Madeleine McCann: Jane Tanner’s eFit, A Spanish Angel And Wearing Pink Pyjamas
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – 70% DON’T BELIEVE McCANNS”
The McCanns are on the TV in Spain. The show is followed by a phone vote. The people vote, at least some of them do; how many, we are not told. One, two, three..? Gerry is a “cardiologist”
Pages 4 and 5: “Police: Parents are hampering probe.” Angel Galan, head of the Spanish National Police’s kidnap, extortion and murder squad says: “There is no real information to indicate that Madeleine could be in Spain although Mr and Mrs McCann might think so. I think the question is why couldn’t she be in France or in the UK? Why does it have to be Spain, Portugal or Morocco?”
“Drawing that could catch her abductor” – an artist’s impression of a man carrying a child in the vicinity of the McCanns holiday complex on May 3. The man is of average height, of average build, with dark hair and with his facial features not filled in. Do you know him?
The artist was commissioned by the McCanns in light of a person their friend Jane Tanner said she saw on the night Madeleine disappeared
THE SUN front page: “PICTURE SENSATION. He took Maddie – MAN SEEN BY McCANNS’ PAL ON FATEFUL NIGHT”
A drawing of a man. The caption: “Hunted…a drawing of man with child in his arms as seen by Jane Tanner”
Page 13: “MADDIE IN ARMS OF SNATCHER. Pyjamas ‘prove it is her’” – The man is 5ft 6. He is 5ft 10 in the Express. He is “slim”. The girl is wearing pink and white pyjamas. The man is in a maroon shirt, camel coloured trousers and black or brown shoes
Says Clarence Mitchell: “We hope this will go a long was to proving the independent eyewitness account that she was taken by someone and the police’s focus on Kate and Gerry as potential suspects is wrong”. See drawing of a man seen by McCanns’ friend
And: “We believe it does show Madeleine in his arms. The description of the pyjamas is accurate enough to believe that is the case.” The McCanns’ friend sees the girl wearing pyjamas like those worn by Madeleine, whom she knows
“GERRY BACK AT WORK” – Gerry McCann is a “cardiologist” – lest we ever forget
DAILY MIRROR front page: “This is the man who took our Madeleine. PARENTS RELEASE SKETCH”
Page 11: “’He was slim with untidy black hair, plastered back. He was hurrying with a child in pink pyjajmaas’” (No songs please)
“’KIDNAPPER’ SEEN BY KATE’S PAL”
Paul Routledge: “All I want to do is put my arms around her and say: ‘there, there’ while she sobs out her grief on my shoulder”
DAILY MAIL front page: “Friends’ fears for ‘increasingly fragile’ Kate”
Pages 8 and 9: “Is Kate at breaking point?” – If she cracks up will the papers like her better? “Friends fear for Maddie’s mother after TV ordeal”
“SPANISH EYES” – The McCanns have launched a private “proxy investigation” in Spain. Under Portuguese law it is illegal to use private detectives while an investigation is ongoing
The mystery man who may have taken her” – Mrs Tanner sees the man. She is later “racked with guilt”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE PARENTS ‘HIDING TRUTH’ – 70 per cent of TV viewers thinks McCanns are lying”
Pages 4 and 5: “BODY LANGUAGE SPECIALIST GIVES HIS VERDICT ON KATE – ‘MUM WOULD BE VERY GOOD POKER PLAYER’.” Robert Phipps watches the interview with Kate McCann on Spanish TV. She is frowning, and expert Phipps says this is indicative of “pain” and stress. Who knew? We do not know if he then voted in the subsequent poll
THE TIMES front page: “Madeleine ‘abductor’” – The white man is of “medium build”
Page 9: “’This is the man who took Madeleine away’” – The Times says the new picture bears “no resemblance to Robert Murat”. The picture has been handed to the McCanns’ detectives who are operating across Europe and North Africa
DAILY TELEGRAPH front page: “Madeleine ‘abductor’” – This is the man Jane Tanner says she saw at 9:15pm on May 3
THE INDEPENDENT and THE GUARDIAN: No Madeleine news today
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October 26th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
716 Ian
True.
I just realised though. Let’s say Tanner did see a man carrying what was Madeleine.
It doesn’t rule out the McCanns topping Madeleine and having someone take her out of the apartment does it? It’s interesting that the McCanns use this spin to exonerate themselves when in fact it has nothing to do with how she died if she did die in that room. Tanner didn’t see Madeleine alive did she? That’s more crucial than anything.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
http://gazetadigitalmadeleineandthemedia.blogspot.com/
Better link for looking at articles
October 26th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
706
muddywaters Says:
October 26th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
696
“The Sketch artist left out facial details because the observer was not so sure or confident of her memory and no details is better than wrong details.”
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Have you seen this link then? By the third drawing the swarthy, greasy featureless man has lost his brown coat and beige trousers but developed a nose instead. Now for the eyes, mouth…where’s that photo of Murat?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2741672.ece
October 26th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
715
Ian: “704 the Tapas bar is within MW security and even the ex-detectives who tried to get in werent allowed.”
It wouldn’t matter anyway, would it? The McCanns were in a walled in courtyard area with the pool, etc. If an abductor was there and they didn’t happen to be checking at that time, he wouldn’t have had to pass them (although, Jane claims one did).
October 26th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
If Tanner saw a man carrying a little girl in such a manner ie very unnatural, something amiss, would it be so wrong to say,
” Hi, is everything ok” . If something was untoward asleast she would have had chance to see his face, hear his voice. She can’t have felt afraid as Gerry and Wilkins were close by.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Stevo 713
Yes, I live in Madrid. Im sure that Portuguese people (with satellite devices) reeive Spanish TV, but official Spanish TV (like BBC), that is Radiotelevisión Española (governmental), not Antena-3, a private channel that cannot be seen nowhere else but in Spain.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
708 on2u
I get so frustrated by the general lack of knowledge of Americans. It’s so disrespectful to assume a Brit is from London because most Americans don’t know any other British cities.
I asked about your experience in reverse that’s all. You had mocked the comment I made about the American education system…and not just their education system - but American testing in general. Multiple choice is a cop-out in my opinion.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Maddie suspect: sketch released
Man seen holding a child wearing Maddie’s pyjamas
http://newsdeskspecial.co.uk/madeleinemccann/
Was he wearing her pj’s?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
What is this with people having expert jobs in scientific disciplines and then giving esoteric explanations, not only for their jobs but the crime itself?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
688…Judith C
I was writing in the present sense…..as they are actually in Government presently.
I shall decide during the next Election…as to whether they deserve my vote or not.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Stevo there may be a new chief but it appears that Amaral is still the real chief.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Am I correct in believing that Tanner never mentioned her sighting of “bundleman” on the night of May 3rd because she didn’t want to worry poor Kate & Gerry?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
701 Stevo - I mean the portuguese may be influenced by Gordon Brown and they may be trying to find ways to get the T9 off the hook.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
711 Canada
Thanks for alerting others to Paulo Reis’ site. I’ve been getting some good info from him for months.
Like you say, what a travesty that the British press has reported this so badly.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
704 the Tapas bar is within MW security and even the ex-detectives who tried to get in werent allowed.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
698 Pilimary
Interesting info. Are you in Spain?
Correct me if I’m wrong but surely the Portuguese can receive Spanish TV? I remember picking up British TV when I lived in Holland.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Ohlala.
Come to think of it - all psychology is to do with the mind, what are you prattling on about?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Why have they shown the abductor drawing six months after?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I don’t know if anyone has discovered this particular site yet, but it gives an awsome perspective on the case from a Portuguese journalist residing there. He is obviously very well connected to the case and has some very excellent sources. I learned more reading this site about the case than anywhere else. He gives an insider view of the suspicions the British and Portuguese have on the McCanns. One example is when G states that he feels the abductor was in the room when he checked on Maddy, both British and Portuguese police became suspicious because G had never ever mentioned this ever in all conversations with both police forces. After reading this site, it is obvious to me that the Portuguese and British police are definitely not fooled at all by the McCanns. The journalist also points out all the false information from British newspapers and calls them to task for it. One example is a statement that says the crime scene was not secured: yes it was definitely secured and prints were taken on May 4th and police and sniffer dogs were there that very day. I am actually shocked at the lies printed in the media to the British population.
I highly recommend this site for anyone who has nagging suspicions on McCanns to read this site. It will definitely put everything in perspective for you. It may take you awhile to sift through all the articles but is definitely worth the time and effort.
The site is: http://gazetadigitalmadeleineandthemedia.blogspot.com/
October 26th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
687
john Says:
October 26th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Stevo 678
As I posted last night when the picture was first published the position of the child displays that the carrier wants to keep the body away from his face/ torso. This would indicate that the child is possibly dead or likely to vomit - not a good position for a sick person..
I cannot help but wonder if other members of T9 had any input into Tanner’s recollection.
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I agree with you, as I posted last night, but surely the most important aspect is that the infantile drawing clearly indicates Madeleine dead (her pj’s and her position - and top half muffled in the pink blanket that Tanner first mentioned, so had to put that in)…..so doesn’t this bit of drawn propaganda totally conflict with the hammered message from the McScams that ‘Madeleine is alive’ repeatedly emphasized in their latest Spanish TV disaster plus the renewed campaign to find her in Spain, Portugal and Africa?
Which is it then McScams - alive in some foreign field that is forever England, or dead and carted off by a foreign infidel (could be half British though, surname beginning with ‘M’!!)to be buried, dropped in the sea, cast into a dam, hidden in a house, under stones, oh, for God’s sake, anywhere…whatever the police come up with….but don’t blame us Guv! We’re innocent! It wos ‘im wot dit it!
October 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
694 John
I have wondered why the Mccanns didnt release a definitive blow by blow account ages ago, now they release a picture of an abductor carrying Maddie (lets face it, its a picture of a man acrrying Maddie, not ‘a child’ - it is in fact, a post event fabrication).
Once again they are providing something which allows ‘flexibility’. The location of the man is not provided - so they can change this at some later date, change his direction, his location.
Why dont they give us the timeline? Or have they already - so the inconsistancies are already recorded as coming from them, anyone know?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
689/stevo
Do not understand the validity of your question?? I do know when I visit London they ask me if I know their relative who lives in the USA and proceed to give me a street address in Anytown,USA. I do not get defensive. Just try to state the facts as I interpret them.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Ohlala.
The distinction only mattered because ??? didn’t seem to know what his/her job remit was.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
696
The Sketch artist left out facial details because the observer was not so sure or confident of her memory and no details is better than wrong details.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
700
John, were there early official interviews of the whole group? I’m not sure, I thought they were just statements? I did read that Murat offered to help translate at the start (I know, another big conspiracy that Murat did it and translated everyone’s statements inaccurately to mess everyone up), but I doubt he’d be the only one…and I don’t think they used him for that long.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Stevo….
The Ocean Resort is a real rabbit warren of alleyway and private roads and it is spread over a wide area. Sometime ago there was a sketch that showed where everyone was in relation to Gerry M / Wilkins / Tanner / the apartment / the restaurant but I can’t find it. Maybe about a month ago??
Anyone can access anywhere if they wish and the Tapas Bar is open to the public.
I think the word ‘resort’ is not really descriptive of it, especially to those who live in the US. Basically its a group of apartments and villas, some owned by MW, some privately owned and let to Mark Warner and some of them are next door to other villa and apartments that are NOT let to MW.
A logistical nightmare. (Yes I have been there)
October 26th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
The picture is vague for a purpose. It is because he doesn’t exist, he gives tanners fella an alibi, it gives “credit” to the “fact” that Madeleine was “abducted” and leaves Everyone as a potential suspect… anyone except the McCann Gang that is of course it could never have been anything to do with them.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
699 stig, prefer dog’s myself but there you go, each to their own!!
October 26th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
686 Ian
Do you mean the new chief is annoyed at genuine blunders or do you mean as a ploy to smoke out the T9?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
693 stevo
You are absolutely correct. Carrying a child in such away indicates that the child will certainly not wake up. As someone has pointed out it is the way in which bodies are carried out by emergency personnel - see any Hollywood film as well.
Wandere
I was writing about he early interviews with the whole group - who did what and when etc.