‘New Clues’ And No News For Madeleine McCann
“MADDIE SUSPECT QUIZ HELD UP BY NEW CLUE.” So says the Star as Madeleine McCann continues to be missing.
A police source tells the paper: “In view of the outcome of the secondary interviews there may not be time this week. It may now be next week – but we will interview him as many times as necessary.”
There may not be time to interview Murat? And what of this new clue?
“Madeleine,” says the Express,” police reveal new clues.”
But not to us. Not to readers. These new clues have, apparently been revealed to Gerry and Kate McCann, Madeleine’s parents.
They have had “intense talks” with Guilhermino Encarncao, lead detective in the hunt.
Gerry McCann uses his blog to say the investigation is “very active”.
He tells us that he and his wife had a “longer meeting than usual with the Portuguese police. There is loads lot of labour-intensive work going on behind the scenes.”
But we get no news of this clue. The Express says Portugal’s “strict secrecy laws” prevent the McCanns from revealing what these new clues are. The Express reports much but reveals nothing - see it here.
Which given how the McCanns have solicited help from the world seems odd. If they have a clue and the public can help, surely Gerry McCann would tell us?
Perhaps the clue points to Madeleine’s whereabouts. She has been spotted in Malta, Morocco, Portugal and even Wales.
We wonder if there is any clue, or clues. How does the Express know there are clues when the police will not share any details with the press?
We leave another bulletin with the impression that there is no news, only speculation.
And know only that Madeleine McCann is missing. Still missing…
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October 20th, 2007 at 5:16 am
[...] Latest ArticlesAnorak - The one at 11.50 was panicking about me getting there before she left for Crufts at 5.15 a.m Seriously, the hours of the self employed are strange, so I don’t find his phone times weird or the fact that he forgot about them as its fairly routine [...]
October 1st, 2007 at 4:30 am
If Robert Murat is in the paedophile business, abducting young children for the sex slave trade, or even for illegal adoptions, he could have snatched Maddy, made off towards the Church and the beach and met the rich man on the yacht who was docked there for 2 years but no longer was there after Maddy went missing. The rich guy takes Maddy whereever and that is how he supports his lavish lifestyle. Just a thought.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Wonkey Donkey
I wouldnt be surprized after so many lies and slurs about the fund and what it is going to be used for that the money has stopped coming in..
If and when you are proved wrong about the McCanns and the fund money does get handed over to help familys of other missing children like it says whats left will be when they find Madeleine. I hope all of you that have helped to stop donations being handed over with your lies and over active minds are proud that other familys are not going to get as much help as they deserve.
I just hope you can justify your actions if you are proved to be wrong.
July 27th, 2007 at 10:43 am
[...] Gerry McCann uses his blog to say the investigation is “very active”. Please read the rest of this article HERE [...]
July 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Just because I read an article doesn’t mean I belive it…but…I’m interseted in what other people think..and…don’t always agree with it.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Guess this nonsense came from a translation from SOL? the organ of truth that wants nothing more than the truth and the conviction of a foreigner. Any foreigner. Anyone who is NOT Portugese!
So you really think that, if they were that close to arresting Robert Murat, the PJ would give him lots of warning and time to run?
The rumours and innuendo that everyone is taking on board is laughable.
July 24th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
This is an interesting article!
S.O.S Madeleine 23.07.2007
Murat: message speaks about “small British girl”
Robert Murat, the British accused in disappearance of Madeleine McCann, risk of living its last moments in freedom. A source close to the investigation still advances that the PJ considers the possibility of placing the suspect in preventive prison, this week, at the end of a new interrogation.
With the origin of the change of position of the Criminal Investigation Department one finds new testimonies but also a message on one of the portable computers of Murat, or one speaks “about the small British girl” but also a photograph obtained with the telephone.
July 24th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
To Pete and others - when it is proved that Robert Murat is guilty of nothing, then the tabloids will be sued. They can of course afford the best lawyers and are accustomed to being taken to court. People expect it, and afterwards it is soon forgotten. They can also afford to pay lots of money. £1m to Elton John and others for example.
Can you afford to have your names dragged through the courts. Can you face the prospect of being financially ruined?
July 24th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Is it just me or has the so called fund stopped receiving donations, or is it that the mcscroungers are too busy counting the money to be bothered to update the fund amount on the “official” site. It seems to have been stuck at just over £900,000 for well over a week now!!!!!
July 24th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
To those who constantly state that Robert Murat is guilty, especially Pete, liz and others - you should have said “allegedly” when telling everyone all the things he is supposed to have done. You should have made it clear that it was an opinion and not fact. You actually state all of these things as if they are facts and not just your opinion. You talk as if you know him personally, when none of you do. You know nothing about him. All you “know” is what you have read or heard.
Pete, in one of your posts (July 24th, 2007 at 4:22 am) on “Madeleine McCann: Hope Floats” you make many allegations about Mr Murat, including saying he is definitely a paedophile. That is libel.
You have hidden behind your computers for long enough.
He follows everything on the internet and he reads all this stuff.
You might need a good lawyer?
July 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
moderation it seems to me that you are the one who is obsessed with the money. Are you on Gerrys payroll or something? What exactly is your problem with people mentioning the money or how it is being wasted giving the Mcscroungers the high life, paying their mortgage, paying for their new appartment and all their expenses and probably buying new Nike trainers for Mrs mcscrougers little runs up the hill. Shes done it in 16 mins now you know! You never know they might even start using some of this money to help find Maddie - you know the little girl that was apparently “abducted”.
July 24th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Well yes, actually it is. It was given to them freely and without condition.
July 24th, 2007 at 9:31 am
Maybe not - but is it really theirs?
July 24th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Jim you are obsessed! It’s not your money……….
July 24th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Pete
You say the McCanns “will be paying for it for the rest of their lives”.
Perhaps that’s what the fighting fund is for.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Finally tonight I saw a map of the area including Murat’s house. Judging from the map that I saw it appears only the back of the McCann apartment can possibly be seen from Murat’s. If the front of the apartment is the active area, coming and going, it is hard to know how Murat would have learned about the McCann family or the nightly routine in the first place. Would you think someone would have to be around and notice the child, the routine, how often people come and go, whether or not there is a babysitter, etc. ? From the map I saw it is difficult to understand how Murat could have made those determinations although it appears he could have possibly watched the back of the apartment during an abduction. At the same site where I saw the map I read that Sergy called Murat that night on the land line, assume no answer but don’t know, and then called Murat’s mother’s cell phone. I don’t know if he tried Murat’s cell number or if Murat even has one. The information I read did not indicate whether Murat actually spoke to Sergy so I was left unsure if Sergy spoke to Murat’s mother and that is the call we are hearing about? Without knowing more it is possible Murat’s mother spoke to Sergy and said Murat was asleep? The one unusual circumstance I read is that someone said Murat and Sergy had seen each other recently and other reports state Sergy said he hasn’t seen Murat in three months. None confirmed in any way to suggest reliability.
If the man who was supposedly seen walking off carrying a child headed toward the beach area, as I have seen reported, then that appears, from the map, in a different direction that Murat’s house. The only thing I can determine after looking at the map is that Murat could possibly see the back of the McCann apartment from his property. Without a photo showing hedges or other reasons to block the view I can’t even be sure of that.
Finally, other than recent reports claiming locals saw Murat at the initial search when he says he wasn’t there the rest of the picture isn’t convincing so far. The best I can tell Murat could maybe see the back of the McCann apartment, the parking area, and it is even possible Murat didn’t actually talk to Sergy but I don’t know???? it is hard to make out what actually took place regarding the calls other than it is alledged Sergy tried to call Murat.
On the map it is possible to sort of see the beach area but not much so what is suppose to be at that point I don’t know. Where is the marina, which has been mentioned previously?
When reading reports about a man walking off with a child close to the area Sergy lives appears unusual until looking at the map. The walk to the beach area happens to be going past the area Sergy lives. The overall place is small to begin with and if someone walks to the beach they happen to pass the area Sergy lives. After looking at the map that circumstance isn’t as suspect as it might be just reading.
Sum up so far maybe a man walking with a child toward the beach about the time Madeleine would have disappeared. Murat having a possible view of the back of the McCann apartment or parking area from where he lives. Sergy supposedly calls the land line and Murat’s mother’s’ cell but no indication if Murat actually spoke to him. It is almost impossible, after looking at the map, to understand how Murat could have made the determinations a person would have to make about the McCanns to plan an abduction. No doubt I could be missing something that was explained at an earlier date and I missed the news?
Other than to report a viewing of Madeleine it is hard for the public to help without more information.
July 24th, 2007 at 1:01 am
AMEN!!!!
I just wish I could find her and hold her and kiss her forehead(like I do my children) and tell it is all right. NO oNE will hurt her. This has made me soooo sick to my stomach…my whole soul aches to find and protect her.
I have been driving my kids and husband CRAZY because I can’t stop thinking about the poor little girl..and now I constantly think of the other poor children ….I can barely let my kids outside anymore unless I am right out there where I can see them.
And yes I do thank GOD for them and their safety…but then why doesn’t he save the “lost children”? OK..that’s a WHOLE other can of worms…
There are toomany smoke screens in this mystery…and hopefully soon..the one’s putting them up will be caught and burn in hell!!
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:59 pm
hi everyone,
Jim - I agree with just about everthing you say and I feel very strongly about the pathetic money grabbing mc kers.
April401 - apparently when it was “discovered that little Maddie was “missing” by her mother, the twins were infact left alone as she went back to the tapas bar.
I also find this very odd. If as it has been made out, they were only yards away did she not scream for help, and why was she not screaming for her daughter - I know I would be. NO NO NO she just calmly walked back to the bar to tell her husband ( as if he didnt already know)
Now think about it for a moment - YOU DISCOVER ONE OF YOUR KIDS ARE MISSING………What do you do?…..LEAVE THE OTHER 2 KIDS AGAIN WHILE YOU POP BACK TO THE BLOODY BAR TO TELL EVERYONE? ? ? I dont think so! Not unless your name is mccann anyway!
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
so….when she came back screaming “they took her!!” Where were the twins? Did she leave them ALONE again…after you fear someone just took your child, do you leave the children AGAIN to get her husband? DId she leave them again? Was she sure they had the child they wanted and were not coming for the other two?
I want Maddie back as much as the rest of you. I feel panic in my heart and frustration in my brain because I cannot help. But this all seems soooo weird to me. Like they are gonna pop up with her and tell all of us parents that this COULD really happen and we need to protect our children. Or it seems like they already know what happened…just not telling us.
I don’t know, I am just scarred for Madeleine.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Gerry is off to American so that some good can perhaps come out of this terrible tragedy. If the EU can tighten up the leglislation on sex offenders and he can use the publicity to positive effect then well done to him.
I can’t understand the malice displayed towards the McCanns - surely the kidnapper is the bad guy in all of this ? I really think the McCanns are suffering enough without people putting the boot in and being nasty. They made a mistake, they left their kids unattended, they will be paying for it the rest of their lives.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
timesonline 28/05/07
At least one other witness has reported seeing a person carrying a child close to the church in Praia da Luz. Mrs McCann and her husband yesterday made one of their regular visits to the Catholic service at Our Lady of Light church where prayers were said for their daughter’s return.
July 23rd, 2007 at 8:50 am
Everyone to their own opinion… I’m just glad I’m not that cynical.
I like to believe the best of everyone until I’m actually proved wrong.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:57 am
How about ‘no publicity, no money rolling in’
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:50 am
maybe a bad decision to go to the US in view of some of the negative feelings towards him, BUT I can see where his crusade is coming from. IMO he feels the need to do something, anything…… and of course the publicity crazy members of his family are there egging him on.
anyone remember Suzy Lamplugh? Her mother spent the rest of her life crusading and it was mainly because her daughter was never found. Still hasn’t been.
The mother of Keith Bennett (killed by Brady and Hindley) who is still searching for her son’s body.
No body, no closure…..
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:27 am
Hey Franny aka Moderation - you were in Luz eh? Maybe you should be investigated, huh?
wrong person honey
I’ve been there many times on holiday… friends have a villa there nearby to the scene and they were out there during the first two weeks after the abduction. They also vaguely know Robert Murat as he is a neghbour…..
It is because I know the area etc so well that I’ve been interested in it.
I have no axe to grind against anyone and no real support for anyone but I do hate seeing inaccuracies bandied around and picked up as fact.
The McCanns shouldn’t have left the children, to my mind more because of fire or fumes than anything else, and I have no idea if Murat had anything to do with it.
Everything is speculation and you can’t hang someone on speculation.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 am
So, I see this sham of a father is now off to America - good way to spend the “fighting fund”.
No doubt he will seek out the Beckhams and milk a bit of their celebrity status.
Please, can all you people who “cry every night” over this poor girl and who leap to the defence of this appaling couple at every turn, tell me - what fucking use is it for him to go to America and talk to experts in child abuse. Surely he is expert enough for us all.
Does he expect someone to tell him where she is? Because that is the only thing that should be on his mind at the moment.
My loathing for the man grows by the minute and he certainly isn’t trying to stop it.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 am
“A new witness has reported seeing a man rushing past the tiny Nossa Senhora church in Praia da Luz towards the seafront at around 9.30pm on May 3, just after Madeleine was snatched from her bed at the Ocean Club resort.
The sighting – which police sources say is “significant” – backs the testimony of a friend of Madeleine’s parents, Jane Tanner, 36.
She had previously told Portuguese police that she saw a man rushing away from the complex carrying a small child wrapped in a blanket at around 9.30pm…….
….The route the man took goes past a supermarket 100 yards from the McCanns’ apartment and on towards the church and beach…
They have insisted the man was the chief suspect – British expatriate Robert Murat, 33.
A third witness – also interviewed this week – is believed to have seen a man matching Murat’s description near the Ocean Club resort on May 3.”
(Daily Express, 21/07/07)
This is the same route the sniffer dogs went although they lost the scent at the supermarket.
Police also have more info from Murats PC as there is an email on it referring to a mobile phone picture of Madeleine.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:17 am
28, May 2007 - David Brown in Praia da Luz
A woman saw Madeleine McCann being carried off in the arms of her abductor but did not realise the significance of what she was seeing, it emerged yesterday.
The vital witness, a close friend of Kate and Gerry McCann, was on her way to join Madeleine’s parents for dinner at the tapas bar when she saw a man with a blonde girl wrapped in a blanket. She was wearing “distinguishable” pink pyjamas, the woman has told police. At the time she thought it was odd, but only realised to her horror too late that it was probably Madeleine. The witness, who is back in Britain, is said to be racked with guilt, but the McCanns do not blame her.
The woman saw the man close to the open window of the bedroom where Madeleine, then 3, had been sleeping with her two-year-old twin brother and sister, Sean and Amelie.
Her statement is the clearest evidence yet about what happened on the night Madeleine disappeared 25 days ago.
The woman saw the man at 9.30pm as she arrived late for dinner with Mr and Mrs McCann and other friends at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, where they were staying. She did not realise the significance until Madeleine’s mother went to check on her children 30 minutes later, discovered her daughter was missing and came back in an hysterical state. Madeleine had been wearing pink and white pyjamas.
The friend reported the sighting to police immediately but detectives released the description only after Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister in waiting, intervened last week. Despite the three-week delay, hundreds of people have called police with information.
The man is white, 35 to 40 years old, of medium build and 5ft 10in. He has short hair and was wearing a dark jacket, light beige trousers and dark shoes.
At least one other witness has reported seeing a person carrying a child close to the church in Praia da Luz. Mrs McCann and her husband yesterday made one of their regular visits to the Catholic service at Our Lady of Light church where prayers were said for their daughter’s return.
July 22nd, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Madeleine was sleeping in a bed in between two cots in which the twins were sleeping. Her trail went cold at the supermrket apparently and I thought it was just rumour that there were signs of her at Robert Murat’s home around the pool area. If this is correct why hasn’t he been arrested? Only Jane Tanner saw a man carrying what she thought was a child around the apartment - a Jeremy Wilkins was walking his baby at the time and said he would have seen him also as it was so quiet, but he did not. Also no sign of a break in or an abduction at the outset. Only the parents were convinced of that.
July 22nd, 2007 at 10:18 pm
You make some interesting points MyCroft but there are a few errors in your post.
About the babies not waking up - this is a real weakness in your hypothesis - Even a kid being picked up wouldn’t necessarily wake if they were in a deep sleep - something Murat would be aware of having a 4 year old of his own. Ever heard the phrase “sleeping like a baby”. Babies are dead to the world in a deep sleep - plus the kidnapper would have likely been very quiet. There is nothing especially unusual about the kids sleeping arrangements, and there is nothing unusual about kids not waking up. Also, I really don’t see how Madeleine having her own room is in any way shape or form suspicious ?
As for your point about Madeleine being in a different apartment - its just plain wrong as the entire McCann party have been interviewed and these details have been established. There is no evidence whatsoever of Madeleine being in another apartment.
Moving on several people saw a man hanging around the apartment, and a description has even been issued. Police think the kidnapper entered by the shuttered rear window, but if it wasn’t locked then there wouldn’t be a need to force an entry. Another weakness in your theory - no forced entry just means the rear window wasn’t locked, nothing more.
The McCanns have been eliminated from the enquiry by the police and are not suspects. I think they made a mistake leaving their kids unattended but its not sinister or suspicious, just careless.
I subscribe to the lone paedophile typolology that Murat fits so well, but I suppose it is possible he had an accomplice. Especially as he appears to have discussed a mobile phone picture ‘of the little english girl’ in an email discovered on his PC.
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Hey Franny aka Moderation - you were in Luz eh? Maybe you should be investigated, huh?
Actually Madeleine and the twins were in different beds. The littler ones were in cots either side of the room, she was in bed in the middle.