The case of Madeleine McCann

[Steve_uk]

It looks like the government has provided the necessary funding after all. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/madeleine-mccann-met-officers-granted-extra-154000-for-inquiry-a3646331.html

[lookout]

The police are trying to track down a German woman,I think. She was the wife of a Brit,living in Portugal and they had a number of children,one of which died on the road when the door of their vehicle flew open and the child fell out and was killed. This is how the story went anyway.
Earlier in the investigation,this couple were interviewed and his name was always cropping up Raymond Hewlett. However,as time went on,he died in hospital where police had refused permission of the British police to interview him there.
To my knowledge,his wife/widow is still alive and probably knew more about her late husband than she was letting on. Hewlett was a known paedophile and a very dangerous man around children.
Why police didn't zoom-in on him in the first place I'll never know. He could have been extradited back here for some serious questioning but the PJ's seemed reluctant for any pressure to be put onto their own police force,or to the detriment of their country's reputation as a " safe place for children on holiday ".

[Roch]

The police are trying to track down a German woman,I think. She was the wife of a Brit,living in Portugal and they had a number of children,one of which died on the road when the door of their vehicle flew open and the child fell out and was killed. This is how the story went anyway.
Earlier in the investigation,this couple were interviewed and his name was always cropping up Raymond Hewlett. However,as time went on,he died in hospital where police had refused permission of the British police to interview him there.
To my knowledge,his wife/widow is still alive and probably knew more about her late husband than she was letting on. Hewlett was a known paedophile and a very dangerous man around children.
Why police didn't zoom-in on him in the first place I'll never know. He could have been extradited back here for some serious questioning but the PJ's seemed reluctant for any pressure to be put onto their own police force,or to the detriment of their country's reputation as a " safe place for children on holiday ".

It's just another goose chase.  Madeleine died in the apartment.

[Steve_uk]

It's just another goose chase.  Madeleine died in the apartment.

Wouldn't this have involved a big cover up, cleaning the apartment with bleach etc..

[lookout]

It's just another goose chase.  Madeleine died in the apartment.

That being the case,who by ?

[Steve_uk]

That being the case,who by ?

This was Amaral's theory, Chief of Police, on evidence from the cadaver dogs.

[lookout]

This was Amaral's theory, Chief of Police, on evidence from the cadaver dogs.

But he was too eager to blame the parents when that happened. Okay so the dogs picked up a scent from an alleged body,but they couldn't say whose body. It could well have happened months before the family stayed there as cadaverine can be detected by these specially trained dogs many months after an event.

[Roch]

But he was too eager to blame the parents when that happened. Okay so the dogs picked up a scent from an alleged body,but they couldn't say whose body. It could well have happened months before the family stayed there as cadaverine can be detected by these specially trained dogs many months after an event.

This implies that somebody else has previously died in the apartment - before the MM incident.  The apartment would seem cursed if that were the case.

[Steve_uk]

This implies that somebody else has previously died in the apartment - before the MM incident.  The apartment would seem cursed if that were the case.

I did read from one of the holidaymakers that that particular apartment was on the corner and as such far more visible than any of the others and that she was glad she hadn't been allocated it. It makes me think that the perpetrator watched the comings and goings and became familiar with the routine before striking as he did.

[lookout]

This implies that somebody else has previously died in the apartment - before the MM incident.  The apartment would seem cursed if that were the case.

The apartment,or any apartment would never be advertised as someone having died there ? A few people meet an untimely end each year when on holiday,or even flying there but you'd never hear about it or you'd never go on holiday.

[lookout]

I did read from one of the holidaymakers that that particular apartment was on the corner and as such far more visible than any of the others and that she was glad she hadn't been allocated it. It makes me think that the perpetrator watched the comings and goings and became familiar with the routine before striking as he did.

It was too handy being on the corner.

[mike tesko]

I am thinking that Maddie may have been drowned in a boating accident involving members of the tapas 9, on the afternoon of her so called disappearence!

[mike tesko]

I am thinking that Maddie may have been drowned in a boating accident involving members of the tapas 9, on the afternoon of her so called disappearence!

Kate and Gerry McCann's favourite song which reminds them of their daughters disappearence, provides the clue!

Dido Lyrics

"White Flag"

I know you think that I shouldn't still love you,
Or tell you that.
But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it
Where's the sense in that?

I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were

But I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I know I left too much mess and destruction
To come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again

And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
Then I'm sure that that makes sense

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was there
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

[Steve_uk]

Yet more public money has been allocated to this case. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43550383

[Roch]

Yet more public money has been allocated to this case. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43550383

Operation Grange is a deliberate distraction.  From the beginning, its scope has included neither Madeleine's parents nor their friends. 

I noticed an English version of Amaral's book was on sale via Amazon last year but is no now longer available and the site states they were unsure whether it will return.  Not sure what's happened there?