Madeleine McCann: The Gardener Questioned, Marcos Correia Cries Rape And Kelsey Lynn Kudla Says
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE: BRITISH ODD-JOB MAN QUIZZED”
A new suspect?
“An anonymous email sent to Portuguese detectives claimed that Daniel Groom was spotted lurking in an alley close to the McCanns’ apartment on the night Madeleine vanished”
The paper says he looks not too unlike the man seen walking from the holiday complex holding a child. You know, that man with no face…
Says Mr Groom: “I think I am being framed. I am the victim of a smear campaign by someone with a grudge against me… During the week two detectives had arrived in town and begun asking friends about my whereabouts. I rang them after they left a message with a friend. I met them in a car park in Praia da Luz… They were two detectives from the Lisbon area, a good cop and a bad cop. One guy was quite small and smoked a cigar. The other guy was really fat, wore girly sunglasses and kept looking around him all the time”
A good cop? We know all about the bad cops (see the Sun). But this good cop..?
They showed him the email. It went:
“Is it a coincidence that this man started working as a gardener in the area and a child went missing?
“Maybe he walked through the car park at the front of the McCanns’ apartment and a little way down the dark alley between the two buildings where he could see and probably hear that the McCanns were there.
“After that maybe he listened at the window of the McCanns’ apartment for any sign that someone such as a babysitter was there. No television…nothing.
“Did this man initially see the McCanns and Madeleine whilst working on an empty apartment/villa and note that the children were left alone? Did he then come back to watch the McCanns when it was dark and not during daylight hours?”
This is front-page news…
Says Groom: “After a few minutes they said they thought it was all b******t. They said if they needed to talk to me again they would, but they thought they were barking up the wrong tree”
A gardening joke to end. Mr Groom may survive his ordeal
“KEEP LOOKING FOR HER, BEGS GRANDAD” – Says Brian Healey: “There has been so much that has been said and written, much of it untrue and hurtful, but so often it seems to me as if the only really important person in all this has been forgotten – and that’s Madeleine”
Indeed. ‘Nuff said…
“Some people don’t seem to want to know about the real Kate”
As we say, ‘nuff said…
THE SUN: “’Paedo dumped Maddie in lake’”
“MADELEINE McCann was raped and killed within 48 hours of being snatched then thrown in a reservoir, a Portuguese lawyer claimed yesterday. Human rights solicitor Marcos Aragao Correia said underworld sources tipped him off on May 6, three days after the tot vanished in Praia da Luz”
May 6?
Correia says he told the police. He then told Metodo 3, the McCanns’ private detectives. Correia says Madeleine’s body was in a reservoir with a small beach and showers for campers, late identified as the Barragem do Arade reservoir
Remerb when X marked the spot - “Vermoedelijke Vindplaats”
“KATE dad: Back off my daughter” – Says Brian Healy: “Some people don’t seem to want to know about the real Kate. She is such a warm and caring person, as well as being intelligent. But you can’t win because people say, ‘He would say that, he’s her father’”
Why would we care? A child is missing, why is it important we like Kate McCann?
“READERS in fury at ’sick stunt’”
“SUN readers bombarded our MySun discussion forums yesterday to vent their disgust following our revelations that an agency is ready to hire out a Maddie lookalike”
“LOOKALIKE mum: Let us help” – “The tearful mum of a tiny lookalike who hopes to play Madeleine McCann in a film insisted last night: ‘We only want to help’. American Kris Pfister, whose three-year-old Kelsey Lynn Kudla bears a stunning resemblance to the missing tot, added: “I feel for Maddie’s family — I am on their team”
Well, no, you’re not. But you are in the papers. Fame beckons? Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be…
Quote of the week: “Since people started telling her she looked like Maddie, Kelsey’s been following the news. She cries when she hears she’s still missing. When we read there may be a documentary or film on the hunt, she said, ‘Mummy, I could play Madeleine. I look just like her’”
Here’s Kels-seeeey. (Come, on, Kelsey, you’re on… Smile!)
“People say that I look like Maddie. She lost her mummy and daddy. I want to help bring her home”
DAILY STAR: “MADDIE WAS ‘SNATCHED AND MURDERED’”
“Madeleine McCann was abducted, raped, murdered and thrown in a reservoir, a lawyer claimed last night”
It’s Marcos Correia again. Who told him? He will not say. But the paper notes: “He spent three weeks at the reservoir with investigators from the McCanns’ Metodo 3 agency. Last night he called on the police to search it extensively”
They have done. You can read about it here
Are these underworld figures known to Antonio Toscano?
DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine was ‘raped, murdered - and then dumped in reservoir’”
“Underworld criminals contacted a human rights lawyer on May 6, three days after the girl vanished, with details of her alleged abduction and murder, he said. But when Marcos Aragao Correia tried to tell police, he was ignored, he added”
Or not. The reservoir was searched
“PORTUGUESE police ‘want to keep Madeleine file secret for another three months’”
Says Clarence Mitchell the couple’s spokesman: “We are disappointed, but not surprised given that the police are still investigating.
“We had expected this request, however our lawyers will be examining it and once again we would urge the police to come over and interview who they want to.
“DEATH threats for woman hiring out Madeleine lookalikes” - Shona Juliet-Adams, owner of Juliet Adams Modelling and Talent Casting Agency, says: “”I have had threatening phone calls and death threats. I am not speaking to anybody until I have spoken to the police about my security - I received death threats”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “McCanns suffer ‘almost inhumane’ police delay”
Kate and Gerry McCann could remain official suspects in their daughter’s disappearance for “several more months”
Clarence Mitchell says: “This is extremely disappointing. We will continue to co-operate with the Portuguese police, of course. However, the delay in resolving the case and eliminating Gerry and Kate is now becoming almost inhumane”
“BAD taste jokes need time to be funny” - An interactive humour survey at the Science Museum’s Dana centre in central London. Only seven per cent of the audience felt that a joke about Bhutto’s death was funny or amusing and only 31 per cent felt humour involving the McCanns was appropriate”
A Joke: “Dr Harold Shipman’s last meal was a curry. He said he enjoyed it but he could have murdered a nan”
FOX NEWS (USA): “Report: Agency Worker Receives Death Threats Over Madeleine McCann Look-Alikes”
“Shona Juliet-Adams, 41, whose agency offers the look-alikes for about $1,174 an hour, said she has been receiving ‘threatening phone calls and death threats’”
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January 13th, 2008 at 6:19 am
That article written really pissed me off, Daisy. That comes right of the book, so to speak. Youknow how many bodies are found that way? Give me a break, I thought to myself - it was cruel and mean to put that in the paper. I don’t know how Kate McCann is keeping her sanity right now no matter what the cause of her daughter’s disappearance was. Looks terrible in the papers and I actually have concern for her and how long she can hang on without falling apart…
January 13th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Cheryl, I’m interested in reading about your theories.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:15 am
I haven’t reached the teenage years with kids yet, but I know I’ll be the taxi driver when that stage comes.
Regarding this horrible case, what do you make of that article regarding Maddie having been killed and thrown in the reservoir?
January 13th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Daisy, I have two theories written down on a piece of paper one for each way it could go.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:11 am
I can be on more at late night even though I get up at 6 to get ready for work and boys asleep. But then I have to wait up for youngest one to get off work at midnight every night and drive to get him 15 minutes away and back. That is what parents are for, I guess!
January 13th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Cheryl, I think any major city has problems with crime. I lived for 14 years in Sydney and now am in a smaller city and it’s much better in that regard. But I miss the big city life.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:08 am
No, Cheryl, it’s Sunday afternoon. My daughter is spending the weekend with my ex husband and therefore I have more time to read and participate in Anorak. Normally, I’m only able to do this when she is asleep and it is very late at night. Catching up with what has been said is always difficult, because most of the debate happens when I’m sleeping. I get caught up in this and suddenlty it’s 2 am and I’m off to bed. I miss a lot of what has been said because of the time difference.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:07 am
It is still lovely and many more new buildings and beautiful parks. But crime is out of control in DC in a lot of areas. I was born down here and watched it change. Used to be able to walk anywhere one wanted without a fear now…I worry when I’m driving out of the city.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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Cheryl Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 6:00 am
12;59 a.m. - in US DC area
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When I was a teenager, I spent 4 months in the US as an exchange student. Lived in a small town with an American family in Indiana. Visited Washington, DC, also and thought at that time it was a beautiful city, full of parks and white buildings. It was a long time ago.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Daisy, are you on Monday already?
January 13th, 2008 at 6:00 am
12;59 a.m. - in US DC area
January 13th, 2008 at 5:50 am
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January 13th, 2008 at 5:47 am
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January 13th, 2008 at 5:36 am
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Daisy - you still up?
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Hi Cheryl,
Yes, It is 3:50 pm here. What time is it where you are?
January 13th, 2008 at 5:47 am
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January 13th, 2008 at 5:36 am
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Daisy - you still up?
January 13th, 2008 at 5:36 am
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Peter O Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
646 willo Says: January 12th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Daisy is not from Australia.
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But s/he doesn’t claim to be from Australia? Thought Daisy said s/he was Chilean living in Australia? (apologies if I’ve got the wrong person.)
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Peter O,
You remembered correctly. That’s what/where I am.
January 13th, 2008 at 5:34 am
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January 12th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
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willo Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Daisy is not from Australia.
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willo, why do you keep saying this? Please tell us more ……..
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Yes, Willo, I’m curious also. By the way, this is at least the third time you have made that statement and I have replied to you twice already.
January 13th, 2008 at 5:30 am
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 4:26 am
EDIT
THE BUTTERFLY ….
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As I am not a religious person, I don’t believe in things like the butterfly “signal”, but if it gives someone hope, then they should keep hoping. I hope everyday that little Maddie is still somewhere, alive, but I doubt it.
Well, I just popped in to read the last post and it seems that most people are now sleeping (when I’m awake!).
January 13th, 2008 at 4:34 am
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can’t say no Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:04 am
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Tinsel
Did you see the 81 lies from the Mccs and counting up?
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Yes, I did.
And I’m tempted to quote it when every any one asks “Why don’t you believe the McCanns?”
But even with 81 listed lies, Pro McCanns are in concrete denial.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:26 am
THE BUTTERFLY
The butterfly that landed on Kate McCann at the moment she met the Pope, first on the ribbon in her hair and then on her lapel, discussed here tonight, is the subject of a whole thread over on the Mirror Forms, as one might expect.
Here’s an extract:
QUOTE: I thought that was one of the most poignant incidents, if not the most, to happen in relation to this whole case. The butterfly landed on KM’s lapel and then flew back and landed on the ribbon in her hair. KM was desperately seeking a miracle from the Pope, imo. Superstition has it, varies from country to country, that the butterfly is the soul of someone letting you know they are at peace (or alternatively giving you hope that they are still alive). I pray that it’s the latter and that Madeleine will be found safe and well, soon. UNQUOTE
January 13th, 2008 at 3:58 am
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veritablequandary Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 3:06 am
923 Cheryl Says to 688 agw who said at:
January 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Cheryl:
I never let the dogs do the barking. I was inviting the unwary to have a go at me . I have granite stones.
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Weren’t the Ten Commandments written in granite? Was that directed at me, by the way?
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who else?
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Thanks! What did I say wrong I wonder to cause that? Using Self-righteous and Judgmental was quite tactful compared to what I would say colourfully in person but not in print.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:53 am
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veritablequandary Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 3:27 am
926 Cheryl Says:
“Peter O - could it just be as simple as none checked their children and realize they are all subject to Neglect charges?”
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More likely IMO that something more would be involved, like drugging one or more children
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There is so much on the market now to purchase over the counter re sleep aids, etc., cough syrup that helps one sleep, pm tylenol and 0n and on - I’m sure many use it, unfortunately.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:27 am
926 Cheryl Says:
“Peter O - could it just be as simple as none checked their children and realize they are all subject to Neglect charges?”
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More likely IMO that something more would be involved, like drugging one or more children.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:22 am
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Peter O Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
777 Wanderer Says: January 12th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
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Peter, I still don’t think the McCanns would be silent about a cover-up if one of their friends had a sole part in whatever happened to Madeleine.
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I completely agree. However, I’m not convinced the Tapas group would be silent about a cover-up if they played no part in it either. Ergo, there has to be something beyond Madeleine’s disappearance that binds this group together.
Unfortunately we then end up back at speculation, and that’s all it is, about things like sedative abuse, recreational drugs, sexual abuse, etc, in my opinion. There has to be some complicity in whatever acts may have occurred in the lead up to Madeleine’s disappearance that binds either the McCann’s to the alleged perpetrators in the Tapas group, or the group; to the McCann’s, in my opinion.
And I promise I’ve only had two glasses of the Pinot Grigio
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Peter O - could it just be as simple as none checked their children and realize they are all subject to Neglect charges? I honestly think after it happened many people and some even friends stepped in and offered to take over for them dealing with everything, setting up the fund, and alot of this crap taking place falling back on them is because of these piss poor advisors (I’m not speaking of CM, by the way). By listening to them, which I firmly believe they are, they are digging their own grave in the public’s eye. With well-meaning friends and questionable advisors like I feel they have who needs enemies?
January 13th, 2008 at 3:11 am
No postings from Stevo or Garth in this thread.
That’s highly irregular.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:06 am
923 Cheryl Says to 688 agw who said at:
January 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Cheryl:
I never let the dogs do the barking. I was inviting the unwary to have a go at me . I have granite stones.
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Weren’t the Ten Commandments written in granite? Was that directed at me, by the way?
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who else?
January 13th, 2008 at 2:49 am
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agw Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Cheryl:
I never let the dogs do the barking. I was inviting the unwary to have a go at me . I have granite stones.
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Weren’t the Ten Commandments written in granite? Was that directed at me, by the way?
January 13th, 2008 at 2:38 am
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anna Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
oh my god you guys!!!!
its very very long - too long for me to type and i do not know how to add alink…..
go to MIRROR FORUM - they have a seperate thread on it….it is a long article written by Anna Pukas in the Daily Express….it is an amazing OBJECTIVE view and takes into account masses of what everyone on here and other forums have discussed…including the ‘anti’s’
in my experience of the past eight months…this is the FIRST TIME i have read anything like it!!
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One can pull it up directly in the Express also. I didn’t find it overly “Objective” and the majority (which are the anti’s) are indeed showing “The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.”
January 13th, 2008 at 2:18 am
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chenier Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
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Over here is the U.S. Oh, thanks for the explanation. I thought it was a great policy in the UK not to show little children’s faces in the papers. I have noticed others over there in the UK papers with small children’s faces blurred, also.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Puppy escaped from the garden [couple of minutes ago] and cats make it VERY clear they want their canned food, so I’ll have to leave you all.
Nite nite Peter O, CSN, Annie1,dcb,
Nite nite John Boy, Sue Ellen [or Mary Ellen, keep forgetting her name]…
YAMPSTER you’ve forsaken your duty [again]
January 13th, 2008 at 2:10 am
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Peter O,
100% agreed.
I knew I’m a sceptic, sometimes it seems I’m turning into a cynic.
I’ve been at other forums too. Never before participated a forum like Anorak.
Re two “broad churches” I must admit it will be interesting to see what happens.
On the other hand I’afraid [and even sure] we’re also manipulated on the Internet [if we don't pay attention].
January 13th, 2008 at 2:04 am
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Tinsel
Did you see the 81 lies from the Mccs and counting up?