Madeleine McCann: Paulo Rebelo, Six More Kids And Clarence Mitchell Says
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADDY FLAT SEARCHED FOR 5 HOURS”
Three Portuguese police are looking over the McCanns’ holiday apartment
Page 11: “FINALLY..THEY GET IN THEIR TOP MAN” – Paulo Rebelo is on the case.
Says Clarence Mitchell: “Kate and Gerry hope Mr Rebelo will now work to eliminate them from the inquiry as suspects and will then be in a position to refocus his team in the search for Madeleine”
First things first. Prioritise
Mitchell goes on: “Clearly we hope that a new head of the inquiry will work to ensure the unsubstantiated and unfounded allegations surrounding the case will now end”
The Mirror says it is “claimed four more children were in the McCanns’ holiday flat on the night Madeleine vanished”
THE SUN front page: “6 kids in flat with Maddie says ‘tec”
Page 6: “MADDIE TEC’S BIZARRE NEW CLAIM – 7 kids left in McCann flat as doc pals dined”
Paul Rebelo is Portugal’s “number 2 cop”. He is not Portugal’s “top man” (Mirror), but at least whoever that is can help with the case should Rebelo fails to produce a body
Jane Moore: “Keep Diana oddballs away from Diana” - one mysterious blonde looks very much like another
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “Madeleine: Seven children were sleeping in McCann apartment, claim police”
Page 9: “Another amazing claim by the police: Other couples’ children were in Madeleine’s apartment”
It is a “bombshell”. It could “destroy the credibility of the group – now dubbed the Tapas Nine” – who say their own children were in their own family apartments
Clarence Mitchell says: “If you put seven children together, you’re going to have a far harder time getting them to sleep then three”
We await a re-enactment
Says a “high-ranking Policia Judicaria officer: “Unless we are dealing with a sexual predator who had been following this little girl for quite some time, which is not probable because they had only been in the Algarve for six days, it would be highly unlikely she [Madeleine] would be chosen. In crimes of this nature, the criminals always look for younger children because they are easier to sell”
And easier to get off to sleep, right?
DAILY MAIL page 25: “Madeleine ‘was left in room with six other youngsters’”
“It’s utter rubbish,” says Clarence Mitchell
Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas tells of “significant evidence” that seven of the Tapas Nine’s eight children had been in the McCanns’ apartment on May 3
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE - COME BACK AND FIND BODY – new cop tells parents ‘return to Portugal’”
The McCanns have been “ordered back to Portugal”
Page 7: “Parents and pals face quiz on damning evidence – NEW MADDIE COP: BRING THEM BACK TO PORTUGAL NOW”
Chief Superintendent Chris Stevenson, who “snared Soham killer Ian Huntley”, is in Portugal. He’s making a show for Channel 4. It’s on the telly tonight. Will he crack the case in time for a live! sensation?
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 11: “Police in fresh search for McCanns’ apartment”
Seven Portuguese officers are in the flat – or three, as the Mirror reports
The McCanns have hired their own forensic experts to challenge any DNA evidence linking them to their daughter’s disappearance
THE TIMES front page: “Madeleine: DNA tests for British tourists”
Detectives in Praia da Luz want all British tourists who were there when Madeleine McCann disappeared to provide DNA samples and fingerprints
Page 3: “Madeleine detectives ask for British tourists’ DNA” – this “suggests that detectives cannot rule out the possibility that a stranger might have stolen the child from her bed”
Robert Murat is not mentioned
THE GUARDIAN and THE INDEPENDENT: No Madeleine news today
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December 5th, 2007 at 12:06 am
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October 16th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
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October 11th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
1470 I think it’s a sensible proven method for sure. This case is worth pulling the stops out for. i’ve been of the opinion they would all be closely monitored for ages.
October 11th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Would British authorities allow for phone tapping and bugging on British soil of British subjects suspected of a crime or crimes committed abroad?
Let’s assume that the McCanns and other parties (Tapas7, relatives, close friends) are being monitored in this way. Let’s assume that the McCanns and other parties suspect so. If they are all innocent of any wrongdoing, they would behave as normal - phoning each other, exchanging emails, meeting up, etc.
Let us now assume (just for the sake of argument) that they do indeed have something to hide. How would they communicate with each other? Have any of the Tapas9 met up since the McCanns returned to Britain? If they haven’t (and they’re innocent), then why not?
October 11th, 2007 at 9:02 am
SA meet Argintina in Paris , England meet France in paris, NZ meet the Aussies at the airport lol
just a diversion to keep us awake
October 11th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Anon the 1st,
Indicative of Camp McCann’s nervousness and fear the whole delusional lot don’t sleep very well - not even their legions of faithful servants.
As you probably know: most criminals subconsciously desire to be caught and punished. And then they’re RC right?
October 11th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Early start by the McCann camp this morning!
October 11th, 2007 at 8:33 am
The bit ‘mistake if you want to call it that’ is an interesting line!
October 11th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Speaking with moving honesty, Kate reveals how she asks herself every day whether she and Gerry were wrong to leave their children alone.
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2007/08/05/i-m-sorry-madeleine-98487-19573670/
Has there been any word Kate’s found the answer yet?
October 11th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Conclusion from the laboratories in Portugal and England
The children were given tranquilizers
See http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53176&page=5 , the last posting.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Swannie,
Those are old rumours. I read British press items stating the like months ago.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am
New leaked information from Portugal that will soon be all over our newspapers will state that “Gerry was not the sperm donor of Maddie.” True or not, it seems rather insensitive to release this now - unless the PJ are implying that it would mean Gerry would find it easier to dispose of her body, if he hadn’t bonded with her properly?
October 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Hi Krissie-Sioux,
You give yourself away by using an Indian sobriquet. Maybe you mentally never left the reservation?
October 11th, 2007 at 7:58 am
jean Says:
October 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I have spent the best part of 30 minutes reading the comments above and have decided that the majority of the posters on this site are morons. You are all intent on calling the McCanns and care not one iota about Madeleine. You are just here to make stupid remarks about nothing in particular. What on earth Mods and Admin are doing allowing this stuff I just can’t imagine.
I am sure that the majority of you do not have children or else you would be able to show some empathy towards the McCanns and the situation they find themselves in. They have been told by the Portuguese police that because of the stupid secrecy laws they are not allowed to say anything to clear their name. But at the same time Amaral has been spreading vicious rumours throughout the last six weeks via the Portuguese press. How on earth would you feel if that was happening to you? Frustrated to say the least. I admire them for their self control and yes, before anything is said, I am a McCann supporter. I do not condone what they did in the first place but I do not feel the animosity that appears to radiate from this site.
As for Madeleine, who should be the centre of comments. The Portuguese police now have to get off their fat backsides and find out what has happened to her. If it took the British Government, the Leicestershire police, Richard Branson and everyone else who has been helping in this heart rendering situation to get them moving so be it. I congratulate them all, but also say it’s about time. This little girl needs to be found, and quick.
I await all of your sarcastic comments!!!!!
Jean,
There is so much wrong with your above comment and I don’t have time to go through it point by point (not that it would make you any less ignorant or prejudiced). I feel fairly strong enough to speak for all Portuguese people and EU when I say: Please stay within the boundaries of the UK.
No sarcasm at all Jean.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:57 am
Try this one….
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/10/mystery_surroun.php
October 11th, 2007 at 7:57 am
1446 Krissie
Than you!
I wish!
Wouldn’t have to go off to work on a chilly mormimg now if I were!
I too hold no certain theories of what happened. I began with an interest in the way Murat was being treated by the media months ago, and, incidentally, very impressed by Gerry McCann’s determination NOT to be involved in that. I thought it was honorable of him, at a time when he must have been desperate for the police to have a suspect, to point out that Murat should be treated as innocent until charged and convicted in a court of law.
BTW, if you look back, Anora posters, whoever they were, were tearing Murat to shreds at that time!! I didn’t know about Anorak then but I did write to a couple of papers and to Sky about their disgraceful smear campaign.
Then I saw the same thing beginning with the McCanns. And it’s still going on.
Nobody knows what happened on 3rd May in terms of their guilt, except the McCanns themselve and,probably, their friends in the tapas bar. We do not have access to the police files. (Well, I don’t anyway!) We do not know whether there was time for them to have disposed of a body but it doesn’t look like it. (They would be daft to say they collected Madeleine from the creche around 6.00pm if that couldn’t be verified.) We do not know if they sedated their children. (We have no real evidence. This is just a theory so far.) We do not know if their friends are covering up for them. (Unlikely that people would throw away their lives, careers etc. to do so, even supposing them to be sufficiently immoral to do so.) Same holds for the idea that the friends disposed of the body. We do not know if they disposed of the body on the way to Fatima or Huelva. (Seems unlikely unless they did it while their cameraman nipped to the loo.) We do not know if they buried the body under the church. (Seems unlikely. Priest could have popped in at any moment.) We do not know if there is a grand conspiracy of press/Pope/PM/politicians/freemasons/capitalists/socialists/catholics/anglicans etc. etc. to cover up the McCanns’ guilt, if they ARE guilty. (Seems unlikely. Why on earth would they? Should think GB has more urgent things on his mind! Shouldn’t think the Pope gave much thought to it even on the day he blessed them, and none at all since then!)
So we know nothing but so far, so far, nothing points to their guilt. That includes the opinion of all their family, friends (from all the different times in their lives and places they have lived, from what we’ve seen), colleagues, neighbours, patients, priest who married them and baptised Madeleine etc. etc. It includes the opinion of some noted crime experts and also the opinion of reporters who have been close to the case and have interviewed the McCanns more than once.
So, yes, the McCanns may be guilty. If so, it will come out. The media both here and in Portugal will have a field day. There’ll be no cover-up. But SO FAR, we know nothing which points to their guilt. That’s all.
So, as with Murat, innocent until charged and convicted in a court of law.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Ramon: “I get it now. I get why Mike Hodemburst jokes about wanting to shag you. If only he could feck some sense into you.”
Hey get this Ramon - feck off!!
Sounds like you’re a wee bit jealous - not able to get Krissie’s affections, eh?! Not getting any recognition now are you???
You’re an old bloke - whadda ya want, eh matey mate?!!
October 11th, 2007 at 7:47 am
Diamond in the rough the link doesn’t work.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Did the South Africans see this story? One of your own drunks….what a shame - she had so much to live for. This is going to be an interesting storyline once it comes out. Strange, but True..
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–gotbaumservice1007oct07,0,1770833.story
October 11th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Krissie Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Doonesbury, you are totally the most rational person on this forum with the possible exception of Maria.
I get it now. I get why Mike Hodemburst jokes about wanting to shag you. If only he could feck some sense into you.
I hope you’re good Mike….really good.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:39 am
Swannie Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 7:28 am
Never left our kids alone in the house before they were 14
I used to baby sit my younger sisters - ages 2 and 6 mos old at the time - when I was 10 yrs old. My parents would go locally for a few hours in the evening - and be back around 10 pm’ish - and leave me with the two babies. I was so scared most of the time, I hid in the closet. I would be very angry with my Mother not as much with my Father because I felt as a woman and a Mother she should have known better. I hated the responsibility and I usually ended up calling them and making them rush home.
To this day, I remind my Mother about it - and she has the “guilts” but that doesn’t do me much good. Leaving kids under 12 or 14 alone or to be babysitting is just plain wrong for adults to do. It’s taking big risks. Imagine the guilt I would have had if somethign had gone terrribl y wrong like SIDS or choking or if someone broke in and kidnapped the babies.
Of course I was always told “Oh, nothing was going to happen”…..typical adult responses!!!
October 11th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Peter O
The staff at the creche will know if Madeleine was there that afternoon even if there is not a formal record of it.
If anyones job entailed looking after a group of children for a few hours you would know which ones were there that day if, by the end of that day, one of them was missing.
You would not remember if you were asked today, which children did you look after on the afternoon of 3rd May. But in this event the staff at the creche would have been discussing it on the 4th of May and I would be very surprised if they did not know for sure whether she was there or not and have a very good idea of the time she arrived and left.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:28 am
Never left our kids alone in the house before they were 14. On holiday, as we have two girls and a boy, we have split up so that one parent is in one hotel room
and the other parent is in the other. We had all three kids under 5 years of age at one point and they ALWAYS ate with us/went out for the evening with us on every holiday.
As a teacher of children who aren’t in school for various reasons (illness/accident/school refuser/excluded/pregnant), I have to report any parent if I find that their child has been left ‘home alone’ without good reason.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Quote from the n°2 top Portuguese police officer:- “In crimes of this nature, the criminals always look for younger children because they are easier to sell”…
The Zanddvoort CDs have 90.081 victims, of which many “missing children”, the majority of Madeleine’s age and older. There are raped babies, but they are not the majority.
It is a pitty the n°2 top does not know that.
October 11th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Perhaps this whole new search for pedophiles will have the following purposes:
-flush out any in the region.
-shut the Mc Team up about them not doing anything to find Madeleine.
-if Kate and Gerry are ever convicted, perhaps they can claim what is left in the fund for expenses occurred in the lie, if that is what it is.
It must be costing a fortune.
October 11th, 2007 at 6:08 am
Krissie Says:
October 11th, 2007 at 5:30 am
Every American mom I know knows to not give her children Aspirin. Aspirin is never (or almost never) prescribed to young children here. Maybe we’re just paranoid but I doubt it– we are afterall the Pill-popping nation. (this is about the only thing Stevo has said in 2 weeks that I really agree with!!)
PS - I don’t have any kids - but I was the one who told Steve about Reyes Syndrome - he did not know what I was talking about and asked what drugs I was buying (it was the baby aspirin).
I will say that I grew up chewing baby aspirin like it was candy - figuratively not literally again! - and we never worried about Reyes syndrome - at least not in the ’60’s - 80’s when me and my siblings were growing up. My Mother is a nurse and My father an M.D. but never once were they concerned about Reyes syndrome and baby aspirin. I think the fears are a bit exaggerated today as everything is. Funny thing, there is still the infamous “St. Joseph Baby Aspirin” the little pink pills that tasted so yummy - but you can’t give them to kids today. I think it’s time for St. Joseph’s or maybe it’s J and J who own them?? - to change the name and remove the “baby aspirin” part. This Reyes syndrome seems to be a real fear. I never met anyone or any kid that had come down with it though…
October 11th, 2007 at 5:59 am
I thank you again for the compliments Krissie and for comparing me to Maria - whom I think is very smart/rational as well. Far more so than I am - to be sure
But I am definitely NOT being paid by anyone today. I am a freelance designer/architect for residential homes (most have an acquatic theme) and not being paid by anyone today other than my clients who I am commissioned by. The funny thing is, I am not in the McCann camp at all - quite the contrary - but I do believe in fairness, equality, innoncent until proven guilty - and the fact that perception often just ain’t reality. In my 40+ yrs in life, I’ve been wrong and humbled too many times to think I have all the answers - even when I thought I had all the answers. So like my politics I am a moderate - i.e. moderately believe that they are involved in their daughter’s disappearance. I am NOT sold on anything yet - mostly because not only was I not there, and do I not know these people other than from what I read…which means nothing in the end…but because I have no idea how much of the information that we know and hear about is fact or fiction!! For all I know, 90% of what we’re calling fact could indeed by tabloid BS and not fact at all. Hence, I find it terribly difficult to draw any conclusions without calling it all - pure specualtion. There is not one poster on this forum that is not speculating today. And I find it funny when you get a particularly outspoken poster attacking another one for speculating when that’s all we are doing on this forum. What’s true?? What’s not true??? I dont’ think anyone of us really knowst today. If this case never goes to trial, we’ll never know the facts. Pure and simple.
BTW - I also write and illustrate children’s books on the side - have had 3 published thus far - and eventually, I’d love to write drama/theatre/plays for off-broadway productions. Shoot high, aim low……that’s my motto in life. My other hobby is landscape painting - I spent 2 weeks over the summer in the South of France - Provence area - to work on some of my portraits. The Lavender there is simply wonderful…..I have brought so much back with me that my home smells of pure “purple” - if you can imagine the scent of a color!
Time for bed……big day tomorrow. Good night Krisse
October 11th, 2007 at 5:47 am
It seems like an endless round about with theorys. Now the police are searching porn sites for Madeleines image and again believe she may after all been snatched by a paedophile. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22568084-663,00.html
October 11th, 2007 at 5:30 am
Every American mom I know knows to not give her children Aspirin. Aspirin is never (or almost never) prescribed to young children here. Maybe we’re just paranoid but I doubt it– we are afterall the Pill-popping nation. (this is about the only thing Stevo has said in 2 weeks that I really agree with!!)
October 11th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Doonesbury, you are totally the most rational person on this forum with the possible exception of Maria. Of course both of you are obviously being paid from the Find Madeleine fund to cover for Kate and Gerry.
October 11th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Stevo - you asked me a question earlier that was already answered in my email about what “drugs” I was buying to get chased out of the store. I don’t think I look shifty or shady - at least no one ever said that….but you didn’t read my post thoroughly - like your pal Batman - because the answer was right here:
The fear of giving baby aspirin to youngsters and its potential side affects, Reyes syndrome
Do you know what Reyes syndrome is? If not, Google it. It’s the reason that “baby” aspirin is no longer allowed to be sold for babies in the U.S. The risk of Reyes syndrome is too high. The pharmacist grabbed me (figuratively - please don’t read everythign so literally) before I left because he thought he heard me asking someone about the usage/dosage of it and wanted to be sure I knew it’s not for babies…..he was a CARING guy I guess…
Does anyone else find it totally f’ing frustrating to have to repeat yourself over and over to posters who don’t take the time to thoroughly read or understand your posts? I find it a total waste of time. And for the record, my posts are NOT long compared to some of them onhere - holy smokes Batman and others who I won’t name ….I am not the most prolific writer on this forum - not even close!!
I presume this post will not get read as the new one will start shortly. So I guess I a wasting more time again. Very Very Frustrating!!