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Madeleine McCann; Missing; OVER A YEAR!!! <SupportingMadeleine>

"MADELEINE MCCANN WENT MISSING ON THE 3RD OF MAY 2007 IN PORTUGAL WHEN SHE WAS ON HOLIDAY."

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	Madeleine McCann - GET THE WHOLE STORY (29/05/2008 - Present)	541 days ago

	Files: Investigation Inconclusive 1:41pm UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 The files released by Portuguese police reveal prosecutors in the country thought the investigation uncovered "very little" conclusive about Madeleine's fate. In their final report, prosecutors looking at the case noted detectives had failed even to prove whether Madeleine McCann was dead or still alive. The 17th and final volume of the files contains the final 58-page report written by public prosecutors Jose de Magalhaes e Menezes and Joao Melchior Gomes. They said Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, did not "act with intent" in leaving their children alone in their holiday apartment on the night the child went missing. The report said: "They could not predict that in the resort they chose to spend their holidays they could place the life of any of their children in danger." And the prosecutors also noted that the McCanns were "already serving a heavy sentence" - Madeleine's disappearance - for going out for dinner without their children. They added that Portuguese detectives were unable to achieve any proof which would allow "the formulation of any lucid, sensible, serious and honest conclusion" about the circumstances of the child going missing." And it added: "This includes, the most dramatic thing, ascertaining whether she is still alive or dead - which seems the most probable." The prosecutors continued: "The investigators are fully conscious that their work is not exempt from imperfections. "They worked with an enormous margin of error and they achieved very little in terms of conclusive results, especially about the fate of the unfortunate child... "This is not, unfortunately, a detective novel, a crime scenario fit for the investigative efforts of a Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot, guided by the illusion that the forces of law and justice can always re-establish order." - - - - - - Police timeline: Madeleine McCann 1:08pm UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 Sky News has translated a timeline from the files released by Portuguese police yesterday how the investigation took shape from the time Madeliene was reported missing.1. 3/ 05/07, 2240: Lagos police received call that a British national, a three-year-old girl, called Madeleine McCann was missing. 2. 3/05/07, 2300: Police and army arrive to join searches 3. 3/5/07: It was unclear how she had disappeared while sleeping with her two siblings while her parents dined 50 metres away. 2317: The Lagos police received a call from army saying that the parents were worried that she may have been abducted. 4. 3/5/07:The police chief immediately joined the search and asked the soldiers helping to preserve the apartment, as they joined the search already carried out by the father of the missing girl. 5. 0040: The police asked for additional reinforcements to the searches 6. Overnight the search area widened from the ocean club and neighbourhood to empty plots in the area 7. 4/5/07: As the girl had been missing more than 12 hours Portuguese police sent a police chief to head all searches 8. 4/5/07: Helicopters were included in the search 9. 4/5/07: Searches continued during the day and night of May 4. Due to the vegetation in the area police and army were searching extensively as a small child would not necessarily be visible from a distance 10. 4/5/07: On May 4 additional support was requested from traffic police in Albufeira to join the search 11. 5/5/07: On May 5 due to the lack of result over the previous two days of searches the searches became more systematic as police divided the area into 17 sectors 12. 6/5/07,0800: On the third day of searches, May 6 from 0800 the police had to start considering the hypothesis that the child had been abducted and if this was the case a new scenario would present itself that the child may be alive or dead (the latter being the most likely) and disposed of by an agressor. [P9-10 POINT 36 IN vol XII p200] 13. 6/5/07: Following this hypothesis police starting investigating the possibility that she may have been taken to a location quite far from where she was staying. 14. 8/5/07: On the 5th day of searches the police called on the coast guard to search the Bravura dam in case she had fallen in. After 72 hours a body would float to the surface. Conclusion: - searches between May 4 and May 10 were extended to a 15 km radius from the village of Praia de Luz. - searches were extended to sea and lakes in the area with aid of the Marine authorities and using special equipement at their disposal. - all areas were searched extensively and all avenues for finding the missing child were covered. - - - - - - What Detectives Asked the Tapas Seven 4:05pm UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 Detectives in Portugal sent through a series of questions to all those who had dinner with Kate and Gerry McCann on the night Madeleine disappeared. Here is a list of what they were sent: 1. How long have you known Gerald McCann and Kate Healy (Kate's maiden name) and in what capacity? 2. Have you seen Kate and Gerald at home with their children? 3. Have you been on holiday with them before? If yes can you describe how they looked after the children of an evening/night? 4.How often did you see Gerald and Kate during your holiday April 28 - May 3? 5. How often did you see their children: Madeleine, Sean and Amelie? 6. Did you have any concerns aobut the children in any way? 7. When was the last time you saw Madeleine? 8. On Thursday May 3 when did you see Kate and Gerald? 9. At what time did you arrive at the Tapas restaurant on May 3? Who was already there? 10. What were Kate and Gerald doing when you arrived? 11. Did you speak with Kate and Gerald? 12. How were they behaving? 13. Who left the table during the meal and to do what? 14. Did you see Gerald leave the table during the meal?At what time? How long was he away? What did he say when he came back? Was his behaviour or attitude different when he returned? 15. Did you see Jane leave the table during the meal? At what time? How long was she away? What did she say when she came back? Was her behaviour or attitude different when she returned? 16. Did you see Matthew leave the table during the meal? At what time? How long was he away? When did he say when he came back? Was his behaviour or attitude different when he returned? 17. Did you see Russell leave the table? At what time? How long was he away? What did he say when he came back? Was his behaviour or attitude different when he returned? 18. Did you see Kate leave the table during the meal? At what time? How long was she away? What did she say when he came back? How did she look and behave? Where you shocked at what she said? What did you do? 19. Did you go to the McCann apartment? Did you go into the bedroom where the children were sleeping? Can you describe what you saw? Did you see the twins? Did you notice anythin unusual about them? 20. What did you do next? Did you take part in any further searches? Who were you with? 21. How did Gerry react when Madeleine was not found in the first 10 minutes? 22. How do you think they were behaving considering Madeleine was gone? 23. What did you do between 10.30pm and 10am the next morning? Who did you see? 24. Who did you speak to? 25. When did you leave Portugal? How often did you see Kate and Gerry? How do you think Kate and Gerald were behaving for parents who had lost a child? 26.Did you see either Kate or Gerry speaking to anyone on holiday that you did not know? 27. Did you see either Kate or Gerald in a car during the holiday. - - - - - - Latest From the Madeleine Files 3:37pm UK, Friday August 08, 2008 Sky News is continuing to plough through the 30,000 pages of files released by Portuguese police that make up their investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance. Refresh throughout the day to hear what they say. :: The files show Portuguese police wanted to bug Kate and Gerry McCann to eavesdrop on their conversations before making the couple "arguidos", or formal suspects, last summer. On August 1 last year detectives requested permission to place two bugs in the McCanns' apartment in Praia da Luz and one in their car. They were refused permission. The McCanns' arguido status was lifted on July 21, when prosecutors shelved the case. :: Four families stayed in Kate and Gerry McCann's holiday apartment between the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine and further forensic searches, the case files say. Just over a month after Madeleine went missing, flat 5A in Praia da Luz's Ocean Club resort was allowed to be occupied again. Despite the apartment being a crime scene, 11 people stayed there between June 12 and July 26 last year, raising the possibility that it was contaminated before fresh forensic examinations in August. :: The case files show was another sighting of a girl resembling Madeleine in Belgium on May 27 last year. A Briton contacted police after seeing the child asleep on a train from Brussels to Antwerp, concluding she could have been drugged. She was accompanied by a balding 6ft white man aged about 40 who was wearing sports clothes. Leicestershire Police made a formal request through Interpol for the relevant train stations and surrounding areas to be checked for CCTV footage. :: A lawyer in Guatemala accused the UK Government of intending to kidnap his daughter after the local British Consul told police he suspected she might be Madeleine McCann, the case files reveal. Based on the Consul's tip-off, officials stopped a man with a young child resembling the missing girl in a shopping mall in Guatemala City in June last year. It turned out, though, he was her bodyguard and had been tasked with looking after the youngster while her mother shopped and had coffee. The Consul apologised for the mix-up but the child's family demanded a formal written apology from the British Embassy in Guatemala. :: A Belgian woman reported seeing a young girl who looked "very much" like Madeleine with an Eastern European couple on a tram in Brussels 12 days after she disappeared, the files say. :: Private detectives are investigating claims that Madeleine McCann was snatched to order for a Begian paedophile ring. Scotland Yard passed on a report from an informant who said a photo of a child on holiday in Portugal was taken and passed to a "purchaser" in Belgium days before she vanished. :: Two police sniffer dogs picked up the same scent leading around the McCanns' apartment block after Madeleine went missing, the case files show. An aerial photograph included in the dossier shows that both animals followed identical routes from the front of apartment 5A in the Ocean Club resort. Portuguese police took the search dogs out on May 8 last year, five days after Madeleine vanished, after letting them sniff a towel used to dry Madeleine. :: When they were taken out of the complex, the animals separately followed the path marked on the photograph. Experts concluded, though, it was difficult to make a "precise evaluation" as to whether the dogs had definitely picked up Madeleine's scent. :: British sniffer dogs were brought at a later date. :: Dutch shop worker Anna Stam, who said she may have seen Madeleine McCann in her shop has accused detectives of neglect. :: The files show the FBI were also involved in the Madeleine case. They ran DNAtests when the body of a girl was washed up in Galveston Bay, Texas. The body turned out to be two-year-old murder victim Riley Ann Smith. :: In Kate McCann's witness statement made to the police on September 6 last year she says she slept in her children's bedroom the night before Madeleine's disappearance after a row with husband Gerry. The statement, from the files, adds Madeleine slept in the same room as her parents on May 1. :: A letter from the McCann's lawyer was sent to the Portuguese police on January 31 asking for information. The request was denied because of Kate and Gerry's arguido status at the time. :: The files have revealed a letter written by Madeleine's mother Kate McCann to the head of the Portuguese police to keep the family informed about what was happening in the investigation. :: A little girl calling herself "Maddy" and claiming to have been taken from her mother on holiday was seen in Amsterdam at the time Madeleine McCann disappeared, the case files show. The family's private detectives are pursuing the report :: A document contained within the file from Portuguese police details why the McCanns were made Arguidos. :: When police raided the McCann's rented villa in Praia a Luz they seized a bible and press clippings showing an advert for children's drug Calpol and an article about the McCann's "wall of silence" :: Between 1 and 8 of August Portuguese police used sniffer dogs, trained to find human blood as well as people, to search five apartments at the holiday complex; Robert Murat's property in Praia Da Luz; the McCanns' new occupancy at Praia Da Luz; clothing from the McCann residence; Western beach in Praia Da Luz; Eastern beach in Praia Da Luz; 10 vehicles screened at Portimao. :: Of the five apartments, the only report came from apartment 5a, the reported scene. The report said the dog alerted the rear bedroom in the immediate right-hand corner; the living room, behind the sofa; the veranda outside the parents' bedroom; the garden area directly under the veranda. :: Nothing was found in Robert Murat's apartment or the McCanns' new apartment. :: The Enhanced Vicitm Recovery dog (EVRD) did indicate one set of clothing. The report's author, though, says there are no further details. :: The EVRD indicated a "scent" emitting from the right door of the McCann's car. It was then subject to a "full and physical examination and "no human remains were found." :: The dog used to smell human blood was then tasked to screen the vehicle and alerted police to the "rear driver's side of the boot area". Forensic samples were taken and sent to a laboratory in the UK. :: People from countries including Holland and Malta rang to inform police they had seen Madeleine. There was one "sighting" on a flight from New York to Brussels. :: The files detail all kinds of other so-called sightings from people all over Europe and beyond. :: Sky News has also found an email in the police files that was sent to Gerry McCann from a man claiming to know what happened to Madeleine. Police tracked it down to the Netherlands and found a cyber cafe with no CCTV. He/she asks for 2 million EUROS as a reward for the information, asking for an advance of 500,000. :: The files show efits of two men based on descriptions from witnesses at the time. The files were sent to Interpol. Crucially, they were not given to the media. :: Receipt from the "Tapas nine's" meal on the evening show that there was only two bottles of wine drunk between them. :: Sky News has found a CCTV photocopy of Repsol petrol station on 4 May 2007 (day after Maddy disappeared) were a child matching Madeleine's description was spotted Police have written "negativo" on it showing it wasn't Madeleine. There are several other pictures in different locations. :: The files quote Portuguese public prosecuters who ruled their was "very little" conclusive in the police investigation with detectives failing to prove if Madeleine was dead or alive. :: Sky News has translated a timeline by police taken from the files released yesterday showing events from when Madeleine's disappearance was reported to them and how the investigation took shape. :: Among the pages of the Portuguese Madeleine file were a list of questions put to Kate McCann which she refused to answer. :: The dossier shows a list of questions that were sent to British police to ask the so-called "Tapas seven." - - - - - - McCanns React To Release Of Files 1:23pm UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 As Kate and Gerry McCann and their lawyers trawl through newly-released police files on their daughter's disappearance, their spokesman insists finding Madeleine remains the priority. Clarence Mitchell tells Sky News that finding Madeleine remains top priority Clarence Mitchell told Sky News that the couple's lawyers were "very thoroughly" going through thousands of pages of evidence handed to them by police last week. "The lawyers could in theory, if they wanted to, take action or look for legal redress at some stage but that is absolutely not the priority now," Mr Mitchell said. "There could be one little nugget in there, in those tens of thousands of pages...that could lead to Madeleine, and that's the priority." "In a way it is poignant because going through it you are revisiting everything that happened again in immense detail." Clarence Mitchell on the Madeleine McCann police file Mr Mitchell also hit out at the Portuguese police, who told Gerry McCann during questioning that Madeleine's DNA was found in the boot of the McCanns' hire car. It has since emerged that the evidence was inconclusive. Mr Mitchell said: "There seriously are questions as to what they were trying to achieve by overpresenting evidence in that way. "It was wrong, they did not have that evidence and they could not justifiably claim to have that evidence." It is expected to take a long time for lawyers to analyse the extensive files, which comprise photographs, transcripts, video and documents which need to be translated from Portuguese. But Mr Mitchell said "money was not an issue for the moment", with more than £400,000 remaining in the Find Madeleine fund. He said it was "very much" the case that the McCanns still believed that their daughter - who disappeared from her bedroom in the couple's Praia da Luz apartment on May 3 last year - was still alive. "That's the hope they have to cling to. There is absolutely no evidence that she has been harmed, let alone has been killed as many just assume. "And in fact the longer this goes on, without any trace of her whatsoever, in a way they draw more strength from that." - - - - - - Madeleine: Secrets Are Out Greg Milam August 05, 2008 7:51 AM So this is 'judicial secrecy' in action? Sitting on the steps of a public prosecutor's office waiting for a dvd containing EVERY single detail of an investigation. And then passing that information on to millions of people around the world. That's what happened to the 17-volumes of the Madeleine McCann file in the steaming heat of Portugal yesterday. You can almost hear the ringmaster: "See for yourselves every crime scene photo, read every statement and wince at how the Portuguese police misused the forensic evidience." It all seems a little strange after the months of being told by investigators: "We can't say anything." It must seem equally strange, probably infuriating, for witnesses whose telephone numbers were released in the file. The release is a fact of legal life in Portugal but the authorities must have been gearing themselves up for a torrent of new criticism this time. After all, they know that the McCann case still prompts strong emotions and opinions. And it is clear that the couple were subjected to interview pressure on the basis of very flaky DNA results. The McCanns had planned not to say anything about the files until their own lawyers had finished going through them. But their spokesman Clarence Mitchell has ended up having to make a tour of the TV studios to offer their thoughts. He won't do this every day, he says, but the family felt they HAD to respond to what was being released. Of course, the McCanns already know much of what the rest of us are learning for the first time. They were there when those dramatic interviews took place, they saw the apartment on the night Madeleine disappeared. What they want is far simpler: a small, so far unnoticed detail that their detectives can follow up and help the search. - - - - - - What Detectives Asked Kate McCann 12:54pm UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 OK... THIS IS THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS THE POLICE ASKED KATE, PLEASE NOTE THAT SHE DID NOT ANSWER ANY OF THEM EXCEPT THE LAST QUESTION.... Kate McCann did not answer 48 questions She used her right as an "arguido", or formal suspect, to remain silent during an interview on September 7 last year. Mrs McCann has always strenuously denied any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance and her status as an official suspect was lifted on July 21. 1. At around 10pm on May 3 when you entered the apartment what did you see? What did you do? Where did you look? What did you touch? 2. Did you search inside the bedroom wardrobe? (She replied she wouldn't answer). 3. (After being shown two photographs of her bedroom wardrobe) Can you describe its contents? 4. Why had the curtain behind the sofa in front of the side window (which was shown on a photo) been tampered with? Did someone go behind the sofa? 5. How long did your search of the apartment take after you detected Madeleine's disappearance? 6. Why did you say from the start that Madeleine had been abducted? 7. Assuming Madeleine had been abducted, why did you leave the twins alone to go to the "Tapas" and raise the alarm? The supposed abductor could have been in the apartment. 8. Why didn't you ask the twins at the time what had happened to their sister or why did you not ask later? 9. When you raised the alarm at the "Tapas" what exactly did you say? 10. What happened after you raised the alarm? 11. Why did you go and warn your friends instead of shouting from the apartment's veranda? 12. Who contacted the authorities? 13. Who took part in the searches? 14. Did anyone outside the group learn of Madeleine's disappearance in the following minutes? 15. Did any neighbour offer help after the disappearance? 16. What does "we let her down" mean? 17. Did Jane tell you that night that she had seen a man with a child? 18. How were the authorities contacted and which police force was alerted? 19. During the searches with the police already there, where did you search for Madeleine, how and in what way? 20. Why did the twins not wake up during the search or when they were taken upstairs? 21. Who did you phone after the occurrence? 22. Did you phone Sky News? 23.Did you know the danger of calling the media, because it could influence the abductor? 24. Did you ask for a priest? 25. By what means did you describe Madeleine's features, by photographs or other means? 26. Is it true that during the searches you remained seated on Madeleine's bed without moving? 27. What was your behaviour that night? 28. Did you manage to sleep? 29. Before traveling to Portugal did you make any comment about a foreboding or bad feeling? 30. What was Madeleine's behaviour like? 31. Did Maddeleine suffer from any illness or take any medication? 32. What was Madeleine's relationship like with her brother and sister? 33. What was Madeleine's relationship like with her brother and sister, friends and her school mates? 34. In terms of your professional life, in how many and in which hospitals have you worked? 35. What is your medical speciality? 36. Have you ever done any shift work in any emergency services or other services? 37. Did you work every day? 38. At a certain point you stopped working. Why was this? 39. Are the twins difficult to get to sleep? Are they restless? Does this cause you uneasiness? 40. Is it true that sometimes you despaired with your children's behaviour and that left you feeling very uneasy? 41. Is it true that in England you had considered handing over Madeleine's custody to a relative? 42. In England, did you medicate your children? What type of medication? 43. In the case files you were shown canine forensic testing films, where you can see them marking due to detection of the scent of human corpse and blood traces - also human - as well as all the comments of the technician in charge of them. After watching and after the marking of the scent of corpse in your bedroom beside the wardrobe and behind the sofa, pushed up against the sofa wall, did you say you couldn't explain any more than you already had? 44. When the sniffer dog also marked human blood behind the sofa, did you say you couldn't explain any more than you already had? 45. When the sniffer dog marked the corpse coming from the vehicle you hired a month after the disappearance, did you say you couldn't explain anymore than you already had? 46. When human blood was marked in the boot of the vehicle did you say you couldn't explain anymore than you already had? 47. When confronted with the results of Madeleine's DNA, whose analysis was carried out in a British laboratory, collected from behind the sofa and the boot of the vehicle, did you say you couldn't explain more than you already had? 48. Did you have any responsibility or intervention in your daughter's disappearance? A Question answered: Are you aware that in not answering the questions you are jeopardizing the investigation, which seeks to discover what happened to your daughter? KM: "Yes, if that's what the investigation thinks." NOW, WHY, WHY DID KATE ONLY ANSWER ONE QUESTIONS KNOWING THAT IF SHE WOULD OF ANSWERED QUESTIONS IT COULD OF HELPED FIND MADELINE...? - - - - - - Sketch Of Final Madeleine 'Sighting' 12:53pm UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 A map showing where a man was seen carrying a child on the night Madeleine McCann vanished has been released by Portuguese detectives. The map was among thousands of papers in the Madeleine case dossier. The drawing, produced by a friend of Gerry and Kate McCann, may show the last place the youngster was seen before she vanished without a trace. It was released along with pictures of the McCanns' holiday apartment and thousands of pages of evidence compiled by police investigating Madeleine's disappearance. One of the documents lists the police questions Kate McCann refused to answer after being named an arguida - or official suspect - in the case. Another showed that detectives claimed Madeleine's DNA had been found in her parents' hire car, despite a British scientist's warning days earlier that tests were inconclusive. The revelation led a McCann family friend to accuse Portuguese officers of trying to extract a confession from Madeleine's father by lying about the results of forensic analysis. Authorities released the police files yesterday after lifting the period of judicial secrecy in the case. The dossier includes details of the lines of inquiry pursued by detectives, forensic reports and witness statements and transcripts of interviews with Mr McCann and his wife Kate. Among the files is an email dated September 3, 2007, written by senior British forensic scientist John Lowe to Det Supt Stuart Prior, head of the UK side of the investigation. Mr Lowe, from the major incidents team at the Birmingham-based Forensic Science Service, said it was impossible to conclude whether a sample from the McCanns' hire car came from their daughter Madeleine. Four days later Portuguese detectives named Mr and Mrs McCann as formal suspects in the child's disappearance, citing forensic evidence as grounds for their suspicions. Police then categorically told Mr McCann in interview that his daughter's DNA had been found in the family's Renault Scenic hire car. The McCanns' spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, told Sky News: "I can confirm that the Portuguese police put it to Gerry as a fact that Madeleine's DNA had been found in the apartment and the vehicle, when it is now clear that that was not the case, and that the initial FSS report had said the findings were inconclusive. "You have to ask what the police were trying to achieve by over-presenting evidence that they did not have, and clearly could not claim to have." He added: "All that matters is the search for Madeleine. "Kate and Gerry's lawyers are continuing to examine all of the information in minute detail and where anything that is relevant to finding Madeleine needs to be done it will be." Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her family's holiday apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 last year as her parents dined with friends nearby. Despite a huge police investigation and massive coverage in the Portuguese and British media, she has not been found. On July 21 Portuguese prosecutors announced they were shelving the case, although it can be reopened if credible new evidence comes to light. - - - - - - Kate McCann's Interview Silence 9:11am UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 Kate McCann refused to answer 48 questions put to her by Portuguese detectives after she was made a suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, police files have revealed. She used her right as an "arguido", or formal suspect, to remain silent during an interview on September 7. Officers quizzed her about everything from her medical specialism and Madeleine's behaviour to whether she had any responsibility for her daughter's disappearance. Detectives started by asking Mrs McCann about her movements immediately after she discovered that her daughter was missing at about 10pm on May 3 last year, a document in the massive police dossier that has just been released shows. She was asked where she looked, what she touched and whether she searched inside the master bedroom's wardrobe. The questioning turned to the raising of the alarm and the involvement of the media. Officers asked Mrs McCann general questions about her relationship with her children and her work. The 40th question was: Is it true that sometimes you despaired with your children's behaviour and that left you feeling very uneasy? It was followed by: Is it true that in England you even considered handing over Madeleine's custody to a relative? Mrs McCann was also invited to comment on the evidence of sniffer dogs and DNA testing on samples taken from the McCanns' holiday apartment and hire car. The final unanswered question was: Did you have any responsibility or intervention in your daughter's disappearance? The files show that the only question Mrs McCann did answer was: "Are you aware that in not answering the questions you are jeopardising the investigation, which seeks to discover what happened to your daughter?" She replied: "Yes, if that's what the investigation thinks." Mrs McCann has always strenuously denied any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance and her status as an official suspect was lifted on July 21 - - - - - - Madeleine Files: Secrets Revealed 12:05am UK, Tuesday August 05, 2008 Thousands of pages of evidence from the Portuguese police investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance have been made public. The documents include forensic details as well as interviews with Kate and Gerry McCann. There are also previously unseen official pictures from inside the apartment where the family was staying when Madeleine went missing - including a photo of the bed in which she had been sleeping. The police files from the exhaustive inquiry, which lasted more than 14 months, were made public this afternoon after the shelving of the case a fortnight ago. The mammoth dossier - said to run to 20,000 pages - includes details of the lines of inquiry pursued by detectives, witness statements and transcripts of interviews with the little girl's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann. The files were released under Portuguese law after the period of judicial secrecy in the case was lifted. Lawyers for the McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, were formally given access to the files last week. They are studying the dossier for fresh leads that the couple's private detectives can follow up in their own search for their daughter. Couple had access to files last week The files have revealed that detectives categorically told Mr McCann in interview that Madeleine's DNA had been found in the hire car. Their spokesman Clarence Mitchell told Sky News: "I can confirm that the Portuguese police put it to Gerry as a fact that Madeleine's DNA had been found in the apartment and the vehicle, when it is now clear that that was not the case, and that the initial FSS report had said the findings were inconclusive. "You have to ask what the police were trying to achieve by over-presenting evidence that they did not have, and clearly could not claim to have." Mr Mitchell also said: "All that matters is the search for Madeleine. Kate and Gerry's lawyers are continuing to examine all of the information in minute detail and where anything that is relevant to finding Madeleine needs to be done it will be." Until now Portugal's strict "segredo de justica" - or secrecy of justice - laws have limited the flow of information about the Madeleine inquiry. The legislation is supposed to ban anyone linked to an ongoing police investigation from speaking about it, but has not stopped a series of leaks. The McCanns repeatedly complained about restricted information being made public, and the couple believe there was a concerted smear campaign against them. Concerns were also raised at the top level in Portugal, with the country's justice minister, Alberto Costa, describing the leaks as "worrying" in February. - - - - - - McCann Lawyers See Police Files 9:51am UK, Tuesday July 22, 2008 Lawyers for Gerry and Kate McCann will be looking for unexplored leads later this week as they are given access to the files compiled by detectives investigating Madeleine's disappearance. This will help the couple's private investigators continue their search for the missing girl - and possibly lead to a legal action against Portuguese authorities. After having their status as "arguidos" or formal suspects lifted, the McCanns have not ruled out suing the police who they say wrongly accused them of involvement in Madeleine's disappearance. Their spokesman Clarence Mitchell told Sky News: "By the end of this week, lawyers will have complete access to everything. "They will have three weeks to examine it in detail and feed that all back to Gerry and Kate and the private investigators." He went on: "They want to find their daughter - it's as simple as that and this information is a key element in that. "They are relieved, of course, that they are no longer 'arguido' or suspect but frankly the whole thing was an unnecessary, wrongly imposed distraction." Asked if the McCanns intend to take legal action against the Portuguese police, he said: "They will not hesitate from taking action if they feel it is necessary." The couple, both 40, now have "a sense of being free" but have been left "drained by the whole thing". He said: " Of course they are angry but it's not the time for throwing accusations around or pointing the finger of blame." The focus is back on the search for their daughter, said Mr Mitchell, as the couple "cling to the hope that she is alive". Gerry and Kate McCann looked drawn and tired as they addressed a press conference in their home village of Rothley, Leicestershire, last night. Mrs McCann read a brief statement in which she made a fresh appeal for information about Madeleine's whereabouts and vowed to keep looking for her daughter. Answering questions from journalists, her husband refused to rule out either going back to Portugal or taking legal action against the Portuguese authorities. Mr McCann said: "We don't have any immediate plans to return to Portugal at the moment. "Obviously we want to digest the statement and also to get access to the files to see what can still be done." He said any legal action would be "secondary" to finding their daughter. Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3 last year as her parents dined in a tapas restaurant with friends nearby. After an exhaustive investigation lasting more than 14 months, Portuguese prosecutors announced that they had no evidence that the three suspects in the case committed any crimes. The inquiry can be reopened if credible new evidence comes to light, the Portuguese attorney-general's office said. Ex-detective Goncalo Amaral, who was removed from the case last October after criticising British police, will publish a book containing allegations against the couple on Thursday. - - - - - - McCanns Continue Madeleine Search 9:59pm UK, Monday July 21, 2008 The parents of Madeleine McCann have promised to keep searching for her after the police investigation into her disappearance was closed and they were cleared of any involvement. Portugal's Attorney General announced earlier that the police investigation had been shelved. But Kate and Gerry McCann said they would continue to "leave no stone unturned" in their search. The case was closed because of lack of evidence but could be reopened at any time if important information comes to light, according to Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro's office. The 14-month investigation uncovered no evidence of a crime by the three people named as arguidos or official suspects, the McCanns and Robert Murat. Their arguido status has now been lifted. Speaking at a news conference in their home town of Rothley, Leicestershire, Mrs McCann said: "We welcome the news today although it is no cause for celebration. "It is hard to describe how utterly despairing it was to be named arguido and subsequently portrayed in the media as suspects in our own daughter's abduction - and worse. "Equally, it has been devastating to witness the detrimental effect this status has had on the search for Madeleine." Lawyers for the couple will be able to examine the police files relating to the investigation of Madeleine's disappearance by the end of this week, according to their spokesman Clarence Mitchell. Mrs McCann said: "We look forward to scrutinising the police files to see what has actually been done and more importantly what can still be done as we leave no stone unturned in the search for our little girl. "We would once again urge anyone with relevant information who has not yet come forward to please do so." Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said Mr and Mrs McCann would be hoping to find new leads from the police file on the case. Speaking from Praia daLuz, the resort where Madeleine went missing in May last year, he said: "The McCanns and their lawyers will still be anticipating that they should get an early sight of the police file, enough to give them and their private investigators new leads to follow. "Everything in that file will have been investigated by Portuguese authorities to some degree. "But the McCanns think there is a possibility in some areas that their own investigators can do better." Meanwhile, Robert Murat told Sky News Online from his family home in Portugal: "I am very relieved - there's no doubt about that. "It's a relief for me and my family." But he said it was no time for celebration. He added: "There's a little girl still missing out there who needs to be found, so it's a time for relief but not for celebration. "We can now put this behind us and get on with our lives - that's what I want to do." Asked whether he was still in shock after hearing the news he said: "I think if you spend 15 months under a cloud of suspicion none of this feels entirely real." Mr Murat heard the news through his lawyer Francisco Pagarette. - - - - - - 'We Knew Madeleine Hunt Was Over' 3:27pm UK, Wednesday July 02, 2008 Greg Milam, In Praia da Luz Fourteen months after Madeleine McCann disappeared, Portuguese authorities appear ready to officially give up the search for her - and in the resort of Praia da Luz, no one is surprised. Locals and the large British ex-pat community say the latest move is simply making formal what they have long thought: that the police effort is over. But the Portuguese media has offered a variety of possible outcomes. Correio da Manha, which broke the news that police wanted the case closed, says it will be filed as a "homicide". It reports that police will officially declare they believe the case was "violent crime" after which "the body was hidden". And the national daily Diario de Noticias carried a four-page special on the latest developments. It says "the Public Ministry is thinking about more investigations." "Maybe the police, like the Portuguese public, have simply grown weary of a story that never moves on" Sky's Europe correspondent Greg Milam There is very little evidence of the Madeleine McCann mystery in the Algarve these days. Resorts, including Praia da Luz, are full of holidaymakers well aware of what happened here last May. The apartment from which she disappeared remains a macabre talking point in the centre of Praia. Ever since Kate and Gerry McCann left in September, shortly after being declared official suspects, the area has been trying to return to normal. But locals have told Sky News that the search for Madeleine has suffered as a result. "We don't see the police looking for her. We don't see anyone doing anything. It is so sad for her parents," said one. Officially, Portuguese authorities say no decision has been made on whether the case should be closed. Police have told prosecutors they have gone as far as they can with their investigation. They could be ordered to pursue lines of inquiry or the prosecutor could agree that the case should be archived. It would only be re-opened if significant new evidence came to light. The news came in a bald statement: "In the Madeleine McCann case, the final report from the Judicial Police has been sent to the Ministry of State for their consideration. The Ministry of State will analyse all the evidence in order to decide whether it is appropriate, having examined every aspect, to close the case." It is still unclear whether the McCann's "arguido" status would be automatically lifted if the case is shelved. Portugal's attorney general has also announced that the judicial secrecy restrictions which surround the case will remain in place until the middle of August. It had been hoped they would be lifted this week. The McCanns are also hoping any developments will result in them being granted access to police files. They believe there could be leads and information that their own private investigators should follow up. - - - - - - McCanns Want Judge's Rule On Files 4:10pm UK, Monday June 23, 2008 Gerry and Kate McCann are to ask a High Court judge to order the release of police files on their daughter's disappearance. Madeleine McCann went missing from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May last year. Portuguese secrecy laws have since left her parents in the dark on much of the police investigation. The McCanns and the private detective agency they are employing want to examine the potential lines of inquiry as part of their own search. However, police in their home county of Leicestershire, who lead the British arm of the official investigation, have so far stuck to an agreement with their counterparts in Portugal on the non-disclosure of information. The couple made their daughter a ward of court, which empowers judges to act in Madeleine McCann's best interests in a legal dispute. They hope their application to Mrs Justice Hogg, listed for the Family Division of the High Court on July 7, will give them access to the police files on various reported sightings. Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns' spokesman, said: "I am limited in what I can say as matters are sub judice and relate to a minor. "I can state that, on the instigation of Gerry and Kate McCann, Madeleine is a ward of the High Court of England and Wales. "An application has been made on Madeleine's behalf by her parents for the disclosure of certain documents. "The case and the judgement may be in public and this will be a matter for the court to decide. "It has been the stated intention of Gerry and Kate to leave no stone unturned in doing everything necessary in the search for their daughter, as would any other parent. "This application is just part of their search for Madeleine." - - - - - - McCanns In New Child Alert Appeal 9:08am UK, Tuesday June 17, 2008 The parents of Madeleine McCann are visiting Strasbourg in a fresh attempt to win support for a Europe-wide child abduction alert system. Gerry and Kate McCann need the signatures of another 182 MEPs by the end of July to ensure their initiative is sent to the EU President and published. Even with the support, the McCanns' idea would carry no legal weight in the European Union, but the couple - whose daughter disappeared in May last year - believe it would help them win a moral argument over whether such a cross-border system is needed. The couple visited Brussels in April to launch their campaign and have so far gained the support of 211 MEPs. They hope that their presence at the other European Parliament building will help them reach the 393 mark they need. The couple, from Rothley in Leicestershire, will take part in a series of meetings with parliament members throughout the day. Clarence Mitchell, their spokesman, said: "Kate and Gerry are confident that this can be achieved but they accept that there's a lot to be done. They remain confident but they are not naive." Mr Mitchell said that Mrs McCann had led a "sustained email campaign" as part of the effort, sending messages urging MEPs to sign up. Speaking in the latest blog on the Find Madeleine website, Mr McCann revealed his frustrations in persuading members that such a system is needed. He said: "Some of the responses that have been sent display a complete lack of understanding in what we hope to achieve. "We are looking for cross border cooperation between member states when a child is abducted. Hopefully with more lobbying, we can get the declaration accepted." The couple will hold a news conference at the end of their day of campaigning. Madeleine went missing from her family's holiday apartment, in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3 last year. - - - - - - Gerry Denies Receiving Mystery Texts Updated:09:02, Thursday May 29, 2008 Gerry McCann has denied he received a string of mystery texts the day before his daughter disappeared in the Algarve. According to court documents issued by Portugal's supreme court, police applied to seize his phone records after learning of the alleged messages. Investigators claim 18 text messages were sent to Mr McCann from an unidentified number around the time Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz on May 3 last year. It is alleged that 14 messages were texted on May 2 and four more on May 4. But the McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Gerry had no knowledge of the texts and received a handful of calls on his mobile in the days before his daughter disappeared. The documents reveal that public prosecutor Magalhaes e Meneses also sought access to text and phone messages from 10 mobile telephones thought to belong to the McCanns and seven of their friends. He also asked for a full list of all the calls made between the group from when they arrived in Portugal on April 28 and when the McCanns left on September 9. But the supreme court issued a detailed ruling rejecting the application. It also revealed that Kate and Gerry McCann could face charges of neglecting their daughter on the night she disappeared. The police inquiry also covers possible abduction, homicide and concealment of a corpse, the documents say. But Mr Mitchell emphasised the court papers did not mean such a charge would materialise. He said the couple vigorously denied neglecting Madeleine and welcomed the fact that abduction was also being considered by detectives. Madeleine went missing last year He said: "This court document outlines the areas of the investigation and in no way suggests Kate and Gerry will be facing any such charges. "Equally we have heard nothing officially to suggest any such area of investigation is being considered. "However, we do note that abduction is apparently one of the parameters and we welcome that because that is what Kate and Gerry and their friends have said and that is what happened. "If there is any suggestion of neglect charges being considered that will be vigorously denied because the legal advice that Kate and Gerry have received both in Portugal and Britain is that legally speaking everything they were doing that week was well within the bounds of responsible parenting." A neglect charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years. But it is understood for such a charge to stand up the prosecutors would have to show the McCanns intended to neglect Madeleine.

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Samantha Byen said...

524 days ago

Q: What's the difference between Madeleine McCann and Pope John Paul II?
A: The Pope died a virgin.

Q: What's the difference between the McCanns and Gary Glitter
A: Gary Glitter keeps an eye on the children!

Q: What do Madeleine McCann and bananas have in common?
A: Both are flown to England in boxes.

Q: What do Maddie and Liverpool have in common?
A: Both lost in Europe

Q: What do Madeleine McCann and a cheap blow-up doll have in common?
A: Both are fucked and then discarded.

Q: Knock Knock... Who's There?
A: Not Maddie, lol.

Q: What's the difference between Madeleine McCann, and Madeleine McCann jokes?
A: The jokes will get old.

Q: What's worse than asking Michael Jackson to babysit your children?
A: Asking the McCanns to take them on holiday.

Q: What's the difference between Madeleine McCann and a toaster
A: A toaster wasn't raped and then murdered

Q: What do Madeleine McCann and submarines have in common?
A: Both lie at the bottom of the sea, and are filled with seamen

Q: What's the difference between Madeleine McCann and a boomerang?
A: A boomerang always comes back.

Q: What's the difference between Madeleine McCann and a tan?
A: A tan doesn't dissapear until after the holiday.

Q: What's the difference between the McCanns and Gary Glitter?
A: Gary Glitter comes back from his holidays with more kids than he left with.

Q: What's dead and not newsworthy?
A: Madeleine McCann.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because Kate Macann wanted to kill it.

Q: What's the upside to an expensive family summer holiday in Portugal with the kids?
A: A cheap Christmas.
[edit] Dead Maddie of Bel-air

Now, this is a story all about how
Maddy got raped while upside down
And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there,
I'll tell you how The McCann's got away with a girls murder.
In the United Kingdom born and raised
On the playground was where she spent most of her days
Sitting and swimming naked in the pool
And lookin' all wet for her daddy the fool
And Daddie's libido was up to no good
Started getting tight in his crotch hood
He raped little Maddie then mom got scared
She said "We're gonna have to kill 'er and dump her somewhere"

They whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
If anything they thought this cab is rare
But they said "Aw fuck it, to a ditch somewhere!"

I pulled up to the ditch about 7 or 8
And handed the cabby a 50 for him to clamup
Then they got an axe, a bag, and chopped their girl up.
They looked at the gravesite, finally ready, to pretend they were greiving and get everyone's pity.

Bebo