely the wrong direction. The children were sleeping at the back of their apartment, so there was nothing for the McCanns to see from the Tapas restaurant. It follows from all that we have said above that, if Madeleine did indeed die on Sunday 29 April, those who knew she had died must have carefully planned an audacious hoax over a period of four days, so cunning and clever that most people still believe that she was abducted. Chloe Corner, daughter of Jon Corner; Madeleines godfather, had been a Facebook friend of Catriona Baker well before 2007. They said they were treating the case as a suspected murder and had determined the method used to kill McCann. That theory would require Gerry McCann to have made an extremely risky, not to say crass, decision to walk for some 15 or 20 minutes across the village, carrying his dead daughter, at the very moment that his wife and/or others was raising the alarm. Was this an accident? This may or may not have taken some time to decide. Dr Roberts article carefully analyses a series of photos of Madeleines pyjamas, and of other similar pyjamas, published after she was reported missing. If she died after 6pm on Thursday 3 May, what would the McCanns and their friends have had to do in the four hours between 6pm and 10pm? Madeleine vanished from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3 in 2007, days before her fourth birthday. Other problems with the photo have been discussed in many places on the internet. 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. A raft of evidence . They even got the German police to search the plane for Madeleine at Berlin Airport. They had no immediate access to a car, and so on. FORENSIC tests show Madeleine McCann died of an overdose of sleeping pills, media reports said today. Friday 22 April 2022, 9:14am. - October 28: Scotland Yard cuts the number of officers working on the inquiry from 29 to four. On Friday 4 May, the McCanns friend Jane Tanner gave a description of a man she said she had seen, carrying a child, at 9.15pm on the night Madeleine was reported missing. The conclusion that Madeleine died on the holiday is also strongly supported by a wealth of circumstantial evidence. 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. 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. The absence of confirmed photos of Madeleine on the holiday from the Last Photo onwards. Is it possible that the McCanns and advisers were already planning to claim that the shutters had been jemmied open and smashed by the abductor on Thursday? On both, Madeleine was wearing a pink hair bead. Some even suggest that Gerry McCann went back to the apartment during the meal, picked up his dead daughter, clad in her pyjamas, and carried her for about half a mile or more through the streets of Praia da Luz, being seen at 10pm by the Smith family, who negligently failed to do anything about their extraordinary sighting for 13 days afterwards. We cannot say. We have given, above, some general considerations as to when Madeleine may have died. Madeleine McCann is a British child who went missing on the evening of Thursday, 3 May 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday, from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while on holiday with her family in Portugal.. 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. Photograph: PA. Amaral released his book, The Truth of the Lie, three days after the Portuguese attorney general decided to end the search for . Here is what each of the two men actually wrote: This was how Tavares de Almeida expressed the investigations preliminary conclusion I will just reproduce his first six points: From everything that we have discovered, our files result in the following conclusions: he minor Madeleine McCann died in Apartment 5A at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, on the night of 3 May 2007, imulation - a staged hoax - of an abduction took place, n order to render the childs death impossible before 10.00pm, a situation of checking of the McCann couples children while they slept was concocted, Dr Gerald McCann and Dr Kate McCann are involved in the concealment of the corpse of their daughter, Madeleine McCann, t this moment, there seems to be no strong indications yet that the childs death was other than the result of a tragic accident. 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. No-one else heard a child crying loudly for 75 minutes that night. Here we rely mainly on the analyses by long-time Madeleine McCann researcher HideHo, who has examined all claimed sightings of Madeleine from Monday onwards, and found each one to be either vague, otherwise unsubstantiated or uncorroborated, or subject to contradictory evidence. The unconvincing and vague evidence given by creche nanny Catriona Baker about what Madeleine was actually doing in the crche all week. January 28 - A video of the McCann's search for Madeleine is shown at a fund-raising event in London in January to mark the 1,000th day since Madeleine's disappearance. A German prosecutor has said he is "sure" that Madeleine McCann -- the British girl who disappeared from a resort in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three -- was killed by suspect Christian Brckner. There is real doubt as to whether that is a genuine photo of Madeleine - for a start two different people claim to have taken that photograph and on two different days. Portuguese police believe Madeleine McCann died in a 'tragic accident' and that her parents hid her body. Arranging two bogus week-long searches of a dam in Portugal, the Arade Dam, pretending that they knew nothing about this search, when in fact they had paid a lawyer, Marcos Aragao Correia and men form Metodo 3 to conduct the search. On both, her hair length was the same. They could say that Madeleine must have wandered off somewhere, They could say that they took her down to the beach and she got swept out to sea, Or could we get away with faking an abduction. This points us in the direction of Madeleine having come to serious harm shortly after that photo was taken. To sum up, there is no photographic evidence that Madeleine was alive after Sunday lunchtime (apart from the Make-Up photo - see below). We refer here to a masterly study of issues concerning Madeleines pyjamas by Dr Martin Roberts. AS far as we know, they knew no-one in the area who could help them. over reports they were responsible for Madeleine's death. 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. Some of the men the McCanns employed were out-and-out crooks, like Antonio Giminez Raso from Metodo 3 and Kevin Haligen of Oakley International, both of whom spent four years in jail for crimes, respectively, of corruptly assisting a major drugs gang, and major fraud. We are sure that this high tea did not take place; the contradictions about it are too many and too serious. As a Netflix documentary sparks new interest in the case, we look at the v . If so, they would need to demonstrate that the shutters were previously in good working order. It showed Madeleine in make-up. We do not set out here all the multiple contradictions about the alleged high tea on 3 May; these have been more than adequately analysed in many places on the internet. Specific indications that Madeleine died on Sunday 29 April. 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. After Dr Amaral was removed as the investigation co-ordinator in October 2007, he was replaced by Paulo Rebelo. Catriona Baker also had a holiday at the McCanns home a few months after Madeleine was reported missing, suggesting a close relationship between them.. All of these, we say, are wholly consistent with something very serious having happened to Madeleine McCann on the Sunday. A German court . To sum up, there is no photographic evidence that Madeleine was alive after Sunday lunchtime (apart from the Make-Up photo - see below). The photograph of Madeleine McCann, Dr Gerry McCann and Amelie, taken by the Ocean Club pool, which was clearly taken on Sunday 29 April 2007 and not on 3 May 2007 as claimed by the McCanns. AA. (v) Have we got anything we can carry her body out in, without anybody thinking there might be a body in it? Do we know for sure that Madeleine was with her family in her apartment at 6pm? We reject her evidence for several reasons. His conduct whilst a translator in those early days after Madeleine was reported missing was bizarre and suspicious. If Madeleine died after 6pm on 3 May, what would the McCanns have had to do? There are however multiple problems with the authenticity of this photo. (ix) Where shall we say she saw the abductor? 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. 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. They has eaten in the Millennium Restaurant on the Saturday evening. When examined in detail, Lourencos claim that his daughter was nearly kidnapped by Krokowski falls apart. Further to the above point, hairs of the same haplotype as Robert Murat and Jane Tanner were found at Krokowskis apartment when it was searched by the police. BERLIN Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 aged just three, is dead, Germany's prosecutor said on Thursday after identifying an imprisoned German child abuser as a murder suspect. The apartment. We have given evidence that we cannot rely on the claims by Catriona Baker and the McCanns that Madeleine was alive at an alleged 'high tea' on . What possible good excuse could there be for lying so many times about the fate of a missing child? (vi) Do we need someone to pretend to see an abductor? The Last Photo shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. . A preliminary point to raise is: were the twins present when, according to the PJ theory, 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. IE 11 is not supported. She said she spoke to a friend of hers, Edna Glyn, while the crying was going on, but neither of them did anything about it. Quite apart from anything else, why did he delay for six days reporting a man taking photos of children on a beach and who later that day tried to kidnap his daughter? There would have been a severe emotional reaction and initial panic, and maybe a series of irrational responses, before they could properly gather their thoughts and begin to come to terms with the shock of losing their daughter and start planning how to cover it up. Here are our main reasons: The Last Photo shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. His conduct whilst a translator in those early days after Madeleine was reported missing was bizarre and suspicious. Never being seen out together with the twins from Monday onwards. Do we go frantically pretending to look for her? Lourenco had evidently planned to call the police and already knew of the description that Jane Tanner had given to the police. In short, there is multiple evidence, beyond what weve said here, that her statement was fabricated. Was this an accident? 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. It seems unlikely. holiday, thats why the smell of death was on her clothes. All kinds of dangers could have befallen the children while the parents were absent It is our view that the booking of the Tapas restaurant may well have been connected in some way with Madeleine already being dead or having suffered a fatal injury. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. 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. What time shall we get her to say she saw someone? 28 votes, 55 comments. Madeleine would have been happily playing with her brother and sister, her friends in the Lobsters club, and her Mum and Dad for six days. Only one other photo of Madeleine was taken that week, the so-called Tennis Balls Photo. Maddie 'killed by sleeping pill overdose'. . (AP) One of the prosecutors investigating the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance has claimed she . If so, they would need to demonstrate that the shutters were previously in good working order. Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing British child Madeleine McCann, at a press conference in Rabat, Morocco in 2007. identifying an imprisoned German child abuser, Madeleine McCann's parents 'still have hope' 10 years after her disappearance. 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. (ii) Just our very good friends David and Fiona? But, according to the PJ theory, they must have been. Catriona Baker also had a holiday at the McCanns home a few months after Madeleine was reported missing, suggesting a close relationship between them.. Clear evidence that the McCanns pattern of behaviour changed after Sunday in the following ways: Taking breakfast every day after Sunday in their own apartment and not with their friends in the restaurant. The body, the existence of which has been confirmed by the EVRD and CSI dogs but also by the results of the preliminary laboratory analyses, cannot be found. "We will never give up hope of finding Madeleine alive but whatever the outcome may be, we need to know as we need to find peace.". June 30, 2020 7:03pm. Have we got anything we can carry her body out in, without anybody thinking there might be a body in it? 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. If there had been a bad accident, or something equally bad had happened, who would clean the room? 'So they are suspects. 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. Madeleine McCann went missing, aged three, in 2007. Officials say new charges relate to offences allegedly committed in Portugal between 28 December 2000 and 11 June 2017 . Chapter 4: The real victim is the missing child. In addition, Antonio Giminez Raso was caught bribing people in Morocco to falsely claim that they had seen Madeleine. Evidence that an abduction hoax was planned over a period of four days. Just months after this, Eugene Zapata made a full confession which proved that the cadaver dogs evidence had been 100% correct. Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Carabinieri MIlano/FindMadeline.comJust a few days shy of what would be Madeleine McCann's 19th birthday, a break in the case points to everyone's worst fears: that the young Briton was abducted, sold and killed by a pedophile sex ring that worked in and around the Portuguese resort town where she disappeared 15 years ago.Thousands of . First of all, what is known for sure about the period between 6pm and 10pm? He notes, as Kate McCann herself admits, that she washed Madeleines pyjamas on the morning of 3 May. Besides that, the times shown for Madeleine being in the creche do not even agree with what Kate McCann says in her own book about the events of that week. The death may have occurred as a result of a tragic accident. They had no immediate access to a car, and so on. Later, Robert Murat claimed that Mrs Fenn had phoned him, not Mrs Glyn, about the alleged crying. An urgent new arrest warrant has been issued for the prime suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann over a series of rapes and horrific child sex abuse. Her mother came to fetch her at 12.25 for lunch and took her back at 2 o'clock. Gerry McCann had met Sahlke before he helped with the search but did not show any concern for his death. Besides that, when journalists tried to question the McCanns close friend David Payne about the events of their holiday in Praia da Luz that week, he refused to talk, saying: We have a pact of silence. These bogus stories were then fed to the media. She did not make her statement until 20 August - over three-and-a-half months after the event. This was confirmed by Kate McCanns own account of the events of that week, in her book, Madeleine, which did nothing to remove all the question marks about the many contradictions and inconsistencies about what really happened that week. We are sure that this high tea did not take place; the contradictions about it are too many and too serious. Was there a meeting of some kind there that week? What can we say to the staff, to our other friends weve met on holiday? 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