Her disappearance sparked an international search, with missing posters of the little girl's face papered across the world and celebrity appeals for information that could help track her down and bring her abductors to justice. 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. Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007 (PA) 2014 . Just months after this, Eugene Zapata made a full confession which proved that the cadaver dogs evidence had been 100% correct. Specific indications that Madeleine died on Sunday 29 April. http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t11921-was-madeleine-seen-after-sunday-no-credible-evidence-that-she-was-watch-the-video? April 2017: The only four . An ex-pat living in Spain, Jon Clarke, had created a successful newspaper for ex-pats, the Olive Press. Ok first of all I have always believed that Maddie died in the apartment because the only creature that wouldn't lie in this It was the strong conviction of Dr Goncalo Amaral and his team of investigators that, based largely on the evidence of Catriona Baker, Madeleine was alive and present at a high tea at the Tapas restaurant on 3 May 2007. Kate 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. A preliminary point to raise is: were the twins present when, according to the PJ theory, Madeleine died? Quite why the British Embassy would promote Murat to do this job is uncertain, unless he had a significant prior connection with the Embassy, and was co-operating with them in some way. 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? It showed Madeleine in make-up. She had a gold-coloured necklace put around her neck. No-one else was reported to have ever died in that apartment. This points us in the direction of Madeleine having come to serious harm shortly after that photo was taken. We do not think it was. 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? We do not believe there is enough evidence to define one way or the other. Photograph: PA. Amaral released his book, The Truth of the Lie, three days after the Portuguese attorney general decided to end the search for . We cannot say. avares de Almeida and Goncalo Amaral suggested Madeleine might have had an accident, perhaps a fall, and been killed as a result of that fall - after about 6pm on Thursday 3 May. 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. What happened then in the apartment remains a mystery. The unconvincing and vague evidence given by creche nanny Catriona Baker about what Madeleine was actually doing in the crche all week. Madeleine McCann suspect charged with sexual offences by German prosecutors. AS far as we know, they knew no-one in the area who could help them. McCann used to carry Madeleines favourite cuddly toy, Cuddle 2017 - April 30: The McCanns prepare to mark . 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. 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. 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. 3 May Madeleine disappears from a holiday apartment at the Ocean Club resort in the Algarve village of Praia da Luz, while her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, dine with friends at a nearby tapas . We refer here to a masterly study of issues concerning Madeleines pyjamas by Dr Martin Roberts. He kept pestering the police with plausible suggestions about lines of enquiry that they should be following. certificates, thats why the smell of death was on Cuddle Cat. Can we get all this done before 8.30pm, when were supposed to meet our friends for dinner? They had no immediate access to a car, and so on. Not only was Dr Payne not independent, being a very close friend of the McCanns, but there were 20 or more significant contradictions between the accounts of Dr Payne and Kate McCann about what took place at that meeting, how long it lasted etc. 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. The appointment by Tony Blair of his most senior PR officer, Clarence Mitchell, the Director of the Media Monitoring Unit at the Central Office of Information, and responsible directly to the Cabinet Office, to head up the governments PR initiative in support of the McCanns. We are sure that this high tea did not take place; the contradictions about it are too many and too serious. 6. These and a number of other considerations about Robert Murat lead us to think that he was summoned to Portugal during Monday 30 April because something serious had happened to Madeleine the previous day, and that his help was needed to cover this up. The views of the Madeleine McCann Research Group, August 2016. April 23, 2022 12:58pm. 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. Cleaned the curtains of blood spatters and any other traces of what really happened? Chapter 4: The real victim is the missing child. 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. 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, 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 presence of the Director (and his deputy) of a Bell Pottinger subsidiary company - the PR company, Resonate - in Praia da Luz during the days before the alarm was raised. Here we set out, briefly, some key objections to our theory - and provide our responses: Nobody could keep up the pretence that their daughter had been abducted - knowing that she was dead - for so long (nine years now). Portugal. British and German police appealed for information about the man and released photographs of vehicles a Volkswagen camper van and a Jaguar which he used at the time. 'So they are suspects. A raft of evidence, but especially comparative weather records for the week, point in that direction. Our views are unlikely to change unless significant new evidence emerges. In addition to all these considerations, for Martin Grimes cadaver dogs to have alerted to the scent of a corpse, no longer present, some three months after the McCanns had vacated their holiday apartment, Madeleines body must have been lying in the McCanns apartment for at least 90 minutes, probably two hours or longer. This situation may raise questions concerning the circumstances in which the death of the child took place. 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. The Madeleine McCann Research Group (MMRG) was set up in 2009, around the time that I created what was to become the most popular Madeleine McCann discussion forum on the internet: The Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann (CMOMM). 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. 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? reminiscent of the death of Princess Diana in 1997.Her parents . To even list, let alone explain, all the circumstantial evidence would take pages. Then there would be questions about how the abduction hoax was going to be performed. These and a number of other considerations about Robert Murat lead us to think that he was summoned to Portugal during Monday 30 April because something serious had happened to Madeleine the previous day, and that his help was needed to cover this up. If Madeleine died after 6pm on 3 May, what would the McCanns have had to do? (v) Would we be investigated by the police? Point 5. We reject her evidence for several reasons. April 7, 2008 . But it later emerged that the Director and his deputy from a Bell Pottinger subsidiary company, Resonate, had flown out to help Mark Warner just days before, possibly on Monday 30 April. Excerpts from the book by Gonalo Amaral, who believes that Madeleine McCann died inside the apartment at Praia da Luz. All of these circumstances simply serve to confirm the alerts of the dogs and show that the McCanns account of events was not correct and that Madeleine was NOT abducted. Robert Murat was a well-known long-term resident of Praia da Luz, his mother having lived there for much of her life, 3. (viii) What time shall we get her to say she saw someone? Michael Shrimpton reacts to this week's overblown reports of a 'fresh' development in the Madeleine McCann case. The McCanns seemed to know influential people in the TV media and were successful in contacting them in the early hours of the morning and getting headline news about Madeleines disappearance onto the early Friday morning bulletins. Later, the McCanns completely changed their tune. All of them back to their apartments and showering or washing and getting changed for dinner? We cannot say. 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. No body has ever been found. Kate and Gerry McCann said it reflected progress in the . Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007. Credit: PA. 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. AA. (ix) Where shall we say she saw the abductor? His conduct during his translations was so outrageous that an inspector sent an urgent report to Dr Amaral, complaining about his conduct. Mrs Fenns statement was trailed in advance in the British press in articles which showed every sign of being planted by the McCann Teams PR agent, Clarence Mitchell. Similarly, taking lunch in their own apartment every day after Sunday and not with their friends on the Payne's balcony. The strange booking on Sunday night of the Tapas restaurant for the evening meal of the McCanns and the Tapas 7 all week. Mrs. 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 do not believe there is enough evidence to define one way or the other. 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. 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. Jill Havern, forum owner -----The views of the Madeleine McCann Research Group, August 2016 (iii) Just our other good friends Russell and Jane? 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. Madeleine McCann may have been sold to trafficking ring before death: prosecutor . On both, her hair length was the same. His co-author, Robbyn Swan, said: "Essentially the Portuguese cops' case against the McCann's involved the following: that she died by accident on May 3; that the supposed checks on the children . If that analysis is correct, this shows evidence of cunning planning and deception, amounting to perverting the course of justice. The McCanns and their friends had eight children with them on that holiday. There are too just many sightings of Madeleine all week; all those people cant be mistaken. The Daily Telegraph described the disappearance as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". (vi) Do we need someone to pretend to see an abductor? 8. has grazed her knee climbing up the steps to the aeroplane, The From this, the police were able to trace the man who was driving the car. MADELEINE McCann detectives insisted they have "strong evidence" she is dead after uncovering a trove of pictures and videos allegedly buried by suspect Christian B. German prosecutor H 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. This is consistent with her having been dead for some time before she was reported missing. Then there would be another very tricky question to answer: Just our very good friends David and Fiona? Getty Images. 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty. There are four photographs from the holiday that we can accept as having been taken on the McCanns' camera on that holiday: the three 'playground' photos, which were clearly taken on the Saturday, and the Pool photo, which the McCanns insist was taken on Thursday 3rd May, but evidence clearly indicates was actually taken on Sunday 29th April. Hairs of the same haplotype as Robert Murat and Jane Tanner found in Krokowskis apartment. 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. It seems unlikely. blood The Murder of Madeleine McCann. 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. After Dr Amaral was removed as the investigation co-ordinator in October 2007, he was replaced by Paulo Rebelo. After Madeleine was reported missing, the McCanns were able to claim that they had been eating at the Tapas restaurant each night, but were checking their children every half-hour. 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. Did Madeleine McCann die on Sunday 29th April 2007, four days before . Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment almost 15 years ago. Chapter 6: The arrival of the English Police. McCann had certified six deaths in the two weeks before going on Perhaps even more significantly, he said that there were seven children being cared for that way each night. No-one else heard a child crying loudly for 75 minutes that night. He is currently in detention over a different matter. Dr Roberts article carefully analyses a series of photos of Madeleines pyjamas, and of other similar pyjamas, published after she was reported missing. Severe doubts about the evidence given by the McCanns and two Mark Warner creche nannies, Catriona Baker and Charlotte Pennington, regarding a high tea which Madeleine is said to have attended between 4.45pm and 6pm on Thursday 3 May. 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. So, if she had died, say shortly after 6pm, as suggested by both Goncalo Amaral and Tavares de Almeida, what would the McCanns have had to do first? If that analysis is correct, this shows evidence of cunning planning and deception, amounting to perverting the course of justice. When the film was published, the McCanns claimed she had been playing with Mummys make-up box, but that story didnt stand up to scrutiny. His conduct during his translations was so outrageous that an inspector sent an urgent report to Dr Amaral, complaining about his conduct. We have given, above, some general considerations as to when Madeleine may have died. spatters on the walls could have been caused by mosquitoes crashing We find this a curious incident. Not only was Dr Payne not independent, being a very close friend of the McCanns, but there were 20 or more significant contradictions between the accounts of Dr Payne and Kate McCann about what took place at that meeting, how long it lasted etc. What possible good excuse could there be for lying so many times about the fate of a missing child? But we believe we now have sufficient knowledge to be able to state with confidence what we say below. The McCanns using different doors when entering and leaving their apartment. These are the relevant extracts from Goncalo Amarals book (AnnaEsses translation): On the fateful day of May 3rd, the attendance register at the play centre indicates that Madeleine arrived at 9.10, accompanied by her father. 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