Madeleine McCann: DNA Jigsaw, Torture And The Twilight Zone
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE DNA PUTS PARENTS IN FRAME. British experts insist their tests are valid”
Page 7: “DNA tests ‘fill in more pictures of jigsaw’” – A source close to the investigation provides the headline quote. But what has been found is unsaid, and how it involves Kate and Gerry McCann
“New police chief is accused of torture” – Chief inspector Tavares Almeida is to face charges of “beating up a robbery suspect in custody”. The Express says this is a “torture scandal”. The alleged victim – who was accused of being part of a gang that sexually abused children and coerced them into violent muggings - was acquitted
Mr Almeida was dubbed “Kate’s Tormenter”, possibly by the Express today
DAILY MAIL page 8: “New DNA tests ‘put the McCanns back under suspicion’”
The McCanns, both “doctors” are said to be “extremely distressed by the claims”
DAILY MIRROR page 7: “COPS GAVE UP SEARCH THREE MONTHS AGO”
“Investigation in tatters as second detective accused of violence”
THE SUN front page: “McCANNS’ AGONY – MADDIE: NEW DNA LINK TO KATE”
British forensic scientists “are said to believe tests on fresh clues support earlier findings that led to the McCanns being declared suspects”
Page 4: “McCANNS ‘LIVING IN A TWILIGHT WORLD’”
Clarence Michelle says: “We had reports that DNA had proved ‘inconclusive’ and even it had put the McCanns in the clear.”
Reports from whom is not reported
“Now there are reports that the DNA is making them look suspect. There are wholly innocent explanations for any material police may or may not have found. This just goes to show what a twilight zone we are operating in”
The Twilight Zone – wasn’t that the name of the TV show with the sting in the tail?
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE: NW DNA DAMNS PARENTS. Brit police find shock evidence”
But they have not been arrested. The McCanns are just suspects. How is this damning?
Pages 8 and 9: “MADDIE: SHOCK NEW DNA CLUE TO PARENTS – Boffins say cops on the right trail”
“Torture rap cop” – Tavares Almeida is 48
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 9: “Portuguese police ‘right to focus on McCanns’”
A British source says “Everything that has emerged indicates that the investigation is focusing where it should”
A British detective says the case is being “done back to front” – the parents should have been looked at first. The mantra is: “Clear the ground from under your feet”
THE INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN and THE TIMES: No Madeleine news today
Posted: 9th, October 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,027) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
October 9th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
dr. payne is a mysterious one.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
bye batman
what was the evidence again they were all in the apartment again?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
m.e- children
David and Fiona Payne- 2children. No age listed or sex
Matthew and Racheal Oldfield-1 child , girl 21mths
Russell O’Brien and Jane Tanner- 2 girls, one same age as Madeleine , one younger.
Jane Tanner and Kate were pregnant at the same time.
No details of Paynes kids, no photos of David Payne, strange with the way the press have been digging at this.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
You’ve got to hand it to Clan McCann. There’s never a dull moment. Must go.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/11/wmaddy211.xml
bits of info on the other kids
October 9th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Are any of the 7 older children boys???
October 9th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Noticeable absence of pro-McCannics. Must be in for emergency briefing.
Still don’t believe it. Maybe, being set up as yet another outrageous smear by the Portuguese. Not only are the PJ corrupt, so are media. More smoke and mirrors?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
So our new theory then - taking into accout the car from yesterday’s post and the children all together in today’s post.
Normal drugging not working (MM crying two nights before)
Use a stronger drug the next two nights. administered by OB or KM
All the wee ones in one apartment - have a group stick - get them all to sleepby 7:30 pm
MM gets up and falls down the stairs
GM finds her and texts OB an SOS.
MM dies and they plan the abduction and move children back apartments.
GM returns to table and tells KM that MM had an accident.
OB removes MM’s body in the other car.
KM checks the apartment and realizes ‘They have taken her’
(but that is just my lame theory - I could be wrong)
October 9th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
If it is true that all the children were together in that vulnerable apartment then HOW COULD THEY not take turns to stay will them. All the parents should be prosecuted for neglect, if this is true.
Is all this spin to save the skins of a few doctors?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
sorry if this is true and an abductor broke in to abduct a kid
surely while he was lurking behind the door his initial reaction would be
shit shit shit!!!!!!!!!!!
or phoned a pervy friend to get a van
October 9th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
m.e. i don’t think anyone has offered info on the two payne children. what’s in a name dear doctor payne.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
by “both claimed” i mean david and fiona payne.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
So do we likely have 2 girls of Madeleine’s age (including her) and all others age 2 or below?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
170 - far more fun is….IF it were true, then imagine the no. of people who would be charged with ‘perverting the course of justice’ by telling porkies.
No. Can’t believe it. May be damage limitation again. Bit like the ‘the abductor drugged Maddie’.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
why are the mccann’s not pressing for the pther tapas’s to be made suspects?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
If the Times article (reporting on a Portuguese article) is correct then what happened to the “Baby Monitor” used by one couple and the resort provided “Listening Service” another couple used?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I’m sure the two girls of o briens were similar in age to madeleine one slightly older and a baby not sure on the other one
October 9th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
i still find it strange that gerry said the kids must love their new beds as supprisingly they were asleep by 7:30, ……..do you not agree? i mean all 3 kids were asleep by 7 :00 at the resort with no problem, so why be supprised?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
oldfield’s child is or was around 20 months when madeleine disappeared.
o’brien’s eldest child is same exact age as madeleine and has a younger child as well.
i cannot find any info on david payne’s two children. but i believe they both claimed they used the resort baby monitor for their kids?
none of this makes any sense - as usual.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
We need a few pro-McCannics to set up straight here.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
who says the older ones were asleep at 7? Who are the other children, what age and sex are they?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
sorry (acherm)……. why didnt they suspect him! (cough)
October 9th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Cannot say anything more. New line of enquiry what what - think about the age of all of the other children and where they were. Only a theory at this stage of course. Not making an specific allegations what what
October 9th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Fact or fiction? Truth or spin? There’s a new sheriff in town and co-incidentally there are new theories being leaked to the media by ‘sources close to, well close to who knows where…’
October 9th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
i never understood if o brien was the last to check/see them why the mc canns didnt kill him?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
three kids asleep very fishy but 7?
at 7pm?
Any sane person who has had other kids over will know this is impossible!
unless of course aunty anesthetist was on hand?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
does anyone think it possible that the mccanns are innocent and the friends did committed the crime, for whatever reason,
they took / killed / got rid of Maddie and then made it look like an abduction by a stranger.
why has O’brien been so “low key” since this happened
October 9th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Ages of other children anyone?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
151 DeeDeeDee No. Report can’t be true. There wouldn’t have been room for the ‘fiend’ behind the door in that case. Bl**dy irresponsible reporting. But the theory was fun while it lasted.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I liked the way that Comical Clarrie smeared McGuinness recently about the expenses in one of their daily “keep us in the headlines” excercises. Is there anything redeeming about them?
They all really have painted themselves into a corner over this one. Not even Gordo was that silly…
First the hubris, then the nemesis, Aeschlyius would’ve been proud…