Madeleine McCann: The Exeter Connection
“MADELEINE – Now her parents’ friends are hit by hate campaign.”
Lat week, the Express told us of the hate campaign targeted at Kate and Gerry McCann. Today the talk is of “smears” against the McCanns family and friends.
Why has the Express promoted Madeleine McCann to its front page, positioning her in the spot reserved for Princess Diana? Is this what Diana would have wanted? What is the Express selling? Hope? Its credentials as a caring organ? Conspiracy?
Reading on, we learn that there is no hate. The McCanns friends have not been subjected to physical and verbal attacks. There is just a Portuguese newspaper Sol saying that detectives hold no-one above suspicion.
The police are pouring over inconsistencies in the friends’ statements. All nine are being treated as suspects.
And hospital consultant Russell O’Brien, friend to the McCanns, has, it is claimed, been spoken to by police about his time in Exeter. O’Brien and his partner Jane Tanner moved to the city weeks before their trip to Portugal. The Express reads Sol and thereby learns that Murat was in the Devon city for 10 days, arriving back in the Algarve on May 1.
Justine McGuinness, the McCanns’ campaign manager, tells us: “It is absolutely not the case that anyone in the party with the McCanns had ever met Robert Murat before they went on holiday.”
And that’s it.
And Madeleine McCann is still missing…
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November 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 am
Dont ya think its weird about that jane tunner spotting a man carrying a girl wearing the same pjs but not telling anyone!!!
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January 5th, 2008 at 12:19 am
As a college student and a year away from graduating and becoming a DNA analylist this case has not given anyone enough information to draw anything from. This is what I think about this case.
This young girl was “taken away” or “abducdted” from a hotel room where her parents were non existant. Wether they were drinking heavily or just dining the fact that they left ALL their children unattended is very irresponsible and extremely suspicious. These are wealthy people that have three children. the fact that they even left the children unattended is the first clue in this case. The fact that they say they are good parents totally contradicts their leisure behaivor on vacation. Once a good parent always a good parent. parenting skills do not sometimes exist they always exist. The neglect of these children is a routine not a stranger to these people.
The second clue is the fact that the parents say they checked on the kids every so often. This means that the friends would have been able to clearly state where the parents had gone for 5-10 minutes(since the restaraunt was only 50 feet away from the condo which they stayed) They also would have been able to say if they were gone for an extended amount of time. The people at the restaraunt or even a waiter or server would have also been able to clarify this but no one did. As a server I watch my customers closely to make sure they pay for everything especially when alcohol is involved. I also bother them often as it gets you a better tip.
The third clue. All of these adults were drinking(supposely) What kind of friends let there friends drink and leave their children unnattended in a room!! come on now we all know better. If not one friend was concerned than another would be.If not all nine of them!! The Jane ordeal. This lady is full of lies. If this woman saw a random person carrying a young child that looked like Medeleine it wouldn’t take a genius to find out to tell someone immediatly. Or go back and say something to parents about it, not the following day! She may be covering up.
The fourth clue. It is the year 2007(now 2008) If it not taught in the UK I am deeply saddened. But for all children in the US if a stranger comes near you, you do everything in your power to make sure this person doesn’t harm you. I mean come on they teach this on Sesame Street and Barney here in the US. Children learn it in preschool. This child did not put up a fight, why? Because she was taken from someone she knows and trusts. And for this being a smaller resort if the child was taken under circumstances that resulted in an a response from her someone would have noticed odd behaviour.
The fifth clue. As I have taken classes on criminal profiling. If this “abductor” was to take one child he/.she would not leave the others. Especially knowing that these 2 1/2 year old are capable of communicating words very well. 2 1/2 year olds should have a very good category of words at this age. This leads to the fact that someone they knew entered the room and took their sister and were comforted by a voice or face they knew. other wise they twins would be crucial evidence in this case of an abductor.
Last but certainly not least a child cannot be found with a police unit that is not capable of treating these kind of cases. Here in America cases like these are given to very well established units like the F.B.I which is very well credited. A police unit needs the proper training in these cases for concealing evidence and factoring in/out prime suspects. Cases like these are rare but well know. I.E, a popular case in the US of Jonbaneih Ramsey. The reason why this case isn’t solved is clear. The crime scene was not concealed and the suspects were not questioned well enough Just dead end after dead end. There are way too many holes in this case for anything conclusion to be drawn.
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:09 pm
i think jane tanner is lying,the links 2 exerter in devon,murat supposed visit 2 exeter, i always believed it was someone maddie knew,cos thats the only way she would have stayed quite,while being tricked into some kind off game,i believe she was sold,cos tanner and o,brian needed the money,this abduction was planned in advance, my theory.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:25 am
[...] on holiday with Kate and Gerry McCann. “British lawyer quizzed by Madeleine police on the ‘Exeter connection’,” says the Express. The Gorrods live in Exeter, Devon, close to Dr Russell O’Brien and Jane [...]
August 11th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Good god! I missed one….
option 7) She was abducted by persons known to the parents but without their knowledge. All part of option 1 but just wanted to clarify the possibility.
August 11th, 2007 at 1:53 am
This is all very interesting indeed….
Without wishing to condemn the McCanns as guilty of anything (apart from OBVIOUS neglect), they appear both utterly convincing yet at the same time, very suspect. Just can’t put my finger on it….
We only have one apparent FACT and that is that their daughter is missing. No evidence yet of abduction. Period. In light of this, the more that time passes with no evidence of her whereabouts then there is only ONE logical line of enquiry. You look at the last person(s) who claim to have seen the child. Remember the ‘Soham’ murders……….
Options:
1) She was abducted by person(s) unknown.
2) She was subject to a ‘fake’ abduction for the purposes of fame and fortune and will magically reappear at some stage.
3) She was subject to a ‘fake’ abduction for the purposes of fame and fortune and she will not reappear because she was deliberately ’sold’.
4) She was subject to a ‘fake’ abduction because she was deliberately murdered.
5) She was subject to a ‘fake’ abduction because she was ‘accidentally’ killed. This could be temper induced or as a result of child abuse.
6) She was subject to a ‘fake’ abduction because she died of natural causes. The ‘abduction’ would be necessary because any autopsy could reveal previous or present child abuse.
There. If anyone has any other options I would love to hear them. Cant think what they can be though. I’m sure there must be progress behind the scenes. Would love to be investigating this one. Fascinating………….
August 9th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Well this is all interesting stuff, seems that due to lack of real action and arrests in Spain everyone becomes the next Monk or Columbo.
Well IMHO I have to admit that the behaviour of the parents is very unusual under the circumstance of having just lost a precious child. No one can suggest that they should behave in a certain way, and what effects such an event would have on them. However I am surprised that they have stayed over there so long, and that no real clues to the wayabouts of the child have been found as yet. It would all lead to the belief amongst many that the child had in fact been killed. In which case by who? and what motive?
I just can’t get my head around the idea that one of these parents has killed the child, whilst the other stays silent. Nor can I believe that it is a big scam to collect money. The child one day would let it slip, it would be too much of a story to hold in.
I understand the conspriracy stories filling the vacum left by the lack of facts, but I would hate to accept that these parents are guilty. It would be a horrific story, and yes maybe the mother is under the “spell” of her husband, for it is his behaviour that seems most out of line.
The truth, as ever, will out!
August 8th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Alison…I was confused when they said the dogs found evidence of a body in Murat’s garden but completed the search and one paper said Murat was happy because he was cleared…..If there was evidence…how come we have not heard more about this? It is all so confusing.
August 8th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Star…..I am fed up listening to other people slating the McCanns and yet no-one has dared to suggest that they might be involved-in what way I can’t imagine. All I do know is that the sniffer dogs lost their scent outside Robert Murat’s house. It is possible that whoever was carrying that child didn’t have a car and was willing to take the risk of not being seen because they live close by.
Also, the blood on the wall is very strange. Are the police going to try and match it to all the suspects? I didn’t hear about a man closing a window and carrying a girl off. it sounds like a good story. how on earth could he get away without being caught. it’s too big a risk-not credible.
To be honest, I think the culprit is someone who the police already suspect but as they haven’t enough evidence, who can they convict?
are the McCanns so naive that they really believe their daughter is alive. How can they be certain. Sounds like they know something but I feel dreadful saying that. Things just don’t add up and I feel that things will come to light soon and the police will arrest someone. I put my bets on both the Murats. I got a bad feeling from the mother.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Alison…..I feel the same. The police have to have some type of new info other than the blood if they are looking at the parents and friends again.
But it makes sense. Looks like Murat has been cleared?
As far as that “friend” that saw the man with the girl. I have wondered why she didnt speak up sooner…she could describe the girls pj’s so she got a good close look at her, and she says she saw the man close a window and carry the girl off…how many parents take their child out the window and not out the door? Sounds like the Mccanns are on permanent holiday. Having their bills paid by donations and buying new printers and out filming and emailing and having meals made for them and family stop in to visit and care for the twins…ODD VERY ODD
August 8th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I am confused with all the speculation about Madeleine. If I am to be really honest, I think that both Gerry and Robert Murat are the most likely suspects. There is something very odd about Robert and his mother. She seems very shifty and can’t face the camera. Robert is acting strangely and I think from all the evidence gathered, he could well have something to do with this. I still am apalled at both the McCanns leaving their babies alone and nothing anyone says will justify this behaviour. We all make mistakes but they took a calculated risk. How come the friend who saw a man carrying a child didn’t report this at the time and at least check it wasn’t Madeleine? I would smell a rat if a man was carrying a child late at night. How come she didn’t notice it was Madeleine? Is she trying to put the police off the scent for the real culprit. I am beginning to tire of all this. someone knows something and I suspect it is either the Murats or the Mccanns or even their friends. While everyone is worried sick about Madeleine, they seem to be doing very well out of all this. I got the impression that Mrs Mccann is enjoying the cameras. She dresses well and is very attractive. I think I would have to be sedated if it was my child. God only knows how she is surviving all this. I pray that Madeleine is found alive and I do hope her abductor can think how this is affecting the whole nation and return her safely.
August 8th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
I have no kids!
One question for the parents what would you value greater, your kids or one million pounds?
Awnser kids (I should hope/imagine)
Would you leave one million pounds sat on your bed whilst you went out for dinner?
NO YOU WOULD NOT!!!
August 6th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Im sorry I just want her to be found safe and sound, it eats me up inside and I hope to god the DNA is hers and maybe the police all over will pull there finger out… I just want this little angel to be found..
August 4th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal: Portuguese police and British detectives returned Saturday to search the home of the only suspect in the disappearance of a 4-year-old British girl who went missing at a resort hotel in Portugal three months ago.
Using rakes and hedge cutters, police cleared vegetation from the grounds of the house where 33-year-old Briton Robert Murat lives, which is about 100 meters (330 feet) from where Madeleine McCann was last seen.
At least eight Portuguese officers and two British detectives took part in the search. They entered the house around 7 a.m.
The British Broadcasting Corp. reported that the search was expected to last four days.
Portuguese police were not immediately available for comment.
The latest search in Portugal comes as police in Belgium investigate a possible sighting of the four-year-old there
**Ok they are doing a BIG search of Murat’s home(the article states he is not home) so maybe the police have some new info to go on? and DNA testing is being done to see if the girl in Belgium is Madeleine and where are her parents?
Meanwhile, Madeleine’s parents Gerry and Kate McCann travelled to Spain to mark the three months since her abduction.
**IMO would they not want to be there if they find something at Murat’s?
August 4th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
OK well I think it’s a Big Brother stunt. The Big Brother eye has the same split pupil at “7 0′ clock” that Madeleine’s eye has. Big Brother started soon after she was missing and it is my belief that she will be found one way or the other shortly after the end of the show. Why this “game” is being played, well who knows. As the Queen once remarked there are forces in this country that we know nothing about. This may sound ridiculous but that eye of Big Brother is just too much of a coincidence. I think it was all planned. Poor little girl.
August 4th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Well the DNA will prove if it was her or not. If it was her, then they’ll be checking every single Dutch car with those letters in the reg, though with all this publicity they’ll just move on, won’t they? Quite honestly I don’t see the wisdom of reporting this story at all because if it was her it would just make the people holding her go deeper into hiding. Crazy. If the search for these people had been kept out of the press, surely it would be easier to find them?
August 4th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Linda….I read articles about the sighting by a child therapist.
Like I said I had to wonder why no one tried to stop them from leaving. Try anything…just stall while someone else gets police. I mean if it isnt her the parents would probably understand and they could be on their way. If it was her and they were allowed to leave and it was stated they were acting strange, who knows what will happen and where she could be now. IMO whoever has Madeleine would not just have her out in public BUT then again i could be wrong.
No one had a camera or a cell phone with a camera?
And your right, all the therapist had to do was have the waitress go and check…bring a coloring book, or strike up a conversation with the child. Anything to get a look at her eye. I have to wonder why the two adults with this child would act oddly. It says they got part of the plate number and a description of the car they left in. Too bad no one could jump in a car and follow them.
August 4th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Hi Star, I posted this same entry on another Anorak page but I was wondering what you thought about this. Please forgive my ignorance when I say I just don’t GET people out there who say they’re sure they’ve seen Madeleine. She was in a restaurant obviously sitting down and a waitress suspects it’s her. All anybody has to do is get close enough to the child to see if she has that thing in her eye. That would not be difficult for any waitress to do seeing as they can make the excuse to go to the people’s table and somehow just get the child to look up at them for goodness sake. If a kidnapper still has her out there in public then sure they can change her outward appearance but the one thing they cannot do anything about is the mark that clearly runs through one of her eyes. I’ve stood a few feet away from children in shopping malls for example and have had them look at me and you can see directly into their eyes no problem. I don’t see why people aren’t doing that at the moment they think they see her. They’re obviously able to get close enough to her to suspect it’s her so what the ?!?
August 4th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Linda…I agree….He was feeling better and off traveling again per his blog and still not a word about this sighting? Like i said..i guess it would be hard to get their hopes up and be let down…They did saw that others in Belguim thought they saw her…and this lady workds with kids, and said the couple with this child were acting strange. Too bad they couldnt keep them there until police could be called.
I do agree with you in reference to Gerry’s bog…..he managed to mention how busy he will be planning Madeleine being missing 100 days.
Hopefully this DNA will prove something
August 4th, 2007 at 5:03 am
Belgian investigators were today carrying out DNA tests on a drink bottle used by a girl who resembled the missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann.
Officers were contacted by a child therapist who believed she had seen Madeleine in a restaurant in the town of Tongeren, on the Dutch border.
A Belgian police spokeswoman said the child therapist was “100% sure” that the girl she had seen was Madeleine. Police said they were taking the sighting seriously and were looking for further leads.
**Just wondering WHY Gerry has not said anything about this in his blog. I know it would be terrible to get their hopes up and either have it be Madeleine and not kow where she is again…or finding out it is not her. Atleast if it ends up being her they would know she is alive. I still do not know why they didnt try to detain these people if this woman was so sure. Hopefully the waitress is not a good judge of age…she said she was more like 5 or 6.
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:24 am
Hi there Star, in answer to your question about the t-shirt picture, the man in the photo is the manager of the football team that wore the shirts, so he posed in the picture as well.
In regards as to why Gerry hasn’t even made one mention to the sighting in Belgium on his blog, I’ve noticed that what he writes is 95% about HIM and what HE’S doing and, oh look, now he’s feeling a little unwell with a tummy bug. He seems to have lost sight as to who that site is really about. He just had to let everyone know that he assisted with an unwell airline passenger a while back and then he had to tell about his wallet being stolen (supposedly), and how often he takes people to and from the airport and how many friends he meets up with for a bite to eat, and now he’s got a tummy bug…..when will these entries actually become about the victim…..oh wait, maybe he thinks he IS the victim. Don’t get me wrong people, I do not hate the man and I do feel sorry for him being without his child, BUT you must admit, his writings are all a little bit strange.
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:30 am
That attitude of Gerry’s seems strange to me as well, but I think he’s taking the attitude that he doesn’t want to get his hopes up for nothing, because every dashed hope is sure to be anguish to Kate and himself.
As for why he’s going about this as though he was planning for a birthday or a BBQ, it seems to me that he does that primarily because it’s what keeps their hopes alive, and jogs people’s memories at suitable intervals of time.
I agree though that there have become two Maddies: the Maddie who was allegedly abducted by persons unknown and the Maddie who has been fabricated in the media, in large measure by the McCanns themsevles. When the real Maddie eventually surfaces, as undoubtedly she sooner or later will, will Kate and Gerry (especially Gerry) grieve the loss of Media Maddie, one wonders?
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:17 am
Brussels - Belgian prosecutors have opened an investigation after someone reported seeing a missing British girl in the country, a television station reported on Thursday.
A child psychologist told authorities she recognised Madeleine McCann, 4, with two adults at a cafe, RTL-TVI reported. A photofit of the man allegedly seen with the girl has been distributed since Wednesday.
Police collected the bottle that the girl had drank from at the cafe and were searching for the couple’s car.
Madeleine vanished on May 3 from a hotel room in southern Portugal where she and her two-year-old twin siblings were sleeping while her parents were dining at a nearby restaurant.
OK…..hopefully this is a real lead?!?!?! According to this article they have a bottle the girl drank out of. I still cant believe i saw this article a few times and it is not mentioned in Gerry’s blog?!?!?! I’ll keep my fingers crossed and say a prayer this is her…..
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 am
Linda…I find it odd that the t-shirt they have in the pic is just a pic…no i’m missing or madeleine’s name or police # to call if seen?
Who is the man with them?
IMO Gerry acts like this is a campaign for some missing child, NOT his own. He is too business like.
He says he is gonna be very bush planning for Madeleine being missing 100 days? Sorta like planning for a b-day or BBQ???
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:28 am
oh one more thing…did the child eat? If the lady had a cup they are using to get DNA, did they get anything from the child. Wow….that would tell us right away if it was Madeleine…..
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:26 am
Police in Belgium have released a computer-generated image of a suspect in the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
The development came after witnesses reported what they believed to be sightings of the four-year-old girl with a man and woman at a restaurant on the Dutch border town of Tongeren.
The latest suspect is described as around 40, 6ft tall, with short black hair, bushy eyebrows, several days stubble and a pointed chin. The released image shows him to have large eyes with dark pupils. He is said to be Dutch and a Flemish speaker. His companion is described as a brown-haired female in her mid-twenties, with tanned skin. She is reported to be British, and to have attempted at one point to run away from the scene. One Dutch report said DNA tests are being carried out on a cup used by the woman
I was wondering why people think they see Madeleine but it looks like they dont do anything about it at the time. Either have someone keep an eye on them while someone else goes for police. Or take a pic with a cell phone(doesnt everyone have a camera on their cell phone these days?)
And how come Gerry didnt tell us about this sighting in his blog…..he just said Kate had to put up new posters alone cause he is ill…
August 3rd, 2007 at 4:54 am
Well said Navigator !!
August 3rd, 2007 at 3:39 am
It’s not the public that needs to be reminded of Madeleine, it’s her parents.
Gerry and Kate rarely mention Madeleine now except in regards to some product or moneymaking event.
Maybe the new posters, new T-shirt, plastic bracelets and various other past, present and future McCann products will keep Madeleine in *their* memory.
Not the product-madeleine but their DAUGHTER, Madeleine Beth McCann!
That’s my opinion after having believed for months that Gerry and Kate were just grieving or experiencing stress in their own way. I turned a blind eye and excused all the abnormalities. I’ve now read and observed too much to change my mind. It wasn’t an easy shift in thought, believe me.
Poor Madeleine. I just hope the McCanns do not find ways to financially benefit from their twins.
Yes, Gerry will continue the globetrotting and writing ridiculous things in his blogs and his trips to the airport and mashed pototoes, poolside/oceanside fun and Kate will be seen with that stuffed cat -prop- every chance she gets.
Tragic.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Well, star the Mccann’s wrongly thought that the power of the media would swiftly reunite them with Madeleine.
The fund is something which they have taken advantage of and are continuing to do so. Perhaps the thinking here is that we have been punished enough by having our daughter go missing, why should we also suffer financially?
I don’t tend to agree with the fund as the money isn’t helping to find Madeleine despite all the trips and the marketing events and concerts.
In the end police work will probably find Madeleine, alive or otherwise or else a passerby that notices Madeleine on her own, It wouldn’t have needed the worldwide coverage for that passerby to inform the police, as a 4 year old on her own would have been reported even if the Madeleine story wasn’t known about.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:16 pm
KL…..Yes i have seen Gerry sorta want to take control…he is doing this and he is doing that. And your right, Madeleine is still missing and there are no real leads. The friends have/had a code of silence? I did just read that the police are treating all McCann friends as suspects at this time and they have noticed inconsistencies in their story. I would hate to think the parents or friends are involved but if you look at the info we have been given(like you said…who know what is true and what is not) it looks like something is not right with the whole McCann and friends group. It does seem they invent things (the sighting of the man with the girl and seeing Murat peeking in the window) Could it be to take attention away from them? I dont know. The whole fundraising thing is pretty odd…Asking for money to support them? I do hope Madeleine is still alive and is found soon.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
In answer to your post 103 Star,
Nope!