I wish that they could either just find her alive or dead now... her parents know that they did wrong, it's wrong that they can't find out if she is dead or alive. Also they were DNA testing that glass... any new from that yet.. could prove that she is alive.

This is what will haappen:

 

If she's found - If she's found then everyone can forget all this and the family can try to get back to normal again.

If she's not found - The family will live the rest of their life in heartache, reminded of it everytime a aneversary happens, and some prick posts something in the paper.

 

I just hope for god's sake they find her, soon.

I agree, I find it out of this world that it's been so long since she was taken and they've JUST found blood on the wall?!?!?!

I wish that they could either just find her alive or dead now... her parents know that they did wrong, it's wrong that they can't find out if she is dead or alive. Also they were DNA testing that glass... any new from that yet.. could prove that she is alive.

 

 

A Belgian newspaper is saying that DNA taken from the straw and Orangina bottle is NOT Madeleine's.

I agree, I find it out of this world that it's been so long since she was taken and they've JUST found blood on the wall?!?!?!

 

You do have to wonder about the competency of the Portuguese police tbh, I mean, dont they have a sort of 'CSI' equivalent poring over crime scenes in the minutest of details, collecting samples, evidence, etc, etc...? Or is it just a case that they were all to prepared to accept what these two excuses for "parents" have said at face value (nah, a "nice, middle-class" pair of doctors couldn't possibly be involved in the death of their daughter could they....???) JUST LIKE MOST OF THE MEDIA IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE BEEN..... <_< I'm thinking though, they're a pair of doctors, so they would have a pretty good idea of how to steralize a crime scene wouldn't they....? :thinking: Or at the very least be able to do just enough to perhaps throw a preliminary investigation off track at any rate... Frankly, I've never liked those two, and I've made no attempt to hide it, but now in light of this new evidence, I seriously DO believe that they are in this up to their necks, far beyond just being plain negligent, now I think they were active participants in the crime... I think it's about time we all stopped making excuses for those two and started to think of them as being a pair of downright manipulative b/astards tbh.... :angry:

 

 

Sorry guys, but this does make a wee bit more sense than a predatory paedophile that comes in, bludgeons a kid, and then cleans up after himself....

 

Sorry guys, but this does make a wee bit more sense than a predatory paedophile that comes in, bludgeons a kid, and then cleans up after himself....

Well we don't know he killed her at the scene, later or if at all, but even blood was spilt he would obviously take a second to mop it up or something as he wouldn't want anything left behind that could link him to events, would he...

Well we don't know he killed her at the scene, later or if at all, but even blood was spilt he would obviously take a second to mop it up or something as he wouldn't want anything left behind that could link him to events, would he...

 

Erm, well, considering that it was probably Maddie's blood, NOT a supposed perpetrators, what difference would it make, really....? And blood aint that easy to clean up, he'd have to take a considerable amount of time to be able to clean it to the extent that a team of police investigators wouldn't notice it until five months later.... An expert (such as, oooh I dunno, a DOCTOR maybe...) on the other hand, would probably know how to get rid of a blood trail in a much quicker, more efficient way than any random person would because it would be part of their Medic's training to steralize surgical equipment after an operation....

Hello,

Well, we will see if her Parents, (Kate & Gerry), had any part in her

disappearance - apart from neglect. I have been suspicious of them for

Weeks now, after initially just disliking them, for leaving their 3 little Children

alone - on more than one Evening. (For some reason, many Letter Writers

to the UK Press, & also, many UK Columnists, keep calling that Evening, 'One mistake',

but even the Parents of Madeleine have long admitted that they left those

3 Children alone, on several Evenings. That is a lot more than, 'One mistake').

 

What has been very odd, is the way the Parents were allowed to create such

a Media Campaign, that they were almost directing the Enquiry! You never, ever

let potential suspects to do that. It allows them to see where the Enquiry is heading,

& to use Press Releases, & Interviews, to quickly point the finger, elsewhere.

 

It remains to be seen how much more involved, (than neglect), the Parents were,

but, the UK Media allowed those 2 people to direct it, in its coverage - by playing

on the 'Beautiful Family', photos, & Interviews. The UK Media WANTED to believe

everything that the Parents said, & that is why they reported it in a way that was

always on the Parents side.

 

A 'Sun' Journalist tried to make out that only MEN were angry at the Parents!

Other Journalists made out that anyone who criticised Kate & Gerry, was 'Cruel',

'Heartless', 'Callous', & 'Evil'. (Fiona Phillips for one).

 

A few Weeks ago, there were complaints about a 'Film Plea' for Madeleine, being

shown when Parents took their Kids to see 'Shrek 3'. The Parents said that the Clip

was inappropriate, and it disturbed their Children etc. I agree - it had no place

being shown during a Children's Film.

 

However, Tony Parsons, of the 'Mirror', said that those Parents, who complained,

should, 'Hang their heads in shame'. That the Clip would not scare Children at all, as

everyone in the UK- including Kids - knows about the Case, now. (Immediately

destroying his argument - if everyone knows about the Case, then why does it

need to be shown to Children, when they go to the Cinema?). Mr. Parsons suggested

that those Parents who complained should be apologising to Gerry & Kate.

 

That is how UK Journalists - most - have reported on this Case, from Day 1 -

100% Pro Gerry & Kate - and nasty & angry at anyone who criticises those

2 people, or who does not 100% support every aspect of their Campaign. (Amanda

Platell - 'Mail On Sunday' - is one of the few Journalists to have criticised the McCanns).

 

I do hope that ALL of the, 'Leave the McCanns alone!', Journalists will be apologising

to the doubters, IF it turns out that Gerry & Kate were more than just neglectful Parents.

(Somehow I doubt if any apologies will come - we are more likely to see those Journalists

either not mention the Case again, or they will make out that they too were, 'Suspicious

of Kate & Gerry, all along, but, I did not want to say that, until I was sure'.

They always lie & twist, when they realise that they have made a mistake....).

 

In the meantime, a Journalist, reviewed the UK 'Papers, on TV, the other Day, and

he was outraged that the Portuguese Press are suspicious of Gerry & Kate. He made

out that NO ONE in the entire UK is suspicious of them! This is how much UK Journalists

have allowed themselves to believe 100% in Kate & Gerry - almost as if those 2

people are Saints! Our Media allowed itself to be turned into a Mouth Piece for

Gerry & Kate - and this was while many 'ordinary people', could see that the stories,

that those 2 people were coming out with, were often contradictory, & suspicious.

 

In the meantime, even the McCanns Friends were allowed, (by the Portuguese Police),

to rant & rave at Robert Murat - calling him a liar, & saying that they 'saw him', on the

night Madeleine was 'abducted'. From the day Mr. Murat was named as, 'A Suspect', the

UK Media used every trick to blacken his name - even paying his ex-Wife for Interviews,

so she could say how 'odd' Mr. Murat is - all designed to make the UK Public hate him,

& to decide his guilt. We were told that the UK Media was 'suspicious' of him, as his

story for that night, was contradictory.

 

But, so are the stories that Kate & Gerry came up with - and the UK Media has never

used THAT to try to blacken their name! A great deal of hypocrisy has gone on in

this Case.....

 

In today's 'Mirror', there are Letters saying that Kate & Gerry should not be suspects

now, & never should have been suspects. These people refuse to question the

behaviour of Kate & Gerry in any way.....Which allows Kate & Gerry to carry on

using such, (gullible/naive), people, as Puppets.....

Edited August 9, 200717 yr by zeus555

Zeus555 - You are 100% correct. The Mcanns have had full support through the case, when people forget that it was them who left a very young kid alone in a foreign country. Does anyone know if they have been questioned yet, or has there just been accusations. I have all sympathy for the Mcanns if there little has been kidknapped or killed, but the responcibility lies on the parents shoulders.

Hello,

Well, we will see if her Parents, (Kate & Gerry), had any part in her

disappearance - apart from neglect. I have been suspicious of them for

Weeks now, after initially just disliking them, for leaving their 3 little Children

alone - on more than one Evening. (For some reason, many Letter Writers

to the UK Press, & also, many UK Columnists, keep calling that Evening, 'One mistake',

but even the Parents of Madeleine have long admitted that they left those

3 Children alone, on several Evenings. That is a lot more than, 'One mistake').

 

What has been very odd, is the way the Parents were allowed to create such

a Media Campaign, that they were almost directing the Enquiry! You never, ever

potential suspects to do that. It allows them to see where the Enquiry is heading,

& to use Press Releases, & Interviews, to quickly point the finger, elsewhere.

 

It remains to be seen how much more involved, (than neglect), the Parents were,

but, the UK Media allowed those 2 people to direct it, in its coverage - by playing

on the 'Beautiful Family', photos, & Interviews. The UK Media WANTED to believe

everything that the Parents said, & that is why they reported it in a way that was

always on the Parents side.

 

A 'Sun' Journalist tried to make out that only MEN were angry at the Parents!

Other Journalists made out that anyone who criticised Kate & Gerry, was 'Cruel',

'Heartless', 'Callous', & 'Evil'. (Fiona Phillips for one).

 

A few Weeks ago, there were complaints about a 'Film Plea' for Madeleine, being

shown when Parents took their Kids to see 'Shrek 3'. The Parents said that the Clip

was inapropriate, and it disturbed their Children etc. I agree - it had no place

being shown during a Children's Film.

 

However, Tony Parsons, of the 'Mirror', said that those Parents, who complained,

should, 'Hang their heads in shame'. That the Clip would not scare Children at all, as

everyone in the UK- including Kids - knows about the Case, now. (Immediately

destroying his argument - if everyone knows about the Case, then why does it

need to be shown to Children, when they go to the Cinema?). Mr. Parsons suggested

that those Parents who complained should be apologising to Gerry & Kate.

 

That is how UK Journalists - most - have reported on this Case, from Day 1 -

100% Pro Gerry & Kate - and nasty & angry at anyone who criticises those

2 people, or who does not !00% support every aspect of their Campaign. (Amanda

Platell - 'Mail On Sunday' - is one of the few Journalists to have criticised the McCanns).

 

I do hope that ALL of the, 'Leave the McCanns alone!', Journalists will be apologising

to the doubters, IF it turns out that Gerry & Kate were more than just neglectful Parents.

(Somehow I doubt if any apologies will come - we are more likely to see those Journalists

either not mention the Case again, or they will make out that they too were, 'Suspicious

of Kate & Gerry, all along, but, I did not want to say that, until I was sure'.

They always lie & twist, when they realise that they have made a mistake....).

 

In the meantime, a Journalist, reviewed the UK 'Papers, on TV, the other Day, and

he was outraged that the Portuguese Press are suspicious of Gerry & Kate. He made

out that NO ONE in the entire UK is suspcious of them! This is how much UK Journalists

have allowed themselves to believe 100% in Kate & Gerry - almost as if those 2

people are Saints! Our Media allowed itself to be turned into a Mouth Piece for

Gerry & Kate - and this was while many 'ordinary people', could see that the stories,

that those 2 people were coming out with, were often contradictory, & suspicious.

 

In the meantime, even the McCanns Friends were allowed, (by the Portuguese Police),

to rant & rave at Robert Murat - calling him a liar, & saying that they 'saw him', on the

night Madeleine was 'abducted'. From the day Mr. Murat was named as, 'A Suspect', the

UK Media used every trick to blacken his name - even paying his ex-Wife for Interviews,

so she could say how 'odd' Mr. Murat is - all designed to make the UK Public hate him,

& to decide his guilt. We were told that the UK Media was 'suspicious' of him, as his

story for that night, was contradictory.

 

But, so are the stories that Kate & Gerry came up with - and the UK Media has never

used THAT to try to blacken their name! A great deal of hypocrisy has gone on in

this Case.....

 

In today's 'Mirror', there are Letters saying that Kate & Gerry should not be suspects

now, & never should have been suspects. These people refuse to question the

behaviour of Kate & Gerry in any way.....Which allows Kate & Gerry to carry on

using such, (gullible/naive), people, as Puppets.....

 

Spot on Zeus.. Even yesterday there was the headline in one newspaper "Portuguese Police Framing Maddie's Mother"... What utter bollocks.. Since when is questioning someone or treating them as "person of interest" actually 'framing'...? Shame the press didn't show quite so much outrage when the BRITISH police framed the Guildford Four, The Birmingham 6, Colin Stagg and countless others.... <_< <_<

 

i hope she is found safe but we wont ever know untill she is found will we but hopefully she is alive! sick C*** who ever did it

mmmm I think it is that couple that was spotted with the girl in the cafe in belgium... supposidly the car they were driving had fake lisence plates too... Initially i did blame the parents for leaving the chindren alone, but they know they have made a huge mistake, like most parents make mistakes who have little kids, they don't need to be told that they are bad parents everyday when they just want their daughter back!

mmmm I think it is that couple that was spotted with the girl in the cafe in belgium... supposidly the car they were driving had fake lisence plates too... Initially i did blame the parents for leaving the chindren alone, but they know they have made a huge mistake, like most parents make mistakes who have little kids, they don't need to be told that they are bad parents everyday when they just want their daughter back!

 

DNA from the glass the child was drinking from did not match Madeleine, they had nothing to do with it

Gerry & Kate used the Media - turned it into their Puppets.

 

Now, the Media is starting to ask the questions that should have been asked at the

start - and Gerry & Kate don't like it. (The questions should have been asked because

both the FBI & the UK Police have found that when a Child goes missing, or gets injured

or killed 'At Home', (like in a Holiday Apartment), it is someone who knows that Child, in

over 90% of cases - who has done it! THAT does NOT mean that Gerry & Kate have done it

- it means that anyone who dismissed them as suspects from Day 1 - as the UK Media

did - was being very naive, very ignorant, & very illogical).

 

Why was it OK for them to be treated like Saints, by most of the UK Media, but wrong

for anyone to condemn them?

 

Why were those who saw huge holes in their stories, condemned for that? Why was it

only OK to praise them?

 

There has been too much that was suspicious - like when Gerry came back to the UK,

& said his Wallet had been nicked at a Train Station! (What a coincidence!). It is something

that a Man who craves attention, (Media attention), would claim.

 

Or, how the Parents went to Morocco, when it was said that Madeleine had been

seen there - but, neither Parent went to Belgium, when someone was, '100% certain'

that they'd seen the little girl at a Cafe. BUT, Gerry went to the USA, when the USA has

never had a 'sighting' of Madeleine, & both went to see the Pope, when she has not been

seen in Italy, either.

 

There have been weird inconsistences in their behaviour. Also, they would insist

that being in the Tapas Bar, & leaving the 3 Kids in the Apartment, was no different

than having the Kids in bed at Home, & being sat out in the Garden! A STUPID excuse,

& SILLY thing to say! However - it did not stop some in the UK Press, & UK News Media,

AGREEING with them! Fancy agreeing with such a pathetic excuse for Child negligence,

just because the Media here wanted to bow & scrape to every whim of Gerry & Kate?!

What prats the McCanns made out of the lot of them!

 

Anyhow, IF it turns out that Kate & Gerry lied - in ANY way - it will not be the people,

who doubted from the start, who will be the most angry - it will be those who fell for

the Gerry & Kate PR Machine, handed over cash, supported them, & criticised anyone

who dared to call them, 'Bad Parents' - it will be the PRO McCann Supporters,

who will be the most ANTI McCann, IF it turns out that they lied.....

 

We will see what happens - they have certainly contradicted themselves.

 

By the way - it seems that the 'Daily Mail' has Filed a Photo of 2 of the McCann Friends,

away as 'Suspects'!!!!! That 'Paper has been PRO McCann in Print - from Day 1 - so

why is it Filing a Photo of 2 of the McCanns 'Party' (both Women), as 'Suspects'? And

WHAT does it File Photos of Gerry & Kate under?

 

We will see, what happens. I think that many in the UK Media are now starting to

suspect that all was not as the McCanns made out - and - privately, (for now) - they

are keeping their doubts quiet - until they see where the Enquiry goes next.

 

I wonder if Robert Murat will get an apology from the UK Media? It made it

clear that he was their Number 1 suspect, & they tried everything to blacken his

name. But, Kate & Gerry were treated like Mother Teresa & the Pope!

 

IF Mr. Murat had anything to do with the Crime, then I hope it comes out - just

as I hope it does if 'Mummy & Daddy' had any hand in it!!!!!

Edited August 9, 200717 yr by zeus555

Good post Zeus555. You see in the papers how pathetic the police are for questioning the Mccans, the (innocent parents) and yet they still forget how neglegent they were in the first place.

Gerry & Kate used the Media - turned it into their Puppets.

 

Now, the Media is starting to ask the questions that should have been asked at the

start - and Gerry & Kate don't like it. (The questions should have been asked because

both the FBI & the UK Police have found that when a Child goes missing, or gets injured

or killed 'At Home', (like in a Holiday Apartment), it is someone who knows that Child, in

over 90% of cases - who has done it! THAT does NOT mean that Gerry & Kate have done it

- it means that anyone who dismissed them as suspects from Day 1 - as the UK Media

did - was being very naive, very ignorant, & very illogical).

 

Why was it OK for them to be treated like Saints, by most of the UK Media, but wrong

for anyone to condemn them?

 

Why were those who saw huge holes in their stories, condemned for that? Why was it

only OK to praise them?

 

There has been too much that was suspicious - like when Gerry came back to the UK,

& said his Wallet had been nicked at a Train Station! (What a coincidence!). It is something

that a Man who craves attention, (Media attention), would claim.

 

Or, how the Parents went to Morocco, when it was said that Madeleine had been

seen there - but, neither Parent went to Belgium, when someone was, '100% certain'

that they'd seen the little girl at a Cafe. BUT, Gerry went to the USA, when the USA has

never had a 'sighting' of Madeleine, & both went to see the Pope, when she has not been

seen in Italy, either.

 

There have been weird inconsistences in their behaviour. Also, they would insist

that being in the Tapas Bar, & leaving the 3 Kids in the Apartment, was no different

than having the Kids in bed at Home, & being sat out in the Garden! A STUPID excuse,

& SILLY thing to say! However - it did not stop some in the UK Press, & UK News Media,

AGREEING with them! Fancy agreeing with such a pathetic excuse for Child negligence,

just because the Media here wanted to bow & scrape to every whim of Gerry & Kate?!

What prats the McCanns made out of the lot of them!

 

Anyhow, IF it turns out that Kate & Gerry lied - in ANY way - it will not be the people,

who doubted from the start, who will be the most angry - it will be those who fell for

the Gerry & Kate PR Machine, handed over cash, supported them, & criticised anyone

who dared to call them, 'Bad Parents' - it will be the PRO McCann Supporters,

who will be the most ANTI McCann, IF it turns out that they lied.....

 

We will see what happens - they have certainly contradicted themselves.

 

By the way - it sems that the 'Daily Mail' has Filed a Photo of 2 of the McCann Friends,

away as 'Suspects'!!!!! That 'Paper has been PRO McCann in Print - from Day 1 - so

why is it Filing a Photo of 2 of the McCanns 'Party' (both Women), as 'Suspects'? And

WHAT does it File Photos of Gerry & Kate under?

 

We will see, what happens. I think that many in the UK Media are now starting to

suspect that all was not as the McCanns made out - and - privately, (for now) - they

are keeping their doubts quiet - until they see where the Enquiry goes next.

 

I wonder if Robert Murat will get an apology from the UK Media? It made it

clear that He was their Number 1 suspect, & they tried everything to blacken his

name. But, Kate & Gerry were treated like Mother Teresa & the Pope!

 

IF Mr. Murat had anything to do with the crime, then I hope it comes out - just

as I hope it does if 'Mummy & Daddy' had any hand in it!!!!!

 

 

Simple - this is how the Press (minds) work:

 

The McCanns = "Saint" Princess Diana

 

Robert Murat = Camilla Parker Bowles

Truth, lies and the smearing of the McCanns

 

After three days of claims in Britain and Portugal, The Independent looks at the truth behind the lurid headlines

 

By Ian Herbert

The Independent Online

Published: 09 August 2007

 

The traces of blood

 

The story

The Portuguese daily Diario de Noticias ran reports on Monday that sniffer dogs from Leicestershire Constabulary found blood on the wall of the McCanns' apartment at the head height of a child Madeleine's size.

 

The paper said sniffer dogs which were "looking for DNA [evidence], not blood" were at the same point in the apartment where a previous dog had "sensed death". There were signs of an attempt to wipe the blood away. The revelations were seized upon by some British newspapers.

 

Significance

Anything between crucial and irrelevant. The trace of blood may have nothing to do with the McCanns. The apartment has been let to hundreds of holidaymakers over the years. An attempt to wipe blood off the wall could have been a holidaymaker cleaning up after an accident.

 

Police sources in Portugal have been unwilling to offer insights into the validity of the story though it is understood that it was given to two respected Portuguese journalists by police in Lisbon, rather than the Algarve.

 

Maddie died in the flat

 

The story

Diario de Noticias reported: "This evidence [the traces of blood] locates Madeleine's death inside the apartment, but the investigators are still not certain it was murder, despite the fact that forensic experts have revealed that somebody did try to erase the blood traces. The theory most favoured by detectives to explain Maddie's death - now taken as almost certain - is that it involved an accident." The paper said officers believe Madeleine died from "negligence or murder".

 

It asserted yesterday that intercepted emails and telephone conversations between the McCanns and their friends showed they had information about their daughter's death. Diario alleged that these intercepted phone calls and emails have influenced the police's new theory that Madeleine died in the apartment.

 

The paper has often been vehemently "anti-McCann", claiming within days of her disappearance that her parents may be culpable.

 

Significance

The claims have led to lurid, emotive headlines such as "Murdered in her apartment". But Portuguese police have insisted that the McCanns are not suspects and that they would be reinterviewed only as part of a second review of all evidence in the case. The allegations pushed the McCanns to make a televised appearance denying their involvement. From the start the Portuguese press has questioned the theory that Madeleine was abducted. The lack of leads appears to have led journalists to return to their suspicions she was murdered. But no evidence has been produced to support this contention.

 

Friends under suspicion

 

The story

Another paper, 24 Horas, claimed on Tuesday that members of the party who were on holiday with the McCanns when Madeleine vanished, are "under surveillance" in the UK. Diario has also suggested police concerns about inconsistencies between the statements given by the McCanns, three other couples and a single woman who were part of the contingent at Praia da Luz.

 

The couples are Russell O'Brien and Jane Tanner, both aged 36, from Exeter, Fiona Payne, 34, and her husband, David, from Leicester, and Rachel Oldfield, 36, and her husband, Matthew, from London.

 

Hitting out at the press speculation for the first time yesterday, Mrs Oldfield said in London: "I think there are some leaks coming from the police because a lot of what I have read recently has been completely untrue.

 

"It is very hurtful and it is all rather ludicrous. But it is difficult to defend ourselves because the investigation and everything in it is confidential."

 

Significance

As with the casting of suspicion on the McCanns, the assertions being made, particularly in the Portuguese press, are entirely based on unverifiable leaks, ostensibly from the Portuguese police.

 

The police leaks

 

The story

From the outset, the local police in Praia da Luz, whose working methods are less media-friendly, have been accused by the British press of mismanaging the investigation. They have been accused, among other things, of failing to preserve the crime scene and failure to conduct comprehensive searches of the area quickly enough.

 

This week unnamed sources "close to the investigation" have provided stories for Portuguese papers, which have been followed up by British journalists. On Saturday, amid intense media interest, it will be 100 days since Madeleine's disappearance.

 

Significance

Are local police trying to set their own agenda?

 

One respected Portugal-based observer says that the story may have been leaked to the newspapers in an attempt to enable police to gauge the reaction of those, still in Portugal, who they might consider suspects.

 

A more cynical interpretation is that Portuguese police want to create the impression that their investigation has momentum at a time when British journalists are returning to Portugal to report on the 100-day mark. "It is perhaps no coincidence that as soon as six or seven journalists arrive from Britain that things start to happen," he said.

 

The sighting

 

The story

A speech therapist last week reported to Belgian police that she was "100 per cent certain" of sighting Madeleine after seeing a couple and a girl at the De Pauze restaurant, a service station in the border town of Tongeren, 80 miles from Brussels. The witness called police from the restaurant but, when she returned to the table, the two adults and the young girl had left - possibly in a black Volvo with Belgian number plates.

 

Initially this seemed more promising than many other such sightings since Belgian police saw fit to issue a rudimentary computer-generated image of the unshaven Flemish-speaker, said to be in his 40s. The woman, aged about 25, spoke with a southern English accent. The child with them wore a pink dress and was drinking a bottle of strawberry-flavoured Fristi milk drink through a straw. A local detective said he was suspicious about the couple's failure to respond to requests to come forward and DNA tests were subsequently carried out on the milkshake bottle.

 

Significance

So far, none. DNA tests yesterday on the milk drink bottle and straw used by the girl showed no match with Madeleine

 

"[This] doesn't mean that the presence of Maddie is excluded," Belgian police said yesterday.

 

The suspect

 

The story

The Portuguese and British police last week made no attempt to hide the latest search of the home of the British expatriate Robert Murat, the only named suspect in the case. Ten detectives, including two from Britain, sealed offhis home, yards from where Madeleine was snatched.

 

They brought in industrial chainsaws from 7am, to fell trees and clear branches at the rear of the property, and deployed forensic teams. Murat, accompanied by his lawyer, was visibly distraught and confronted police.

 

Sources in Portugal suggested the involvement of British criminal profilers had prompted the search after they concluded an initial search was inadequate. But the latest search, involving two British cocker spaniel sniffer dogs and scanning equipment, ended as bizarrely as it had begun. Although they were expected to continue work for a week, officers packed up within 24 hours.

 

Significance

Mr Murat remains at large, protesting his innocence, and there are now hints from the police that he is about to be cleared of any involvement.

 

The dead paedophile

 

The story

Swiss police reveal that Urs Hans Von Aesch killed himself in a Swiss forest near the belongings of Ylenia Lenhard, who remains missing. Earlier, he shot and injured a man in the same forest.

 

Significance

Aesch was confirmed as a sighting in that week close to Praia da Luz when Madeleine disappeared.

 

The sighting

 

The story

A speech therapist last week reported to Belgian police that she was "100 per cent certain" of sighting Madeleine after seeing a couple and a girl at the De Pauze restaurant, a service station in the border town of Tongeren, 80 miles from Brussels. The witness called police from the restaurant but, when she returned to the table, the two adults and the young girl had left - possibly in a black Volvo with Belgian number plates.

 

Initially this seemed more promising than many other such sightings since Belgian police saw fit to issue a rudimentary computer-generated image of the unshaven Flemish-speaker, said to be in his 40s. The woman, aged about 25, spoke with a southern English accent. The child with them wore a pink dress and was drinking a bottle of strawberry-flavoured Fristi milk drink through a straw. A local detective said he was suspicious about the couple's failure to respond to requests to come forward and DNA tests were subsequently carried out on the milkshake bottle.

 

Significance

So far, none. DNA tests yesterday on the milk drink bottle and straw used by the girl showed no match with Madeleine

 

"[This] doesn't mean that the presence of Maddie is excluded," Belgian police said yesterday.

 

 

mmm I really think there is some connection here -_- I mean if she was drinking using a straw the man could have taken the straw and switched it? and like i said earlier their car plates were fakes and any normal people would have come forward, wouldn't they? and said ooo that was us and this is our daughter etc.. something doesn't add up with tose people.

mmm I really think there is some connection here -_- I mean if she was drinking using a straw the man could have taken the straw and switched it? and like i said earlier their car plates were fakes and any normal people would have come forward, wouldn't they? and said ooo that was us and this is our daughter etc.. something doesn't add up with tose people.

 

the bottle was tested too ;) and what's to say this speech theraist isn't just craving attention for whatever reason.

 

Minds need to kept open in cases like this, and not just shutting doors on certain people because the media treat them as if they are untouchable

I hate to say this but why is this still attracting media attention, its been going on for so long, the girl is not going to come back, I hate to say this, the girl is either dead or abducted.