Madeleine McCann: Adopted by Angelina Jolie, And The Changeling
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY MAIL: “A mother leaves her child while she goes out - and returns to an empty house. No, not the McCann case but the true story behind a gripping new film”
Fact. Fiction. Can you spot the difference?
She was a devoted mother, hard-working, determined and tough. Then, one spring morning, Christine Collins kissed her little child goodbye (leaving him under the eye of neighbours), before returning in the evening to an empty house. Her beloved son had vanished without a trace.
A continent-wide hunt was launched and a shocked nation was kept agog by a string of leads - only for their hopes to be cruelly dashed as each clue led to a dead end.
The child was never seen again, the mother was heartbroken and the community was left divided by suspicion and mistrust.
Terrible. Just terrible. Does it work out in the end?
It could be the tragic story of Kate and Gerry McCann and their three-year-old daughter, Madeleine, who was abducted last year while on holiday in Portugal, and who remains missing to this day.
It could be, albeit with better lighting, a decent cast and a 15 certificate… Gone, Baby, Gone…
But, in fact, it is the plot of Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Changeling, which opens in Britain later this month.
But it’s all false, right? Angelina Jolie is only acting, right? Unless she adopted Madeleine?
It is all the more powerful because it is based on a horrific true story. The so-called ‘Wineville chicken coop murders’ took place on the outskirts of Los Angeles in 1928.
And while they happened 80 years before Maddie McCann disappeared, there are startling parallels between the two.
The McCanns’ grim experience in Praia de Luz - and how they were made suspects by bungling local police - was widely reported.
But Christine Collins suffered even worse treatment at the hands of the LA Police Department. As the investigation into her missing child failed to yield results, she was even locked up in a mental asylum.
It’s enough to drive you maaaaad. Maaaaad, I tell yer…
As in the McCann case, rumour followed rumour.
Each one recorded for posterity…
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November 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
“”The chief officer of the States of Jersey Police has been suspended pending an investigation into his role in an inquiry into alleged child abuse.
Earlier, detectives probing alleged abuse at Haut de la Garenne said no one had been murdered there and previously released evidence had been inaccurate.
Graham Power has “strenuously” denied any wrongdoing and says he will rigorously contest any allegations.
He said he could not comment publicly on the nature of the allegations”"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7724622.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/7724622.stm
November 12th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Mc Canns must be squirming
They did it for the money
November 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
she was tied to a rope on the ceiling to prevent her getting out of the house
November 12th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
tamazepam in her hair for nine months
November 12th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Bat E Bird Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Aha !!
Let the cat out of the bag Jane.
I agree that your anorak nick is well chosed.
Jane Tanner is most certainly a bat e bird.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
The abuse case continues
November 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
12 November 2008
McCanns had Informant Inside the PJ - TvMais
A PJ inspector supplied confidential information to Metodo 3 concerning the movements that the Judiciária and the British policemen made on the terrain, searching for Maddie
by Hernâni Carvalho
The accusation is brought forward by one of the agents from Metodo 3, the Spanish detective agency that the McCanns hired, and was made during an interview that journalist Duarte Levy recorded for Belgian television. According to said Metodo 3 agent, the privileged information that the McCanns held were always delivered by an inspector who “benefits from a certain protection at the Judiciária in Faro” and by informants that are connected to the British Embassy.
The PJ investigators’ most confidential movements were always monitored by the McCanns or by their entourage. The information reached them through an informant from inside the PJ of Faro itself. The man from Metodo 3 goes as far as stating that numerous initiatives by Amaral’s men were known before time due to the alleged informant.
“That was the information that allowed for us to known in advance what inspector Amaral and his colleagues intended to do”, the Spanish private detective said. The interview was videotaped in Spain a few days ago and will be part of a documentary about Maddie’s disappearance that the journalist is preparing. In Belgium, the case continues to raise much interest and discussion. During that interview, the Metodo 3 agent identifies the man from the PJ in Faro. The Spanish detective states that he always knew that the investigation was condemned. And he explains that he always knew in advance about the purposes of the actions and diligences that were carried out by Gonçalo Amaral’s team.
The detective says that he tried to speak with the coordinator of the investigation at the PJ (Gonçalo Amaral), but the latter replied that, whatever he had to declare or to denounce, he should do it in an official manner.
During the interview, the detective explains that he wasn’t hired to search for Maddie and that he never did that. He says that was not his mission. His mission, he says, was to carry out actions that would direct the authorities that were responsible for the investigation and the search for Maddie, into Morocco or Spain. And that he says he did.
The detective advances that the McCann couple never asked him to lie, but that he cannot say the same about the McCanns’ team, or Metodo 3’s team.
When contacted by tvmais, Gonçalo Amaral says that he knows what we are talking about, but that he believes this is not the time for clarifications. :-lol: The former coordinator of the PJ’s investigation about Maddie says he is still waiting for the lawsuit that the McCanns threatened him with, and at that time he will have much to say or to reveal. Another book…
source: TvMais, 12.11.2008, paper edition
by astro
November 12th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Bat E Bird,
Reports are also coming in about thread sightings in Morocco.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I’ve just remembered - I saw a man carrying a thread yesterday!
He was swarthy and had no face.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
stevet
By the way must see tv Martin Kemps crime museum on discovery channel and Matthew Kellys forensic casebook on itv
November 12th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Brandon,
I just mean it suggests that she wasnt abducted for sexual reasons. Saying that, I agree with what you are saying.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
jersey cop suspended
November 12th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
stevet
Sorry I dont get what you mean , if she was drugged throughout it makes me think she was dead against the idea, someone could have done stuff to her against her will, the mother wasnt taking a gamble to better their lives financially, she was downright wicked and had no consideration to her daughter whats-o-ever!
maybe I misunderstood what you meant
November 12th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
AGW,
1). Where did you last see the thread?
2). Have you ever been on holiday with the thread?
3). Would you say the thread was a particularly difficult one?
4). Have you ever discussed giving the thread to a relative to look after?
———-
SteveT
Also perhaps
5) Have you ever threatened to chemically alter the thread with meths or other similar?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Brandon,
To be honest, I think this news means that money was the only motive and worst alternatives are less likely.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
brandon flours Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
The Prosecution is alleging that Shannon was drugged throughout her period
of “captivity”.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
stevet
I was still quite sorry for her mother till I heard this, I thought she was just bribed and kept in a flat known to her, this suggests………… God knows……
November 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
AGW,
Unless you can get someone else to fund them.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
SteveT
Holidays are for rich white folks.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Brandon,
It will certainly be interesting to see what drugs were used, if true.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I am so glad that the Fund didn’t give money to those money grabbing parents!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Does that mean she was drugged throughout or just when they took her to the flat?
What types of drugs could be available to her mother?
prescribed diazapam types or street stuff?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
M & A
Sorry….hit the submit button too early…
“”But costs do have to be borne in mind and manpower, its the same old taxpayer
who funds it,the same old police who investigate ,but new victims emerge becasue
of the distractions.
can you imagine investigating the childhood of someone aged 90?””
I am not suggesting that anything unreasonable should be borne.
But as long as child abuse, or any abuse for that matter, is covered up by any
Authorities involved in any of the matters, and if complaints are not followed
up properly, then such abusers see that as a very helpful attitude for them, by the
Authorities concerned.
Not a very child-friendly attitude though.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
(M and A)
“”I think there were posts crossing”"
Yes….now resolved..
“”But costs do have to be borne in mind and manpower, its the same old taxpayer
who funds it,the same old police who investigate ,but new victims emerge becasue
of the distractions.
can you imagine investigating the childhood of someone aged 90?”"
November 12th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Shannon Matthews….Prosecution says :
“”She was kidnapped and falsely imprisoned in the flat where Donovan lived. She
was drugged to subdue her during the period of her captivity”
I wonder what that drug was.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
AGW,
1). Where did you last see the thread?
2). Have you ever been on holiday with the thread?
3). Would you say the thread was a particularly difficult one?
4). Have you ever discussed giving the thread to a relative to look after?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
June Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am
PS…I thought that I had made it clear that the other establishments were in Jersey.
I hadn’t…..my apologies.
**********
(M and A)
I think there were posts crossing.
But costs do have to be borne in mind and manpower, its the same old taxpayer who funds it,the same old police who investigate ,but new victims emerge becasue of the distractions.
can you imagine investigating the childhood of someone aged 90?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
June Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I wasn’t quoting you.
I was referring to your post in relation to the “ages” and how long ago it was.
I had referred to the other establishments which were involved, in the post
previous to that.
The matters re the other establishments, can still be investigated fully.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
coolandcalm Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Yes, I agree….so widespread.
Islington, which has also some connections with Jersey, some abusers from that
area turned up in Jersey.
Margaret Hodge, who was a Councillor there, was involved in the attempts to
cover the matter up and then resigned, to take up employment away from Politics
for a time.
She re-emerged in Politics and became Minister for Children in 2003.
And continued to make a complete fool of herself re the Islington situation.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Matt, I was talking about Jersey and Haute Garenne, if you are talkingof elsewhere please clarify before you quote me.
If these are recent crimes and the offenders are still alive , well and good pursue it,but be more precise please