MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
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A YEAR after the abduction and murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, we must take pause to observe this sad anniversary in all sympathy for her bereaved family — as indeed for that of Sharlinie Nashar, lost in similar circumstances eight months ago and not yet found.
Other children go missing.
The contrasting fates of the children in these two cases raised the most awful conundrum: would it be kinder for such families to know their child is dead, to retrieve her remains for a proper burial in a consecrated grave where they might mourn and pray for her, or to never know what became of her, the better for hope to remain? Such unthinkable dilemmas are universal; the cases of Briton Madeleine McCann last year, American Jon- Benet Ramsey in 1996, and even the Azaria Chamberlain “dingo” case in Australia 28 years ago, all strike to the same depth of anguish.
Ramsey was fond dead 8 months after she went missing. Chamberlain’s body was never found.
The press sees Madeleine McCann buying party goods in Amsterdam…
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August 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
sam Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 11:00 am
brandon flours Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
‘and recommended that areas should be searched again but using dogs that detect blood and dead bodies.’
i said that months ago.
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Maybe you should have given your advice to the PJ. They may then have acted upon it.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Just_Me you really got a baby then?
A son?
Congatulations to you and your family.
Plenty of time to get him a Labradoodle then
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Gotta go now. I’m late as usual.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:01 am
Chatelaine! Like St Gerry’s reassurances to the World that the Fund would sustain itself in the long term!!!
Weird stuff to say when you want your child back in your arms pronto!
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‘just like brother John giving up his job with AstraZenica.’
AZ! Don’t laugh - but when I first joined the Anorak - I thought that your name was related to that company!
Too many surgeons and chemicals and biologicals in all of this if you ask me.
Bodies can be chopped, sliced, rendered down with chemical compounds etc., etc. …………….
Shipman and Crippen look like baa lambs compared to what goes through my mind when I don’t take my meds properly! lol
August 21st, 2008 at 11:00 am
brandon flours Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
‘and recommended that areas should be searched again but using dogs that detect blood and dead bodies.’
i said that months ago.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:00 am
Well there you go Brandon. You’ve posted the link, now what do you make of it? hmm hmm
August 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
just_me Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 10:54 am
sam - hehehe i’ll let you off this once lol …. I am looking forward to being a nanna, but not for a good few years yet ! x
grins, yeah sorry, thousand things to look at and i lose track
i don’t think i’m that old but i was a young mum and there’s a large span in ages between my children, my oldest is 28, my youngest is sixteen, soon seventeen. congrats again
August 21st, 2008 at 10:58 am
Totje - labradoodle lol I havent got one, but wish I did
August 21st, 2008 at 10:56 am
Just_Me The Labrapoodle?
August 21st, 2008 at 10:54 am
sam - hehehe i’ll let you off this once lol …. I am looking forward to being a nanna, but not for a good few years yet ! x
thanks brandon xx
August 21st, 2008 at 10:51 am
CONGRATULATIONS Just_me
xxx and Son
August 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
just_me Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
oi sam, I’m not that old !!!!!!!
oh, right, hang on a minute, you did mention gsce results…. (insert blush icon here)
i’m a grandma, his was 3 years old yesterday
congrats to you and your your son, it is great when they do well
August 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
http://www.portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=28839
MADELEINE: Police should search for body said British expert
Gerry McCann told press that there is no evidence in the police files that suggests Madeleine has been seriously harmed Photo: PORTUGALIMAGES.NET
Gerry McCann told press that there is no evidence in the police files that suggests Madeleine has been seriously harmed
Photo: PORTUGALIMAGES.NET
By DAISY SAMPSON and CECÍLIA PIRES
daisy.sampson@the-resident.com
A SUMMARY by police in February 2008 reveals, for the first time, that there were only two possible causes, in their opinion, that could account for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
The report, written on February 5 by investigators, concludes that by analysing the evidence up to that point, police felt that Madeleine was kidnapped or killed, either accidentally or deliberately, and continues to give detailed reasons as to why these conclusions have been drawn.
The possibility of kidnap is taken from evidence including the statement made by Kate describing windows in the apartment being open that were not open earlier.
The testimony by Jane Tanner is also taken into account and her statement describing an individual carrying a child in their arms at 9.15pm adds to this theory. Police files reveal that the alternative explanation for Madeleine’s disappearance is that she died in the apartment and her body was then removed.
The summary states that the specialist British police dog, Eddie, detected the smell of a dead body in the apartment near the window and behind the sofa.
The dog also detected signs of a body in the Renault car hired by the McCanns and in other areas in and around the apartment used by the McCanns. Keela, the dog used to detect the smell of human blood, is reported in the files as finding the smell of blood in the sitting room of the apartment, adding to the suspicions by the police that Madeleine died in the apartment.
At no point in the summary is anyone specifically accused of killing or kidnapping Madeleine.
In July 2007 Mark Harrison MBE of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) made a report to the Portuguese police stating that in his opinion: “Police have concentrated on finding Madeleine alive, they now need to start to consider other options and the possibility that she has been killed and her body hidden.”
Mark Harrison assessed the Portuguese investigation between May and July and recommended that areas should be searched again but using dogs that detect blood and dead bodies.
The McCanns have countered the reports from the police files and have pledged to continue to look for their daughter. Gerry McCann told press: “The content of these files has been extensively reported. It will be clear to everyone now that there is absolutely no evidence that suggests Madeleine has been seriously harmed, we strongly believe that Madeleine is out there and can be found.”
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the McCanns have hired a new detective agency to help in the search for their daughter. The unnamed US firm reportedly uses former members of the FBI and CIA.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:45 am
thanks everyone, im choked up here
August 21st, 2008 at 10:44 am
Yeah well done ‘mini-just_me’
August 21st, 2008 at 10:44 am
the poor family
http://www.nurinjazlin.blogspot.com/
August 21st, 2008 at 10:43 am
just_me
Im sure you played a huge part in his success, enjoy
August 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
oi sam, I’m not that old !!!!!!!
August 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
ah, just_me, you’re a grandma now ? excellent news, congratulations
August 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
coco - just told Sam that , and he grinned from ear to ear lol xx
August 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
wtf - aww thanks
passed them all, every single one, not an ungraded or fail in sight, and a diploma in sport and fitness which he really wanted. omg I’m sooo happy 
August 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
Just_me! It must be genetic! Congratulations to the little mite! And for having a Mummy that cares X
Sam! Ho ho ho Kitten! X
August 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
is this a bit of a mix-up ?
‘Ramsey was fond dead 8 months after she went missing’, jo bennet was found in the cellar of her parents house, dead.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Just_Me…. you deserve every happy proud mummy moment that comes your way.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:38 am
AZ Kitten! ‘BK is Clarry’s present employer, does anything else connect them?’
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Errrr dunno! A contract of employment = Loadsamoney? And a bit more money! LOL!
Does Clarrie buy into real estate or double-glazing? Is he into rugby?
Do they both have part-time counter-assistants jobs at the RBS? lol
The top bank wot was so quick and everything to place buckets on every fucking counter of every branch that was accessed by school-children, old people, businessmen etc. And to do this as a charitable act! Because the RBS is a charitable bank?
However - it’s not that fucking charitable when you have cancer and your wage doesn’t go in for two months so they fuck your overdraft off and offer you a £200 overdraft as good will gesture! lol
Anyway - who counted that out of its containers and put it in the fund then?
August 21st, 2008 at 10:37 am
just_me
Congratulations for your son!!!!!!!
August 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Abraham Zapruder Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am
[...] Something bothers me, as Columbo would say, in that Clarry had a perfectly good job with the govt [...]Why give up a steady secure job (with the govt) for one (with BK) that could come to an end the next day? [...]
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Bothers me [and others] too, just like brother John giving up his job with AstraZenica. IMO there are so many early indications that this was expected to be a long-running affair…
August 21st, 2008 at 10:28 am
AZ! Scrutiny! Scrutiny!
Let us hope that the Blessed Clarrie-Sage stands up to the scrutiny of LP. I’m sure he will - somehow. lol
However - when the chips are down -will he stand up to some of the PJ stuff.
I’ll just rake my chips in and wait for the Milk Tray Men to hedge their bets first!
Am I right in thinking that wee Sarah Brown (married to wee Gordie) used to work with a woman wot used to work with an editorial outfit wot they left to form their own editorial outfit wot Sarah does not work for no more and everything ……… Or am I talking bollocks and dreaming all this? lol
August 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am
Coco, did I promise something? I can’t remember. I just have a personal theory that the Paraiso footage supposedly didn’t exist (we were told this for many months, “too grainy” or whatever) but then was pulled out like a rabbit from a hat.
Something bothers me, as Columbo would say, in that Clarry had a perfectly good job with the govt then apparently gave it up and flew out to PDL with Gerry 22 May 07 (ish). Wasn’t this at a time when we were all hoping Maddy would turn up any moment? Why give up a steady secure job (with the govt) for one (with BK) that could come to an end the next day? We are told BK is Clarry’s present employer, does anything else connect them?
August 21st, 2008 at 10:14 am
hi, just_ me, you are ?
August 21st, 2008 at 10:09 am