Madeleine McCann: Danie Krugel Is The Locator, Gerry McCanns The Roof And Paedo Alert
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
NEWS OF THE WORLD front page: “Maddie was alive on beach”
“A renowned international manhunt expert, dubbed The Locator, sensationally revealed he has uncovered a telltale DNA trail left by snatched toddler Maddie McCann”
THE LOCATOR – in the papers and all over Praia da Luz from Sunday (see press for details). Anyone else see a made-for-TV series or a fly-on-the-wall documentary?
Ex-cop Danie Krugel has tracked the “forensic route” he believed her kidnapper took from her Madeleine’s Portuguese holiday apartment. It ends on the beach
Says Krugel: I spent four nights in July carrying out my searches. I’ve been able to trace where Madeleine was in the resort and have drawn a map which has been given to the police.
“I can’t reveal details as I don’t want to alert anyone who might try to disturb the scene. But I believe I’ve traced where she was taken that night and now it’s down to police to use their search experts to do the rest. The area to which my investigation led me is a difficult one to search”
Disturb the scene? The beach at a popular tourist destination made famous by the disappearance of a little girl? Yes, best not disturb that. And tell the wind and the tide to stop, too
A source “close” to the McCanns says: “The work of Mr Krugel should not be underestimated and gives great hope to Gerry and Kate. Many people have contacted the couple to try to help but while their hearts may be in the right place they just don’t have the expertise to be of assistance. But Mr Krugel has a proven record of finding people and his methods are extremely credible”
Like this credible helper. And this one. And this one. And this one…
SUNDAY MIRROR front page: “MADELEINE SENSATION – BOYFINDER CALLED IN”
• McCanns hire leading DNA expert
• He pinpoints area on local beach
• New cops urged to start digging
And fishing…
“Desperate Kate and Gerry McCann” sent a strand of Madeleine’s hair to South African police colonel Danie Krugel. The Locator has located the spot where Madeleine’s body is buried
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “WOMAN WHO COST MADDIE FUND £51K”
“Anguished Gerry McCann sensationally split from the expert masterminding the worldwide hunt for his missing daughter Madeleine after she put in a whopping £20,000 overtime and expenses bill”
PR Justine McGuinness charged Gerry and wife Kate £51,000 for 89 days’ work. “Her basic fee was £350 a day, making a total of £31,000. And the rest was made up in overtime payments and expenses - including bar and restaurant bills”
A source says Gerry saw the bill and “hit the roof”. He was “livid”
So she went. And was replaced by Clarence Mitchell
“Gerry was the only one who wanted Clarence,” readers learn. “He was determined to get him after building a strong relationship with him in Portugal. But nobody else wanted him because he had given Kate and Gerry - what some of the family thought of as - questionable advice”
Can the McCanns’ PRs get a PR before their names and sullied?
SUNDAY EXPRESS front page: “New police chief turns screw on McCanns”
MAIL ON SUNDAY: “MPs demand record of child-tracking devices over paedophile fears”
Oh?
“New laws to regulate the use of high-tech child-tracking devices are being called for by MPs amid fears they could be used by paedophiles and stalkers. The technology is aimed at parents wanting to keep tabs on their children after a series of high-profile child murders and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann”
Maybe all adults should be chipped instead? Or children paedo-proofed - why let it ruin your holiday?
THE TIMES: “Detective who suspected Kate and Gerry McCann may lead hunt”
Luis Neves, 41, is seen as a forerunner to replace Goncarlo Amaral as lead detective. He was seen by the McCanns as a “breath of fresh air” when he joined the inquiry team.
“But he later became convinced she had died in an accident in the McCanns’ apartment”
Or will it be Carlos do Carmo? He has no previous connection with the case, and was Amaral’s predecessor as director of the police in Portimao. The Times says he earned the respect of colleagues after bringing the killer of a police officer to justice
Who will it be: Carmo or Neves? Press your keypads now!
Or C: The British Supercop?
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: “Police have open minds, insists Kate McCann”
“Kate and Gerry McCann are ‘furious’ at Portuguese police claims that British detectives believe their missing daughter Madeleine is dead”
Says Kate McCann to friends: “The police have told us they have an open mind. Of course we accept it’s possible Madeleine may no longer be alive but we don’t know and nor do the police, so we have to do everything we can to find her”
Clarence Mitchell refuses to comment on “the latest unfounded, unsubstantiated rumours”
A source says: “”Quite how any child would die falling off a sofa is beyond me”
She fell off the sofa? Really…
THE OBSERVER: “Forensic DNA tests ‘reveal traces of Madeleine’s body on resort beach’”
“Retired” South African police superintendent Daniel Krugel is on the beach
Are you?
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
How come Krugel and his machine are taken seriously by the press? If this was being done to prove the Mccanns were guilty everyone would be treating it as absurd and his record held up to ridicule. We all know what Clarence would be saying so I won’t even bother typing his catchphrase.
Anyway, why should his findings automatically favour the Mccanns? They could have buried her if a body is found.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Scarlett please explain
October 7th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
This is my one and only post on this site, ever. I will say this only once. The Renault Scenic is a total red herring. Go back to 3rd May.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
And Julie
October 7th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
LOL thanks for the correction Batman
October 7th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Arg 16 - Scot 6
October 7th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
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BATMAN SAID : I may wear a cape, but my vote still counts you guys. Argentina needs me, must fly.
JULIE SAYS : You better use that cape Batman, Judith C gonna kill you, you keep on losing her vote! LOL
October 7th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
16 - 6
October 7th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
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I may wear a cape, but my vote still counts you guys. Argentina needs me, must fly.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
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You didn’t paste the most recent one Petrocelli!
October 7th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Batman, I must say for what this man is claiming this machine can do, he can become a millionaire practically overnight …… yet …… what is he waiting for …………. ?
October 7th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
The hoax abduction theory seems unlikely to me because of the sheer scale of pretence involved and the number of people who would be in on it to make it work. They could not have predicted that the story would be so huge and that the fund would take off. Also, there is a large reward to tempt anyone on the fringes. Who would be prepared to hide soneone else’s kid for months on end amid a huge search?
If she wandered off by chance then she would’nt have got far alone. Nobody reported seeing a child walking alone and she would have to be very unlucky if the first person to see her decided on impulse to abduct her.
That leaves stranger abduction or perhaps someone who worked there/knew the family in some way.
The other theory is foul play/cover up by the parents and/or their friends.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Judge now ya gotta admit …. that was damn good for someone who’s first language isn’t English! LOL …. patting meself on the back there!
And dammit man I want Scotland to win!
October 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Argentiniane team look mean and hungry and mean.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
471, CARMEN
“The UK has no register of paedophiles who haven’t yet offended and is therefore a haven for sex offenders without criminal records. If the countries that had a register were able to keep it current and keep their offenders in the place they were supposed to be, neither Portugal nor anywhere else would be ‘a haven for European sex offfenders”.
No disrespect Carmen but I don’t think paedophiles are all arriving to Portugal from different countries.Who were all the Portuguese high officials and celebreties that were using the Orphanage for child rape, were they not living in Portugal? Give me a break. The UK at least has a register of some kind, Portugal has none. The UK has a child rescue alert system in place as does the US, Canada and France. I think after the Madeleine McCann case Portugal will be now implementing such rescue alert system because they obviously feel there is a need for it.
This is not an argument about which country is safer regarding paedophiles as you conviently seem to omit the recent orphanage scandal in Portugal. All countries need to implement a sex offender register and a rescue alert system so that at least we have a similar policing stratedgy for such crimes. It does not mean, however, that it is alwasy going to be successful but at least we’ll have something to work with.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
70,000 kids a year in China are abducted. If he is that good, Kugel should learn some Chinese and hot foot it over there and clean up. Easy-peasy.
Looking good for Argentina at the moment.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Murder -3
Lilith, Roger, Judith C
October 7th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Correct
Half time = coffee time BRB
October 7th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Thx for rugby updates Judge & Matty!
OMG Judge what words are those? “alopecia androgenetica” ….. k let me guess (promise wont google it) … someone who’s losing their hair all the time?????
October 7th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Argentina 13 Scotland 6
I don’t believe a word of it Julie because you cannot physically follow a DNA trail down a path unless the person had alopecia androgenetica
October 7th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Judge, I’m very sceptical about this guy and the machine’s abilities.
The one child that is referred to in the article who’s body he located in 20 minutes, is the one that I remembered being reported. It was however, not widely reported, and I can only recall reading it in two separate papers. I would think that something like this would hit headlines a bit more widely than that?
QUOTE FROM ARTICLE :
“The Locator” traced victims of infamous South African paedophile Gert van Rooyan in the late 1980s. Six girls, aged 11 to 13, had vanished and police were baffled. END QUOTE.
It has to date, not been proven that the bones he located were of the missing girls. Numerous of the bones he found have been reported as being of animals.
I would gladly bow down to him if his machine has the capabilities that he claims. However, to me, at the moment, the proof is just not there that this machine is capable of the miracles that are claimed.
Was the report you directed me to out of today’s papers? If so, I find it odd that this is now popping up again 3 months after he went over there. This would tell me that the papers are running out of news to write about Madeleine and are clutching at old items?
October 7th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Argentina 13 Scotland 3