Ever noticed when the "clever marketing ploy" of the photografically enhanced "coloboma" that might have resulted in the removal of the eye by the abductor was abandoned? Nowhere to be seen again, replaced by a pathetic yellow-green ribbon.

Schon wieder Hunde...

Deutsch/Englisch

Ja ich weiß, in gewissen Kreisen hört man das Wort "Hund" nicht gerne, und "Spürhund" schon gar nicht. Wir wissen nun alle, dass Eddie und Keela unglaublich zuverlässig waren. Oder war es unzuverlässig? Ich werde noch einmal Gerry konsultieren müssen...

Jedenfalls kamen bisher Timmy, Sacha, Kolly, Oscar, Rusco und Rex viel zu kurz. Die portugiesischen Spürhunde, die am frühen Morgen des 4. Mai bereits angestrengt bei ihrer Arbeit waren, kommen sich im Schatten des großen Eddie und der hervorragenden Keela vielleicht wie arme unbeachtete Verwandte vor. Daher soll auch ihnen ein Kapitel gewidmet werden.

Besonders Timmy hatte seiner Rasse Ehre gemacht als ihm gegen 23:00 Uhr am 4. Mai vor dem Eingang zum Apartment 5A ein Badehandtuch von Madeleine präsentiert wurde. Vom Eingang des Apartments aus erschnupperte er sich den folgenden Weg, der von einem zweiten Spürhund anschliessend bestätigt wurde:


An der dort platzierten Straßenlampe schnüffelte er kurz, machte kehrt und ging den Weg wieder zurück.



Ich hatte schon länger die Vermutung gehegt, dass dieser Weg im ursprünglichen Plan vorgesehen war, denn dies war wirklich der Weg zum Kinderhort, zumindest eine "Abkürzung" auf kleinen dunklen Pfaden. Das Tragen eines schlafenden Kindes würde hier wohl nicht auffallen. Aber scheinbar brach der mögliche Träger seinen Weg genau an der Laterne ab.
Vielleicht weil auf dem Balkon von G606 die Herren Rajinder Balu und Neill Berry mit ihren Ehefrauen zu Abend aßen. Beide hätten wahrscheinlich den Träger vom Kinderclub her gekannt. Panikartiger Rückzug, wieder in das Gärtchen vor 5A.

So viel Pech gehört verboten. Dem Träger war sicher hundeelend...

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Dogs yet again...

Yes I know, the word "dog" is not appreciated in certain circles and "snifferdogs" is definitely not politically correct. We all know that Eddie and Keela were incredibly reliable. Or was it unreliable? I will have to consult Gerry again...

In any case, until now Timmy, Sacha, Kolly, Oscar, Rusco and Rex have been criminally neglected. The portuguese sniffer dogs who had been busy at work on the early morning of the 4th May probably feel like unloved relatives overshadowed by the great Eddie and the excellent Keela. Therefore I felt they needed their own chapter.

Especially Timmy did his breed some credit when he was presented at 23:00 on the 4th May in front of apartment 5A with a bath towel belonging to Madeleine. Starting at the entrance to 5A he sniffed out the following path: (see above)

At the only streetlamp placed in that carpark he sniffed more attentively, turned around and went back the way he had come.

I had previously suspected that the walk to the beach had been originally planned along the "shortcut" to the creche, following little dark lanes. Carrying a sleeping child would not have been unusual on that route. But the carrier apparently stopped his walk exactly at the lantern. Possibly because up on the balcony of 4G the families of Rajinder Balu and Neill Berry were dining together. Both might have recognised the carrier from earlier encounters at the kid's club. Panic, Retreat, back to the little gardin in front of 5A.

So much bad luck should be forbidden. The carrier was surely feeling sick as a dog...

+++ Kate McCann wird Botschafter für MISSING PEOPLE +++ Herr Z.Bock wird Direktor der BuGa +++ Frau Fuchs übernimmt Leitung von Wiesenhof +++

EXCLUSIVE - 195 Leads revealed!!!

An independent investigation team consisting of an undisclosed number of case file analysts and interpreters, working for a pat on the back, have compiled what must surely be resembling much of the as yet undisclosed list of 195 leads painstakingly produced from a mass of evidence by the Scotland Yard investigation team.

After a careful review of all the evidence from the Portuguese police files and of course omitting spurious sightings, reports from mediums and clairvoyants, we finally came to the same conclusion as the highly paid SY team in that there is a 110% probability that Madeleine is either dead or alive, each possibility ranging around the 50% marker. We can also confirm that the theory of the parents' involvement is as much a conspiracy theory as the following list. We are convinced that the person who took Madeleine from the apartment, as seen by an Irish family of 7, is a criminal and should be treated as such. ASAP!

We therefore demand that the Portuguese plods pick up the investigation again where they dropped it in 2008 and start to investigate each of the 195 leads as regards to their possible significance. Or else campaigns will be started to urge people to refrain from ever listening to Fado again.


         DOGS

1	cadaver dog alerting behind sofa
2	blood dog alerting behind sofa
3	matter found behind sofa containing DNA
4	DNA re 3 All five markers found are 100% compatible with Madeleine's DNA profile
5	cadaver dog alerting to hired car
6	blood dog alerting to hired car
7	matter found in hired car containing DNA
8	DNA re 7 Fifteen of the markers are 100% compatible with Madeleine's DNA profile
9	cadaver dog alerting in parent's bedroom near wardrobe
10	cadaver dog alerting in flowerbed
11	cadaver dog alerting at carkey
12	cadaver dog alerting at white top belonging to mother
13	cadaver dog alerting at checkered trousers of mother
14	cadaver dog alerting at red t-shirt with planes motive
15	cadaver dog alerting at cuddle cat
16	blood dog alerting to car key
17	neither cadaver dog nor blood dog alerting at ANY other apartment or car
BREAK-IN
18	The shutters were not "jemmied" or forced open, as claimed by the parents
19	No signs of forced entry anywhere else in the apartment
20	No physical evidence of anyone having entered or left via the window
21	No lichen disturbance on the window sill
22	No fibres
23	No finger prints of an abductor on either window
24	No footprints on the bed
25	Only finger prints on the window are those of Kate
26	Changing statements as to the state of the curtains - opened/closed
27	Only a minute "window of opportunity" between Gerry seeing the shutter still closed and Jane spotting the abductor. A couple of minutes for opening the shutters, window and curtain, taking Madeleine, leaving the apartment, crossing the carpark and walking towards the street where he was seen.
28	Gerry changed his statement re point of entry at 21:04 from front door to patio door
29	Gerry claims Kate entered 5A through front door with key, Kate says patio door
30	Gerry changes his statement from Matt having seen closed shutters to Matt being unsure about the state of the shutters
SMITH SIGHTING
31	A family of 7 encounter a man carrying a child while going home from a pub at 22:00 on May 3rd.
32	The child is of Madeleine's age and height and resembles Madeleine
33	The man is of the same height, has the same hair and general appearance of Gerry McCann
34	Mr Smith is 60-80 % certain that the person they saw was Gerry McCann
35	Aoife Smith describes the pants of the man as having buttons as ornaments
36	Gerry McCann is photographed once as owning such pants
37	The time of the encounter is the exact same time as the alleged detection of the disappearance although latter is not corroborated by independent witnesses
38	The sighting - although reported once in an irish paper - is never picked up by british media or the McCanns although it would have been the best confirmation for an abduction.
39	Only two years later the Smith sighting becomes part of their "documentary" although the key points get changed to fit the Tanner sighting
40	Pressure put on the PJ to highlight the Tanner sighting came at exactly the same time as the Smith family were being brought back to Portugal to go over the sighting in more detail
41	The sighting was in a different part of town from the Tanner sighting
42	The carrying style was completely different to that of the Tanner sighting
43	The man was heading in a completely different direction from the Tanner sighting
44	There was a time difference of 45 minutes between both sightings
45	Goncalo Amaral was removed from the case just when he tried to get the Smiths to Portugal again
46	Brian Kennedy contacted the Smiths to get them to take part in creating a photofit.
47	No innocent person ever came forward regarding the sighting
48	The child was carried without a blanket despite the cold night
JANE TANNER SIGHTING
49	Regarding the sighting by Jane Tanner of the abductor none of the scent tracking dogs followed the trail indicated by Jane, but different routes
50	Jeremy Wilkins (independent witness) failed to spot the abductor, despite being only yards away, while chatting to Gerry
51	Jeremy Wilkins (independent witness) failed to see Jane Tanner walking by, despite being on the same narrow sidewalk at the same time
52	Gerry McCann failed to spot the abductor, despite being only yards away, while chatting to Jeremy
53	Gerry contradicted Jeremy by stating that their chat was on the opposite side of and about 30 yards down the road from that as described, and drawn on a map, by Mr Wilkins
54	Gerry also contradicted Tanner, by stating that his chat with Jeremy was on the opposite side of and about 30 yards down the road from that mentioned by Jane
55	Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to her apartment at ~21.15
56	Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking from her apartment at ~21.20
57	Jane never bumped into Jeremy Wilkins (who had walked back to his apartment after the chat with Gerry) while walking back from her apartment at ~21.20
58	Russell O'Brien failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to his apartment at ~21.30
59	Matthew Oldfield failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to his apartment, which was right next door, at ~21.30
60	Matthew failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking back from his apartment back to check on the McCann children
61	Matthew failed to spot the open window and shutters while checking on Madeleine and the twins
62	Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking to her apartment at ~21.45
63	Russell failed to spot the open window and shutters at Madeleine's bedroom while walking back from his apartment at ~21.50
64	Tanner's description of the abductor has changed several times
65	Tanner's description of the pyjama's worn by the child has improved with time
66	Gerry did not hear the raising of the shutters by the abductor while standing in the street with Wilkins
67	Jeremy Wilkins did not hear the raising of the shutters by the abductor while standing in the street with Gerry
68	The abductor failed to hear either Tanner, Gerry or Wilkins, and continued on the path that would put him in the full vision of all three
69	If the abductor had lifted Madeleine out of the bed, then he would be carrying her with her head to his right hand side, not on the left as in Tanner's claimed sighting
70	Although Gerry checked all rooms in the apartment during his check he did not spot the hiding abductor
71	The abductor did not raise the shutters while Gerry was inside the apartment
72	Jane was not only not seen by Gerry and Jeremy but also not heard although she was wearing flip-flops
73	Nobody ever mentioned the cars in the road but independent witnesses spoke of at least 2 cars parked close to the pavement where Gerry and Jez were standing, narrowing Jane's path so much that it was impossible she was not noticed by the two men.
74	Jane does not inform the parents of her sighting immediately. Only some of the friends
75	Although the friends know of her sighting their searches are directed in the opposite direction of where the abductor headed to.
GEORGE BROOKS SIGHTING
76	A George Brooks saw a couple at 5:55 on the morning of May 4th on his way between Lagos and Praia da Luz
77	The man was carrying a child
78	At this time the McCanns had left the apartment and were somewhere in the vicinity of Praia da Luz
79	They had left the apartment around 5:00 when the police and all search groups had left the area
80	They were never asked where exactly they had gone
81	Kate claimed in her book they "resumed" their search that early morning although they never went searching the night before
82	The night before Gerry was overheard on his mobile talking about a gang of paedophiles having abducted Madeleine
83	The next day around 9:30 Kate claimed in a conversation with Yvonne Martin, a social worker, that Madeleine had been abducted by a childless couple
LAST TIME SEEN
84	In their statements the friends of the McCanns have difficulty to pinpoint the last time they saw Madeleine
85	Dianne Webster, whose statements are the only consistent ones, states she saw Madeleine on the 2nd May for the last time.
86	Kate McCann claims in her book that the 2nd May was the last happy day as a family of four. What about the 3rd?
87	The creche sheets are a mess, partly filled out by the nannies in retrospect, partly not at all. No credible evidence for the whereabouts of Madeleine
88	There are no reports about the creche activity in Madeleine's group for the afternoon of May 3rd
89	There are strong discrepancies regarding the morning activity of sailing undertaken by the creche
90	The nanny does not remember if she accompanied 5 (without Madeleine) or 6 (with Madeleine) children to the beach that morning
91	Whereas her first recollections are vague they improve one year later when she recollects an incident on one of the boats where Madeleine was crying.
92	The nanny could only have entered a boat with Madeleine by leaving 3 remaining children alone on the beach
93	Initially some of the friends claimed that Madeleine had taken part in the children's tennis on the morning of the 3rd
94	Madeleine and Ella were allegedly sailing while their parents and friends watched unknown children playing tennis on the court
95	Kate went back to the apartment on Tuesday to fetch her camera for the tennis court photo of Madeleine but never bothered to even watch her sailing
96	Even in 2008 Rachael Oldfield still claimed that Madeleine had been at the tennis on the morning of the 3rd
97	While Jane claims to have seen Madeleine at the sailing, Kate now states in her book that Fiona was unsure wether Madeleine had been at the sailing
CHANGES IN ROUTINE
98	Changes in the holiday routine mark May 3rd as a special day
99	While the McCanns claimed they had only ever attended breakfast once on the Sunday, six employees of the Millenium restaurant stated that they had attended regularly. Did they skip breakfast only on the 3rd?
100	Lunch was usually taken in the Payne's apartment with the whole group, but not on May 3rd
101	The whole group apart from the McCanns went to the beach that afternoon - and did not see Madeleine
102	The whole group apart from the McCanns did not attend the usual children's dinner on May 3rd - and did not see Madeleine there
103	The McCanns did not take part in the get together on the children's playground on May 3rd - so Madeleine was not seen by the rest of the group
104	Russell O'Brien collected his daughter from the creche before the children's dinner - but failed to notice if Madeleine was there or not
STATEMENTS
105	Russell O'Brien was allowed to make at least 34 amendments to his original statement given to Leicestershire police
106	Russell O'Brien changed his statement regarding when and where he collected his daughter from the afternoon creche on May 3rd
107	Russell O'Brien claimed that Matthew had been ill on Saturday and had not taken part in the dinner and later changed it to Matt started feeling unwell during that dinner
108	Russell O'Brien claimed that the Paynes were the only ones to have used a baby monitor and changed this into the Paynes had used a baby-monitor
109	Russell O'Brien claimed that they only checked on their own rooms possibly listening for the other's children and changed this into OFTEN listened at other windows and made checks on some visits
110	Russell O'Brien claimed to have checked the McCann's apartment with the help of their key on the Sunday and changed it into checking via the patio doors
111	Russell O'Brien claimed to have checked the Oldfield's apartment with the help of their key on the Sunday but Matthew Oldfield claims to have been inside sick.
112	Russell O'Brien changed this statement "I believe I saw Madeleine at lunchtime" into "I saw Madeleine at lunchtime" although there was no chance to see her at lunchtime since they did not have lunch together.
113	Russell O'Brien claimed that Gerry had left the table between "twenty-one zero five to twenty-one twenty" and changed it into "Gerry was only away for a little while"
114	Matthew Oldfield described the curtains in 5A as being yellow and green when in fact they were pink/mauve
115	Matthew Oldfield described the little table with a lamp as being round when in fact it was square
116	Matthew Oldfield claimed the children's bedroom had two windows when in fact it had only one.
117	Matthew Oldfield desribed a bookshelf in 5A that he looked along during his check when in fact there was no bookshelf to look along
118	Yellow/green curtains, a lamp on a round table and a bookshelf were part of apartment 5D and not 5A
119	Matthew Oldfield initially stated that Kate and the children had been at the tennis court Thursday afternoon contradicting everybody else
120	Matthew Oldfield claimed he met the Paynes and Dianne Webster on Thursday night near the top of the road, David Payne states he met him at the pool area and Fiona Payne states she met him outside of 5A. Dianne Webster never saw him at all and thinks he was not at the restaurant when they arrived.
121	Jane Tanner claimed she had done a listening check on the Oldfield window on May 2nd although Rachael Oldfield was allegedly sick inside the apartment
122	Jane Tanner claimed that each apartment was checked every 15 minutes whereas the McCanns insist on checks every 30 minutes
123	Jane Tanner claimed that she knew Gerry had already been in the apartment when she encountered him talking to Jeremy Wilkins. How did she know that?
124	Neither Jane Tanner nor Russell O'Brien ever mentioned to portuguese police that they took a baby monitor to Portugal. Only one year later this baby monitor suddenly appeared in her rogatory statement
125	Jane Tanner never mentioned cars on the road while she saw the abductor
126	David Payne claimed that during his visit at 5A the patio door was open and he entered the apartment while Kate claims the door was closed and he remained outside
MISC.
127	Kate claimed that Madeleine slept under the covers during her last night because of the cold, Gerry claimed she slept on top of the covers because of the heat
128	The cleaner stated that there had been one cot placed in the parent's bedroom during the week, while the McCanns vehemently deny this
129	The McCanns both deleted their mobile phone history
130	Michael Wright confirmed an unpleasant smell in the hired car during the month of July
131	A police witness stated that the boot of the hired car had been left open for a number of consecutive days
132	Metodo 3 hired as their private investigators although they had no experience in missing people cases
133	The blue/black bag seen in the pictures taken during the night of May 3rd is allegedly missing when police search the villa
134	The McCanns NEVER question their friends in spite of the Gaspar statement and lots of changes in their statements
135	Gerry McCann planned special events to commemorate her disappearance months in advance
136	The FUND (a whole field to investigate - good for at least 10 leads)
147	The tacky online store
148	No physical search by Kate on the evening of May 3rd, no physical searches by both parents the following days
149	They NEVER went anywhere near a country a sighting happened, instead went to different countries to promote the SEARCH
150	The India sighting was never confirmed by police
151	In fact most sightings were never really followed up by their investigators, the media attention seemed enough
152	Shortly after Gerry McCann had visited the Netherlands a letter arrived at a dutch newpaper pinpointing Madeleine's body
153	All friends of the McCanns refused a reconstruction in Portugal
154	Gerry caught on camera laughing his head off only a few days after his daughter had been 'abducted by paedophiles' as claimed by the parents
155	Kate refused to answer 48 questions
156	Despite the possibility that Madeleine's disappearance could have been an inside job the twins were placed in the creche the next day
157	Despite the proximity of the apartment to the Tapas restaurant Kate left the twins alone to alert the friends and Gerry instead of shouting from the balcony
158	As soon as Mark Harrison organised the search with the british dogs the McCanns started trips to a triangle between Budens, Raposeira and Sagres
159	Kate checked the breathing of the twins during the night of May 3rd
160	The twins never woke up during the police search despite many people entering their bedroom
161	The only people having allegedly seen Murat around the apartment on the night of May 3rd were Fiona Payne, Russell O'Brien, Rachael Oldfield and possibly Jane Tanner
162	Nobody who knew Robert Murat saw him that night around the apartment
163	Robert Murat translated the statements of the nannies and of Dianne Webster, most crucial statements regarding the whereabouts of Madeleine on May 3rd
164	Mrs Fenn heard Madeleine crying for 1 hour and 15 minutes on May 1st
165	One child threw a tantrum on May 2nd on the playground and had to be carried home. At the same time the McCanns claim Madeleine claimed to have cried.
166	The crying stopped abruptly.
167	Kate McCann was alone in the apartment at 20:15 on May 2nd getting the children to sleep while her husband was already at the Tapas restaurant
168	Kate McCann left the restaurant 5 minutes after Gerry on May 2nd
169	Gerry uttered in a spanish interview that their persecution had been bad, but not as bad as the "night we found her"
170	Madeleine's bed, that had been made on Wednesday morning for the last time, looked very neat Thursday night
171	Although they claimed that they had no buggy for the trip to the Millenium breakfast they had buggies for the trip to the beach on Tuesday
172	Although they claimed that the trip to the beach happened on Tuesday, the creche records clearly suggest it happened on Monday
173	If there had been a 1 nanny for 3 children ratio as the McCanns claimed, why did Catriona Baker lead 5 OR 6 children alone to the beach?
174	Why had Madeleine a "sunburn" on her right arm as shown in the tennis picture?
175	Russell O'Brien claimed to have collected his daughter from the creche before 16:45 but also stated that he finished sailing at 16:30 and then went for a swim
176	Where was Russell O'Brien between 16:45 and 17:52 when he arrived at the beach restaurant Paraiso?
177	Why did he not sign his daughter out from the creche that afternoon?
178	The sailing instructors Alice and Chris were not formally interviewed but could have possibly confirmed wether Madeleine had taken part in the sailing on the morning of the 3rd
179	Gerry McCann stated that David Payne had entered their apartment to check on Maddie and the twins on the evening of May 2nd
180	The above statement was never repeated nor followed up
181	Gerry McCann was not in the apartment when Dianne Webster entered it for the first time after the abduction possibly at the time of the Smith sighting
182	Kate McCann claims in her book that Gerry was searching together with David Payne at that time but their witness statements say otherwise
183	The time of the first alarm given by Kate was never confirmed by independent witnesses. Statements suggest the alarm had been raised around 21:45
184	There was a Junior Group (6-10 year olds) in the same room above the reception that never got a mention
185	This explains the statement by one nanny that Madeleine had mainly played with the older children.
186	The nannies were transfered to Greece on May 13th and were no longer available to the police
187	One nanny was invited by the McCanns into their home before the rogatory interviews
188	The same nanny got a new job afterwards and her whereabouts were withheld on the request of the McCanns according to the media
189	Research shows that this nanny is now working for a multimillionaire in Manhattan
190	The McCanns used the media to introduce changes in their story
191	e.g. the additional baby monitor of Jane Tanner entered the story through a briefing by Gerry McCann given David James Smith of The Times
192	Charlotte Pennington allegedly remembered Robert Murat being in the vicinity of 5A after a visit by Metodo3 7 months after the disappearance
193	Two other witnesses remember Murat as well after 7 months
194	Brian Kennedy and Antonio Jimenez from Metodo 3 visited the PJ in November 2007 with alleged evidence incriminating Robert Murat and two other people
195	Antonio Jimenez was later jailed for stealing drugs from a police storage

Find Ben?

Yet another case totally pocketed by McSpin. Especially now that a lot of people question the unfair attention to one single missing child.

"Sie wollen eine Entführung erzwingen"

Englische Übersetzung von Joana Morais

Übersetzung von Portugiesisch ins Englische ins Deutsche:


Judite de Sousa [JS]: Hier im Studio habe ich Goncalo Amaral, den Inspektor der PJ, der die Untersuchungen zum Verschwinden von Madeleine McCann vor 5 Jahren in situ geleitet hat. Guten Abend, Goncalo Amaral.

Gonçalo Amaral [GA]: Guten Abend.

JS: Was veranlasst Ihrer Meinung nach Scotland Yard plötzlich die PJ zu bitten, den Vorgang wieder zu eröffnen und kategorisch zu verkünden, dass es 195 neue Ansätze gibt, die es zu untersuchen gilt?

GA: Nun, wir müssen das Timing verstehen, den Zeitpunkt... Gestern war der 25. April [Gedenktag an das Ende der Diktatur in Portugal 1974, bekannt als die Nelkenrevolution] Dies ist wichtig weil es der Tag ist an dem Portugal Freiheit und Demokratie feiert, und eine fremde Macht, oder eine Person einer fremden Macht uns sagt: "So ist es, eröffnet es wieder!". Es ist wichtig. Wir sind wenige Tage entfernt vom traurigen Jahrestag des Verschwinden dieses Kindes, ein tragischer Moment... Es ist ein Jahr her, dass das Team seine Untersuchung startete, bei der Millionen von Pfund ausgegeben wurden; dies wurde in England hinterfragt. Zu sagen, dass sie 195 mögliche Hinweise haben - da muss ich fragen, warum ist das so? Warum haben sie noch 195, warum haben sie nicht nur 5?


JS: Wie erklären Sie sich diese Zahl? 195 Untersuchungsmöglichkeiten?

GA: Sie sprechen von Sichtungen, von Visionen durch Medien, in Dingen die erarbeitet wurden, verschiedene Dinge wurden über die Jahre hinweg erarbeitet und was die Sichtungen angeht, sehr gut erarbeitet; nun muss die englische Polizei den Ball der portugiesischen Polizei zuspielen und wir bleiben auf der Beweislast und den Kosten für die Untersuchungen sitzen. Ohne Zweifel ist es wichtig den Prozess wieder zu öffnen, aber ohne die Beschränkungen, die sie uns auferlegen wollen.


JS: Was sind die Beschränkungen, die sie uns auferlegen wollen?

GA: Sie wollen eine Entführung erzwingen. Tatsächlich sprechen sie über zwei Möglichkeiten, dass sie leben könnte oder tot sein könnte. Und das is es.

JS: Nein, Scotland Yard sagt dass....

GA: Nein Scotland Yard bestätigt dass das Kind leben oder tot sein könnte.

 JS: ... sie am Leben sein könnte.

GA: Oder tot sein könnte. Vergessen Sie nicht das "tot sein könnte". Mit einer 50%igen Wahrscheinlichkeit. Und das ist das wirklich Traurige. Es sind fünf Jahre vergangen und wir wissen immer noch nicht was mit diesem Kind geschehen ist und das ist unser Fehler. Es ist unserer!

JS: Unserer? Wessen?

GA: Unseres Justizsystems, unseres Generalstaatsanwaltes, der es erlaubte die Untersuchung ad acta zu legen. Im September 2007 hatten wir gewisse Schlüsse gezogen, es waren Zwischenergebnisse, und eine Kriminaluntersuchung muss abgeschlossen werden. Sie muss beendet werden. Dieser Untersuchung war es nicht gestattet am Ende anzukommen. Es war wichtig zu sehen ob die Schlüsse zu denen wir damals gekommen waren, letztendlich bewiesen werden konnten oder entkräftet würden - so sollte eine ordentliche Kriminaluntersuchung durchgeführt werden.

JS: Warum entschied der portugiesische Generalstaatsanwalt Ihrer Meinung nach den Prozess ad acta zu legen?

GA: Weil wir Portugiesen sind und die sind Engländer - so einfach. Wir sind klein und sie sind groß. Das passiert gerade jetzt.

JS: Dann vertreten Sie die These dass es politischen Druck gab?

GA: Darüber gibt es keine Zweifel. Erst kürzlich war unser derzeitiger Premierminister in England, er führte Gespräche mit David Cameron und sprach oder ihm wurde erzählt (über diesen Fall). Es wäre für unseren Premierminister wichtig gewesen zuerst mit denen zu sprechen die in der Untersuchung involviert waren um ein besseres Verständnis darüber zu haben was passiert war...

JS: Aber es wird schwierig für die, die uns zuschauen und zuhören,zu verstehen sein, aus welchen Gründen die politischen Mächte in London oder eine Polizei mit dem Prestige von Scotland Yard, so fokussiert, so engagiert in diesem Fall sind, fünf Jahre später, besonders seit der Prozess schon lange in Portugal archiviert wurde. Was denken Sie ist die wahre Motivation hinter dieser Review?

GA: Glauben Sie wirklich dass sie fokussiert, engagiert sind? Sie sprechen von einer 28 Mann starken Truppe innerhalb von Scotland Yard... Erlauben Sie mir sie zu informieren, dass es nur eine Stadtpolizei ist, der Stadt London. Hier in Portugal wurde die Untersuchung von der Policia Judiciaria geleitet, eine viel höher stehende Polizei, mit juristischer Kompetenz für das ganze Land, im Gegensatz zur Metropolitan Police. Lassen sie uns darüber im klaren sein, wir (PJ) sind was wir sind, aber vielleicht können wir gleichwertig oder sogar besser als sie sein - das ist der Punkt. Nun, die 28 Polizisten betreffend, sie untersuchten (die Fallakten) und kamen zum Schluß: "Wir haben 195 Hypothesen". Nun, die Frage ist warum haben sie immer noch 195? Warum nicht nur 5? Sehen Sie das nicht?

JS: Sie denken also dass sie 195 sagen und genauso 10, 15, 20, 200, 300 sagen könnten?

GA: Sie müssen das ausgegebene Geld rechtfertigen. Es wäre besser gewesen wenn sie nur fünf gesagt hätten. Das wäre bedeutungsvoll gewesen, es würde bedeuten, dass sie die vielen Möglichkeiten eingeschränkt hätten. Zu sagen dass sie 20, 30, 40, 195, 200, 300, 400... Sichtungen und Träume durch Medien haben, sehen Sie wir haben Hunderte, Dutzende, Tausende von denen, suchen Sie sich einen aus. Auf der anderen Seite, Fakten, Indizien alles was im Bericht vom September 2007 steht, der von der PJ UND der englischen Polizei zusammengestellt wurde - lassen Sie uns nicht vergessen, dass es die lokale Polizei des Wohnortes der McCanns war, die mit uns zusammengearbeitet hatten, nicht die Metropolitan Police. Hier haben wir die PJ die die nationale Kompetenz hat Kriminalfälle zu untersuchen, aus einem guten Grund... Daher kann das, was damals festgestellt wurde, nicht angefochten werden. Warum bitten sie uns jetzt den Fall wiederaufzunehmen? Es ist wichtig den Prozeß wiederaufzunehmen aber wie Dr. Rogerio Alves (Anwalt der McCanns in Portugal) kürzlich sagte, muss es solide Fakten geben um den Prozeß wieder zu eröffnen. Er weiß sehr gut dass wenn dies geschehen ist, wird ein Schritt unweigerlich folgen und dass ist die Rekonstruktion der Fakten (des Abends des 3. Mai). Und die Rekonstruktion der Fakten, die sowohl positiv oder negativ für die damaligen Verdächtigen sein kann, muss durchgeführt werden, es ist der erste Schritt der getan werden muss lt. den Verfahrensrichtlinien in Portugal. Und das ist noch nicht geschehen...


JS: Gonçalo Amaral, also stehen Sie dazu dass der Prozeß wiedereröffnet werden sollte?

GA: Yes I do, I have always defended the re-opening ⁶, actually it's something the McCann couple never defended, only recently, after two or three years, they've started to defend a review of the sightings - and that is what is being done. The re-opening of the process in Portugal, with all the indicia that are contained in the process, it was never defended by them. Note that when the process was archived in 2008, there were three suspects: Robert Murat and the McCann couple. Any of the three could have opposed to the process archival, some received 500.000 pounds of compensation from the British media whilst others kept quiet. Why? Because it wasn't their interest for the investigation to carry on, but the investigation needs to go on.

JS: You are talking about the child's parents?

GA: I am talking about all of them, of all those that were considered suspects.

JS: Do you maintain that...?

GA: The investigation needs to go on. If someone stopped, someone as an arguido, as a suspect, for example in the case of Robert Murat, if he believes, due to his own personal motives, that he doesn't have to advance with a request asking the re-opening of the investigation - he received a compensation from the English newspapers - that's fine.

JS: You maintain the belief that this child is not alive?

GA: I have one opinion. Just like that gentleman [Andy Redwood] has one opinion, "I have one opinion", he said, "that she is alive", I have the opinion that she is dead. I have the right to have my own opinion. I and other police officers, I and other [forensic] technicians, and my opinion is an opinion based on facts, unlike his who I don't know if it is based on evidence, or if it is based on pseudo-sightings, or where it is based exactly. I wrote a book where I underlie my firm belief and the facts that support my opinion, that gentleman said "we've looked at this [the process], and it's like this"... but he doesn't explain the reasons.

JS: And do you also maintain the belief of the parents responsibility in the cadaver's disappearance?

GA: Notice one thing, a criminal investigation has its own dynamics, we begin at a point and we bring it to an end. By September 2007 we had reached certain conclusions, and it would have been necessary to validate those conclusions, to advance or not in that path, we had to carry on with the investigation. That is a criminal investigation. Then someone says "you have to stop the investigation" and no progress was made since. What is left is what was made known in the process and in my book [Maddie, The Truth of the Lie]. And was expressed in the book because we were accused of several things, I was accused of several things, and that book came out in my defence. By the way, let me tell you that the book copies were formally returned today, finally after several years [7.500 book copies were seized after a McCann couple injunction].

JS: And it's going to be placed again in the bookshops.

GA: I believe so, yes. People have the right to read the book...

JS: Gonçalo Amaral, what are...?

GA: Now, those were conclusions arrived at a determined moment of the investigation, they are not final conclusions. They are interim, and people have to understand that.

JS: What should be the Oporto's Judiciary Police team line of investigation if the process is re-opened?

GA: Oporto's team has no chance of investigating the process, the events took place in the Algarve, as much as they wish, as much competence they have, they can't - they're too far away from it [as to time, crime scene/terrain and circumstances]. It's logical that it is important for someone to be distanced, in terms of location and time, but they don't stand any chances, they really don't, because it all took place in Algarve. Either the investigation is made by the Algarve or between the Lisbon and Algarve Judiciary Police, or is investigated in England as it should be. In fact, the English police, Scotland Yard have the money to support the costs, they can spend an extra few million pounds and investigate what happened to a British subject, that is, Madeleine McCann, of English nationality.

JS: Gonçalo, explain me one issue. In your point of view, what are the reasons that led the National Judiciary Police Directorate to send to Oporto the Maddie McCann case?

GA: The reasons? They were justified by Dr. Pedro do Carmo, because of the distance, because of the geographical distance, the distance in terms of people, but in terms of competence...

JS: And what do those reasons tell you?

GA: In Lisbon, for example the former DCCB⁷, the current National Unit Against Terrorism have much more experienced people - I'm not talking about competence - but much more experienced people in the area of abductions, kidnappings, disappearances and so on, than Oporto has. Oporto only has...

JS: So, you don't understand that decision?

GA: My colleague, that I know very well, Dr. Helena Monteiro, has a big case, the case of the young woman from Lamego, that disappeared there and later appeared close to the motorway connection to Régua⁸, it's an important case but the young woman was dead, she had been there for a month, and they could have located her with a GPS, but well...To state that they have a great experience [in missing people cases] it doesn't make much sense.

JS: But are you saying that your colleagues from Oporto....

GA: They are very competent, have no doubts about that. They are police officers, they are competent, they are criminal investigators, they are competent.

JS: But you don't believe that they can solve this case?

GA: Too many pages. Too much indicia, too many things that need to be read, and sometimes it's difficult to read ⁹.

JS: Gonçalo Amaral, what happened to your team? To the persons who worked with you during the investigation to this case?

GA: They are being persecuted, case by case, they are being persecuted. The last case was with my colleague, Ricardo Paiva ¹⁰, who was a target of an entrapment, an entrapment at facebook [social site], and Dr. Pedro do Carmo immediately stated that he had violated a number of duties, etc. It's interesting because Pedro do Carmo....

JS: One question...

GA: Allow me to conclude, in terms of disciplinary processes Dr. Pedro do Carmo was the person who had to make a decision, and immediately before any investigation is made to that incident, he stated that Ricardo Paiva had violated the secrecy of, a series of duties, and we have to ask, why does this happen? Why does someone, a deputy director of the Judiciary Police, comes to the public, on his tiptoes¹¹, speaking against him [a colleague]? It's because they are witnesses. Ricardo Paiva is one of my witnesses in the process the McCann couple have against me, and why do these directors, these people who are now directors - at this moment they are representing the Judiciary Police, but they are not the Judiciary Police - the Judiciary Police has a history, beyond these directors...

JS: Let me go back to the point that you just made, what you are saying is that your colleagues that remain active, in the Judiciary Police, are being persecuted?

GA: There are no doubts about that.

JS: Inside the Judiciary Police?

GA: Inside the Judiciary Police.

JS: They are suffering retaliations?

GA: They are suffering retaliations, simply because they worked with me. I can't go to the police, I can't contact anyone because immediate retaliations follow. That has happened before. Therefore I limit myself to the life in my neighbourhood, it's a pretty neighbourhood, very close to the EXPO, where I lived for forty years, and now I'm back again.

JS: Did this case ruined you?

GA: It didn't ruin me per se, I live through this moment of crisis like all of us are. I am surviving, and will continue to do so. I will go on with calm and serenity.

JS: Gonçalo Amaral, thank you so much for coming here tonight to 'News at 8'.

GA: Thank you, good night.
 

Amaral comments on latest cover-up attempts

Maddie: English police wants to "impose abduction theory"


Thank you to Astro from Joana Morais Blog



In an interview to TVI, Gonçalo Amaral defends the reopening of the process, but without limits

Gonçalo Amaral defended that the investigation process into the disappearance should be reopened, yet adds that the English police wants the reopening, but with the imposition of limiting the investigation to the abduction theory.

"They speak about sightings, about visions by mediums. A lot of things have been produced over the years and well produced and therefore the English police has to pass the ball to the Portuguese police and we are left with the onus and the expense of investigating. It is important to reopen the process, nobody should doubt that, but to reopen the process without limitations, the way they want to limit us", the former Judiciary Police inspector explained.

"They want to impose an abduction", he stated in an interview to TVI.

Gonçalo Amaral further said that the fault of not knowing what happened to Maddie yet is ours. "It's been five years and we still do not know what happened to this child and it is our fault. The fault of our justice system, of our Attorney General who allowed this investigation to be shelved", he said, justifying the fact because we are "Portuguese and they are English, we are small and they are big. That is waht is happening."

"The investigation was never allowed to arrive at an end", he stressed, admitting that he has no doubt that there was political pressure.

Concerning what happened to the English girl, Gonçalo Amaral stated that he has his opinion. "In my opinion, she is dead."

Lastly, the former inspector further accused the Judiciary police of internally persecuting his colleagues that remain by his side.

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Thank you Mr. Redwood

Your work, I am sure, is much appreciated

Dismissing conspiracy theories about Madeleine's parents' involvement, Redwood said he believed the girl's disappearance was the result of "a criminal act by a stranger".




Evidence? Huh? We carried out boxes of evidence. In Barcelona.
This evidence dilutes the so called PJ Files.
Diminishes them to a mere percentage.
Nobody will be able to claim anything based on the PJ Files, because SY has ALL the evidence.


I am afraid, the British will have to live with it. 
Long live Rupert...
 

From the horse's mouth (Upd.)

"Wednesday, 2 May 2007. Our last completely happy day. Our last, to date, as a family of five. If only it was possible to rewind. Even for an hour."

I know she added "completely" to the sentence but wouldn't the third be the day she last remembered together with Madeleine and would it not be the third she hoped to rewind?

"Fiona and Dave had been windsurfing that morning and had seen Madeleine’s group, who had gone down to the beach for their ‘mini-sail’ activity.We heard later that they’d been on a speedboat as well as a dinghy. Fiona told me she’d spotted Ella there but not Madeleine."

The only independent witness for Madeleine being alive on the Thursday is now getting dropped right in. Did Cat Baker get questioned again regarding the sailing trip? Jane stated clearly and explicitly in her rogatory that Fiona had seen Madeleine AND Ella on the boat and had told her so and that she herself had seen them both. Another indication for my theory that she died on Wednesday 2nd?

""Reply "Yeah, I think we met Dave and Fi coming back and they said they'd seen Madeleine and Exxxx on a boat, because they'd taken the kids sailing that morning, so they said 'Oh we've seen Madeleine and Exxxx on a boat down there'. So then we went down to the beach, and Russell took out a kayak and I sat and just played on the beach with Exx at that point. And we saw they'd come off the boat and we saw Exxxx and Madeleine and the rest of the group, they were just, they'd just come off the boat and they were getting ready to walk back up to the Kids Club, so".""

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Antonella Mozzarella in the Sun from 14th is allegedly quoting Goncalo Amaral as saying:

"Tourists like her are not needed, mothers neglecting their children, that loses a child on holiday after dinner when she was drinking in a bar until midnight."

This clearly indicates the Wednesday and not the Thursday. Direct quote? Misquote? Mistake? Hint?

We will see...

Rebus

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"" She went there to meet them. When she came close to the elements of the GNR she found that behind her was Gerry, Madeleine's father, accompanied by another man whose identity she doesn't remember. Then Gerry kneeled down, hit the floor with both hands, positioning himself as if he were a praying Arab, and screamed twice of anger, what he said being impossible to understand. Then Gerry stand up and accompanied her (the witness) and the other man in the car of the GNR to the apartment A5.""

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Tidal charts

English/Deutsch

From the Mark Harrison Report:

Low tide on the night of the 3rd May 2007 was at 2200 hrs at 2m. The maximum amount of beach would be accessible including the rocky outcrop.
High tide on the 4th May 2007 was at 0415hrs at 3.1 m. 

While 22:00 is a perfect time to reach the Rocha Negra via the beach on foot - and there is only a tiny window of opportunity - , the same could only be achieved from the plateau overlooking Praia da Luz at 6:00 in the morning when George Brooks saw a couple carrying a child on the road between Lagos and Praia da Luz in an area with access to sideroads leading to that plateau.

Tidal charts are usually accessible at all sports centers that cater for sailing and surfing.

On a side note...

What were David Payne (phone pings between 12:35 - 16:43), Rachael Mampilly (12:24 - 16:09), Russell O'Brien (14:23 - 16:17) and most possibly Fiona Payne (no phone) doing close to the Lagos/Santa Maria phone masts on May 10th, while Jane Tanner, Matt Oldfield and the McCanns were at the Portimao Police station? A mast that also covers the area of the Boavista Golf Club and the adjoining Rocha Negra.

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Gezeitentabellen

Auszug aus Mark Harrisons Bericht:

Low tide on the night of the 3rd May 2007 was at 2200 hrs at 2m. The maximum amount of beach would be accessible including the rocky outcrop.
High tide on the 4th May 2007 was at 0415hrs at 3.1 m. 

Ebbe in der Nacht des 3. Mai 2007 war um 22:00 Uhr bei 2 Metern. Der maximale Strandbereich wäre dann erreichbar einschließlich des vorgelagerten Felsens.
Flut am 4. Mai 2007 war um 0415 Uhr bei 3,1 Metern.

Während 22:00 Uhr die perfekte Zeit war den Rocha Negra zu Fuß entlang des Strandes zu erreichen - und dafür gibt es nur ein kleines Zeitfenster - , konnte das gleiche Ziel um 6:00 Uhr Morgens nur über das Plateau oberhalb von Praia da Luz erreicht werden, der Zeitpunkt als George Brooks ein Pärchen sah, das ein Kind trug auf der Straße zwischen Lagos und Praia da Luz, in einer Gegend mit Zugang zu Seitenstraßen, die auf das Plateau führen.

Gezeitentabellen können gewöhnlich in jedem Sportzentrum eingesehen werden, das Segeln und Surfen anbietet.

Übrigens....

Was machten David Payne (Telefonpings zwischen 12:35 - 16:43), Rachael Mampilly (12:24 - 16:09), Russell O'Brien (14:23 - 16:17) und sehr wahrscheinlich Fiona Payne (ohne Handy) in der Nähe des Lagos/Santa Maria Telefonmasts am 10. Mai als Jane Tanner, Matt Oldfield und die McCanns in der Polizeistation in Portimao waren? Ein Mast, der auch die Gegend des Boavista Gold Clubs und den angrenzenden Rocha Negra abdeckt.

Spot the difference - Update

Wenn sich freundlich gesonnene investigative Einheiten gegenseitig mit Informationen zu einem Fall versorgen, kommen sie dann in größeren Gruppen aus der Zentrale der einen heraus um die Akten zu Fuß und per Flugzeug nach Hause zu bringen oder würden sie eher den folgenden Weg wählen?
 

Die Unterlagen zu 8 möglicherweise entscheidenden Hinweisen zu Posh Spice und den allseits beliebten "Zigeunern" in 30 Kisten, die seit Jahren nur darauf warteten von Scotland Yard persönlich abgeholt zu werden unter Personenschutz der spanischen Polizei? Dream on....

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UPDATE:

heute in portugiesischen Zeitungen

Ermittler von Scotland Yard die sich wieder mit dem Fall des Verschwindens von Madeleine McCann befassen kommen zu dem Schluss, dass die Aktivitäten, die in den letzten Jahren von spanischen Detektiven - angeheuert von den McCanns -  angestoßen wurden, wenig bis nichts dazu beitragen herauszufinden, was dem Mädchen passiert ist.

Maddie ist im Internet lebendig

Vielen Dank an Joana Morais die diesen Artikel von TVI24 übersetzte.

Blogs und Seiten die für die Wahrheit und für Meinungsfreiheit im Fall McCann stehen

Die "Welt" sucht immer noch nach Madeleine. Nun hat die Policia Judiciaria eine spezielle Einheit aufgestellt, die in Zusammenarbeit mit Scotland Yard den Fall überprüfen wird.

von Patrícia Pires

Nie zuvor hat das Verschwinden eines Kindes solch eine riesige Medienschlacht erzeugt. Madeleine McCann verschwand am 3. Mai 2007 in Praia da Luz, Algarve.

Von trauernden Eltern zu Verdächtigen haben die McCanns, wissentlich oder nicht, das Geheimnis und die Medien angeheizt. Ein Jahr später wurde der Fall archiviert. Ohne Verdächtige, ohne Ergebnisse, ohne Antworten und mit vielen Kontroversen zwischen dem britischen Ehepaar und den portugiesischen Behörden.

Das ist vielleicht der Grund, warum die Welt sogar heute noch auf Antworten wartet. Nun hat die Policia Judiciaria eine spezielle Einheit aufgestellt, die in Zusammenarbeit mit Scotland Yard den Fall überprüfen wird.

Aber auch wenn im echten Leben keiner weiß was Madeleine McCann passierte, gibt es einen Platz wo sie sehr lebendig ist: im Internet. Seiten, Blogs, Bücher, Videos, Dokumentationen.

Die von Maddie's Eltern erstellte Website ist noch aktiv. Auf "Find Madeleine" erklären Gerry und Kate warum sie nicht aufgeben und rufen zu neuen Spenden für den FUND auf, der die Suche nach ihrer Tochter sichert. Sie zeigen Fotos, Videos und sie verkaufen Produkte: Armbänder, Poster und sogar T-Shirts mit Maddie's Foto.

Die Wahrheit jedoch ist, dass die große Mehrheit der Internetseiten die Theorie vertreten, dass das Kind im Apartment in Praia da Luz gestorben ist. Und dass die Eltern dafür verantwortlich sind.

Es gibt Seiten die extrem umfangreiche Informationen bereitstellen. Sie haben sogar alle Untersuchungsakten, freigegeben von der portugiesischen Staatsanwaltschaft, in verschiedene Sprachen übersetzt. Sie sammeln Nachrichtenartikel und führen sogar Interviews.


Erstaunlicherweise ist es sehr einfach, außer englischen und portugiesischen Seiten, auch Seiten in anderen Sprachen zu finden, wie diese beiden: "Hasta que se sepa la Verdad" und "Unterdenteppichgekehrt".

Was ist mit Büchern? Mehr als 20 Bücher wurden über Madeleine McCann geschrieben. Eins der letzten von einer amerikanischen Profilerin, Pat Brown. Das Buch kam als ebook bei Amazon in den Handel, wurde aber kurz danach entfert nachdem Anwälte der McCanns (Carter Ruck) es als "verleumderisch" einstuften.

Schon im Jahr 2009 interviewte "Diario IOL" (jetzt TVI24.pt) Tony Bennett, einen britischen Anwalt von über 60 Jahre und nun im Ruhestand, der kurz nach dem Verschwinden von Maddie versuchte, Kate und Gerry wegen Vernachlässigung anzuklagen. Später schrieb er ein Buch mit dem Titel "Was geschah wirklich mit Madeleine McCann? 60 Gründe, die dafür sprechen dass sie nicht entführt wurde".


Aber das Buch, das die meisten Kontroversen enftachte, war ohne Zweifen "Maddie - Die Wahrheit über die Lüge" geschrieben vom früheren Inspektor der Policia Judiciaria, Goncalo Amaral, der die Untersuchung zum Verschwinden von Maddie in den ersten Monaten leitete. Es gelang Madeleine's Eltern sogar für eine Weile den Verkauf dieses Buches zu verhindern.

Eine Such auf YouTube nach dem Namen von Madeleine McCann findet fast 6000 Videos. Viele von Unbekannten ohne Verbindung zum Fall hergestellt, über die Ermittlung hin zur Familie.



Und da die digitale Welt nicht an Zeit und Raum gebunden ist, "erschien" Madeleine nach ihrem Verschwinden in sozialen Netzwerken. Nicht nur auf der offiziellen facebook Seite, die von ihren Eltern erstellt wurde, sondern auch auf Seiten vieler Menschen, die von der Story berührt waren. Das Gleiche passierte auf Twitter.

The invisibile Jane

English/Deutsch

Inspired by Pat Brown's visit to Praia da Luz and the subsequent renewed discussion about the Tanner sighting I revisited my photo selection and some statements from the files again. The core mystery and the only "evidence" for an abduction still remains Jane Tanner's statement of when she encountered eggman aka the abductor.

Part of her statement again:

Questioned about the path she took on the way to her home, she relates that she left the reception at the entrance to the Tapas/pool area and went up the pavement to the corner, having entered the apartment by the front door, which was, as already stated, locked.

Then we have the statement by Arlindo Epifanio Goncalves Fernandes Peleja, the executive chef at the Ocean's Club regarding that evening:

When he arrived there, by vehicle, at around 21:10, he remembers that next to the Tapas reception, he saw a vehicle, dark blue in colour, with Portuguese license plates. Although he cannot be definite, he believes it was a Fiesta or Focus.....After parking his vehicle, he entered through the reception of that restaurant.....

So shortly before Jane saw the abductor, we have 2 cars parked in that road. This is confirmed by the statement of Stephen Carpenter who left the Tapas Bar around the time of the sighting:

Between approximately a quarter past nine and half past nine we left the Tapas bar to go home.... When I crossed the road outside the MW reception I remember there were cars parked, I remember taking some time to see if I could cross the road because there were cars parked to my left and I was carrying I****. They were about six metres away from me and i calculate that some (inaudible) metres from the back of Gerry’s apartment

At 22:00 an employee of the Ocean Club left the carpark of Block 6 and saw only one car left on that road:

After leaving Block 6, they turned right and after left, passing in front of the block occupied by the McCanns. She states that she saw no movement of people, and that in the immediate areas of the blocks she saw no vehicle with the exception of a small car, that appeared to her grey in colour, parked close to the window of the McCann apartment;

So at the time of Jane's vision at 21:15 there would have been one car parked under the McCann's kitchen window and another car closer to the Tapas entrance. Assuming these cars did not park on the curb - which would make Jane's path even narrower - this would roughly be the situation Jane faced after having turned left at the exit of the Tapas Bar:

Is there ANY chance BOTH men would have failed to notice the woman flip-flopping past them on the pavement?

Why did she nor Gerry mention the cars? They could have been used to explain why the men had not seen her had she claimed to have used the other side of the road. But since she did such an exact drawing in her first statement of the way she walked up to the crossing there was no chance to use these cars to their advantage. So it was better not to mention them at all, since even the visually impaired would see that she must have been invisible to pass them. The cars narrow down the path she could have taken and make it impossible not to notice her.

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Die unsichtbare Jane

Inspiriert durch Pat Browns Besuch in Praia da Luz die darauf folgende erneute Diskussion über die Sichtung der Jane Tanner, durchwühlte ich mal wieder mein Photoalbum und einige Aussagen aus den Akten. Der einzige "Beweis" einer Entführung ist ja nach wie vor Jane Tanners Aussage sie hätte den Entführer gesehen.

Hier noch einmal ein Teil ihrer Aussage:

Zum Weg befragt, den sie beim Heimweg gegangen war erklärt sie dass sie die Rezeption am Eingang zum Tapas/Poolgelände verlassen hatte und den Bürgersteig hoch zur Ecke ging, da sie das Apartment über die Vordertür betrat, die wie bereits gesagt, verschlossen war.

Dann haben wir die Aussage von Arlindo Epifanio Goncalves Fernandes Peleja dem Chefkoch des Oceans Club, den Abend betreffend:

Als er ankam mit dem Wagen gegen 21:10 sah er einen weiteren Wagen neben der Tapas Rezeption, dunkelblaue Farbe und portugiesischen Nummernschilder. Obwohl er sich nicht ganz sicher ist, glaubt er es war ein Fiesta oder Focus.... Nachdem er sein Auto geparkt hatte, ging er durch die Rezeption des Restaurants...

Also kurz bevor Jane den Entführer sah, waren zwei Autos in dieser Straße geparkt. Dies wird auch von der Aussage von Stephen Carpenter gestützt, der die Tapas Bar zur Zeit der Sichtung verließ:

Zwischen ungefähr viertel nach neun und halb zehn verließen wir die Tapas Bar um nach Hause zu gehen... Ich erinnere mich, dass als ich die Straße vor der MW Rezeption überquerte, dort Autos geparkt waren, ich erinnere mich dass ich mir Zeit nahm um zu sehen ob ich die Straße überqueren konnte weil zu meiner Linken Arutos geparkt waren und ich I**** trug. Sie waren ungefähr sechs Meter von mir entfernt und ich schätze etwa (unverständlich) Meter von der Rückseite von Gerrys Apartment.

Um 22:00 verließ ein Angestellter des Ocean Club den Parkplatz von Block 6 und sah nur noch ein Fahrzeug auf der Straße stehen:

Nachdem sie Block 6 verlassen hatten, wendeten sie sich nach rechts und danach nach links passierten die Vorderseite des Blockes in dem die McCanns wohnten. Sie sagt aus, dass sie keine Bewegungen von Menschen sah und dass in der unmittelbaren Umgebung der Blocks keine Autos sag mit der Ausnahme eines kleinen Wagens, der scheinbar von grauer Farbe war und nahe am Fenster des Apartments der McCanns geparkt war.

Also zum Zeitpunkt von Janes Vision um 21:15 hätte ein Wagen unter dem Küchenfenster der McCanns und ein anderer näher am Tapas Eingang geparkt. Angenommen diese Autos parkten nicht auf dem Gehsteig - was Janes Weg noch mehr eingeengt hätte - wäre dies ungefähr die Situation in der Jane sich befand nachdem sie sich am Ausgang der Tapas Bar nach links gewandt hatte:

Besteht IRGENDEINE Chance, dass BEIDE Männer die Frau nicht bemerkt haben, die in ihren Flip-Flops an ihnen vorbei auf dem Gehsteig ging?

Warum aber erwähnte weder sie noch Gerry die Autos? Sie hätten gut genutzt werden können um zu erklären warum die Männer Jane nicht gesehen hatten wenn sie angegeben hätte die andere Seite der Straße benutzt zu haben. Aber da sie solch eine exakte Zeichnung in ihrer ersten Aussage erstellt hatte bzgl. des Weges den sie zur Kreuzung genommen hatte gab es keine Möglichkeit diese Autos zu ihrem Vorteil zu nutzen. Daher war es besser sie überhaupt nicht zu erwähnen, denn sogar visuell Benachteiligte würden erkennen, dass sie unsichtbar hätte sein müssen, um die Männer zu passieren. Die Autos engen den Weg, den sie hätte gehen können extrem ein und machen es unmöglich, sie nicht zu bemerken.