Madeleine McCann: When The Sniffer Dogs Barked And Casey Anthony
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE SUN (front page): “BARKING – The moment Maddie cops say dog made McCanns ‘suspects’
No, not the tabloid dog pack. There’s a picture of a spaniel crawling on a sofa. To its rear is a man. There is a pair of blue drapes, open.
And another picture of a dog, which may be same dog. The caption:
Howl … pooch alerts handler to ‘evidence’ found in the parents’ rented motor
Pages 4 and 5: “HOUNDING OF THE McCANNS”
THESE were the scenes as two police sniffer dogs investigated the disappearance of little Madeleine McCann — and left her shell-shocked parents wrongly in the frame.
You can never trust a dog, much less a Portuguese dog…
The 2½-hour film, shot on a police camcorder, chronicles the work of two specially-trained British sniffer dogs.
It was the British all along, friendly fire, blue on blue disaster…
It details the moments when the springer spaniels apparently detected:
Barking … the moment Maddie cops say dog made McCanns ’suspects’
The scent of a dead body in the McCanns’ rented Renault Scenic, hired 25 days after Maddie vanished shortly before her fourth birthday in May 2007
An aroma of blood in a bedroom cupboard in the family’s Praia da Luz holiday apartment, and
A smell of death on Kate’s clothes.
Good of the Sun to repeat all the apparent speculation again. And tell us that – hold that apology to the Portuguese, the dog handler was one of them, a Portuguese…
Eddie is first to be taken into the two-bed apartment and spends nearly 30 minutes sniffing around. He barks twice — once in a bedroom and once at a spot behind a sofa underneath a living room window.
Woof! Woof!
Martin says: “As soon as I came in the dog is very excited. From his body language it would appear he has picked up a scent that he recognises. There is enough scent there for him to give me a bark indication.”
Woof!
After Eddie leaves the apartment, Martin takes in Keela. She can be seen freezing — a sign she has found something — underneath the window where Eddie had earlier barked.
And..?
Martin says on camera: “The crime scene dog has given me a positive indication. That indicates to me there is some human blood there. She will detect blood that is very old and find anybody’s blood.”
Not a blood hound – a spaniel…
While Portuguese cops carried out DNA tests on “fluids” found in the flat, it has never been revealed if any blood was found.
And the British at the forensic lab in Birmingham, don’t forget them…
Detectives also asked Martin to use his dogs on the McCanns’ hire car.
Oh, yes, the Renault Scenic…
Eddie is seen barking at the driver’s door before standing still in the boot, then scrabbling in one corner. Martin says: “We had a reaction from the dog. The scent is coming out of the sealed door.”
RINGSIDE REPORT (US): “More Charges For Caylee’s mom”
An online boxing magazine delivers the news with punch. Ding! Ding!
Every time a child disappears, it must be taken seriously. For months, we have been awaiting for good news of British girl Madeleine McCann, the four year old princess who disappeared in Portugal. Now, it turns out, the United States has an even worse case at hand, that of Caylee Anthony, a 3 year old angel who mysteriously disappeared from Florida and whom police investigations point out to be a likely murder victim.
Seconds out!
Number one, if Casey Anthony is involved in her daughter’s disappearance, all she deserves is 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis, after having people completely tie her up to a corner. Number two, we are all praying at RSR so that the first thing the grandmother said becomes a reality, and Caylee is found alive, as well as Madeleine McCann.
Lennox beats up women, Lennox beats up women, la-la-la-la…
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September 6th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Good morning,
dear mods , my comment from yesterday, 8:02 pm, ist still patiently “awaiting moderation”.
Could you have a look at it, please?
It’s no big deal if you pull it, I’d just like to know why.
If I understand correctly, for example jo’s comment at 9:07 pm had pretty much the same content as mine. With the exception that mine was describing a certain aspect in the conditional even.
M and A
It was pulled because it could be seen as ‘leading’ and there is no proof of evidence of death, conditional or otherwise
September 6th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Sorry to bore you–I’m sure I’ll be ridiculed soundly, but my basic thing is that–sometimes–the most effective counter to nationalist criticism can be to adopt the stereotype. In this instance, the Portugese police were so determined to prove them false, they put themselves in an untenable position.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Maybe.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:05 am
You’re using a comments section to study literary nationalism????
What would you do if you were deconstructing the social realist novel - trawl the letters pages of the Daily Mail???
September 6th, 2008 at 4:47 am
I have explained previously why I am here, but some of you do seem to like the repetition. I initially discovered the site from a headline on Google News and dropped in, thinking it was just a straight news site. What I found instead was a hugely interesting little laboratory for an academic interest of mine–literary nationalism.
Over the course of the year, that original appeal has morphed into sort of a stunned fascination with the apparent scope of class conflict in GB. An unfortunate side-effect is that my core belief system has been irreparably shaken. Although I understood that not everyone had had the same experiences or educational opportunities, I truly believed that we were generally a rational species. Clearly I was wrong; I often leave feeling positively Vulcan.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Grande Finale
Because that would make Kate and Gerry look like shit parents.
And - as we all know - they are the world’s most responsible parents.
Or they tied her down or drugged her.
September 6th, 2008 at 3:56 am
Would a 4 year old get up from a dark bedroom in a strange apartment to get a drink of water themselves ? with no adult there ?
If they would do that, then why wouldn’t they get up and try and find their parents….
GM said he thought she may have got up for a drink of water (Because the bedroom door was open)
But KM said (IIRC) “put it this way there is no way she walked out of here herself !”
Why not ?
September 6th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Tuesday 1st May…………Quiz night finished at 9.30pm, I can’t see anyone checking while the quiz was on ?
9.30 until 10.00 nobody left the table ? according to the busty quiz mistress
10.30pm until 11.45 pm child was crying for 1 hour and 15 minutes, obviously nobody checked then either……….
So they weren’t checking on the 1st……………….but on the 3rd somebody passed apartment 5A every 4 minutes.
If I was a betting man my money would have been on the 1st for an abduction
September 6th, 2008 at 3:35 am
meercat Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 3:18 am
My kids eat dinner at 5.00pm as that’s when we are usually hungry. We stay at the table for about 45 minutes for dinner and dessert and later before bed they finish off with fruit or cheese. Eating at 5.00 doesn’t mean that’s it for the day, kitchen closed, that’s just the time that dinner commences.
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Cheese before bedtime ? , they used to say this caused nightmares, but you know what ? I have never seen that anywhere officially, and certainly hasn’t been my own personal experience I usually sleep well ev en after cheese
September 6th, 2008 at 3:18 am
My kids eat dinner at 5.00pm as that’s when we are usually hungry. We stay at the table for about 45 minutes for dinner and dessert and later before bed they finish off with fruit or cheese. Eating at 5.00 doesn’t mean that’s it for the day, kitchen closed, that’s just the time that dinner commences.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:59 am
karen, and you would’ve had a bit of something before bedtime ? i’ve had four kids. i could not possibly have fed them at five and have expected that to last until the next day. i don’t even know any adults who can do that.
anyway, off to bed now, good night
September 6th, 2008 at 2:55 am
gf, it makes me wonder, yes. it was cold that week and i assume she would’ve worn the fleece a lot, much more than any old towel that could’ve been used by anyone in the family.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Sam
I know posh Scottish people and non-posh Scottish people and the only time I’ve heard the phrase High Tea used was by the nanny of a girl who lived in a Manor and went to a much better public school than mine.
Otherwise I’ve heard Breakfast, Elevenses, Lunch, Brunch, Tea (at 4 o’clock), Dinner and Supper. Us kids used to get our dinner at 5 a couple of hours before Mum and Dad and that was always called tea (but a High Tea would be sandwiches, cake and tea - not dinner).
September 6th, 2008 at 2:40 am
sam Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 2:29 am
gf,
CUT
on a chair one can see maddies pink fleece like jacket hanging, why was that not used for the sniffer dogs instead of the towel ? there are unendless amounts of inconsistencies.
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If the local police are using dogs to look for a child that has wandered off, they would expect the parents to give them some thing that child has been in contact with wouldn’t they ?
If the parents didn’t want a proper search they would give an item that hadn’t been in close contact, whilst at the same time saying it had ??
The towel could have been the one KM was wearing when Payn supposedly went to the door at 6.30 pm…………if that was the case then the dogs would get nowhere fast !
It does make you wonder doesn’t it ? you are right ?
September 6th, 2008 at 2:29 am
gf, i think the twins were young enough to still get bottles in the evening, but maddie not.
re the too tidy, i don’t know that i agree. on sky news there is a photo slide thing of the apartment, the picture of the living room does not look to overly tidy, but that picture throws up even more questions, on a chair one can see maddies pink fleece like jacket hanging, why was that not used for the sniffer dogs instead of the towel ? there are unendless amounts of inconsistencies.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:22 am
sam Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 2:09 am
but if the children ate high tea at around four thirty, when maddie was seen by the cook, then i don’t understand why it was called high tea, it’s far too long a time to my mind for a child to go without food until the next day. and a bit too early to call it high tea. and there’s no mention of a later meal or supper for the children.
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Sam this is one of the things that made the PJ suspicious, the place was extremely tidy furniture arranged to perfection………….and they commented that there wasn’t even any signs of milky drinks or cookie crumbs ??
September 6th, 2008 at 2:22 am
meercat, could easily be wrong, i’m just sying it the way it appears to me, even if elaborate, at 4.30,5.30, it’s a long time for a child to go without food until the next day. high tea usually replaces dinner.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:15 am
annie, don’t know if its a term used above station or an alibi one or a scottish one. but it’s odd.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:09 am
meercat. tea is usually around fourish, used to be a victorian thing with sandwiches and a cuppa, and often now the word tea is used instead of dinner to mean the main meal of the day, around sixish .
but, high tea is specific kind of ‘tea’, it’s a more elaborate cold meal and replaces dinner. so, to my mind the term high tea suggests a cold spread meal at around dinner time or instead of dinner.
but if the children ate high tea at around four thirty, when maddie was seen by the cook, then i don’t understand why it was called high tea, it’s far too long a time to my mind for a child to go without food until the next day. and a bit too early to call it high tea. and there’s no mention of a later meal or supper for the children.
so, either it’s just a scottish word and there was another meal for the children later on which wasn’t mentioned , or the term high tea is used to mislead people into thinking the last meal was taken at a later time than it was. or the supper for the children did not happen for some reason. very penadantic, as i said.
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m&a
that’s interesting.
I did not realise high tea was so late.
I have always thought high tea was a more elaborate afternoon tea
You learn something every day!
-meercat
September 6th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Necrophilia ?
I’m told you ladies do like a stiff one, of an evening
September 6th, 2008 at 1:49 am
John Smith Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Six dead bodies before she even went on holiday ? Serial killer, she must be.
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M&A
Artemis
OK, I know that’s a joke, but, since the six dead bodies thing was just another piece of tabloid nonsense, it seems a bit unkind to lumber her with it forever
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“The family GP has insisted she came into contact with at least SIX dead bodies before going on holiday with her husband and three children.”
Artemis THIS was from the Sun article yesterday 05/09/08 ?? I worked out quite some time ago that the town of Melton Mowbray would have been wiped out in two years at that rate of demise
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/article1651651.ece
September 6th, 2008 at 1:47 am
annie i think high tea might be more usual in scotland nowadays, but still i think it would mean a meal taken later in the day to replace ‘dinner’ a cooked meal, and agreed,often tea is used instead but it usually does mean a meal taken around sixish, high tea taken around 4.30 simply does not ring right.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:47 am
goodnight everyone - I am off to try to earn an honest crust (to eat at high tea) I shall be back tomorrow, no doubt, but just in case I hit the jackpot and sail off into the sunset - I hope that you all enjoy your weekend - and beyond
September 6th, 2008 at 1:40 am
The Gandolf’s, Sledgehammer, Rasputin, Garth what a bunch of dickheads please ignore them.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:39 am
saul, missed your post, good night : )
September 6th, 2008 at 1:38 am
kate is not scottish, do the scots say high tea insteadof teatime at fourish ? and even if, can you put a chld, or in this case children aged 2 and nearly four to bed without some kind of supper ? i know i couldn’t and i’ve had four.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Aren’t we all.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:30 am
saul ,annie ,don’t know, just know i’m here for the long haul.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:29 am
sam - y0u are so right - I do exactly the same thing myself. I scrutinise statements, and I believe that you can gain a lot of insite into “reading inbetween the lines” High tea is a phrase that would have to be thought about before used -especially in the younger generation - “high tea” was a phrase that was used more 50 years ago when I was a kid - but I might add - not in my own household - I think that the user of that phrase is setting themselves slightly above their station - my grandmother used to say “high tea is only taken by High Society!!
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m&a
is there “low” tea?
-meercat
September 6th, 2008 at 1:28 am
coco :), you really do make me smile (and very often laugh out loud), thank you :), it is begging the question isn’t it.