Madeleine McCann: Praia da Luz Calls, Maddy Shunned And Portugal On The Edge
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY MAIL page 36: “Madeleine: Portuguese detectives trawl thousands of phone records”
Police are looking through phone records of Praia da Luz’a 27,000 residents at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance. They are looking for unusual call patterns. Bugging calls
A local resident of Praia da Luz says the police questioned her, saying: “We are investigating all calls made within Praia da Luz from 9.30pm onwards on May 3″
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “Any information could prove vital”
THE SUN page 15: “Maddie cops seize local phone bills”
“They are using a method of triangulation which pinpoints a person’s location via their mobile and are also checking land-line calls”
Can it work? Says the Sun: “Mobile phone evidence exposed holes in the alibi of Soham murderer Ian Huntley”. And that is similar to this case because..?
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADDY – Blitz to fined phone clues”
Page 10: “COPS CHECK EVERY CALL ON DAY MADDY VANISHED”
Well, not every call. Just calls made in the area of Praia da Luz by those 1,000 persons on a police list
DAILY EXPRESS page 19: “Now Madeleine police seize all phone records”
The papers says the search is in light of talk of a “massive conspiracy”. The Express is belived to be fond of a conspiracy
Says Clarence Mitchell: “Kate and Gerry are encouraged by this police work because it shows the investigation is now active and thorough…Crucially they also hope it may lead to them being reunited with Madeleine”
DAILY STAR: “PARENTS SHY AWAY FROM NAME ‘MADDY’”
Or Madeleine, for that is her name
The name Madeleine is “now lower than at any time in the past five years”. It is now the 80th most popular name. Says a child psychologist called Ruth: “The majority of people who hear the name Madeleine automatically associate it with her”
What the top girl’s name is readers are not told, nor where Kate features. The Telegraph says it is “Grace”, as in Baby Grace
NEW YORK TIMES: “Portugal Polishes Its Image as the ‘West Coast of Europe’”
Portugal wants to reposition itself. Portugal is exciting, shiny, new and historical.
But: “The unsolved case remains a big story for the British tabloids, and there have been reports of declines in tourism from Britain, an important market for Portugal.
“Over all, though, tourism remains strong, Manuel Pinho, Portugal’s minister for the economy and innovation said. ‘This is a tragic case, of course, but it has not affected the numbers,’ he said. ‘It’s a very peaceful country, a very safe country’”
The demonising of Portugal and the case of Madeleine McCann
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December 20th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
421 BabyJane
Yes, I know how you feel.
Steel yourself.
We joke and mock because, because, mocking is one way to move just a little closer to the truth. It keeps her story fresh and alive. I know there is not a poster here who doesn’t feel real distress over little Madeleine. And so we question everything and everyone. Mockery is just another way of keeping the questions alive, vital.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
424 Stevo
Yes, plenty big. And as we can all see, especially from the “Hello” family pic, Madeleine was a tiny child for her age.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
423 Stevo
Good show, man!
December 20th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
The fridges look rather big to me:
http://www.oceanapartment.co.uk/images/gallery/kitchen2.jpg
December 20th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
415 Brandon flours
Bizarre! Above a gay sauna? Surely there must be an excellent Asian restaurant close at hand! And what a great way to keep an eye on the sex rings!
But this is the part I especially like: Although Mr Mitchell says he is pleased with Metodo 3’s “operational work”, sources close to the family have reportedly warned that the chances of its contract being renewed when it runs out in March are “virtually nil”.
Why?
Why, if their work is so pleasing, would you not continue to run their contract? Get one of the millionaires to pay for it! They are SO CLOSE to finding her! Oh, wait, I got it wrong…they ALREADY found her! So isn’t there also some kind of reward that Metodo should also be collecting very shortly?
December 20th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Ian!!!
I got an awesome photo of the view Kate had when she shouted “They’ve taken her”.
http://www.oceanapartment.co.uk/images/gallery/pool_from_the_balcony.jpg
December 20th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Plush New HQ For McCann Private Eyes
By Alex Watts
In Barcelona Updated:16:18, Thursday December 20, 2007
Private detectives hired to search for Madeleine McCann have moved to plush new offices as questions emerge about whether they are giving good value for money.
Entrance to Metodo’s new officePeople who donated to the Find Madeleine Fund are seeing Metodo 3 pocket £50,000-a-month of their cash - without any apparent breakthrough.
The group has not yet produced any evidence to back their claims that they know who took the girl.
Boss Francisco Marco claims he knows the girl, who would be four years old now, is alive and could be reunited with her heartbroken parents Kate and Gerry for Christmas.
But he was not available to speak to Sky News Online by phone and on arriving at his office in Barcelona, it was claimed he was out of the country - working on a different case.
At a supposedly crucial stage in the inquiry, his luxurious new office - perched above a gay sauna in a grand, pillar-filled building - was in a make-shift state.
There was just one staff member in sight, and when asked if Sky News Online could see Mr Marco, she replied: “He’s not here, he’s out of the country on business. Not with the Madeleine case, on another case.”
Her advice was to return in two hours, when the office would re-open.
But on calling back at 4pm there were three staff and a small dog in the reception area, as well as a steady flow of people unloading boxes of files and other office equipment.
They refused to say anything, and grew steely when Madeleine was mentioned.
A few minutes later, a smartly-dressed detective arrived and refused to discuss anything to do with the case.
He kept stressing: “I can’t say anything. Only Clarence Mitchell (the McCanns’ official spokesman) can talk about the case. I’m sorry.”
Madeleine missing since May 3This was a far cry from Mr Marco’s astonishing claims just a few days before that he knew who had kidnapped the little girl.
His comments sparked reports of a stand-up row with the McCanns, who accused him of harming the chances of finding their daughter alive.
On calling the spokesman the day after Mr Marco made his claims, Mr Mitchell said he knew nothing about them.
He questioned why, if Metodo 3 knew where the vanished girl was, they did not go and get her.
It also seemed strange that if Mr Marco had a major breakthrough to report, then he should tell a newspaper before his clients.
Although Mr Mitchell says he is pleased with Metodo 3’s “operational work”, sources close to the family have reportedly warned that the chances of its contract being renewed when it runs out in March are “virtually nil”.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
416, Remigius
Yes, maybe.
Sometimes I am scared of the moment when we all will learn what really happened to Madeleine McCann.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
411 Remigius Says:
“But of course, the actors have different ideas, it’s always the case with playwrights. So now, the writer is actually in a very different place than he planned.
This sometimes happens. It is what makes great writing real. Great writing is, frankly, a process that really doesn’t have so much to do with those who start it, as it does with those who finish it. The characters, who start out as the writer’s puppets, become the real masters of the piece, and the writer their servant.”
Couldn’t have said it better.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Interesting details on here for sleuths:
http://www.stvincentsalgarve.org/contactus.htm
December 20th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
401…Remigius
I think Mr Marco allowed the drama to get the better of him….
…nice money for diddly squat…pity he ruined a the possibility of
an extension of contract for himself by his crazy interviews.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
The church in PDL is literally 20 yards or so to the left of Chaplins:
http://www.luzholiday.com/images/CRW_0089.jpg
December 20th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
413 BabyJane
Maybe one of those pagan islands where “The Wicker Man” was filmed.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1297851,00.html
December 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
409 veritablequandry
well, of course! But hush! If you keep saying that, someone will soon pop on, spoil our speculative fun, and threaten to sue you.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
400
Ferdinand Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
386 BabyJane Says:
“From the Blog: “We plan to have a very quiet, private Christmas with family in the UK.”
Why does he mention “in the UK”?”
How can we know?
Learn a lesson from Tony Bennet! Send them your question, then post the answer here!
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We can’t know, but I got two answers from Matt and Remigius I am very content with. I’m already curious where “in the UK” will finally turn out to be.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
408 Cheryl
If you think TB will be cackling you’d better cover your ears because this board will be deafening. You’ll hear cackles from all corners of the globe.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
404 Ferdinand
Well, hasn’t that always been the essence of Shakespeare? The play within the play, the girl who’s a boy who’s a girl….
I think the McCanns do believe they are writing the play, and we are all just going along with them. That was their aim from the start, to control the dialogue.
But of course, the actors have different ideas, it’s always the case with playwrights. So now, the writer is actually in a very different place than he planned.
This sometimes happens. It is what makes great writing real. Great writing is, frankly, a process that really doesn’t have so much to do with those who start it, as it does with those who finish it. The characters, who start out as the writer’s puppets, become the real masters of the piece, and the writer their servant.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
A webcam at PDL:
http://www.algarve-luzbay.com/webcam/cam_page.html
December 20th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
402 Remigius
I remember writing on an early thread that the McCanns cancelled their sitter, most likely because…they had to start intensively bleaching and dousing their apartment with amonia, chlorine, etc.
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and a missing child
December 20th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
20
Tony Bennett Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 9:21 am
13 Anonymous says (December 20th, 2007 at 9:13 am):
“ ‘Report: McCanns found guilty’. Says Clarence Mitchell: ‘Kate and Gerry are encouraged by this verdict because it shows the investigation has been active and thorough…Crucially, they also hope an early parole may lead them to being re-united with each other’.”
Surely the headline will be:
“MCCANNS FURY AT ‘GUILTY’ VERDICT”
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REPLY: TB, you never stop, do you! I can all most hear you now in my mind cackling like a hen who laid an egg if they are charged! But you know, TB, the investigation isn’t over yet…and who knows, maybe when it is all said and done and case closed there will be a headline or two I’ll smile at.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
398 veritablequandary
Are you in the US? I ask because acetaminophen is the US’ name for paracetamol (UK name). Calpol is the child form of paracetamol.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
man on the hill
would you like a rubarb and custard?
I hope its televised?
December 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
403 man on a hill
I quite agree! It could become an Inspector Linley murder series….
December 20th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
379 Ian Says:
“367 Nothing absurd about the McCanns being neglectors of children and others coming here to support them - or is there Ferdianand?”
Maybe the McCanns are also absurd, but they play in a different play than we do.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
As far as i am concerned you can throw all the DNA evidence in the bin. I want a good old fashioned trial much in the vain of ‘ a witness for the prosecution’ with classic witnesses like, waiters and maids, cunning lawyers who engage in witty banter, and a nail biting conclusion which ends in cheers from the public gallery.
Ok, i would keep the bin close by just in case.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
383 Tinsel
right. I do remember this coming up early on. I remember writing on an early thread that the McCanns cancelled their sitter, most likely because…they had to start intensively bleaching and dousing their apartment with amonia, chlorine, etc.
December 20th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
382 Matt.
Of course, Monsieur Metodo hee know notheen. But he takee monee, make trippee, make talkee, so now I think he in troublee. Even if he’s just lying, he could be charged with obstruction of justice, all those trips to Morocco, etc. could be viewed as obstruction of justice down the road….
Why not just get a real job, you’d make some bucks, avoid jail, all that?
December 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
386 BabyJane Says:
“From the Blog: “We plan to have a very quiet, private Christmas with family in the UK.”
Why does he mention “in the UK”?”
How can we know?
Learn a lesson from Tony Bennet! Send them your question, then post the answer here!
December 20th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
help!