MADDYWATCH: Madeleine McCann’s Family House
Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS: Front page, plus pages 4 and 5, with logo (“THE HUNT FOR MADELEINE: Day 117”). “MADELEINE: NEW SETBACK OVER CRUCIAL DNA EVIDENCE” announces THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER.
It reports that a “devastating blow” has been struck – which turns out to be the news that the DNA tests will not be ready for weeks. The tests are being carried out at the Forensic Science Service in Birmingham, so there is no opportunity to blame the Portuguese authorities on this occasion. The paper has to content itself with the comment that the tests are being delayed by “the nature of the evidence”.
The paper notes that as the McCanns try to come to terms with losing Madeleine “they continually face new accusations”.
It then lists these “vicious smears” and describes each one in detail: “Kate’s guilt”, “Drugging their children”, “Wife-swapping holidays”, “Excessive drinking”, “Children left to cry”, “Killed in the apartment”, “A body in the hire car”, “Emergency call delay”, “Intercepted phone calls and emails”, “Friends under suspicion”, “Forged birth certificate”.
For reasons best known to itself, the paper prints a picture of the McCanns’ home, with a caption noting that it is worth £600,000.
THE STAR: Most of page 9. “DIVIDED IN GRIEF: Pals fear Maddie parents’ rift. “Friends” are apparently “concerned about GP Kate’s crestfallen body language”.
Portuguese newspapers are accusing the police of driving a wedge between the couple to test their individual accounts of what happened on the fateful night. They also claim that a rift has developed over the media campaign.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Small box, page 2. “Expert warns McCanns of long wait for DNA results” The paper reports on the delays, and says that the McCanns have been advised not to return to Britain until the results are known.
OTHER PAPERS: No Madeleine news today.
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August 30th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Rosemary #311 I am curious how the other person or another gun must be another person left the scene? Or if that is known.
Also, with so much conflicting information, example, I can’t figure how to fit the dog sniff body into a stranger abduction unless something took place in the apartment and the dog can indicate death which wasn’t two hours. If someone a opportunist abductor would spend that much time in the apartment I would think there would be more dna This is not my area as you can tell.
August 30th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
318 - He is a well known pedophile. It’s well documented that he’s been arrested many times over the past 20 yrs for pedophilia. He’s was so dangerous because he kept crossing boarders under different aliases to harm kids. And there are many missing children that they will never know whether he is responsible for or not. Very hard to keep track of someone who commits crimes across all boarders.
His wife is his only alibi - she has said he was not in the Portugal in May. She also erased all his data on his hard drive since his death. She’s a reliable witness. NOT!
It was easy for the investigators to link him to Yleni the swiss girl who is still missing. Thru DNA. Most likely he did not have any involvement with Maddie McC. Because he was not skilled at covering up his tracks. There would be traces of Maddie in his van. And there’s nothing there indicating they had any contact.
But save your sorrows for someone who deserves it. This scum is clearly not deserving of any pity.
August 30th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Tessa You have a good point about the babysitter. Oh yes, I remember too knowing all about the neighbors business where I sat.
If there was actually a syringe around that doesn’t mean it was used to medicate the children but if there was a needle there would be dna ??
And a syringe could indicate an adult drug problem regardless of the children?
A syringe could be innocent but? would need some looking into I would think.
August 30th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Rosemary thanks
Tessa No I have no sympathy. I thought he had been in jail years ago, 1961, for blackmail but with no known peadophile info.
I do worry when someone is shot, someone and another gun is missing, how to get to the truth.
The only connection I have heard so far with Von A and Madeleine is that he had a white van. I have never read any info that he was a known peadophile. I
I can’t read Spanish remember so I might miss a lot that some of you read.
August 30th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
314 - He’s a CONVICTED Pedophile. You may talk about a dead person who has a track record - in this case a 20 year track record any way you damn please. This guy should never have been out of jail. The fact that he committed suicide is the best thing that could have happened to protect any other children from being abused and murdered. Please. Save you sympathy for someone who deserves it. Clearly this is not that someone.
August 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Pat, on the subject of what wives might know about their husbands, a shocking case in the news today, though not relevant to the topic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6970300.stm
August 30th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
255 - there is sleep walking and night terrors. Sometimes people just wander around in their sleep (sleep walking) and other times they seem like they are awake, talking to themselves, incoherent to the listener and can’t be woke up. You just have to wait it out. Night terrors often accompany loud crying and screaming in young kids. I know this because my younger sister had it for many years. It is usually brought on by a change in evironment or anything that may be stressful whether it be a happy event or a traumatic event. This behavior is usually always outgrown in a matter of years but some kids have it through their entire childhood. It includes sleep walking but is far louder and more dramatic, terrifying and disruptive for the family and the child. Although most of the time, the child has no recollection of it the next day.
I wonder if any baby sitter who has ever watch Madeleine back in England would confirm if she has night terrors or fits of crying and screaming in her sleep at night?? If so, it’s a wild leap but not outside the realms of possibility that the mccanns have used sedation in the past to subdue her night time crying since they are physicians. A baby sitter’s input would be key here. How many babysitters snoop around the house when the parents are out? I know a lot of them do as both a parent and a former babysitter myself. Everyone has done it. Sometimes, it’s even been a whole new way to learn about sex - what they don’t teach you in grade school you can pick up from the medicine cabinets of the families you babysit for. Man, did they have a whole different approach to making babies! LOL!
A babysitter for Madeleine might shed some light on this for the investigation. Maybe they found something that didn’t look quite right in the medicine cabinet. But of course, there may be many things like that in their cabinets especially if they are swingers as I keep hearing about on this forum.
August 30th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Rosemary The only thing to consider is there is a difference of snatching someone off the street and entering into an apartment.
I am curious if the dogs have sniffed the van?
Only time will tell.
The unfortunate aspect of the Von A is he is dead. I always say I don’t like to talk about a dead person because they are not around to defend themselves…
I must go outside for a while and be back later. Today I enjoy chat. Friday I will have company from out of town a few days but I will check in.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
304, Pat: Perhaps that is one reason why the tests are taking so long. There will be a lot of cross-matching going on, I hope.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
306 itsme: That’s exactly what he did before kidnapping Ylenia - watched her for 10 days, I’ve read.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
305, Birchell, I read that the man was a local and was released from hospital. Extraodinary, isn’t it, that his face hasn’t been plastered all over the newspapers and his account of events picked over by the bloggers? There have been photos of some other witnesses, who saw von Aesch in a phone box, for instance, on the morning Ylenia disappeasred, after she disappeared, and another who sold him an ice cream, presumably for her, on the same morning. And still no trace of her, like Madeleine.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Whether von Aesch was ruled out or not, I wouldn’t rule out a gang with members in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, UK….etc., etc.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
299, Birchell: Await with interest news of what was recovered from his home in Spain.
He has been linked with other disappearances of girls in Switzerland in the 1980s, it seems.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Hmmmm … Rosemary
“288 Molly, is it possible…? Well, I have heard of people who when a relative died while on holiday, have driven them home, sometimes sitting up as though sleeping, even passing through customs as they arrive back in the UK off the ferry, in order to avoid the rigmarole of dealing with the death and funeral of an elderly person abroad. So I tend to keep an open mind.”
But is it PROBABLE that the sort of strange individual who would do such a thing as you describe above, would have holidayed in exactly the same apartment?
LOL though - I’m sure such a thing must be some kind of urban legend (albeit one I have never heard of) … how long would you have to keep a body before your return journey was due? The smell would be unbelievable! Wouldn’t the Ferry loaders notice that someone had not got out of the vehicle? Wouldn’t British Customs notice the smell when they checked passports?
August 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Re 297: Yes, perhaps this is why it was said that a link had been ruled out early on.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
you think van aesch travelled to portugal with his white van (how long would it take btw) and watched the ocean resort apartment for days to kidnapp madeleine ? serious ?
she is really a pretty beautiful lovely girl, but nevertheless - no offense - but a lot of 3year old look that way - and imagine what effort a kidnapper had to take, and what risk…
August 30th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Pat (304) At the beginning when Von Aesch commited suicide and the Swiss girls clothes were found I believe DNA testing was also made for Madeleine. They ruled out any connection with Madeleine.
What puzzles me is that another man was shot by Von Aesch but to date I can’t find anything on what happened to him or whether he’s still in a coma?
Anyone know?
August 30th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Would the swiss police do the dna testing of the vehicle concerning Madeleine’s dna?
August 30th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Thanks for the earlier link Rosemary, just had a look very interesting.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
No doubt surely Mr. Von A vehicle has been examined for Madeleine’s dna, dog sniffing and the works?
August 30th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Birchell Yes, the swiss girl is thought to have been in Mr. Von A car due to dna
I asked if the dogs checked to determine if Madeleine was in Mr. Von A car or not. That should be a no brainer? I guess? I mean the police would have thought to check that out by now.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
itsme Yes, I read the man who saw a man walking past the church with a child said it was not Murat.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Rosemary, here is an article with the latest on Von Aesch providing DNA evidence that the child had been in his car.
http://www.pr-inside.com/swiss-police-find-evidence-that-kidnapped-r207931.htm
August 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
itsme I don’t know if criminals always return to the scene. There must be some desire to that is often thought. As much as people here the theory you would think many of them are smart enough not to as a result.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Rosemary Think of this
Mr. Von A van could or should have been easily examined by the dogs to determine was Madeleine in the van?
August 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
291, Birchell. Yes, I think this is what may happen, the criminal returning.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
292 - yes, he was clear that it was not Murat.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
288 Molly, is it possible…? Well, I have heard of people who when a relative died while on holiday, have driven them home, sometimes sitting up as though sleeping, even passing through customs as they arrive back in the UK off the ferry, in order to avoid the rigmarole of dealing with the death and funeral of an elderly person abroad. So I tend to keep an open mind.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
continued 292:
and there was an abandoned seat at the dinner table between 09:30 and 10:00 - reported by the quizz master who joined the group
August 30th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
man carrying a child:
-> the irish witness knows murat and states, the man he saw was *not* murat.
the time he saw him was when russel was away from the tapas
-> jane tanner said it *was* murat (at least his looking) and she saw the man
when russel was actually at the restaurant