Comments on: Madeleine McCann: Sean And Amelie Get Speaking Parts, In Pictures

By: AMANDA SOUTH AFRICA

AMANDA SOUTH AFRICA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:40 +0000

THIS PHOTO WITH MADDIE TANNED LOOKS LIKE THE GIRL WHO PLAYED MATHILDA A FEW YEARS AGO BUT NOW ONLY GROWN. I THINK HER NAME IT AMANDA. IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HER. MY CHILD IS 2 DAYS YOUNGER THAN MADDIE, HER HAIR IS THE SAME COLOUR BUT IF I LOOK AT PHOTOS FROM 2 YEARS BACK WHEN MY CHILD WAS THE SAME AGE AS WHEN MADDIE WAS TAKEN, MY CHILD`S FACE DID NOT CHANGE THAT MUCH. MY CHILD ONLY GREW TALLER SO THE MCCANN`S SHOULD NOT REALLY CHANGE THE FACE A LOT IF THEY SEND OUT PHOTOS OF MADDIE.

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By: justlooking

justlooking — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:36 +0000

Taekwondo should be the preferred choice of combative technique adopted by the twins as it focuses on the legs to generate power to neutralise the attacker. It gives very young children the advantage of longer reach when confronted with a predatory, ever shape-shifting, child-abductor.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:28:52 +0000

“Contrary to popular belief, a child’s eyes do not remain the same size from birth. But their growth is minimal compared with the lower face.”

This is from a current BBC article on such photos. It makes clear why the eyes generally shrink in important relative to the rest of the face and why the artists have to take this factor into account when trying to portray an older child using earlier photos as well as the appearance of the parents at the same age. I think this largely explains why the eyes in general seem so much less significant in these new “photos”.

I still think she looks too old though.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:32:33 +0000

The pics seem very poor from a number of points of view but the eye defect is quite clear. I thought the last “aged” one was excellent but she looks too old on these two, apart from anything else. I thought the earlier one took very clever account of resemblance to her parents. Don’t know about these!

The very first photo, used for the main publicity, which showed the eye defect so clearly, was just different. It happened to focus very much on the eyes and was possibly chosen for that reason. Other photos of her as a very little girl did not show the defect any more clearly than the “aged” ones, though. They probably just don’t want people to assume it would be immediately terribly obvious. On the other hand, it would have to remain a defining feature. Any child without the defect is clearly not Madeleine!

Can anyone explain exactly how and when one can see the interviews they are going to do (or have done?) please. Thank you!

By: Bat E Bird

Bat E Bird — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:12:25 +0000

Ironside, I can post more links if you like but, if you Google, there are plenty of newspapers reporting that she or they said that.

The Telegraph for instance:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1551438/The-burden-of-loss.html

This quote is from Mrs. Healy

“They knew immediately that Madeleine had been taken, that she hadn’t just wandered off. But it was difficult to get that across to the Portuguese police initially.”

By: HOTWATER

HOTWATER — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:59 +0000

How is the picture of a tanned Maddy consistent with Dave Edgar’s view that she is being kept in a lair within 10 km of PDL? Maybe the picture on the left is if she isn’t let out of the lair much, the picture on the right is if the lair has a garden and she is let out in the garden. Which would suggest that the lair in not overlooked by other houses. Which narrows it down, a remote lair with a garden. Go, Dave!

By: IRONSIDE

IRONSIDE — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:13 +0000

Bat E Bird, if you manage to read the Police Files you will see that she did not…She told Fiona that madeleine was missing…Mrs.Fenn the neighbour who lived above ap.5A asked what was wrong, she heard Kate screaming “We have let her down Gerry” several times…..All documented in PJ Files..All witness statements.

By: Bat E Bird

Bat E Bird — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:55:25 +0000

I’m still waiting to hear how Kate knew immediately that Madeleine had been abducted.

By: Clive

Clive — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:52:27 +0000

On the tv clips I have seen, two observations - didn’t the McCanns look star struck when being interviewed by the more popular newspeople and it seems a new
strategy for presentation with Kate taking the lead and Gerry staying quiet.
Still can’t understand the barrage of abduction stories with absolutely no evidence
other than fact a poor little girl is missing.