Keeping the shutters, windows and curtains in the childrens bedroom shut all week, allegedly to keep the heat out even though the room was not used during the day and was actually chilly at night-time. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. A German court . Some suggest that maybe the body wasnt hidden before 8.30pm, but lay there while they were eating, with someone - presumably Gerry McCann later carrying his dead daughter to a temporary or final resting place somewhere after that. views of the Madeleine McCann Research Group, The Eileen McCann, Madeleine's paternal grandma, died from coronavirus weeks before police publicly announced a new suspect in the little girl's 2007 Algarve disappearance. Lourenco supplied the police with a photograph he said he had taken of the mans car. Just our other good friends Russell and Jane? He notes, as Kate McCann herself admits, that she washed Madeleines pyjamas on the morning of 3 May. Gerry McCann statement as Arguido 7th September . With the body already hidden by that time? The Portuguese police investigation into her disappearance closed in July 2008. This is consistent with her having been dead for some time before she was reported missing. On both, her hair length was the same. In such a scenario, how likely is it that all six friends would have agreed within, say, 5-10 minutes that they would all play their roles in a fake abduction? The Murder of Madeleine McCann. Madeleine McCann may have been sold to trafficking ring before death: prosecutor . Could they have discussed this desperate situation bilaterally? To give but one recent example, dozens of people, including police and celebrities, knew that Jimmy Saville was a serial paedophile. This was confirmed by Kate McCanns own account of the events of that week, in her book, Madeleine, which did nothing to remove all the question marks about the many contradictions and inconsistencies about what really happened that week. The reason given by the McCanns and their friends for making this booking is even stranger. has grazed her knee climbing up the steps to the aeroplane, The Employing disreputable and dishonest private investigation agencies, such as Metodo 3 and Oakley International. How did his editor in Britain know so early that this was going to be a major international story? There is no other photo of Madeleine which with certainty can be said to have been taken after then, which we regard as hugely significant. On the very night when the McCanns and their friends should have been distraught, following Madeleines sudden disappearance, some of them were busy contacting the TV and print media and claiming, even in the very first hours after they had raised the alarm, that the Portuguese police were incompetent and not organising a proper search for her. Lourenco had evidently planned to call the police and already knew of the description that Jane Tanner had given to the police. It showed Madeleine in make-up. Robert Murat was a well-known long-term resident of Praia da Luz, his mother having lived there for much of her life, 3. Later, when re-interviewed by the Portuguese police on 10 and 11 July, after police had interrogated his mobile phone, and discovered that the account he had earlier given of his movements was false, he completely changed his story, claiming he had been too tired on 15 May to tell the truth. Did Madeleine McCann die on Sunday 29th April 2007, four days before . We are sure that this high tea did not take place; the contradictions about it are too many and too serious. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. We will refer to the theory that Madeleine died from an accident (or worse) after 6pm on 3 May as The PJ Theory. We do not set out here all the multiple contradictions about the alleged high tea on 3 May; these have been more than adequately analysed in many places on the internet. Perhaps even more significantly, he said that there were seven children being cared for that way each night. A preliminary point to raise is: were the twins present when, according to the PJ theory, Madeleine died? "We assume that the girl is dead," Braunschweig state prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said. He had carefully fitted up Krokowski. (v) Have we got anything we can carry her body out in, without anybody thinking there might be a body in it? The 'Last Photo' shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. Further to the above point, hairs of the same haplotype as Robert Murat and Jane Tanner were found at Krokowskis apartment when it was searched by the police. Now lets examine why we say she died on the Sunday. G. The mystery of the strange 'Make-Up Photo' of Madeleine, which appears to have been taken on Sunday 29th April. Multiple contradictions and inconsistencies in the accounts of the McCanns and their friends about the events of that week from Monday onwards. Thats 24 times as much time to think, plan and carry out a hoax abduction. If so, they would need to demonstrate that the shutters were previously in good working order. (iv) Where can we get a car quickly so as to hide it? Was there a meeting of some kind there that week? We have given, above, some general considerations as to when Madeleine may have died. dogs had alerted to dirty nappies, not the odour of a corpse, Kate "It is now important to present a summary of this case, based on our deductions: reject what is false, throw out what we can't show with sufficient certainty and validate that which can be proven. From this, the police were able to trace the man who was driving the car. Madeleine McCann may have been kidnapped by slave traders and sold to a rich family in North Africa or the Middle East, a . What indications do we have about when she died? Do we know for sure that Madeleine was with her family in her apartment at 6pm? Here are our main reasons: The Last Photo shows Gerry McCann, Madeleine and her sister Amelie by the Ocean Club swimming pool. To give but one recent example, dozens of people, including police and celebrities, knew that Jimmy Saville was a serial paedophile. That knowledge is derived from multiple sources and is based on the voluntary efforts of many people, not least those who have set up websites of information and discussion about the case, voluntary Portuguese- English translators and so many others who have given freely of their time and expertise. This points us in the direction of Madeleine having come to serious harm shortly after that photo was taken. Dr Roberts article carefully analyses a series of photos of Madeleines pyjamas, and of other similar pyjamas, published after she was reported missing. Doubtful or contradictory stories about what they did with Madeleine after Sunday, for example: Claiming to have gone on a trip to the beach with the children one day - despite the creche records saying the children were in their creches at the time and promoting stories about things that she had allegedly said or done, Contradictory stories about an alleged incident of the children crying at night-time: on Thursday: (a) it was the twins (b) it was Madeleine (c) it was Madeleine and Sean and (d) it was Amelie on the Wednesday not the Thursday. Colin Sahlke died suddenly in mysterious circumstances with a significant amount of morphine in his system. Have we got anything we can carry her body out in, without anybody thinking there might be a body in it? The 17 alerts by two cadaver dogs, used by dog top handler Martin Grime, to the odour of a corpse and to blood or body fluids, in locations associated with the McCanns or on their clothes, is prima facie evidence that Madeleine died (or was killed) in the McCanns holiday apartment. There was evidence that the photo was not taken in England as claimed, but in Portugal. Amaral and his team (rightly) rejected all claims by the McCanns that Madeleine was alive after 6pm on 3 May because, obviously, they were made by someone who was not independent. They has eaten in the Millennium Restaurant on the Saturday evening. June 4, 2020, 5:01 AM PDT. We refer here to a masterly study of issues concerning Madeleines pyjamas by Dr Martin Roberts. 19 March: Kate and Gerry McCann accept 550,000 libel damages and front-page apologies from Express Newspapers over allegations they were responsible for Madeleine's death. British girl Madeleine McCann went missing at the age of three while on holiday with her family in Portugal in 2007. . He did this to create the entirely false impression that two former police officers he employed for a period, Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley, were lead detectives of a company called Alpha Investigations Group. towel, pillow, bedding, hairbrush and toothbrush. 'So they are suspects. Our views are unlikely to change unless significant new evidence emerges. There is no doubt that Madeleine died on that holiday. Officials say new charges relate to offences allegedly committed in Portugal between 28 December 2000 and 11 June 2017 . Although it was a five-hour journey from his cottage in the countryside around Ronda, Spain, he managed to reach Praia da Luz. Madeleine McCann went missing, aged three, in 2007. Portuguese police believe Madeleine McCann died in a 'tragic accident' and that her parents hid her body. Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were considered . They could say that Madeleine must have wandered off somewhere, They could say that they took her down to the beach and she got swept out to sea, Or could we get away with faking an abduction. The absence of any genuine photographs of Madeleine taken after lunchtime on Sunday 29 April (see also below). If there had been a bad accident, or something equally bad had happened, who would clean the room? Besides that, the times shown for Madeleine being in the creche do not even agree with what Kate McCann says in her own book about the events of that week. We finally decide to question her (Kate McCann) as a witness, but not to pose questions on the events after 5.30pm, the time at which she returned to the apartment with her three children. It would also be consistent with the apartment having been forensically cleansed before the alarm was raised and Madeleines clothes and other items having been removed or disposed of. April 2017: The only four . The problem with the Tennis Balls Photo. These have been fully analysed on CMOMM over the past few years. 6. but the remaining detectives continued to pursue a small number of inquiries described in April 2017 as significant. German police said earlier that the suspect, who lived near Praia da Luz, has been sentenced on numerous occasions to prison terms for sexual abuse of children in the past. A suspect has been identified in the 2007 case of missing toddler Madeleine McCann. The views of the Madeleine McCann Research Group, August 2016. A preliminary point to raise is: were the twins present when, according to the PJ theory, Madeleine died? Schneider, 50, a former TV reporter, said: "I do not give out such information . 3 min read. We do not believe there is enough evidence to define one way or the other. All of them back to their apartments and showering or washing and getting changed for dinner? Madeleine McCann 'sold to rich family', says former policeman. In this respect, the fact that the only fingerprints found on the opened window was that of Kate McCann is highly significant. They then said that the samples could have been from Madeleine but also that this could not be stated with any certainty. Deliberately creating stories about claimed sightings of Madeleine which they knew to be false. Well, that depends on whether or not one accepts as gospel the claims of Gerry and Kate McCann, Catriona Baker and Charlotte Pennington that Madeleine was at a high tea in the Tapas restaurant from (according to Gerry McCann) 4.45pm onwards to about 6pm. These have been fully analysed on CMOMM over the past few years. We do not therefore accept it as evidence that Madeleine was alive on Tuesday. AS far as we know, they knew no-one in the area who could help them. Specific indications that Madeleine died on Sunday 29 April We have set out why we believe that Madeleine died, and why she could not have died after 6pm on Thursday 3 May, as claimed by Portuguese detectives. But, according to the PJ theory, they must have been. We have set out why we believe that Madeleine died, and why she could not have died after 6pm on Thursday 3 May, as claimed by Portuguese detectives. We find this a curious incident. (vi) What can we say to the staff, to our other friends weve met on holiday? Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of the missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, hold up a picture of Madeleine during a press conference on June 6, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. Just months after this, Eugene Zapata made a full confession which proved that the cadaver dogs evidence had been 100% correct. He most certainly has done that in the Madeleine McCann case. . In the Last Photo, which appears to have been taken on Sunday, she was happy and obviously smiling at something that amused her. Repairs to the shutters of the McCanns apartment were needed on the Monday; Ocean Club staff came to mend them that day. That conclusion is greatly enhanced by the McCanns first and subsequent reactions to these dramatic findings, which we have set out in detail elsewhere. But it later emerged that the Director and his deputy from a Bell Pottinger subsidiary company, Resonate, had flown out to help Mark Warner just days before, possibly on Monday 30 April. Tony and Cherie Blair also gave personal support to the McCanns, while David Cameron set up the five-year-long Metropolitan Police investigation into Madeleines reported disappearance. A suspect in the Madeleine McCann case who may have sexually assaulted five British girls in the Algarve up to 10 years ago died in 2009, according to a source close to . The relevant facts are these. (v) Would we be investigated by the police? AA. His conduct during his translations was so outrageous that an inspector sent an urgent report to Dr Amaral, complaining about his conduct. This was meaningless. What can we say to the staff, to our other friends weve met on holiday? We reject her evidence for several reasons. They would have to deal with the initial shock of what had happened. All kinds of dangers could have befallen the children while the parents were absent It is our view that the booking of the Tapas restaurant may well have been connected in some way with Madeleine already being dead or having suffered a fatal injury. But for the purposes of this paper, we shall assume that she was there at 6pm.. Later on, the evidence suggests that the McCanns and their friends dined at the Tapas restaurant. If Madeleine died after 6pm on 3 May, what would the McCanns have had to do? The damage done to the shutters by Gerry McCann on the Sunday or Monday morning. Catriona Baker also had a holiday at the McCanns home a few months after Madeleine was reported missing, suggesting a close relationship between them.. All of these, we say, are wholly consistent with something very serious having happened to Madeleine McCann on the Sunday. They claimed that they were leaving their children on their own and checking on them, but still wanted to be able to see their apartment from the restaurant. The McCanns issued sketches of a suspect on January 20th, based on a description of a "scary man" observed at the resort by a British holidaymaker. After jogging on the beach and going to fetch the twins, she collected Maddie at 5.30pm. The minor, Madeleine McCann died inside apartment 5A of the Ocean Club in Vila da Luz, on the night of May 3rd 2007; If she died after 6pm on Thursday 3 May, what would the McCanns and their friends have had to do in the four hours between 6pm and 10pm? Catriona Baker was in sole charge of the Lobsters creche of seven children (including Madeleine) the week the McCanns were in Praia da Luz. Madeleine McCann disappeared 15 years ago when she was 3-years-old when . Her mother came to fetch her at 12.25 for lunch and took her back at 2 o'clock. into the wall, Madeleine The Prosecutor's Office in Faro, Portugal, announced in a statement on . The following are some of the main factual issues we have taken into consideration in arriving at our conclusion that Madeleine McCann died on Sunday 29 April: No DNA of Madeleine was found in the McCanns apartment, nor on her clothes nor on objects she had used or come into contact with on holiday, e.g. Other problems with the photo have been discussed in many places on the internet. It was a wild goose chase. before mid-day, boasting that he was one of the first journalists on the spot. But we suggest that instead of having four hours to plan an abduction hoax, they actually had four days. If we stop and pause for a moment to consider the above list, it is truly hard to conceive how they could possibly have made all these decisions, and carried them out, whilst all sitting down together for dinner in a public place at about 8.30pm until 10pm as if nothing had happened. Its Head of Risk, Alex Woolfall flew there the very next day (4 May) and he was later joined by another top Director of the company. MADELEINE McCann detectives insisted they have "strong evidence" she is dead after uncovering a trove of pictures and videos allegedly buried by suspect Christian B. German prosecutor H Chapter 2: Madeleine Beth McCann's holiday. When the film was published, the McCanns claimed she had been playing with Mummys make-up box, but that story didnt stand up to scrutiny. In such a scenario, the McCanns would probably contact their friends on their mobiles. The McCanns say the photo was taken at 2.29pm on Thursday 3 May. 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