The case of Madeleine McCann

[John]

A long shot I know but the remains of a little girl of around 2/4 have been found inside a suitcase which had been dumped in the bush outside Adelaide Australia. Clothing which was also found was worn/manufactured in 2007.
Nobody in Australia has ever come forward reporting a missing child but at one time Madeleine had been connected to a woman or a couple whose Australian registered boat/yacht had been moored on Spain ? I think.
On the morning of the child's disappearance a sailing vessel had been reported as having left Portugal without giving its on-going location. This cock-up came as a result of the PJ's not closing the border between Portugal/Spain and also not checking shipping in and out of the nearby port.

If you are going to post about the Polícia Judiciária do at least get your facts right.

European borders are never closed when a kid disappears since to do so these days would cause chaos.  The PJ did do port, airport and border checks after initial searches failed to find the missing child.  Your criticism is misplaced.

[Roch]

Robert Murat's phone went silent from 15.45 on 2 May.  He broke silence at 23.20 on 3 May.  That's 31h 35m of phone silence.

Gerry McCann received 12 voicemail messages on 2 May, and effectively the last of these was at 15.49 (just four minutes after Murat’s phone silence commenced). 

Gerry postponed listening to this voicemail until around 20.15 on 2nd May, at which point he turned off his mobile.

He took just one incoming call at 12.24 on 3 May.  Then his mobile fell silent again until 23.14 (just prior to Murat breaking his own phone silence).

He didn't make a single outgoing call during that period.  Although he listened to voicemail, his period of silence was approximately 31h 25m.

[lookout]

If you are going to post about the Polícia Judiciária do at least get your facts right.

European borders are never closed when a kid disappears since to do so these days would cause chaos.  The PJ did do port, airport and border checks after initial searches failed to find the missing child.  Your criticism is misplaced.

Isn't there something called the Golden Hour ? Within this time of knowing that a child had gone missing,the border out of Portugal into Spain should have been closed,along with the port.All vessels which were already in should have been checked as should vessels departing and both sets of documentation checked.
I believe an Australian registered yacht had already left port and was found to be in Barcelona where a woman was overheard asking someone if they " had the girl ". The description of the woman went out as being a " Posh " Beckham lookalike and she had an Australian accent. This lead was followed apparently but didn't amount to anything,but there was always room for suspicion in whatever came to light,especially by sea as the port was only minutes away from PDL and because documents weren't checked on the out-going yacht,it made it even more suspicious.

[John]

Isn't there something called the Golden Hour ? Within this time of knowing that a child had gone missing,the border out of Portugal into Spain should have been closed,along with the port.All vessels which were already in should have been checked as should vessels departing and both sets of documentation checked.
I believe an Australian registered yacht had already left port and was found to be in Barcelona where a woman was overheard asking someone if they " had the girl ". The description of the woman went out as being a " Posh " Beckham lookalike and she had an Australian accent. This lead was followed apparently but didn't amount to anything,but there was always room for suspicion in whatever came to light,especially by sea as the port was only minutes away from PDL and because documents weren't checked on the out-going yacht,it made it even more suspicious.

Yes there is a golden hour but it was lost due to an unexplained failure to contract police immediately.  For the record, the police received the first call almost 45 minutes after the child was found to be missing at 10pm.

If you closed a border every time a kid goes missing I fear the entire country would grind to a standstill.

[mike tesko]

I have a deep feeling that 'he' had something to do with Maddies disappearance:-

[lookout]

Latest news is that there's been a " sighting " in Paraguay with 4 police stations and Interpol now investigating.

[lookout]

Latest news is that there's been a " sighting " in Paraguay with 4 police stations and Interpol now investigating.

Reports that Madeleine was in the custody of a Paraguayan woman have been debunked.

[marty]

Amaral has one his appeal 

[Roch]

Amaral has one his appeal 

Interesting what might happen next.  Wonder if the book will go on sale?  I read that the McCann's plan to go to a higher court after this latest ruling.

[lookout]

Amaral has one his appeal 

That was a blow. Easy to say,but someone somewhere knows something.

[marty]

They do, I'd start at home.

[John]

Mr Amaral's book, "The Truth of the Lie" is being reprinted right now and will go back on sale in Portugal next week.  The McCann's meanwhile have instructed their Portuguese lawyer Isabel Duarte to appeal this latest decision by the Lisbon Court of Appeal to the Portuguese Supreme Court.

[marty]

If it gets that far

[mike tesko]

I am as certain as I can be that Maddie is dead, and her remains are buried where I said in a shallow grave inside the grounds of the derelict building across the street from the church. Sooner or later, somebody will go there and recover her remains. The photographs I took pinpoint exactly where her remains will be found. The photograph I took in the ' pink room' of the derelict building which produced the so called 'ghost of Maddie' apparition enhances the feelings I have got about that desolate place...

[nugnug]

if your socertan why dont you go and digg it up.