Chapter 3: Announcement of a disappearance: The fi. None of them stand up to serious scrutiny. On Monday 30 April, he was hastily summoned to Portugal, allegedly by his girlfriend, but possibly by others - Murats account of the phone call or calls that led him to take a hasty flight to Portugal is not convincing, 5. The unconvincing and vague evidence given by creche nanny Catriona Baker about what Madeleine was actually doing in the crche all 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. 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. He is currently in detention over a different matter. 2017 - April 30: The McCanns prepare to mark . . 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. To even list, let alone explain, all the circumstantial evidence would take pages. Numerous changes of story by the McCanns, their friends, and others closely associated with them. 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. Portugal's Attorney General agreed to reopen the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance in October 2013, more than five years after it was archived, following a formal request . From that moment on, no other person saw the little girl, apart from her parents and their friends. Employing disreputable and dishonest private investigation agencies, such as Metodo 3 and Oakley International. Lourenco had evidently. Link To sum up, there is no photographic evidence that Madeleine was alive after Sunday lunchtime (apart from the Make-Up photo - see below). In such a scenario, how likely is it that all six friends would have agreed within, say, 5-10 minutes that they would all play their roles in a fake abduction? Was this an accident? Madeleine McCann, 3, went missing from her family vacation in Portugal in 2007. . Evidence that an abduction hoax was planned over a period of four days. "We assume that the girl is dead," Braunschweig state prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said. This points us in the direction of Madeleine having come to serious harm shortly after that photo was taken. The conclusions my team and I have arrived at are the following: The minor, Madeleine McCann died inside apartment 5A of the Ocean Club in Vila da Luz, on the night of May 3rd 2007; Kate Healy and Gerald McCann were probably involved in the concealment of their daughter's body. McCann vanished from her bedroom on May 3 during a family vacation in the Algarve while her parents were dining with friends nearby in the resort of Praia da Luz. 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. 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. No-one else heard a child crying loudly for 75 minutes that night. 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 suspect has been identified in the 2007 case of missing toddler Madeleine McCann. 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. Shortly afterwards, he was removed as a translator. What happened then in the apartment remains a mystery. We will refer to the theory that Madeleine died from an accident (or worse) after 6pm on 3 May as The PJ Theory. If Madeleine McCann's pyjamas were not in fact abducted, then nor was Madeleine McCann." Gerry McCann calls for example to be made of 'vile' internet trolls Brenda Leyland was doorstepped on 2 October 2014 by Sky reporter Martin Brunt who accused her of 'attacking' the McCanns. In McCann and Healy v.Portugal ([2022] ECHR 725)(in French only), the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that the applicants' Article 8 rights had not been violated by the publication of a book, a documentary programme, and a newspaper interview alleging that the applicants' daughter had died inside their holiday flat and that the applicants had hidden . No satisfactory explanation for this has ever been provided. Then there would be questions about how the abduction hoax was going to be performed. (v) Would we be investigated by the police? The 'Last Photo' shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. Gerald Patrick McCann (born 1968 in Glasgow) attended Holyrood R.C. Mrs. He demonstrates that photos of Madeleines pyjamas were taken inside the McCanns own apartment and while the pyjamas were drying. before mid-day, boasting that he was one of the first journalists on the spot. Madeleine's whereabouts remain unknown, although German prosecutors believe she is . 5. AS far as we know, they knew no-one in the area who could help them. Tavares 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. BERLIN Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 aged just three, is dead, Germany's prosecutor said on Thursday after . Chapter 5: The days that followed. This is consistent with her having been dead for some time before she was reported missing. 29 Jul 2020. We agree with his explanation, which can be viewed here: http://onlyinamericablogging.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-nightwear-job-by-dr-martin-roberts.html, Specific indications that Madeleine died on Sunday 29 April. towel, pillow, bedding, hairbrush and toothbrush. The apartment. 7. 7 April: Three . From this, the police were able to trace the man who was driving the car. If so, they would need to demonstrate that the shutters were previously in good working order. We have given, above, some general considerations as to when Madeleine may have died. A German court . "Kate McCann and Gerald McCann are involved in the concealment of the cadaver of their daughter, Madeleine McCann" George Moras, Honorary Chief Commissioner of the National French Police "Today, the only person prosecuted in the case of the disappearance of little Madeleine McCann is the officer who conducted the investigation. Madeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing in 2007. Madeleine McCann's parents have welcomed news that a German man has been formally made a suspect over the three-year-old's disappearance. If that analysis is correct, this shows evidence of cunning planning and deception, amounting to perverting the course of justice. How long this initial phase lasted can only be guessed at. 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. For over 15 years, police have been searching for Madeleine McCann. Maddie 'killed by sleeping pill overdose'. She did not make her statement until 20 August - over three-and-a-half months after the event. German authorities believe they have evidence that Madeleine McCann is dead. 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. 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. 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. We reject her evidence for several reasons. Chapter 7: Suspicious behaviour and contradictions. Less than a month later, on 28 June 2007, Dr Gerry McCann said: I have no doubt we will be able to sustain a high profile for Madeleines disappearance in the long-term. 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. Analysis of their statements, which inadvertently reveal many clues about what really happened to Madeleine, The huge involvement of the government and security services in this case, including Gordon Browns personal interventions in the Portuguese investigation at the request of Gerry McCann, and the involvement of MI5, Special Branch, and the government-backed Control Risks group. 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. The children were sleeping at the back of their apartment, so there was nothing for the McCanns to see from the Tapas restaurant. 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. Can we get all this done before 8.30pm, when were supposed to meet our friends for dinner? 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. 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 suspect in the Madeleine McCann case who may have sexually assaulted five British girls in the Algarve up to 10 years ago died in 2009, according to a source close to . What happened then in the apartment remains a mystery. 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. They said they were treating the case as a suspected murder and had determined the method used to kill 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. He did this to create the entirely false impression that two former police officers he employed for a period, Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley, were lead detectives of a company called Alpha Investigations Group. Getting all the children changed and ready for bed and asleep before they set off for dinner? When examined in detail, Lourencos claim that his daughter was nearly kidnapped by Krokowski falls apart. June 30, 2020 7:03pm. But they all kept silent. Thu 20 Mar 2014 18.35 EDT. (vi) Do we need someone to pretend to see an abductor? Aged care in-home 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. Chapter 2: Madeleine Beth McCann's holiday. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. At the Inquest the coroner said there was no evidence as to how he had come to take morphine, and no needle mark was found. He was observed trying to sneak a look at confidential documents. We do not think it was. KATE and Gerry McCann may be told within days how their daughter Madeleine died. A preliminary point to raise is: were the twins present when, according to the PJ theory, Madeleine died? What about a description of the abductor? Do we know for sure that Madeleine was with her family in her apartment at 6pm? The McCanns say the photo was taken at 2.29pm on Thursday 3 May. It has happened many times before in many other similar cases. Look at the analysis of these sightings by HideHo that we referred to above. New research in this section points to Madeleine's death being on the Sunday or Monday and not Thursday 3rd May. In short, there is multiple evidence, beyond what weve said here, that her statement was fabricated. Madeleine McCann has been missing for nearly 15 years after she disappeared, aged three, in Portugal. 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. 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. 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. Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007 (PA) 2014 . Do we go frantically pretending to look for her? 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. They would surely have to have a meeting about it at the very time they were all getting the children ready for bed and beginning to dress up for dinner. Almost 15 years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007, police . Madeleine McCann was born in Leicester born to her parents Kate and Gerry McCann know all about her Parents Net worth, Nationality, Ethnicity and Occupation . 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. 6 from what has been established up to now, everything indicates that the McCann couple, in self-defence, did not want to deliver up Madeleines corpse immediately and voluntarily, and there is a strong possibility therefore that it was moved from the initial place where she died. 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. The absence of any undisputed confirmed sightings of Madeleine on or after Monday 30 April. These have been fully analysed on CMOMM over the past few years. None of them stand up to serious scrutiny. (AP) One of the prosecutors investigating the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance has claimed she . 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). There are two different versions of who made the booking, which in itself is strange. They then said that the samples could have been from Madeleine but also that this could not be stated with any certainty. Now lets examine why we say she died on the Sunday. Finally, they would have to arrange the crime scene, that is, the childrens bedroom, to make it look like an abduction had occurred - moved the beds. A judge refused to hear the dog handlers evidence, saying that sniffer dogs evidence was too unreliable. We do not therefore accept it as evidence that Madeleine was alive on Tuesday. We are sure that this high tea did not take place; the contradictions about it are too many and too serious. 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. When they were told that the smell of death and blood had been found in their apartment and hire car, they hurriedly came up with a series of improbable explanations for this: Blood spatters on the walls could have been caused by mosquitoes crashing into the wall, Madeleine has grazed her knee climbing up the steps to the aeroplane, The dogs has alerted to rotting meat, not the odour of a corpse, The dogs had alerted to dirty nappies, not the odour of a corpse, Kate McCann had certified six deaths in the two weeks before going on holiday, thats why the smell of death was on her clothes. 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