Madeline McCann | Missing Child | Portugal | 2007

[debbiec]

Actually Maddie and her two younger siblings had been left asleep in their resort room (a practice that they say is common in that country) while their parents went out to eat with a bunch of other people.They say that they went back and forth to check on the kids at least 10 times during dinner and that the door could be seen from where they were eating. I'm sure it is something they will regret for the rest of their lives. At the least we might think that she wondered away on her own but more than likely I think someone took her.

[Chris]

Sounds like the police are still considering charges.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354047,00.html

PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  ?  Portuguese police are still gathering evidence in their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and have not yet decided whether to bring charges or drop the case, Portugal's most senior detective said Saturday.

The British girl vanished from this resort town in southern Portugal one year ago Saturday, a few days before her fourth birthday.

"At this stage nothing has been determined regarding possible charges or closing the case," Alipio Ribeiro, head of the Policia Judiciaria investigative department, told the Portuguese national news agency Lusa.

"The PJ continues to gather and analyze all available evidence," Ribeiro was quoted as saying.

Police have named her parents, Kate and Gerry, and local man Robert Murat as formal suspects in the case. They have all denied involvement.

Church services were due to be held in Praia da Luz and at the McCanns' home town in England to mark the one-year anniversary.

Kate and Gerry McCann, who launched a worldwide online campaign to find their daughter, were not expected to travel to Portugal for the service. They returned to England in September, a few days after they were named as suspects.

However, Kate McCann has written a message that is to be read out during the service at the beachside chapel in Praia da Luz and Gerry McCann's brother was expected to attend.

The service was to be given by Father Haynes Hubbard, the Anglican vicar of Portugal's Algarve region. He still wears a plastic yellow Find Madeleine campaign bracelet on his wrist.

In England, the Archbishop of York has penned a special prayer for Madeleine McCann to mark the anniversary.

[MYSTIK]

Wow leave them alone in a strange country ! I cant even get the guts up to take mine out of canada for vacation

[haunted]

Some recent new developments in this case may yield some new information.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25902301-661,00.html

The following from the above link:

POLICE have been given the name of a person matching a sketch of a woman sought by UK investigators over the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann.

A woman has told detectives she knows the mystery brunette and has provided a name and a photo that police say bears an "uncanny resemblance" to the image.

And the wanted look-alike could live in Victoria.

Police said the woman, who made a formal statement at a Sydney police station on Friday afternoon, told them the brunette lived "interstate" from NSW.

The potential local link emerged after two British men said a woman with an Australian accent implicated herself to them in a bar in Barcelona.

Madeleine disappeared from a Portuguese resort on May 3, 2007.

The two Britons were in a Spanish bar when they saw the Australian woman -- 72 hours after the girl vanished.

The "agitated" woman appeared to be waiting impatiently for somebody when one of the Englishmen, aged 41, tried to chat her up.

It is claimed she asked him in an Australian accent, "Are you here to deliver my new daughter? Have you got her? Have you got the child?"

The men allegedly did not come forward earlier because of "personal circumstances" -- at least one of them was married.

Other witnesses who have since come forward noted she spoke excellent Spanish or Catalan and was wearing dressy blue jeans and a jersey top.

The British men's accounts formed the basis of the police portrait, which has been publicised by the private investigator leading the search for Madeleine, Dave Edgar. NSW police have forwarded the new information to the Australian Federal Police and the private investigators.

Hundreds of Australians have reportedly seen the mystery brunette.

But a Victoria Police spokeswoman said no one had come forward to local police with names or any further details.

Mr Edgar said his team would fly to Australia to analyse the new information.

Clarence Mitchell, the official spokesman for the McCann family, said the response to the appeal had been substantial.

"We have had . . . many hundreds of calls coming in, particularly from Australia," he said yesterday.

Madeleine was almost four when she disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in the Portuguese coastal village of Praia da Luz, while her parents dined with friends in a nearby restaurant.

[haunted]

The following site set up by Madeleine's parents has a lot of interesting information. In addition to the following there are 4 or 5 witness re-enactments who place a man outside their apartment/condo who appeared to be surveilling it for days. Other witnesses describe a man carrying a sleeping child in pjammas. It is worth taking a few minutes to go thru their site. I am having difficulties getting the photo of the woman described, it is on this site and has been all over the web lately.

http://www.findmadeleine.com/updates.html

A witness has come forward to give the investigators currently searching for Madeleine McCann new information about a suspicious incident that took place in Barcelona in the early hours of May 7th 2007 - just over 72 hours after Madeleine was abducted whilst on holiday in Praia da Luz in Portugal.

 

The 41-year-old British witness was attending a party with a group of other men in the area of the Port Olimpic Marina in Barcelona. It is a busy location that is popular with both tourists and local people. The group had been visiting a number of bars and restaurants in the marina area on the evening of the May 6th 2007 and into the early hours of May 7th 2007.

 

At around 2.00am on May 7th, the witness became aware of a well-dressed woman, who he describes as appearing agitated. She was seen in the area of the El Rey De La Gamba restaurant-bar for some ten minutes, walking up and down.

 

The witness got up and walked towards the woman and had a short conversation with her. This conversation was potentially significant to the investigation. However, for strict operational reasons, the investigators will not be divulging any details of what was said to the witness.

 

It is as a result of this conversation that the investigators now want to trace the woman, who they believe to be possibly Australian.

mf...

Following the conversation the woman sat down in another nearby bar. A further person from the same party group also saw her there. At this bar the woman had a heated discussion with someone in what seemed to be fluent Spanish.

The woman was last seen walking away in the direction of a local hospital and the more distant ferry and cruise ship terminals.

The woman is described by the principal witness as follows:

White

Aged 30 to 35 years

Slim build

Short brown hair

Approximately 5"2 tall

Wearing expensive looking blue jeans and a jersey top, possibly pastel colour

Her build equated to a size 10 dress size.

The witness described her as "a bit of a Victoria Beckham look-a-like". She spoke English with what the witness has described as "possibly an Australian" accent.  The investigators now hope the international media, in particular Australian and Spanish broadcasters, will help to distribute the attached e-fit of the woman, which has been prepared by a police artist, as widely as possible.

The British witness does not wish to be identified publicly. The investigators have already conducted some preliminary inquiries in the vicinity of the Port Olimpic Marina and are continuing to liaise with relevant police forces where necessary.

Anyone who may know the woman should contact the Madeleine McCann investigation team on +44 845 838 4699 or via the Madeleine McCann investigation email address: investigation@findmadeleine.com.

[capeheart]

It certainly would be a great thing if they did find Madeline alive and well. Maybe someone will recognize this woman and that there is a definite connection. Why do these people wait so long to come forward, why not come forward immediately in the first days of her disappearance. So much time has gone by they may never find her now.

[Sleuth]

I still have a hard time with the parents going off to dinner and leaving the children alone in a hotel room in a foreign country.


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, cp.org, Updated: November 3, 2009 6:55 AM
British police appeal for Internet users to spread new video of missing girl Madeleine McCann

LONDON - British police are asking Internet users to spread a new video aimed at people who may have information about Madeleine McCann.

The short film includes new images of how the missing girl might look now, aged six, more than two years after she disappeared while on vacation with her family in a resort in Portugal's southern Algarve coast in May 2007.

Madeleine disappeared from the resort a few days before her fourth birthday.

Video: Interviews with Madeleine's parents and the enhanced images

The appeal was launched Tuesday by the U.K. Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. Detectives hope the video will "prick the conscience" of someone close to the girl's abductor.

"If you know who's involved and are keeping this secret, remember it's never too late to do the right thing," centre chief Jim Gamble said in the film.

Gerry McCann told the BBC on Tuesday the video is more of an attempt to contact specific people rather than appeal to the public for information.

"We need it to be spread far and wide, and for those people to be exposed to this message as many times as possible," he said.

The video is available in English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Police hope people will spread the film by way of blogs, email and social networking sites.

http://news.ca.msn.com/world/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22490728

This computer generated image shows how Madeleine McCann might look now, right, and with dark brown hair and tanned skin in case she has been living in north Africa, left.

[haunted]

Link to the site for the Child Exploitation and Protection Centre in the UK who have a video, just over a minute long, to appeal to those who might have information on Madeleine's disappearance/whereabouts.

http://ceop.police.uk/madeleine/madeleine.asp

[debbiec]

LISBON (AFP) - The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann returned to the small Portuguese seaside resort where she disappeared in 2007, they said Saturday, in a case that grabbed world attention.

Kate McCann said in a statement posted on a website dedicated to the search for "Maddie" that she and her husband had visited the village of Praia da Luz on Portugal's southern Algarve coast on Friday.


It was Kate McCann's first visit to the area since the couple left in September 2007, four months after Madeleine disappeared from her bedroom in an apartment at a tourist complex on May 3 that year.


"I have longed to come back here for two years for personal and emotional reasons," she said. "Although our pain feels much rawer here, it is comforting at the same time since we feel closer to Madeleine."


The child disappeared only days before her fourth birthday.


Kate McCann and her husband Gerry were also in Lisbon on Friday for the start of a libel trial against a policeman who claimed the girl was dead and that her parents could have hidden the corpse.


The case against former Algarve police officer Goncalo Amaral, who led the early stage of the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance, was adjourned until January 12 due to the absence of his lawyer.


Prosecutors declared in July 2008 that the McCanns were no longer suspects.


Despite worldwide publicity and investigations by Portuguese and British police, Madeleine has not been found.

[debbiec]

Tue Jan 12, 10:07 AM
 

By The Associated Press

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LISBON, Portugal - A Lisbon court is hearing a libel case brought by the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann against a former Portuguese detective.


Kate and Gerry McCann are seeking C1.2 million (US$1.7 million) in damages from defendant Goncalo Amaral and a ban on a book he published about Madeleine's disappearance.


The book alleges the child died when she vanished during a family vacation in southern Portugal more than two years ago.


The McCanns say the book defames them by questioning their version of events and discourages the search.


They flew from England to attend the trial's opening day Tuesday. The proceedings are expected to last several days. A verdict is likely by the end of the month

[Sleuth]

And here is a picture of a person of interest that the world is looking for. Do you recognize this man? If so let the Police know. 

[haunted]

New evidence or a way to try to de-rail investigation further?

Paedophile: Gypsies abducted Madeleine McCann
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The McCann family's poster showing their daughter Madeleine as she looked when she disappeared (L) and an age progression image which shows what she might have looked like in 2009 (Reuters)
 
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:47a.m.
A deathbed confession from a British paedophile could shed new light on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Raymond Hewlett, who died in April, wrote to his son saying Madeleine was abducted by a gypsy gang from the McCann's flat in Portugal in 2007.

Hewlett claims she was stolen by the group who kidnap children for wealthy couples unable to have children or adopt.

The 62-year-old died of throat cancer sufferer and had been a suspect in Madeleine's disappearance.

RadioLIVE

http://www.3news.co.nz/Paedophile-Gypsies-abducted-Madeleine-McCann/tabid/417/articleID/174071/Default.aspx

[Concerned]

A doctor, former ambassador, lawyer and television host were found guilty of crimes in a pedophile investigation that lasted eight years. The most serious, a caretake at Casa Pia, who confessed to 600 crimes and only sentenced to 18 years. One of the boys abused turned key witness, Pedro Namora, who is currently an attorney wants Portuguese police to investigate the ring further for a connection to the missing Madeleine McCann case.

http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-national/men-arrested-for-involvement-pedophile-ring-believed-linked-to-madeleine-mccann-disappearance

[history_major]

Finally something to point this case in a direction!
I wish they would solve this one...I'll admit that I have always thought it was the parents....

[Chris]

yeah I still kind of feel the parents are somehow involved too. NOt sure why. But I admit I am only leaning that way, not convinced 100% yet.