Madeleine McCann And Shannon Matthews: Pets And Parents, The Sun Raises And A Disco
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews
DAILY MIRROR: “McCanns diver fury”
Always “fury”.
Kate and Gerry McCann reacted with fury yesterday after divers began a second search of a reservoir for Madeleine’s body.
The couple told friends the search - funded by a Portuguese lawyer who they claim is a “fantasist” seeking publicity - is a distraction from the hunt.
Marcos Aragao Correia claims crime contacts told him she was killed and left in the lake two days after going missing.
Says a McCann “source”: “There’s no evidence Madeleine is in that reservoir. They believe she is alive and are concentrating on finding her.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Divers search remote Algarve lake for Maddy.”
Says Mr Aragao: “If I was Madeleine’s parents, I’d want to be helped. It may not be the outcome they want if I find Madeleine, but it’s important for them that they find out what happened to her and recover her body if she is dead. There may be genetic evidence on the corpse that could help the police discover who killed her.”
Indeed. Any more clues? Can the paper help?
A Portuguese lorry driver told Metodo 3 he saw the German girlfriend of Madeleine suspect Robert Murat handing over a child in a blanket to a mystery man in Silves, a five-minute drive from the reservoir, on May 5 last year.
Michaela Walczuch has claimed she is being framed to protect the McCanns and denied any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance. She has never been made an official suspect and has only ever been quizzed as a witness.
So why mention it?
THE SUN: “Stepfather is innocent says Shannon’s dad”
A picture of Craig Meehan, Shannon’s stepfather
Says he: “I’ve never hit Karen (Shannon’s mother) or any of the children. We play about, as you do, but have a brilliant relationship.”
Says Shannon’s father Leon Rose: “I don’t believe it. “I’m horrified anyone would suggest that. They got on really well. I was not around for some years and he has been a real dad to her. If there had been any problems I am sure she would have told me.”
What of mum? “Karen, meanwhile, has told how Shannon’s pet dog Scania is pining for her. She said: ‘Scania won’t keep still.’”
Watching the parents. Watching the family. Watching the pets.
DAILY MIRROR: “I’VE TOLD THE KIDS SHANNON’S GONE AWAY ON HOLIDAY.”
A friend said: “Every time little Courtney sees a picture of Shannon in the paper or on the TV she points at it and says her sister’s name. Karen can’t bear the thought of telling her Shannon has disappeared so she has said she’s on holiday. “She has got so much to worry about already that she just can’t risk upsetting Courtney.”
Watching the parents. Watching the family. Watching the children.
Yesterday, Karen tried going in to Shannon’s bedroom for the first time since the nine-year-old went missing three weeks ago after a school swimming trip in Dewsbury, West Yorks. But she was overcome with emotion.
We are watching the parents. Watching the family. Looking through windows. Looking through walls.
An anonymous donor has given £10,000 to the appeal to find her.
DAILY EXPRESS: “SHANNON REWARD INCREASED TO £50,000”
The Sun has up its reward from £20,000 - to £50,000. But if a reward of £2.5million has not been not enough to find Madeleine McCann, what good is $50,000?
How is the reward amount set? Is consideration given to the victim’s social status, the competition for headlines, exchange rates?
Leon Rose, Shannon’s father: “No-one can imagine the agonies we are going through. She is a wonderful daughter and we need her home. We are desperate to have her back and we thank The Sun for helping.”
An offer from the heart? Or a hollow offer, a PR-induced offer to get the Sun mentioned?
DEWSBURY REPORTER: “SHANNON MATTHEWS LATEST”
4.07pm - A family disco is being held to raise funds for the Shannon Matthews appeal. It will be on Thursday March 13 from 7pm to 10pm at Staincliffe Cricket Club.
A disco for a missing child. Her face at the disco. Her face on the wall.
2.23pm - A sponsored walk to raise money for the Shannon Matthews appeal has been announced. It will begin at 6pm tomorrow (Tuesday) at Moorside Road.
Posted: 11th, March 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (980) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 12th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Just to say that was my last post in Anorak Forum and on Madeleine’s thread. Adeus.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:31 am
980
can’t say no Says:
March 12th, 2008 at 1:30 am
979
xklamation
Lamento , mas na minha opinião,é pura perda de tempo colocares aqui esse tipo de informação . Os administradores e moderadores deste site estão saturados do caso Maddie.
Quando puderes click em
Forums e depois lê a parte “the other half” e vais entender.
Continua o teu bom trabalho
Já li, obrigada por me teres avisado. Fiquei a entender que estes gajos são uns hipócritas, quer dizer se por um lado usaram a Maddie e continuam a usar, para aumentar os ‘ratings’ do site; por outro gozam com as pessoas que discutem aqui o caso, e tentam criar uma estratégia para continuar com leitores depois do caso Madeleine acabar. Por isso o uso agora da mesmíssima estratégia dos tablóides britânicos, que é usarem a técnica das ‘missing children’ com uma conexão à Madeleine. Por esta é que eu não esperava.
I read already, thank you for that warning. I was able to understand that these guys are hypocrites; I mean if on side they used Maddie and they keep on using it, to increase the ‘ratings’ of the site; on another side they make fun of the people that come here to discuss the case, and they even try to create a strategy to continue with the same number of readers after the Madeleine case is concluded. Therefore they use now the very same strategy of the British tabloids, which is they use the technique of ‘ missing children ‘ with a connection to Madeleine. This is something that I would not expect.
Obrigada mais uma vez can’t say no.
March 12th, 2008 at 1:30 am
979
xklamation
Lamento , mas na minha opinião,é pura perda de tempo colocares aqui esse tipo de informação . Os administradores e moderadores deste site estão saturados do caso Maddie.
Quando puderes click em
Forums e depois lê a parte “the other half” e vais entender.
Continua o teu bom trabalho
xxx
-agw I think this translates as: Moan, but in my opinion, is pure loss of time to place this type of information here. The administrators and moderators of this site are saturated of the Maddie case. Click in Forums and later he reads the part “the to other half” and goes to understand. It continues your good work.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Sorry for the late post, just finished translating this.
Investigation on Madeleine’s disappearance is in a Decisive Phase
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/03/investigation-on-madeleines.html
Decisive days for the McCanns
Kate and Gerry will be the last ones being heard
The PJ promotes diligences in the following weeks to accuse or not the parents of
Maddie, through the questioning Kate and Gerry and the friends who had dinner with them in the fatal night.
Crucial. The case of Madeleine McCann, the girl who disappeared, with 3 years, in May of 2007, is going to have, along the next two weeks, diligences that the Judiciary Police finds critical to accuse, or not, the parents of the child. Finally, it will take place the execution of the rogatory letter sent to Great Britain and that is destined to hear again the McCanns and the seven friends with whom they had dinner in Tapas Bar, in the fatal night, in the Praia da Luz.
Guilhermino Encarnação, the police officer in charge of the PJ in the Algarve, is laconic: “We cannot comment cases that are in secrecy of justice. To its time everything will be explained. ” In spite of the silence, 24horas knows that a team from the PJ will travel in the next two weeks for England. Everything depends on the speed of the Britons: “We indicated concretely whom we wanted to be questioned, in which days and to what hours. The parents of the girl will be the last ones being questioned, since we want to be in the possession of the biggest possible number of elements to be able to confront them with the forensic proofs and other evidences gathered up to now. ”
Coordination with the English Police
“The McCanns and their friends live in different points in England and they will all be questioned in the areas of their respective residences. Therefore, it was necessary to coordinate everything with the English officers, to manage to gather and to hear more quickly all the persons who are named in the rogatory letter. We want to resolve everything in one week, but if things there run badly we can even stay there more than two months”, pointed out a source connected with the process, finishing off: “The justice is not in a hurry. It just haves to be done …”
Source: 24 Horas, page.14
March 12th, 2008 at 12:12 am
*connections
March 12th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Those we spoke yeaterday don’t have a iota idea ,or pretend they don’t have, about this story.
They are doing the cleaning ,and know that i’m here only because of MM
If ya can’t talk about ,blood ,death ..
Go for the connectios
March 12th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Matt
I asked about who was paying M3 because I thought it was Kennedy. Chatelaine (I think? Dee? dcb?!), said she had read it was shared between the Fund and Kennedy.
I’m really not certain.
Kennedy definitely pays CM’s salary, according to many reports I’ve read.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:09 am
974
Ian
Just came to tell
March 12th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Must go, been reading cases (hence not posting much!).
Night anyone left!
March 12th, 2008 at 12:07 am
972 Who knows?
I doubt Madeleine will be resurrected even then, but who knows with the McScams!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
966 Ian Says:
Do you think anything will happen until easter?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
970
Totje
Night Billy-joe-bob-beth
March 11th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Night all
March 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
962
Châtelaine
PS
That (anonymous) was from Spongebob - was on Forums - can’t be arsed logging out and posting it again.
night
March 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
952 Châtelaine Says:
947
Totje Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Don’t you think IF they’ve got something to do with her disappearance/disposal of the body that they would KNOW in which car evidence [even by contamination] could be found????
****
“THEY have taken her”
IMO [not the only IMO] The McC’s may know what happened or have a hunch, but not know all details about the aftermath. Hence jumpy about every single thing, which looks like evidence.
Hypothetical, IMO & allegedly
++++++++
A man who’s a control freak or is involved into something as suggested, would either not leave it up to others [because he's the best man for the job!] or would want to know all details.
And of course they know what happened : she was abducted!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
962
Châtelaine
It was deliberate.
Sigh..
March 11th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
963
Ferdinand
So this abduction - pretty clever isnt it, in the time between Gerry seeing Madeleine in that endearing emotional last scene (9:10) and Tanner seeing her carried away (in her pyjamas that defy physics) at oh…9:10!
Both estimates too! How odd!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
954
clouseau
March 11th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Madeleine McCann’s parents discuss TV offer
By Gary Cleland
Last Updated: 11:02pm GMT 11/03/2008
The parents of Madeleine McCann have met with ITV to discuss appearing in a documentary about missing children.
Representatives of Kate and Gerry McCann have met with the broadcaster about a documentary that would be shot over a long period of time, their spokesman confirmed.
It is thought that, while the documentary would feature four-year-old Madeleine’s disappearance from Portuguese resort Praia da Luz last year, it would focus on the wider subject of how countries respond to children going missing.
“WHAT A BLOODY DISGRACE - THEY ARE THE LAST FOLK ON THIS EARTH TO BE DISCUSSING MISSING CHILDREN - THEY NEGLECTED THEIR CHILD - THEY HAVE NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER TO BE COMING OVER AS AUTHORITIES ON THE SUBJECT - WHAT A BLOODY DISCRACE
March 11th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
953 Ian Says:
“Ferdinand
They used both, but thought the police knew of only one. Lets talk about abduction. Tell us how that happened against the backdrop of ‘regular checks’?”
What was the storm like?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
961
SpongeBob Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
But I’m oj…
****
Glad you say it yourself…
oj, oj, oj
March 11th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
960
clouseau
It’s ok. I’m being rejected. By Ian..
But I’m oj…
March 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
957
LOL …… no honestly nothing to so with me
March 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
939
Ian
it’s all secret..
is this the same Stevo who quotes many sites in entirety but tinyurls references to his own site, even though his site full URLs are in fact shorter than many of the non tiny-ed ones..
Why wouldn’t he want to let people know which site they are going to when it’s his own…?
M and A
So that he can get it in without us noticing, er I’ll rephrase that, so he can sneak his addy past us
March 11th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
956
clouseau Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
lOOk quick before it is ……….clunk whooshed
****
Are you Just_me?
Or also a photoshop wizard?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
lOOk quick before it is ……….clunk whooshed
March 11th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
939
Ian
ah it’s all secret..
is this the same Stevo who quotes many sites in entirety but tinyurls references to his own site, even though his site full URLs are in fact shorter than many of the non tiny-ed ones..
Why wouldn’t he want to let people know which site they are going to when it’s his own…?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Good night to all debaters left.
It’s really about time to hit the sack.
Sorry, to go to the silken sheets, of course.
Sleep well
Hope to be able to join you some time tomorrow.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
before i go look what someone has postes on skynews when they where asking for storm pictures………you need to lOOk closely
http://i32.tinypic.com/4scysk.jpg
March 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
950
Ferdinand
They used both, but thought the police knew of only one. Lets talk about abduction. Tell us how that happened against the backdrop of ‘regular checks’?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
947
Totje Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Don’t you think IF they’ve got something to do with her disappearance/disposal of the body that they would KNOW in which car evidence [even by contamination] could be found????
****
“THEY have taken her”
IMO [not the only IMO] The McC’s may know what happened or have a hunch, but not know all details about the aftermath. Hence jumpy about every single thing, which looks like evidence.
Hypothetical, IMO & allegedly