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Another work in progress.
Originally I was only adding photos for comparison but realised the basic timeline was helpful within the same format.
Many photos and researched dates courtesy of
www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk By Pamalam
& http://www.mccannfiles.com
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Gerry was wearing blue denim trousers and sports shoes. She doesn’t remember what else he was wearing.
| ' After David left, Kate dressed and sat with the children, Madeleine on her lap. She was wearing a top, she doesn’t remember what colour it was, a green long-sleeved t-shirt, blue denim trousers. Sports shoes and white socks.'
She thinks that before she left she put on a cream coloured polar fleece with a zipper, and on top a blue raincoat, also with a zipper. Concerning Gerry, she doesn’t know if he put on any other clothing items.
Concerning objects, she says they took their mobile phones with them, and Gerry might also have taken his wallet with money. Not sure if they took a camera.
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Jane was wearing Russell's smock style sweater when she left the Tapas bar.
I remember I was wearing, because it was cold, I’d got Russell’s big, I’d borrowed one of his, erm, fleeces, so I’d got a big sort of fleece, it probably came down to about here, but then I’d got flip-flops on and cropped trousers, because I’d only got, I didn’t take jeans, I know I didn’t take jeans on holiday, and then. Oh I’m sidetracking a bit, but that’s why I knew one of the pictures in the paper wasn’t from the holiday, because I hadn’t got jeans on the holiday with me, so. Erm, yeah, and I’d got cropped trousers on and just flip-flops, so I can remember sort of walking, I couldn’t walk that quickly because I’d got these silly flip-flops on and I couldn’t walk that, that well in them, so to speak.
| 1578 “Okay. Do you remember what Matt was wearing”?
Reply “Erm he didn’t take many clothes either, he had erm, I mean I know over the top of everything, he would have had erm a sort of a windproof-y it’s not a fleece but that type of thing, which is like a grey colour and his, think it’s Eider, Eider make, erm and I think black linen trousers I think, I don’t think, or did he take jeans, he either had jeans on or black linen trousers and that top and he probably would have had a shirt underneath that, or you know, or a T-shirt, erm and I think you know maybe trainers on his feet, cos it was a bit cold for anything else really”.
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Reply “Erm yeah, I had white trousers on and some high heeled sandals which I then changed into trainers after, you know when we went back to check on G***e after we discovered that Madeleine had gone, erm and I mean I know I would have had my fleece and my denim jacket on because it was freezing sitting outside, you know and maybe a T-shirt and a jumper as well”.
1578 “Colours”?
Reply “Erm well denim jacket, sort of jean denim, erm black fleece, which I would have had under my jacket, yeah so that’s probably all you’d have seen of me from the outside, I think I, I might have had a red and white striped jumper on underneath that and maybe just a vest top”.
01.38.17 1578 “What about when you were eating at the table”?
Reply “Yeah I had all that on as well, it was really cold in the evenings, you didn’t take”.
1578 “Chilly evening”.
Reply “Didn’t take enough warm things, so it was like the, all the jumpers that we had yeah”.
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when she met with Madeleine’s parents, David Payne, who was with them, wore a dark polo, blue or black in colour, cream coloured long trousers, of linen or cotton material, and dark shoes (sandal/slipper type with a back buckle/catch). In her opinion, this clothing fits perfectly with what the Police described the man (carrying the child) to be wearing at the time. All these coincidences made the deponent think that the parents and their friends could be involved in the disappearance of the child.
Yvonne Martin
She describes him as tall man, height about 1,80 m, about 35 years old, of normal physical complexion, with short, dark hair, with a round face and with a scar on the left side of his face running from the eyebrow to the check. He uses graduated glasses of small dimension with rectangular lenses. He spoke with a southern English accent and was wearing cream coloured trousers and a dark polo shirt
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A poster displaying the today's front page of the British newspaper The Sun is seen on a police van outside the Ocean club apartment hotel in Praia de Luz where missing 3-year old British girl Madelaine McCann disapeared, 05 May 2007, in Lagos. A team of three British police detectives arrived in Portugal today to help track down a suspected kidnapper believed to have abducted the British toddler. |
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Sunday May 6 • The McCanns attend an emotional Mother's Day service in Praia da Luz at which prayers are said for Madeleine and her family in both Portuguese and English.
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Journalists work in front of a house where disappeared a British three-year-old Madeleine McCann, in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, 07 May 2007. The mother of a British three-year-old girl abducted in Portugal made a public appeal to the kidnapper for her return on Monday, as it emerged that the police's main suspect was a British man.
Portuguese police inspector Olegario Sousa (L) speaks during a press conference on the missing 3-year-old girl Madeleine McCann, in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, 07 May 2007. Portuguese police and crime investigators believe a 3-year-old British girl who went missing from a luxury resort in southern Portugal may have been abducted, officials said 05 May.
http://madeleinemccann.org/main/2009/1941/profile-john-geraghty/
John Geraghty May 7th
Geraghty the Tycoon Friend of the McCanns John Geraghty in Praia da Luz John Geraghty is a friend of the McCanns and some of the first reports of this man surfaced when he was said to be storing the Renault Scenic for them after they fled Portugal after being made Arguidos. A shy character and seldom interviewed, John Geraghty is certainly a major player in the case and he is named in the PJ’s police files (see below). In an article in The Times on September 24, 2007, which you can read on this site HERE, it said; John Geraghty A 68-year-old businessman from Leicestershire who now lives on the outskirts of Praia da Luz. Offered to store the McCanns’ hire car so that they could commission independent forensic tests
Geraghty Speaking to Sky NewsAn elusive man, John Geraghty is presumed to be the Mountsorrel businessman, John Geraghty of Geraghty Construction Ltd based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In a rare piece of footage on Sky News, John Geraghty appears briefly in the following video clip. He is the white haired man reading the newspaper, and speaking with a Yorkshire accent. |
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MAY 08: British tourists search for the missing three-year-old girl Madeleine McCann in wasteland on May 8, 2007 outside the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz in Portugal. Madeleine disappeared May 3 from her resort apartment bedroom in Praia da Luz while her parents were dining at a nearby restaurant.
 
Portuguese rangers search
 
Kate McCann (R) mother of missing 3-year-old girl Madeleine McCann, pushes the pram of her twin younger children outside her resort appartement in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, 08 May 2007 | 
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Gerry looking at his phone at beach - Kate sits by pool.
 
9 May, Interpol released a yellow notice, issued to help locate missing persons who are not able to identify themselves, to all member police forces
MAY 09: Firemen search a shed in an abandoned farmhouse near Barao San Jaoa in the hills north of Praia da Luz on May 9, 2007 in Lagos, Portugal. The search goes on for three-year-old Madeleine McCann
Alex Woolfall
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Gerry McCann, father of missing three-year-old Madeleine McCann, looks at his mobile phone as he walks on the beach in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, 09 May 2007. Portuguese police and crime investigators believe the girl who went missing from a luxury resort in southern Portugal may have been abducted,
 
MAY 09: Kate McCann is accompanied by an unidentified man at Praia da Luz
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<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20160318140143/http://madeleinemccann.aimoo.com/url.cfm?link=cH6qhFwdMW9bO3rQEq5t7LAw7kPH$ZpxaIHiUhP6mU8/R41iC9v$quQ1H0SZ3l7np92fGFehaC0=" name="d06" color="#333333" Day 06 - 09/05/2007
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1st - OFFICIAL WEBSITE LAUNCHED AS
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Portimao, PORTUGAL: An unidentified second foreign couple is driven by police officers as they arrive at the headquarters of criminal police in Portimao, in the southern province of Algarve 10 May 2007. Portuguese police were today searching for two men and one woman suspected in the disappearance of the three-year-old in the southern Algarve region, newspapers reported.
Mrs McCann leads villagers and holidaymakers in prayer at the local church in Praia da Luz one week after Madeleine's disappearance. Police say in a press conference that the search for Madeleine is being wound down
 
Outside church Driven to Portimao |  
 
Nicky Gill ROB DP
Two unidentified couples driven to Portimao |
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the McCanns, showing the strain of more than a week of turmoil, were honoured with spontaneous applause by villagers after a packed late night vigil in the village church in Praia da Luz. Some 250 people attended the service, most of them wearing green clothes or carrying olive branches as a sign of hope.
police carried out a search of the surrounding area with sniffer dogs, but it was called off on 11 May
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Saturday May 12 • Madeleine's fourth birthday. Her parents mark the day by calling for people to redouble their efforts to find her. After spending most of the day away from Praia da Luz, the couple attend a special birthday mass in the village where Mr McCann speaks about the impact of the abduction on the family. He also says for the first time that the couple are convinced Madeleine is alive. The total reward being offered by business figures, celebrities and a national newspaper for information leading to Madeleine's safe return reaches £2.5 million. Chancellor Gordon Brown expresses his sympathy for Madeleine's parents and says his thoughts are with them.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1782060.ece
Gerry and Kate spent their daughter’s fourth birthday yesterday in quiet reflection in a private villa before attending mass in the evening.
http://findmadeleine.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html
THIS SITE WAS SET UP ON 12TH MAY 2007 (Not McCanns site) | 
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| | Sun May 13 | Sunday May 13 • It emerges London lawyers from the International Family Law Group have flown to Portugal to assist the McCanns, and are setting up a special "fighting fund" to allow members of the public to make their own financial contribution to the search
 
 Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate Father Paul Seddon, the priest who married Gerry and Kate McCann and baptised Madeleine, has flown out to join the family. And two British lawyers have gone to the Algarve to advise the couple who are expected to make their witness statement to Portuguese magistrates tomorrow. Gerry McCann's brother, John, said the lawyers would help Madeleine's parents in their daily dealings with Portuguese police but would not interfere with the criminal investigation. They are also providing Gerry and Kate McCann with advice on setting up the fighting fund to continue the search for the youngster using donations from the public.
 
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (FILES) Close-up of a poster featuring British girl Madeleine McCann pasted on a street in the southern Portuguese beach resort of Lagos on May 13 2007.
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| | Mon May 14 | Monday May 14 • Mr McCann says that "until there is concrete evidence to the contrary, we believe Madeleine is safe and is being looked after". Mrs McCann says they cannot consider going home at the moment. Police launch a search at the home of Anglo-Portuguese man Robert Murat, just 100 yards from where Madeleine was snatched. Mr Murat is taken in for questioning, but is not formally arrested.
Kate McCann, mother of Madeleine who disappeared 11 days ago in Portugal's southern Algarve region, passes next to a poster displaying police and news desk's numbers for their missing daughter 14 May 2007, in the area of the beach resort of Lagos, in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal. British celebrities and business leaders have put up a 1.5 million British pound ($2.97 million) reward to help find Maddie. Two British lawyers arrived in Portugal late Sunday to help the parents of abducted four-year-old girl manage funds pledged by their compatriots for her search.
Recent picture of British national Robert Murat (C) taken in an undisclosed location. His mother Jennifer Murat said that her son Robert Murat was being questioned, 14 May 2007 while Sky News, the British TV Channel showed footage of the villa owed by them both cordoned off by police. Murat was taken to the police station as the forensics technicians conducted searches on the house known as Vila Liliana, where Robert leaves with his mother Jennifer, and a three or four year-old son, about 100 meters away from the resort where four-year-old Madeleine McCann was abducted May.3rd. Investigators are particularly interested in an annex in the villa and in a mattress, Portuguese television channel Sic reported.
Long lens view of forensics experts conducting searches on the house known as Vila Liliana, 14 May 2007, where British national Robert Murat leaves with his mother Jennifer, and a three or four year-old son, about 100 meters away from the resort where four-year-old British Madeleine McCann was abducted May.3rd. Investigators are particularly interested in an annex in the villa and in a mattress, Portuguese television channel Sic reported. | 
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Tuesday May 15 • Police officially class Robert Murat as an "arguido", or suspect. He claims he is being made a "scapegoat" in the investigation. Wednesday May 16 Detectives swoop on the Praia da Luz home of Russian computer expert Sergey Malinka, who designed a website for Mr Murat, and interview him. Madeleine's aunt Philomena McCann travels to Westminster to lobby for support. Gordon Brown pledges to help "in any way he can". New video images of Madeleine are broadcast at half-time during the Uefa Cup Final between Sevilla and Espanyol in Glasgow.
A judge in Portugal, on 15 May, extended the secrecy on the prosecution files for a further three months.
Jennifer Murat leaves home
Criminal Police Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa talks during a press conference in Portimao, 15 May 2007. Portuguese police searching for missing girl Madeleine McCann said on Tuesday they have placed a British man under formal investigation in the case but lacked evidence to arrest him |  |
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 MAY 16: Philomena McCann talks to the media as she carries a picture of her missing niece Madeleine McCann as she visits Parliament on May 16, 2007 in London.
Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM: A screen encourages Spanish football fans to look out for missing British child Madeleine McCann at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow in Scotland, 16 May 2007, in the UEFA Cup Final football match between Espanyol and Sevilla.
A police officer (R) opens the car door for Russian Sergei Malinka (L) in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 16 May 2007, in the Portuguese southern province of Algarve. Searches were conducted at the flat of the 22 year-old web designer and police officers removed a bag and two computers. Lusa news agency reported Malinka was interviewed by police investigating the disappearance of four-year-old Briton Madeleine 'Maddie' McCann today. Lusa said Malinka was an acquaintance of British man Robert Murat who was made a formal suspect late yesterday. Sky quoted Murat as saying: 'The only way I will survive this is if they catch Madeleine's abductor... I've been made a scapegoat for something I did not do.' |
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Kate (R) and Gerry (L) Mccann, the parents of a four-year-old Madeleine McCann, walk hand in hand 17 May 2007 outside The Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Lagos, in the Portuguese southern province of Algarve.
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Kate (R) and Gerry (L) Mccann, parents of four-year-old Madeleine McCann, walk with their twins 18 May 2007, outside The Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Lagos, in the Portuguese southern province of Algarve. More than 40 million people have visited the website set up for the four-year-old British girl who disappeared two weeks ago during a family holiday in Portugal, its organizers said Friday.
LONDON - MAY 18: A computer screen displays the 'findmadeleine.com' website which has received 40 million hits on May 18, 2007 in London. |
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LONDON - MAY 19: An appeal is displayed on the scoreboard relating to the search for Madeleine McCann prior the FA Cup Final match sponsored by E.ON between Manchester United and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on May 19, 2007 in London, England. | Website Update at 19:18PM on 19th of May 2007
97 Million hits!
Fund Update
Latest Update - ITV News Madeleine parents believe she is safe
The parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann said they had taken "tremendous strength" from the "warmth and spiritual outpouring" from all around the world.Gerry and Kate McCann issued a brief statement from the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz 11 days after their little girl disappeared from their hotel room. The pair said they were "fully supporting" the police investigation into their daughter's abduction and reaffirmed their belief that their daughter is safe. Mr McCann said: "Until there is concrete evidence to the contrary, we believe Madeleine is safe and is being looked after". Madeleine's mother also emphasised that the couple had no intention of returning to Britain from Portugal in the immediate future. A British legal team has flown to Praia da Luz to help them and has launched a special "fighting fund" to help in the hunt for Madeleine. A statement from the International Family Law Group, the firm instructed by the McCanns, said details of how people could make donations would be released within days. A QC, Michael Nicholls, has also been instructed by the family as their determined battle to find Madeleine enters another week. Madeleine's uncle John McCann, who lives in Glasgow but was in Praia da Luz last week, said the lawyers would play a liaison role and would not interfere with the criminal investigation. A spokesman for the International Family Law Group said yesterday: "Gerry and Kate are very grateful for all the support and generous offers of help that they are receiving. "Details of how contributions can be made to help get Madeleine back to the safety of her own family will be made available in the next couple of days." The McCanns were among around ten British people who have been re-interviewed by police in recent days to clarify their statements. This week some of the witnesses are expected to appear in court behind closed doors to record their evidence before they go back to the UK. The McCanns themselves are not expected to be asked to take part. The procedure, known as "memory for the future", means taped statements can be shown during a future trial so the witnesses do not have to return to appear in court. |
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Mr McCann flies back to the UK for meetings about the Madeleine Fund and to put personal affairs in order
Kate (R) and Gerry (L) Mccann, the parents of a four-year-old Madeleine McCann, exit a church after a mass in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 20 May 2007, in the Portuguese southern province of Algarve.
A reporter (L) trys to interview Gerry McCann (R), the father of missing four year old Briton Madeleine McCann, as he walks outside his hotel in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 20 May 2007, in the Portuguese southern province of Algarve. Gerry is flying to England tonight for personel matters, press liaison officer Sherry Dott announced. A British girl's disappearance in Portugal more than two weeks ago has sparked an unprecedented international campaign to find her, involving everyone from football stars to multinationals.
 
Gerry (R), Madeleine McCann's father, leaves his hotel in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 20 May 2007, in the Portuguese southern province of Algarve. Gerry is flying to England tonight for personel matters, press liaison officer Sherry Dott announced. | A Day to day life for the McCann's Our day starts around 6.30am with us all waking up around the same time. We have breakfast with Sean and Amelie and our close family/friends who are here with us. Then its clean nappies and clothes for Sean and Amelie followed by showers etc for the rest of us.
Usually there’s some free time then for a few stories or games with the twins before heading out.
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9.00-9.15 We take Sean and Amelie to Kids’ Club. They really enjoy it and run in. They know the staff well and the staff are all excellent. Both love the domestic corner and Amelie particularly likes to look after ‘babies’. We use the kids club a bit like nursery at home but we think Sean and Amelie still think they are on holiday!
9.30~12.15. We return to the apartments, usually for a series of meetings with our press officer, Mark Warner Reps, occasionally Consulate staff, lawyers and British Liaison officers. During this time we catch up with family and close friends, usually by telephone and discuss ideas how to keep Madeleine’s profile high especially throughout continental Europe.
12.30 Time to pick up Sean and Amelie from Kids’ club then head back to apartment for lunch, which has usually been prepared by one of our family/friends group who have been tremendously supportive.
13.30 –14.30 This is time to spend time playing with the twins either in the apartment or in the play area next to kids club.
14.30-15.00 Usually we take the twins back to Kids’ Club although Sean has had the odd afternoon in the apartment as it’s a bit cooler and he’s not much of a sun worshipper! They have been taking part in many different activities including painting, singing, stories, swimming, trips to the beach and they have lots of toys to play with.
15.00~17.00 We try to get some time together alone, going for a walk to talk things over or getting some exercise. This is often the time for quiet trips to the church for prayers.
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17.00-17.30 Meet kids for high tea with other mums and dads. They love pasta and have been doing really well with their vegetables although a few chips have been squeezed in.
17.30-18.30. Games with kids at play area. Amelie loves trying to get in the baby pool!
18.30-19.30 Bath and story time with the twins.
20.00 We put the kids to bed.
20.30-23.00 We try to sit down for a family meal, again usually cooked by one of the small family group out here with us. Chat about the day’s events and plan the next day
23.30 bed and prayer for Madeleine that she will be returned to us safely RUNNING 
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In addition to above we try to attend various church services during the week, and make multiple phone calls to family and friends. We try to watch the main news early morning and late evening but have had almost no time to read the newspapers or even look at the pictures! Kate is a keen runner and in the last few days has tried to include a run in the daily routine. Yesterday (Sat) at 7am we ran to the monument at the top of the steep cliff overlooking Praia de Luz. We reached it in 19 minutes. |
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LAGOS, PORTUGAL - MAY 21: Sean (L) and Amelie McCann are droped off by their mother Kate McCann (R) at the Ocean Club holiday resort on May 21, 2007
MAY 21: Kate McCann, the mother of missing girl Madeleine McCann, heads back to her apartment after dropping off her children at the Ocean Club holiday resort on May 21, 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Lagos, PORTUGAL: British Kate McCann (L) holds the favorite toy of her missing four-year-old daughter Madeleine, a pink hippopotamus the child named Cuddle Cat, as she leaves with an unidentified person the church in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 21 May 2007. The father of a British girl who disappeared in Portugal was to leave for Britain yesterday to drum up more international support in what is already an unprecedented campaign to Madeleine.
Monday May 21• Mr McCann visits Rothley, where he sees thousands of tributes from villagers. He later returns to Portugal
 
ROTHLEY - MAY 21: Brian Kennedy, the great uncle of missing child Madeleine McCann, reads out a statement regarding her father Gerry McCann at the War memorial in Rothley Village Centre on May 21, 2007 in Rothley, England. The four-year-old has been missing since May 3, 2007 from where the family were on holiday in of Praia da Luz, Portugal. Mr McCann is expected to return his family, who have remained at the Algarve resort, within 24 hours.
ROTHLEY - MAY 21: Gerry McCann gives a young girl a kiss, after she gave him a prayer in support for his daughter Madeleine McCann at the War memorial in Rothley Village Centre on May 21, 2007 in Rothley, England.
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British Gerry (L) and Kate McCann (R) walk away from a press conference in front of their hotel in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 22 May 2007. Gerry flew back from England this morning on his first travel since thier four-year-old daughter Madeleine vanished from the hotel room 03 May 2007 while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant.
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FATIMA, PORTUGAL - MAY 23: Women walk on their knees towards the basilica of the Fatima Shrine May 23, 2007 in Fatima, Portugal. The parents of the missing British girl Madeleine McCann today visited the shrine, considered Catholic's holiest in Portugal.
ATHENS, GREECE - MAY 23: Liverpool fans display a giant banner of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann ahead of the UEFA Champions League Final on May 23, 2007, in Athens, Greece. Liverpool fans have started to gather in the Greek capital for the prestigious soccer cup final. | 1st Version
23 May 2007
Today Kate and I went to the Shrine at Fatima to pray for Madeleine´s safe return. It was another early start leaving at 6.30am. MarkWarner, who have looked after us so well, laid on a car and driver. We managed to continue the campaign with telephone conversations and e-mails. The actual visit was very encouraging with the rector and thousands of pilgrims praying for Madeleine as well Kate and I. We lit candles for Madeleine and also 3 for Madeleine’s grandparents. The trip received a lot of publicitywhich should help maintain the profile of her abduction.We are planning a relatively quiet day tomoorow although the British Ambaasador is coming to visit and we need to start finalising our plans for interviews in areas of Europe where the coverage of Madeleine’s disappaerance has been limited. |
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Lagos, PORTUGAL: An unidentified man takes measures by footssteps next to a window of a flat at the hotel in Praia da Luz, Lagos, 24 May 2007, from which four-year-old British Madeleine McCann vanished, 03 May 2007, while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant. Portuguese police securing the scene were informed by criminal police that British police officers would came to examine the area. Her disappearance has gained widespread media attention in both Britain and Portugal. Rewards in excess of 2.5 million pounds (3.6 million euros, 4.9 million dollars) have been offered for information leading to her safe return.
Thursday May 24
• Madeleine's family releases the last photograph known to have been taken of her before she disappeared.
The happy family snap, taken seven hours before she was abducted, shows the young girl laughing in the sunshine as she dangled her feet in the swimming pool. A fighting fund for the McCanns' campaign reaches almost £300,000 and the number of hits on the www.findmadeleine.com website reaches 125 million
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24 May 2007
Today Kate and I went to the Shrine at Fatima to pray for Madeleine´s safe return. It was another early start leaving at 6.30am. Mark Warner, who have looked after us so well, laid on a car and driver. We managed to continue the campaign with telephone conversations and e-mails. The actual visit was veryencouraging with the rector and thousands of pilgrims praying for Madeleine as well Kate and I. We lit candles for Madeleine and also 3 for Madeleine’s grandparents.The trip received a lot of publicity which should help maintain the profile of her abduction. We are planning a relatively quiet day tomoorow although the British Ambaasador is coming to visit and we need to start finalising our plans for interviews in areas of Europe where the coverage of Madeleine’s disappaerance has been limited. |
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Friday May 25• The McCanns give their first interviews and speak of how the "guilt" of not being with Madeleine when she was abducted will never leave them.
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 25: Martin Allen the new Leicester City Manager shows his support to the 'Search For Madeleine McCann' by wearing a Yellow and Green wrist band during the Leicester City Press Conference at the Walkers Stadium on May 25, 2007 in Leicester England. |
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after a rushed visit to a children's playground with Amelie and Sean, their two-year-old twins, the pair sat down in their apartment in the Mark Warner complex in Praia to study CVs. Their first appointments, they realise, will be crucial. They need both a campaign manager and a fund manager. And they need them now.With more than £300,000 in the "find Madeleine" fund, they want to spend every penny carefully. "There is nothing more I would like to see than Madeleine walking in so we could use the fund to find other missing children," Gerry says. But he must know that the likelihood of that is fading daily
Press conference in car park
Photo shoot family day
Saturday, 26 May 2007
MOST RECENT PHOTOS OF MADELEINE McCANN, TAKEN 2ND MAY 2007 IN PORTUGAL. | Yesterday was relatively quiet although we did meet the British ambassador and the senior British Police Officer who has been working here in Portugal on the case. This was a productive meeting. There was a flurry of activity amongst the media here stating the family was openly critical of the Portuguese policed which was not true. We did our best to dampen this down but a couple of papers carried stories with our ‘frustration’ with the investigation rather than what we said it was frustrating that 3 weeks down the line we still have not got Madeleine back. This would be the case which ever country we were in. Some of you may have noticed that Sean and Amelie did manage to squeeze in a hair cut!
Today was extremely busy and tiring. We met with our press officer Clarence Mitchell, to discuss strategy for the fortcoming interviews. Kate attended a luncheon in aid of International Missing Child day and John, my brother, attended a similar event in London. After this John and Brian Kennedy, Kate’s uncle, who are both directors of Madeleine’s fund appointed an interim fund manager. We are now actively looking for a campaign manager who will be needed once our government press officer disappears.
The interviews were our first for TV and we were happy how they went. We did 10 min interviews for Sky, BBC, ITV, Portuguese TV/radio and one for the press association. A shorter interview with GM TV will be shown on Monday morning along with stuff from our fabulous web team. The interviewers were very kind but did not shirk from asking us some extremely difficult questions. We answered them all and although painful will allow us to move on in our search for Madeleine. Importantly, shortly after our interviews finished the Portuguese Police held a press conference and gave details of man they would like to interview who was seen carrying a child on the night of Madeleine’s disappearance. We have not had a transcript of what was said but this is an encouraging development and hopefully will result in further calls to the police with information from people who were in Praia da Luz around the time of Madeleine’s abduction. We remain very optimistic that the criminal investigation will lead to Madeleine’s safe return but we need everyone to be alert and vigilant to any suspicious activity.
Tomorrow will be a family day. We are doing a photo-shoot with the twins for the Sunday newspapers in the morning but will involve stuff that we want to do with them anyway. We also need to recharge our batteries after what has been a very busy week. |
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| | Sun May 27 | RUN Day 24
| Strange day after all the activity during the week. Kate and I started off with an early morning run to the the top of the nearby cliffs. Sean and Amelie were back in kids club and went swimming again. The rest of us attended mass which was very emotional as a priest from RAF Lossiemouth was visiting and further prayers were said for Madeleine. Father Zee-Manuel has also rigged up a powerpoint display projecting a large photograph of Madeleine on to the wall, which he is very proud of and reminds us of the beautiful little girl we are missing so terribly.
There have been some requests for more information ‘about Madeleine’ and this section will be updated very soon. We will also be releasing a very short video of Madeleine taken at the Airport on the day we left for Portugal, Saturday 28 April. Sean and Amelie went to the beach this afternoon with mummy, auntie Trisha and Anne but daddy stayed in the apartment catching up on campaign e-mails, making calls and liaising with Clarence our press officer. The resort is much busier again as it is half-term and there are definitely less journalists here. Many of them have been here since the beginning and are making this journey with us.
The couple of Sunday articles we read did not cover much of what we talked about and seemed to get some of the other stuff wrong! We stated that Sean and Amelie are sleeping in our room (in separate cots) because of other family staying with us and that we were trying to treat them as normal and not be overprotective. This came out that we were so protective we have to have them sleeping in our bed! These inaccuracies are not important in our search for Madeleine and the next phase is being planned currently.
It looks like our planned trips to other European cities will start off in Rome after we learned today that the Pope has been following Madeleine’s abduction closely. There is a reasonable chance we may get a chance to meet the Pontiff and that he will pray for Madeleine. Such a visit would generate huge publicity regarding the family campaign to find Madeleine and will also give Kate and I a great spiritual lift. It will also raise the awareness of missing and abused children generally. We continue to pray that someone will provide the key information that leads us to Madeleine. |
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| | Mon May 28 |
| Confirmation arrived this evening that we are to attend the Vatican and a service with The Pope. It is likely we will be seated in the front row and may have an opportunity to speak with the Holy Father and ask for prayers for Madeleine. This is a hugely important visit both personally, for Kate and I, but also for the wider campaign to publicise Madeleine’s disappearance. The trip has been facilitated through Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and we will be receiving assistance from the British Embassy whilst in Rome. On this occasion because of the short notice and the relatively early time of the service we have accepted the kind offer of the use of Sir Philip Green’s personal jet, which will help get us home quickly after our Papal visit to see the twins before their bedtime. We will be accompanied by a small group of media who are still with us in Praia da Luz and, as usual all the material will be available to all the British press and broadcasters equally. For all trips we are assessing whether commercial flights can get us to our destination and back to Portugal quickly. This will NOT be a Tour- it is a series of very brief visits with the specific aim of raising awareness and we aim to get back here as quickly as possible.
We have decided that for the majority of trips it will not be practicable, or fair, to take Sean and Amelie with us. They have an established routine which we do not want to disrupt and will be looked after by very close family. Tonight for the first time they have gone to sleep in their own single beds, rather than cots, now that another two of our family have gone home. We were planning to turn their cots at home into beds after our 1 week holiday but obviously this has been delayed with Madeleine’s abduction. We have been in Praia da Luz for over 4 weeks and Sean and Amelie’s development from toddlers to little boy and girl continues. Madeleine will really notice the difference when she sees them!
Some of you may have seen on the news the huge inflatable billboard which has travelled all the way from the West of Scotland to Portugal which will be used near busy roads/motorways to keep Madeleine’s disappearance high profile. We had a brief chat with Chris and Les, who drove almost non-stop from Glasgow to get here. The extraordinary length ordinary people are going to help us is truly overwhelming. We thank everyone for their efforts, no matter how small, and we know this will make a difference in our search for Madeleine. |
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| | Tues May 29 |  
FARO, PORTUGAL ? MAY 29: Parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry McCann si on board a private jet owned by Sir Philip Green bound for Rome and an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, at Faro airport on May 29, 2007 in Faro, Portugal. Billionaire clothing businessman Sir Green offered the couple his gulfstream jet for their meeting with the Pontiff tomorrow.
Phillip Green Plane to Rome
On 29 May, detectives questioned four boat owners, three of them English, whose vessels were moored at the marina in Lagos, a town about five miles (8 km) from Praia da Luz
A team of mobile phone experts flew to Portugal on 29 May 2007 to analyse mobile phone data from the area at the time of the abduction. They used triangulation techniques to track mobile phone movements down to a couple of yards
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
PETITION TO THE PRIME MINISTER FOR MADELEINE McCANN - PLEASE SIGN & FORWARD ON
Sally-Ann Cathcart has set up an online petition (with the permission of The House of Commons) to the Prime Minister. The petition reads as follows:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to supply the necessary resources and intelligence needed to help find Madeleine McCann.
I believe I speak for our nation when I say that the people of Britain want to help find Madeleine McCann & bring her safely home. Not only is she a little girl, she is a British citizen and as such deserves our every effort in finding her.
I petition the Prime Minister to send EVERY available intelligence & resource to assist in the search, and use every contact, of which he has many, to get Madeleine back. Thank you
Please visit the Government Petition site here and forward to your contacts.
| We have been preoccupied with preparation for our audience with the Pope tomoorow morning. This morning was spent acquiring some appropriate dress for the meeting since we had only holiday clothes with us in Portugal. Clarence has been inundated with calls regarding the visit to Rome and done most of the organisation behind the scenes.
It has been very difficult to leave Sean and Amelie but it is only for one nght and we will be back to see them before bedtime tomorrow. Trish and Sandy (Madeleine’s Godparents) who have been with us in Portugal since Day 2 are looking after them and we were surprised to hear they were tucked up in bed by 7.30pm- they must like their new beds!
The flight to Rome passed extremely quickly and some footage was taken for TV. We did a couple of short interviews for the British and Portuguesae press about our feelings regarding the trip. Under normal circumstances we would be extremely excited about meeting the Pope, but as we are here as a result of Madeleine’s abduction the circumstances are very different. We expect to receive a great spiritual lift, especially if we get to speak to the Pontiff personally. After the audience we will be holding a short press conference in the British Embassy to the Vatican to talk about our campaign to publicise Madeleine’s disappearance and of course, our audience with the Pope.
Frncis Campbell, the British ambassador to the Holy See, and his staff picked us at the airport and brought us directly to the Embassy residences near the city centre. We have been made to feel completely at ease and almost as if we are part of a small family here, which has helped ease our tangible nerves, not unsurprising given the importance of tomorrow’s meeting. We are now retiring and will be saying our usual prayers for Madeleine’s safe return |
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| | Wed May 30 | Wednesday May 30 • Kate and Gerry McCann attend an audience with the Pope at the Vatican as they travel around Europe to publicise their campaign to find Madeleine.
 
 
Rome, ITALY: Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of Madeleine McCann, the four-year-old British girl who disappeared in Portugal nearly a month ago, give a press conference at the Residence of the British Ambassador to the Holy See, Francis Campbell, 30 May 2007 in Rome. The couple were in the Vatican for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI.
| Today has gone as well as we could possibly imagine.
We woke around 7.15am and got ourselves ready. There was a lovely continental breakfast prepared but both Kate and I ate very little due to nerves. We left the Embassy just after 9.00am and stopped en route to the Vatican, at Piazza Pia for a photo opportunity with St Peters in the distance. I made a very short statement regarding our forthcoming visit and expressed my gratitude to Francis Campbell, the British Ambassador to the Vatican, and his staff for making us feel as if we were part of their family.
We arrived in plenty of time for the Papal audience and were delighted to find we were seated in the ‘Prima Fila’- the first row. Clarence, Francis and Monsingneur Charlie Burns, a colourful Glaswegian who teaches at the seminary and looks after the Ambassador’s spiritual well being were seated immediately behind us. It was extremely sunny and I have to admit that Kate and I were struggling somewhat with the heat in our dark suits but Francis rescued us with an umbrella and some water and following that some heavy cloud rolled in, cooling us down.
The atmosphere in St Peter’s square was almost carnival like with up to 35,000 people there to see the Pope. He did not disappoint, driving slowly around the crowd in his open jeep, waving cheerfully. We were sombre in contrast given that we were there to ask Benedict to pray for Madeleine, although I am sure others were also there to get blessings for their loved ones. After this the Pontiff took his seat in front of approximately 30 cardinals, bishops and priests. One of the priests, Father Daniel Gallagher from the US, came up to us before the service and said some very kind words; that he was praying and everyone was praying for Madeleine daily.
The service started with a series of addresses from priests representing the various French, German, Italian, English, Spanish and Polish speaking congregations present. Each parish represented was mentioned and various bands, mainly German, played short pieces and a few choirs sang a verse and the large Polish contingent priests seated behind us wearing large yellow scarves tied like ribbons around theirs necks sang 3 or 4! At the end of this preamble the priest stated that the Pope was happy to tell us he was praying for the congregation, our families, our children and those who were suffering. These words seemed so poignant in the light of Madeleine’s abduction and naturally both Kate and I were, naturally, very emotional. The Pope’s actual address seemed to pass in a blur and I am looking forward to reading the actual transcript as I can remember very little of the actual words.
Following the completion of the Papal address in the different languages, Benedict individually greeted the other clergy on the dias. During this period Father Gallagher presented us with a small gift to remind us that he would pray daily for Madeleine and a cardinal also expressed similar sentiments. The Pope took approximately 20 minutes to meet other people in the Prima Fila before reaching us. It felt as if time stood still for a moment when the Pope looked into our faces and there was almost instant recognition and a change in his expression. He said he would pray for us, our family and Madeleine. Kate passed him a photograph of Madeleine and he blessed this and would pray for her safe returning. The meeting was more personal than we could have imagined given the number of people there and will help us sustain our hope and determination to find Madeleine.
The press conference followed shortly afterwards and was very well attended. We will give more details tomorrow as we are very tired following our visit and hope to get an early night before planning our next trip. |
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| | Thurs May 31 | At the end of May 2007 the McCanns hired Control Risks Group | Press conference in Rome went very well giving us an excellent forum to ask for help in the search for Madeleine. We told people about the website, how to download posters and ask people to print them and take on holiday wherever they are.
We arrived in Madrid late last night and have a series of meetings arranged with government and non government agencies concerned with child welfare. We will also be hosting a press conference again to raise general awareness of Madeleine´s disappearance and ask for the public´s help in our search for Madeleine. We may also do a few very short interviews for US news stations which are widely broadcast in Europe, N.Africa and Asia, particularly in English speaking hotels and other outlets. Will update after meetings. |
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Madrid, SPAIN: Gerry and Kate McCann give a press conference in Madrid, 01 June 2007 to raise awareness about their missing daughter Madeleine.
 
MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (R) says farewell to Kate and Gerry McCann after their meeting at the Interior Ministry on June 1, 2007 in Madrid, Spain. Gerry and Kate are in Madrid to spread the word in the search for their missing 4-year-old duaghter Madeleine
Madrid
A mystery sample of DNA was found, on 1 June, in the bedroom from where Madeleine disappeared. The DNA did not match that of the McCanns, their three children nor that of Murat. The PJ handed the sample over to the national forensic science laboratories, the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal, and stated that there is a new suspect
GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 01: Pupils at Bankhead Primary school release yellow balloons for missing Madeleine McCann on June 1, 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland. Around 400 hundred balloons were released all with a tag attached containing Madeleine Appeal information. | With the help of the British Embassy we had a very busy day. First of all we had a short briefing from the ambassador and her staff. We then had a series of meetings with: multiple non-governmental agencies involved in child welfare, did a TV programme akin to Crimewatch focussing on Madeleine’s disappearance, a press conference which was well attended, a couple of short US news channel interviews with European coverage and finally met with the Spanish Minister for the Interior (Home Secretary equivalent). We left Madrid feeling as if the Spanish were treating Madeleine’s disappearance like one of their own.
Meanwhile in Portugal Phil arrived with thousands of posters in different languages. Most of these have been delivered to the Irish centre at Fatima and more at Lisbon airport. Planning a family day tomorrow. Will weigh up next phase of the search over the weekend. |
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| | Sat June 2 | 
Epsom Derby | Relatively quiet day. Did manage to repsond to some e-mails regarding campaign issues with some excellent ideas coming through. We did visit a local beach with Sean, Amelie and the rest of the family who are here and managed to get a bite to eat. Having a huge number of media reuests in but want these to be very focussed in areas that will have clear benefits in the search for Madeleine. We did do a German TV and newspaper interview which wiil be released tomorrow to incraese awareness ahead of our planned visit to Berlin later this week. Most of the Sunday newspapers will carry some of the interview as a British reporter sat in and asked a few more quetions related to the campaign strategy. |
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| | Sun June 3 |
| Was encouraged to learn of the large volume of information which has come through the Leicester incident room following the appeal. Hopefully the Portuguese police will have had a good reponse also and we hope to meet with them in the next couple of days for an update. Chris and Les, who travelled over with the huge inflatable banner which has been positioned near the Spanish border, are heading home today. They were very happy that the director of the Algarve tourist board allowed them to put it up in private property owned by them, with thousands of cars passing every hour and seeing Madeleine’s image and details of her disappearance and reward. Sunday papers have reported our interviews virtually verbatim but vey disappointed that the blog was lifted almost in entirety by one newspaper yesterday after expressly forbidding such an approach! The blog is to keep people visiting the website up to date
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| | Mon June 4 |  | Busier day today with travel arrangements for Berlin and Amsterdam finalised. Leaving tomorrow night and coming back Thurs afternoon. It will be a very busy schedule similar to Madrid. On Thurs night there is a music festival in aid of Madeleine in nearby Lagos which we will be attending. Tonigh, we were interviewed for Crimeatch which will be shown on BBC1 tomorrow night. This was a very good opportunity to recap on all the information which is in the public domain and re-emphasise the appeal, especially since the description of a suspect seen carrying a child was released by the Portuguese police after the initial British appeal. As well as some reports from Crimewatch, you may see a picture of me in a green and yellow find Madeleine t-shirt in tomorrow’s paper. The t-shirts were brought over by Phil and later on I thought better about wearing it around the resort she was taken from. I am sure all the people who have chosen to continue their holliday here, rather than take an alternative location, know about Madeleine’s disappearance and don’t need a further reminder. |
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| | Tues June5 |
| Met with the Portuguese Police today. It is good to talk face to face especially with so much speculation in the media. Kates parents arrived today to see the kids and us. We managed to spend a couple of hours with them before heading off for Berlin. I had completely forgotten that it is my birthday today, it is anything but a happy one. However Sean and Amelie made me a birthday card on behalf of them and Madeleine and Trisha made a fruit flan. We sang happy birthday and blew the candles out together which Sean and Amelie really enjoyed. They were really happy to see Grandma and Grandad, whom they are used to seeing every few weeks in England. Kates parents have been a huge help to us, especially since the twins were born, often driving down to Leicestershire for the weekend to help with the kids. This has been really important when I have been on-call at weekends and Kate would have been left looking after the three of them on her own. Trisha would often fly down to help when she had a few days off or when her and Sandy were en route to Cambridge. It makes us feel better knowing that we are leaving Sean and Amelie with very close loved ones whilst we are away on this short trip to appeal for further information and raise awareness of Madeleine’s disappearance. Arrived in Berlin. Another busy programme tomorrow with TV, press, and politicians to see and then straight on to Amsterdam for more of the same. It all helps in the search for Madeleine. |
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| | Wed June 6 | 
Netherlands airport
 
 
 
Berlin, GERMANY: Kate (R) and Gerry McCann, parents of missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann hold up a picture of their daughter during a press conference 06 June 2007 in the German capital Berlin. Kate and Gerry are in Berlin to raise awareness and to ask German tourists for help in the search
Wednesday June 6
• While in Berlin, Madeleine's parents are forced to deny any involvement in her abduction when asked by a German journalist if they had anything to do with her disappearance.
| Today seemed to go very well with huge interest in our search for Madeleine. There has also been a little bit of criticism in the German press about the amount of media coverage but this did not seem to diminish the level of interest. The German interviewers are a little more direct with their questions but I was still surprised by the question as to whether Kate and I may be involved in Madeleine’s abduction! Hopefully our answers removed any doubt on that score and that our sole focus in all of the family campaigning is to get Madeleine back. After the media we met with a couple of politicians in private. Firstly, we saw the deputy justice minister for Germany who gave us reassurances regarding the investigation. Following this we met the Mayor of Berlin who is a very powerful and charismatic politician. He asked us what he could do for us and following this meeting asked German tourists who were in the Algarve around the time of Madeleine’s abduction to come forward. He is very popular and such public backing should help our appeal. We had to delay our onward flight to Amsterdam because of some information received by the police, which we needed to be consulted on. We diverted to the embassy in Berlin but it turned out to be nothing of interest. We unfortunately had to miss 2 TV programmes as we arrived in Amsterdam 3 hours late, very tired and emotionally drained. We did manage to catch up with a few friends briefly who we know from the year we lived in Amsterdam. They have been actively campaigning here on our behalf with poster distribution, contacting media and liasing with companies to get advertising space for large posters of Madeleine.
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Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS: Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann show a picture of their daughter at a press conference 07 June 2007 in Amsterdam. The parents of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished in Portugal last month, appealed to Dutch tourists for information on their daughter.
Thursday June 7
• A mystery phone call from a man claiming to know Madeleine's whereabouts is received. The caller provides such detail that Kate and Gerry McCann temporarily put their European search for their daughter on hold in case they need to act. The call is later traced to a mobile phone registered in Argentina.
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Day 35 - 06th June 2007
The press conference, meetings and appeal on TV today in Amsterdam all seemed to go well. I doubt there are many people left in Europe who do not know of Madeleine’s disappearance and hopefully everyone who has information will have come forward to the police. Today was particularly difficult for Kate and I because of the year we spent in Amsterdam with Madeleine. We have many friend s still there and could never have imagined coming back without her in such dreadful circumstances. Afterwards we caught with a friend of mine who was attending a medical conference in Amsterdam and a friend who helps run a playgroup that we attended We arrived back in Portugal and managed to spend some time with Sean and Amelie. We then drove to the concert in Lagos in aid of Madeleine, which is the first large public event in Portugal that I know of supporting the campaign. It was interesting mix of jazz, blues, orchestra and rap! We were presented with a painting with green and yellow hands from a class of schoolkids- hands of hope. There was a short speech and Kate thanked tke local community for their support. The amount of media coverage Madeleine’s disappearance has received is phenomenal. After Morocco we will have to take stock and decide on our best strategy. I am not convinced going to other European countries and holding meetings similar to Berlin and Amsterdam will help. |
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| Quieter day today. This was a good chance to catch up with campaign e-mails and phone calls after the trips to Berlin and Amsterdam. At lunchtime we went to the release of 1000 yellow balloons at the beach carrying cards with Madeleine’s picture on it and information in 5 different languages including arabic. There were similar launches in Manchester and Madrid. The event was organsied by the Sun who, like almost all of the media, have been incredibly supportive. I told Nick, the Sun journalist, that we are happy to support all strategies which increase the chances of finding Madeleine. Later in the afternoon we went down to the beach and had dinner in one of the restaurants which Sean and Amelie really enjoyed. Sean, in particular has acquired a taste for sea-bass! Kate and I did a short interview for BBC East Midlands to thank everyone for their support and it is likely that this will be shown around most of the regions, certainly Northwest and BBC Scotland. Kate and most of the family headed down to the church for the regular Friday night vigil but I was just too shattered. Tommorrow will largely be a family day although I am not sure what we will be doing yet. |
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Day 37 - 11/06/2007
Kate and I had a slightly busier day on the media front than expected. We did a short press interview for the Irish Sunday papers, mainly to thank the Irish for their fantastic level of support. We followed that with one for the British Sundays which is likely to be the last one we do for a while. We talked about our pain of not having having Madeleine for such a long time and for our need to grieve, which occurs mainly in private. We also talked about how after Morocco we will have to spend some time reflecting both emotionally, and also how best the campaign can be taken forward. What we want to ensure is that the campaign has a psoitive effect on finding Madeleine.
After this we headed down to Sagres which is the very most southwestern tip of Portugal. There is a very nice beach and we had lunch with the family.
After returning from the beach we did the Irish version of Crimewatch-‘Crimecall’. There are a lot of Irish tourists in and around Praia da Luz and although the awareness of Madeleine’s disappearance in Ireland is extremely high, we want to ensure that everyone is aware of the appeal and we want the Irish public to come forward with photographs of people who they do not know who were in and around Praia da Luz in the 2 weeks leading up to the 3rd May. The address to upload photographs is: to www.madeleine.ceopupload.com . We have also asked for people to contact their local police if they have seen a man matching the description of the suspect carrying a child seen around the time of Madeleine’s abduction. He is 30-40 years, 1.70-1.80m (5’7”-11”), caucasian and was wearing a dark jacket, beige or mustard coloured trousers with dark shoes. No major news on the investigation front- we still believe it is just a single phone call away. |
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| | Sun June 10 |
| We attended mass this morning and the Bishop had sent a very nice message that he and everyone else was praying for Madeleine. He also said that our attitude in this time of adversity was an example for others. Contrary to some of the headlines in the Sunday papers the campaign to find Madeleine will not ease up. Kate’s and my role will be different after Morocco compared to the last 3 weeks. As I said earlier we will reflect on the investigation, what the campaign has achieved and where we will be best directed. We will be less evident in the media, at least for a few days, unless there is a breakthrough in the investigation. First of all we have Morocco. We drove up to Lisbon late this afternoon to catch a flight to Casablanca where embassy officials will meet us. We were surprised to learn that a 20 seat propeller plane was sent instead of the larger aircraft. Luckily Kate, Clarence and I got squeezed on although we were certainly rather apprehensive about flying on such an aircraft- it reminded us of some of the internal flights we took in New Zealand in the mid 90’s. The meeting in Rabat will follow a similar itinerary as to the European visits. We will meet with the ambassador and his staff, two children’s charities, the interior minister and possibly the chief of police. We will do two interviews for the main TV stations and the press conference will be last. I am sure we will be asked about the Marrakech siting which has been extensively reported in the press. I should be able to get some more details of this from ITV, who interviewed the witness, and hopefully the justice minister to find out what enquiries were made by the local police |
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Morocco
Casablanca, MOROCCO: Kate (L) and Gerry McCann, parents of missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, fill in the police record upon their arrival in Casablanca on June 10th, 2007. Kate and Gerry are in Morocco to ask the authorities for their help in the search for their missing daughter Maddie,
 
 
Rabat, MOROCCO: The parents of Madeleine McCann, Kate (R) and Gerry (C), the four-year-old British girl who vanished in Portugal more than a month ago, meet with Moroccan Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa 11 June 2007 in Rabat. The couple have launched a campaign to raise public awareness of the case in the hope that people will come forward with information that could help police find their daughter. The trip to Morocco follows testimony by 45-year-old Norwegian Mari Olli that she had seen Maddie in a petrol station south of Marrakesh while on holiday, six days after the disappearance. Woman (2nd L) is unidentified. | DAY AND DATE GERRY USED
Day 38 -12/06/2007
We spent the day in Rabat meeting 3 child welfare groups, the minister for interior and the chief of police. We had little knowledge of Morocco before coming here and have learned what a family orientated and child loving society it is. Everyone has been incredibly sympathetic and said they will do everything to help us find Madeleine. As well as the meetings there was a very touching experience outside the National Observatory for Chidren's Rights. As we pulled up in the car there were about 150 children waving posters of Madeleine with the words above and below a picture of her:
'All Moroccan Children Are With You Madeleine- Madeleine: Back Home'. They were singing and cheering Madeleine's name and shouting 'coeur', Heart. This whole experience was uplifting and enlightening at the same time in that we had no concept that so many children in Morocco would know of Madeleine and also be internet- friendly. It is just as likely that a child will spot Madeleine and alert a responsible adult. The whole world really has changed and is a lot smaller in this computer age. If Madeleine is in Morocco we have no doubt that she will be found.
We did a couple of interviews for ITV and Sky and followed up our Newspaper interviews focussing on a change in the phase of the campaign. We confirmed that there will be a period of reflection before we decide on what is the best role for Kate and I. The campaign and the search for Madeleine will continue and with everyone's help we will find her. So please stay with us. |
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Day 38 -12/06/2007
We spent the day in Rabat meeting 3 child welfare groups, the minister for interior and the chief of police. We had little knowledge of Morocco before coming here and have learned what a family orientated and child loving society it is. Everyone has been incredibly sympathetic and said they will do everything to help us find Madeleine. As well as the meetings there was a very touching experience outside the National Observatory for Chidren's Rights. As we pulled up in the car there were about 150 children waving posters of Madeleine with the words above and below a picture of her:
'All Moroccan Children Are With You Madeleine- Madeleine: Back Home'. They were singing and cheering Madeleine's name and shouting 'coeur', Heart. This whole experience was uplifting and enlightening at the same time in that we had no concept that so many children in Morocco would know of Madeleine and also be internet- friendly. It is just as likely that a child will spot Madeleine and alert a responsible adult. The whole world really has changed and is a lot smaller in this computer age. If Madeleine is in Morocco we have no doubt that she will be found.
We did a couple of interviews for ITV and Sky and followed up our Newspaper interviews focussing on a change in the phase of the campaign. We confirmed that there will be a period of reflection before we decide on what is the best role for Kate and I. The campaign and the search for Madeleine will continue and with everyone's help we will find her. So please stay with us.
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Day 39 -12/06/2007
We finished off our trip to Morocco with a private visit to the minister for religious affairs this morning. He is an academic, senior cleric and adviser to the King of Morocco. We explained to him that although we are Roman Catholic we have received messages of support and prayers from all religious groups. Leicester, where we live, is extremely diverse culturally with a large proportion of Muslims and there were prayers for Madeline throughout Leicester on Sunday. We asked the minister if prayers could be said for Madeleine and other missing children in Morocco. He told us that people were praying for her and again emphasised that if Madeleine is in Morocco they would find her. En route to the airport a lorry had overturned blocking the exit from the motorway. The Moroccan people dealt with this in a very calm and relaxed manner, which we have found is a very engaging aspect of their character. Arriving back in Praia da Luz it was great to see Sean and Amelie. I think they were happy to see us although have been very well looked after as usual. We have no more trips planned for the immediate future and will spend the next few days taking stock. Tonight we have also gone to the church for prayers, as it is now 40 days and nights since Madeleine was abducted. No child or parent should have to endure his experience and we prayed that she would be found safe and well. |
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| | Wed June 13 | Wednesday June 13 • An anonymous letter sent to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf claims Madeleine's body is buried in deserted scrubland only nine miles from where she was abducted
| Met with Portuguese and British police today to get an update on the investigation. We were reaasured that information continues to come in, and we continue to pray for a breakthrough.
We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter in The Telegraaf (Netherlands) claiming to know where Madeleine is buried. Although all information will be taken seriously, we were very upset that the credibility of this letter had not been examined and, more importantly, published before the Portuguese police had an opportunity to investigate the claim, and search the area if appropriate without massive media attention. We feel strongly that this was an irresponsible piece of journalism and even if it were true is insensitive and cruel.
One can imagine how upsetting it is for Kate and I to hear of such claims
through the media and if every piece of information was published like this there would be nothing else in the newspapers. |
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ODIAXERE, PORTUGAL: British journalist Jason Farrow reports live from the village of Odiaxere, 15 Km Northeast of Praia da Luz, 14 June 2007, where journalists gathered after a Dutch newspaper said 13 June 2007 it had received an anonymous letter giving details of where to find the body of a missing British girl who vanished in Portugal six week ago.
ODIAXERE, PORTUGAL: A Portuguese policeman (R) helps a car to cross a police line 15 June 2007, during a search in the village of Odiaxere, 15 Km Northeast of Praia da Luz, after the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf said 13 June it had received an anonymous letter giving details of where to find the body of Madeleine McCann | Six weeks since Madeleine disappeared. We believe Madeleine is alive and I am glad to say that following yesterday's letter in the Telegraaf (Netherlands) there has been no evidence that Madeliene is in the area indicated although there will be further searches tomorrow.
Kate and I picked up a friend from Faro airport who has beeninstrumental in helping with the campaign. He has been fantastic, producing the DVD of Madeleine to ‘Don’t you forget about me’ which has been shown at many sporting events and concerts as well as producing the look for maddie logo and various posters. We spent most of the day updating each other and discussing future campaign ideas. We are getting closer to appointing a campaign manager who will handle media liaison and coordinating events to keep Madeleine’s disappearance highly visible |
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| The good news today is that the search in response to the letter in the Telegraaf did not find evidence of Madeleine. We still belive that Madeleine is alive. We have made some real progress deciding on campaign strategy. There is a huge amount of goodwill from people who want to help us find Madeleine and we have some concrete offers of support and are trying to finalise details before releasing them.Tomorrow will be a family day. |
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 | Kate and I dropped Jon at the airport this morning and picked up some more friends/family who have come out to see us, but particularly the twins. They were certainly happy to see our visitors! After lunch we headed off to the local zoo. Relatively quiet on the campaign front today as it is a family day. Tomorrow we will announce one or two planned events to keep Madeleines disappearnace high profile. |
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| | Sun June 17 | Sunday June 17 • Portuguese police say Madeleine's friends and family may have unwittingly destroyed vital evidence in the first few hours after her abduction, during their search for her. Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa says their well-meaning actions could prove "fatal" for the investigation
| Kate and I managed an early morning run before church.
The first event of our longer term campaign will be on Friday 22nd June- this will mark the 50th day Madeleine will be missing. We will be launching green and yellow balloons from at least 50 centres worldwide to mark the fact that we are still searching as are other parents of missing children. Countries that are partcipating so farare Argentina, El Salvador, USA, Canada, Ireland, UK,
The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal (Kate and I in Praia da Luz), Spain, South Africa, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. . Any other countries that wish to partcipate can download information from the website. |
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| Kate and I got the respone we wanted after speaking to the Portuguese ploice today. We are assured that no criticism of our actions on the night Madeline disappeared was intended.
There has been a good response to our planned balloon release for Madeleine and other missing children on Friday and we are confident that over 50 countries will be represented.
The twins have really enjoyed seeing family who have been visiting us for the last 3 days- it has passed very quickly. Hopefully the next time we see them it will be with Madeleine. |
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| Flew in to London to for a series of meetings. Helped a passenger on the flight who collapsed. He was ill enough to require a full assessment on arrival and went off to hospital in an ambulance.
Unfortunately shortly after arriving in London I had my wallet stolen which meant I was running late. I did manage to get to all my meetings which ran late into the evening. We had very good discussions regarding sustaining the search for Madeleine long term. The role for Kate and I in the campaign will not be nearly be so public. We have to balance any campaigning in the search for Madeleine with protecting Sean and Amelie and making sure their privacy is protected.
We are exploring the use of new media and using local advertising, particularly in Europe. There will of course be event driven media exposure such as the balloon launch on Friday 22nd. There are several other very good ideas being developed and a few large companies are willing to help us. |
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| Another busy day of meetings this time in Leicester. No mishaps thankfully.The main meeting was that of Maddeleines fund where we discussed implementing a strategy to maintain our campaign to find Madeleine. It was agreed in principle to appoint a family spokesperson who will act, not just for Kate and I, but also on behalf of the extended family who have been liasing with the media. This appointment will take a lot of strain off family members who have been putting in such massive efforts to help find Madeleine. We are delighted with the response to the 50th day balloon launch which will truly be a global event. There will be a few variations to the release of balloons however. In Ventura, Southern California, 50 white doves will be released and in Afghanistan kite racing, an activity banned under the Taliban, will be the order of the day. Arrived back in Praia da Luz this evening and it was great to see Kate and the Kids, even though I was only away for a day and a half. |
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| | Thurs June 21 | Thursday June 21 • The first of a series of reported sightings of a girl resembling Madeleine is reported in Malta. The initial reports spark a flurry of interest in the island with dozens of possible sightings reported in subsequent days and weeks | Met with the Portuguese police today for an update. Their committemnt to find Madeleine matches ours and we all hope for that vital breakthrough every day.
We have literally received thousands of letters, cards and messages of support here in Portugal which have helped give us strength during this terrible time. Yesterday we received a particularly touching gift which is entitled Madeleines Book of Hope made up with comments from children of all ages from 3 different schools including a pre-school. The messages in different coloured pages with green and yellow ribbons had both the power to us cry and laugh!
The response to the balloon launch to mark 50 days that Madeleine has been missing has been incredible. There are close to 300 centres, and countries all over the world, participating. There has been a lot of local media interest but remember to take digital photographs and videos if possible which will be able to be uploaded to the website so we can display them. The message of Madeleines disappearance will reach many more people tomorrow.
A pleasing aspect of the launch will be the highlighting of other missing or abducted children, many of whom will have recieved little public attention. I know that 7 year old Yeremi Vargas will beremembered in Madrid and his family will be releasing balloons from Gran Canaria where he disappeared in March of this year.
Our campaign to find Madeleine will be associated with other child welfare issues in the future. We are very keen to see more debate on issues that we and other families in similar situations have to face.
Child abuse is a taboo subject still in many countries and we must encourage responsible debate around how child abuse can be prevented. |
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| | Fri June 22 | Friday June 22 • Hundreds of balloons bearing Madeleine's picture are released across the world as a tribute to mark the 50th day since her disappearance
 
 
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Friends and members of the McCann family release balloons in Bradgate Park on June 22, 2007 in Leicester, England. Balloons are being freed in 50 countries to mark the 50th day since Madeleine McCann went missing and to maintain awareness of the campaign to find her. | We never thought it would happen: 50 days without Madeleine. Solidarity the world over has been expressed today with the launch of balloons in every continent to remember Madeleine and other missing children. The event in Praia da Luz had considerable media interest as did many other releases the world over. Sean and Amelie released their balloons shortly after kate and I let go our 50 and we were pleased the media respected our wish for the twins not to be photographed any longer. Please send digital images and video of your local event to images@bringmadeleinehome.com
We were not planning to say anything at the launch but there was such a large turnout from Portuguese TV who we have not spokento for some time that we decided to answer their questions. The beauty of the launch was the local and international dimension with media coverage spreading Madeleines image far and wide.
We have seen the video of the Ullapool (home of the website and my sister Phil) launch, Glasgow and extensive pictures from Amsterdam. We very much look forward to seeing pictures from all the other venues. One of these balloons may just be found by someone who recognises Madeleine and alerts the authorities. |
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| | Thurs June 28 | Thursday June 28 • Spanish police arrest an Italian man and a Portuguese woman suspected of trying to extort money from Madeleine's parents by offering them information about the missing girl. They are not believed to have anything to do with her disappearance.
Sotogrande, SPAIN: Journalists wait, 28 June 2007, in the entry of a complex near Sotogrande, near San Roque 28 June 2007. Spanish police have arrested an Italian man and questioned a woman of unknown nationality in connection with the suspected kidnapping of British four-year-old Madeleine McCann, officials said. A police spokesman told AFP the arrest was made near the southern Spanish port of Algeciras after the French authorities issued an international arrest warrant for the man. 'Police are examining the possibility of a link' with the Madeleine case, the spokesman said. Spanish broadcaster Telecinco reported that police had detained a married couple, an Italian man and a Portuguese woman, near the town of Sotogrande, which is not far from Algeciras.
Help find Madeleine McCann Benefit - Arielle Kebbel
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 28: Model Celesta Hodge attends the 'Help Find Madeline' Red Carpet Benefit at Play Nightclub on June 28, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
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| | Mon July 2 | Monday July 2 • The McCanns move out of the apartment in the Ocean Club resort where they have been staying since the abduction to a private property nearby |
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VILAMOURA, PORTUGAL - JULY 04: Brian Ashton, the England Head Coach wears a 'Find Madeleine McCann' T-shirt during the England training session at Browns Sports Complex on July 4, 2007 in Vilamoura, Portugal. |
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LONDON - JULY 9: Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks at his Portuguese counterpart Jose Socrates during a press conference at Downing St. July 9, 2007 in London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Gordon Brown today thanked his Portuguese counterpart for his government's help in trying to track down missing Madeleine McCann. |
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| | Mon July 16 | Monday July 16 • Harry Potter author JK Rowling announces she will use the worldwide appeal of her boy wizard to help the search for Madeleine
Posters of Madeleine are made available to booksellers in more than 200 countries around the world ahead of the publication of the long-awaited final book in her best-selling series on July 21. |
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Monday July 23• On a four-day fact-finding visit to the US, Mr McCann meets US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to discuss efforts to tackle child abduction. |
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| | Tues July 31 | | 31 July 2007 | Eddie and Keela start work at Apartment 5A In the evening, Portuguese and UK investigators begin their search of apartment 5A with Eddie and Keela. Cadaver odour is indicated in the McCanns bedroom by the wardrobe, in the living room behind a sofa and a light scent indicated outside on the veranda and in a flowerbed. A blood indication is made behind the sofa. |
| Gerry's blog: Relatively quiet day apart from phone calls and campaign related e-mails. We have Busy couple of days coming up so off to bed relatively early (before midnight)! |
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| 01 August 2007 | Jon Corner and Kate's parents arrive Jon Corner arrives to film promotional material for the official 'Find Madeleine' site. Kate's parents also arrive. |
| Gerry's blog: Another trip to the airport this morning to pick up our campaign manager. Kate did a series of interviews for womens magazines and the Sunday newspapers which took most of the afternoon. Kates parents, who we visit regularly at home, also arrived and the twins were very happy to see them. They will be staying with us for a week. We have had some new posters designed of Madeleine, in Portuguese and Spanish, which I have been printing out to distribute locally. I also did some filming to camera which we might use on the website and for future events. |
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Kates parents | | 02 August 2007 | Trip to Huelva cancelled Gerry McCann cancels trip to Huelva due to 'viral illness'. PJ arrive at the McCanns' villa with Eddie and Keela Around 18:00pm, the Inspectors knock on the door of the McCanns villa. Jon Corner states in the Panorama documentary that the McCanns were forewarned of this forensic visit and that there were clothes in the washing machine when the Inspectors arrived. Cadaver odour is indicated on two pieces of Kate's clothing (trousers and blouse), on a red T-shirt believed to belong to Madeleine and on the soft toy known as 'Cuddle Cat'. |
| Gerry's blog: Today was a bit of a write off for me as I was laid low with a probable viral illness which meant I could not stray too far from the house! I did manage to get through some e-mails, telephone calls and some paperwork. Feeling a bit better tonight so hopefully be back to normal tomorrow.
Kate did manage to put up some of the new Madeleine posters in shops around Praia da Luz.. It is noticably busier, now that we are in August, with lots of tourists many of whom are from Portugal. The figures from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children show that one in six kids are recovered after being recognised from a poster. Such statistics do encourage us that relatively simple measures may be effective in helping us find Madeleine. |
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| 03 August 2007 | Trip to Huelva The Huelva trip goes ahead, despite all public places being closed. The timeline, according to The Sun, is as follows: 09:00 Leave Praia da Luz12:15 Arrive Huelva (expected at 11:00am)13:00 Distribute leaflets and posters at train station13:30 Distribute leaflets and posters at cathedral14:00 Distribute leaflets and posters at bus station14:20 Leave to return to Praia da Luz A '100% sure' Maddie sighting is reported In Belgium, details emerge of a possible sighting of Madeleine. A child therapist says she is '100% sure' she saw Madeleine at a restaurant in the town of Tongeren, not far from the Dutch border. A bottle is taken for DNA testing but turns out to be that of a man. The 'sighting' actually took place on 28 July 2007. Covered here |
| Gerry's blog: It is exactly 3 months since Madeleine was abducted. Kate and I had an early start as we drove to Huelva, 50Km over the border from Portugal in Southern Spain. We were meant to go yesterday but had to cancel because I was ill. Unfortunately it was a public holiday in Huelva and the large shopping centre we planned to visit was closed. We did distribute posters in several garages, taxi ranks and the bus and train stations and gave out some Madeleine wristbands. This was definitely a worthwhile exercise, as many people did not seemingly recognise Madeleine but we did get a very warm response from the Spanish people we met. We would encourage everyone to continue taking posters on holiday but please ask permission before putting them up in public places. When we arrived back in Praia da Luz we did a couple of media interviews to building up to August 11th, which will mark 100 days if Madeleine is still missing. There will be a lot of media activity next week reviewing Madeleine's abduction, the investigation and of course the campaign to help find her. It is an opportunity to highlight that we have not given up hope and are still optimistic of being reunited with Madeleine. Tonight we prayed for Madeleine at a vigil in the church. This has happened every Friday since Madeleines abduction and was very well attended tonight, probably due to the greater number of tourists in the resort. |
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Kates parents | Saturday August 4 • Police launch a second search of Robert Murat's house. Mrs McCann speaks for the first time of her regret at leaving her daughter on the night she disappeared. She also discloses that as she tucked Madeleine into bed that night, the little girl said: "Mummy, I've had the best day ever. I'm having lots and lots of fun."
| 04 August 2007 | Search of Casa Liliana, summary from 'The Truth of the Lie' - 4 and 5 August. Ground "aired" and opened. Over two days of thorough searching, no signs from Eddie at Murat's home. Jon Corner returns home (see Gerry's blog below) |
| Gerry's blog: Another early start to the day as I dropped the crew who did some filming for the website and other forthcoming events. Kate and I did a short interview reviewing the last 3 months and the search for Madeleine. We spent the rest of the day with the kids and Kate's family. We were all glad it clouded over in the afternoon to give us some respite from the intense heat.
The most recent searches by the police have attracted a lot of renewed media interest with satellite trucks arriving back in Praia da Luz. It is likely that some of the British Broadcasters will also come back out.
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Kates parents | Sunday August 5 • The search of Mr Murat's home is completed, with reports suggesting that no new evidence was found.
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A police officer enters a car parking in Praca 1 de Maio in Central Portimao, 06 August 2007. Portuguese criminal police reserved three out of four floors of the public car parking near the police headquarters, to process 10 cars in relation with the disappearance of four-year-old |
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• DNA tests on a milkshake bottle used by the girl seen in Tongeren prove inconclusive. But Belgian police say the findings do not rule out that Madeleine was present and say they are still hunting the couple's black Volvo car. A friend of the McCanns says she is disgusted at an apparent smear campaign against them. Rachael Oldfield, who ate with the McCanns on the night Madeleine disappeared, said: "I think there are some leaks coming from the police because a lot of what I have read recently has been completely untrue."
McCann, drives away from his villa in Praia da Luz 08 August 2007
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| | Thurs Aug 9 | Thursday August 9 • The McCanns end their daily routine of taking their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie to the creche at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz. The move follows concerns about photographers taking pictures of their children and disturbing holidaymakers using the child-minding facility. Mr Murat's lawyer criticises the McCanns' "strange" behaviour in leaving Madeleine alone on the night she vanished. Francisco Pagarete also claims people in Praia da Luz want "these bloody McCanns" to return home. The McCanns insist they will not be "bullied" into leaving Portugal by the growing backlash against them.
Reports Of Blood Found In Madeleine McCann Apartment
Kate and Gerry McCann, leave the Praia da Luz apartment by car on August 9, 2007
arrive in their rented villa in Praia da Luz 09 August 2007. Portuguese and British newspapers report that during a review of evidence sniffer dogs from the British police found traces of blood and the odor of a corpse inside the room from witch Maddie went missing 3rd May. A British laboratory is currently analysing the blood samples, a source in the investigation told the Portuguese news agency.
People sunbathe and swim at the beach a few minutes walk from the apartment where Madeleine McCann went missing
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• The McCanns launch a new section of the internet video-sharing website YouTube. Called Don't You Forget About Me, it will be devoted to helping to find missing youngsters such as Madeleine.
Mr McCann says the police investigation could now be "starting with a new slate". He tells the BBC: "There has been a shift in the investigation and the way it was proceeding previously. "Now if that means we're starting with a new slate, we've always said all scenarios are possible, and we have always done everything to co-operate." Jornal de Noticias reports that Portuguese police want to question a British man who was on holiday in Praia da Luz at the same time as the McCanns and helped in the search for Madeleine. The man arrived in Portugal on April 28, the same day as the McCanns, and left on May 6, the day they should have flown home, the newspaper says.
 Reports Of Blood Found In Madeleine McCann Apartment
Gerry McCann and his wife Kate (in the background), the parents of missing four-year-old Briton Madeleine McCann, arrive to give a joint press conference for several foreign TV stations at a villa in Lagos 10 August 2007. The parents of Madeleine McCann, the young British girl who went missing from a Portuguese hotel room in May, spoke Friday of their pain at new suspicions over her disappearance. On the eve of the 100th day since their daughter vanished, Gerry and Kate McCann have had to confront Portuguese media reports that she may have died. British experts are reportedly analysing traces of blood found in the room.
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UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 11: Grandparents of Madeleine McCann, Brian & Sue Healy, mark the 100th day since she was abducted, in Liverpool, U.K., on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. |
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Sunday August 12• Mrs McCann tells Woman's Own magazine that she would rather know her daughter was dead than live in limbo forever. She says: "Gerry and I have spoken about this and in our heart of hearts we'd both rather know - even if knowing means we have to face the terrible truth that Madeleine might be dead. We both need to know."
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Sousa added that new evidence had given "intensity" to the possibility Madeleine had been killed. Sousa confirmed on 15 August that the sniffer dogs, which could only pick up the scent of a body which had been in situ for more than two hours, had detected the scent of a dead body
LAGOS, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 15: Kate and Gerry McCann arrive at church to attend service on August 15, 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
 
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| | Tues Aug 21 | Tuesday August 21 • A friend of the McCanns hits back at smears about him printed in Portuguese newspapers. Dr Russell O'Brien, 36, was among the group the couple were dining with on the night Madeleine went missing. Portuguese newspapers have printed allegations about him. In a statement, Dr O'Brien and his wife Jane Tanner said: "These reports in the Portuguese press are completely untrue and extremely hurtful. "We have spoken to the police today, and have been assured that our status as witnesses has not changed." |
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António Cluny, president of Portugal's public prosecutor's service, said on 24 September that "Without the little girl's body everything is extremely complicated". He went on to stress that all options from abduction to Madeleine's death were still open |
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 25: Gerry McCann, father of missing child Madeline McCann, arrives at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival on 25th August at the Edinburgh Interational Conference Centre |
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Gerry McCann and wife Kate, parents of missing four-year-old Briton Madeleine McCann, kiss before she enters the headquarters of Policia Judiciaria, Portuguese criminal police, in the southern Portuguese town of Portimao 06 September 2007. Portuguese police again questioned the mother of the missing British toddler after they received forensic results from a British laboratory. As she went into the police station in, McCann made a new appeal for her daughter's return or information about her whereabouts. |
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 Journalists line the road as a car carrying Gerry McCann (passenger seat) and his family pull into the entrance of their family home in the village of Rothley, Leicestershire, 09 September 2007. The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, who went missing on a family holiday in Portugal, faced a media siege Monday 10 September 2007, on their first full day back in Britain after being named suspects in the case. Gerry and Kate McCann returned with their two-year-old twins -- but without four-year-old Madeleine -- to their home in Rothley, Leicestershire, central England Sunday, insisting that they were not giving up on their search.
Gerry McCann welcomes unidentified guests into the McCann family home 09 September 2007 following their return from Portugal that day.
SEPTEMBER 09: Kate McCann's uncle Brian Kennedy talks to reporters and television crews outside Gerry and Kate McCann's house on September 9, 2007 in Rothley, England. |
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A unidentified visitor (L) with a stethoscope over his shoulders leaves the McCann's house at the family home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 10 September 2007. The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, who went missing on a family holiday in Portugal, faced a media siege Monday on their first full day back in Britain after being named suspects in the case.
Gerry McCann (R) answers the door to a visitor at the family home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 10 September 2007.
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Sousa stated that at the end of the investigation the case file would be handed to the public prosecutor. The papers were given to the local prosecutor, José Cunha de Magalhães e Meneses, on 11 September. Meneses decided that there was sufficient evidence to pass the case to a judge, who had the power to approve any charges and also decide, within 10 days, on other actions that could have included placing the McCanns under house arrest in the Algarve, ordering further interrogations and authorising further searches. The judge appointed was Pedro Miguel dos Anjos Frias, Portimão's 'juiz de instrução criminal'
In addition to Meneses, a district prosecutor, Luis Bilro Verão, was appointed on 11 September 2007 to oversee the investigation
 
television video journalist films the front of a police car at the entrance to the private road of the McCann family home in the village of Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 11 September 2007
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 11: Television news crews continue to broadcast from Rothley Village Green the home town of Gerry and Kate McCann on September 11, 2007 in Rothley, England . The McCann family have returned from Portugal after local police questioned them on the disappearance of their three year old daughter Madeleine, who vanished from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007. Portuguese police have played down any significance of DNA found in the back of the McCann's hire car. Portugal's public prosecutor is due to review police papers detailing the Madeleine McCann inquiry. |
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On 12 September Attorney General Fernando José Pinto Monteiro said that further police action was necessary after which there could be a reassessment of possible bail conditions for the suspects
Anjos Frias authorised, on 12 September, the seizure of Kate's diary and Gerry's laptop, thought to be at the McCanns' Rothley home, and other items. Leicestershire Police are expected to visit the McCanns, to attempt to implement this warrant
 
Gerry McCann drives his family out of their home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 12 September 2007. As the pressure grows on the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, their extended family have stepped up their media appearances, angrily denouncing the police investigation. Until very recently, Gerry and Kate McCann appeared on television and in newspapers almost daily, keeping the hunt for their daughter in the headlines in the hope of garnering leads about what happened to her |
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Social workers visited the McCanns on 13 September, at their request.
Gerry McCann, father of Madeleine McCann, the toddler who vanished during a family holiday in Portugal, leaves his home in Rothley, Central England, 13 September 2007.
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 13: Gerry McCann drives away from his home with an unidentified female passenger on September 13, 2007, in Rothley, England.
ROTHLEY, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 13: Kate McCann drives from her home with 'Cuddle Cat', her missing daughter Madeleine's favourite toy, on her lap on September 13, 2007 in Rothley, England. |
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LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 14: Kate McCann leaves her home with her husband Gerry McCann on September 14, 2007 in Leicester, England |
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Father of missing Madeleine McCann, Gerry McCann, leaves his family home early 15 September 2007 in Rothley, Central England. Gerry McCann labelled as 'ludicrous' allegations in some newspapers that his daughter died of a sleeping pill overdose, in comments reported yesterday. Several British dailies quoted a Portuguese prosecutor's report as alleging that body fluids found in the boot of a hire car 'prove that the little girl had ingested medicines, without doubt sleeping pills, in large quantities.' |
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 Editorial #7677866216 Sep 2007The mother of missing four-year-old Brit
UNSPECIFIED - UNDATED: In this handout photo, relased September 16, 2007 missing child Madeleine McCann smiles |
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| | Mon Sept 17 | Clarence Mitchell, on 17 September, resigned as director of the Central Office of Information's media monitoring unit to become the McCanns' media spokesman. |
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NAPPIES worn by Kate and Gerry McCann’s twins could clear the parents of any suspicion over lost daughter Madeleine, it was revealed last night.A source close to the couple told how Sean and Amelie’s soiled nappies were hurriedly packed into the McCanns’ hire car when they switched apartments in Portugal.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/article293599.ece#ixzz0vQSYz22L
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McCanns Investigation ContinuesLEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 20: Kate and Gerry McCann leave their home in a blacked out taxi and are believed to be heading for London to meet their lawyers on 20 September, 2007, Rothley, England. The McCann family have returned from Portugal after local police questioned them on the disappearance of their three year old Madeleine, who vanished from their hoiliday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007. The McCann's have been told by a Portuguese judge that they are not required for further questioning.
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All nine attended a private meeting, at a Rothley hotel, in late November 2007
In an effort to rebut accusations that she was on medication at the time of the disappearance, hair from Kate was tested in November.
The twins were also tested
Paulo Rebelo, an assistant national director of the Polícia Judiciária, took over responsibility for the case on 8 October
Joannes Thuy, a spokesman for the Portuguese public prosecutor, said on 15 January 2008 that Eurojust had been asked to be the go-between for the Portuguese and the UK authorities.
The interviews, carried out by Leicestershire Police and attended by the Portuguese Police, began on 8 April
Alberto Costa, Portugal's Minister of Justice, told a parliamentary committee hearing in Lisbon, on 13 February, that Portuguese police were "at a stage now where we are approaching the conclusion of the process."
In the judgement from the Tribunal da Relação de Évora, by Judge Fernando Ribeiro Cardoso on 29 April, it was revealed that the McCanns were being investigated for allegedly neglecting their daughter and that the police inquiry covered the possibilities of homicide, abandonment, concealment of a corpse and abduction
Alípio Ribeiro resigned as the national director of the PJ on 7 May, citing media pressure. His replacement is José Maria Almeida Rodrigues, a senior detective based in Coimbra. |
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The McCann's give an interview with a Spanish television channel at their home in Rothley, 24 October 2007. The parents of British girl Madeleine McCann who disappeared in Portugal rejected Wednesday as 'outrageous' allegations they gave their children sedatives, in their first television interview since being named as suspects in the case.
24th Oct 2007 Interview with Spanish Antenna 3
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 #gallery 91062169Editorial #9106216923 Sep 2009Kate (R) and Gerry McCann, parents of mi On October 19, 2007, Alberto Carbas, the head of the Spanish CID Anti-Kidnapping Unit (Unidad de Secuestros de la Policia Judicial) contacted PJ and asked detectives in charge of Madeleine's investigation it they were willing to have a meeting with a representative from Metodo 3 and a Spanish police officer from the same unit.The purpose of the meeting was to give PJ some information those detectives had. The Spanish police officer made clear that Metodo 3 had no intention to interfere in the Portuguese police work, but only to transmit some useful information. In the same contact, Metodo 3 said that they were not working for the Mccann, but for Brian Kennedy. On November 13, 2007, the meeting took place, in Portimão. Two PJ detectives – Ricardo Paiva and Paulo Ferreira. - the director of Metodo 3, Mr. Francisco Marco, an adviser from the private detectives company, Mr. António Jimenez (former head of Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit from Catalonia) and Mr. Brian Kennedy participated in the meeting. The two PJ detectives submitted a report, about the meeting, the information exchanged and the investigations, following the leads given by Metodo 3. On the report, which is in the DVD files, it's referred that Mr. Kennedy stressed, just as the meeting started, that his only intent was a charitable one, because he was concerned with cases related with child neglect and missing children. He stated that his concern, in that specific case, was only the truth and nothing more than the truth, no matter the McCann, their friends or any other person was involved or suspect. (Message edited by TinLizzyOn03/26/2012 6:44 AM) |
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A unidentified visitor (L) with a stethoscope over his shoulders leaves the McCann's house at the family home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 10 September 2007. The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, who went missing on a family holiday in Portugal, faced a media siege Monday on their first full day back in Britain after being named suspects in the case.
Gerry McCann (R) answers the door to a visitor at the family home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 10 September 2007.
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Sousa stated that at the end of the investigation the case file would be handed to the public prosecutor. The papers were given to the local prosecutor, José Cunha de Magalhães e Meneses, on 11 September. Meneses decided that there was sufficient evidence to pass the case to a judge, who had the power to approve any charges and also decide, within 10 days, on other actions that could have included placing the McCanns under house arrest in the Algarve, ordering further interrogations and authorising further searches. The judge appointed was Pedro Miguel dos Anjos Frias, Portimão's 'juiz de instrução criminal'
In addition to Meneses, a district prosecutor, Luis Bilro Verão, was appointed on 11 September 2007 to oversee the investigation
television video journalist films the front of a police car at the entrance to the private road of the McCann family home in the village of Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 11 September 2007
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 11: Television news crews continue to broadcast from Rothley Village Green the home town of Gerry and Kate McCann on September 11, 2007 in Rothley, England . The McCann family have returned from Portugal after local police questioned them on the disappearance of their three year old daughter Madeleine, who vanished from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007. Portuguese police have played down any significance of DNA found in the back of the McCann's hire car. Portugal's public prosecutor is due to review police papers detailing the Madeleine McCann inquiry. |
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On 12 September Attorney General Fernando José Pinto Monteiro said that further police action was necessary after which there could be a reassessment of possible bail conditions for the suspects
Anjos Frias authorised, on 12 September, the seizure of Kate's diary and Gerry's laptop, thought to be at the McCanns' Rothley home, and other items. Leicestershire Police are expected to visit the McCanns, to attempt to implement this warrant
Gerry McCann drives his family out of their home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, 12 September 2007. As the pressure grows on the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, their extended family have stepped up their media appearances, angrily denouncing the police investigation. Until very recently, Gerry and Kate McCann appeared on television and in newspapers almost daily, keeping the hunt for their daughter in the headlines in the hope of garnering leads about what happened to her |
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Social workers visited the McCanns on 13 September, at their request.
Gerry McCann, father of Madeleine McCann, the toddler who vanished during a family holiday in Portugal, leaves his home in Rothley, Central England, 13 September 2007.
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 13: Gerry McCann drives away from his home with an unidentified female passenger on September 13, 2007, in Rothley, England.
ROTHLEY, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 13: Kate McCann drives from her home with 'Cuddle Cat', her missing daughter Madeleine's favourite toy, on her lap on September 13, 2007 in Rothley, England. |
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LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 14: Kate McCann leaves her home with her husband Gerry McCann on September 14, 2007 in Leicester, England |
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Father of missing Madeleine McCann, Gerry McCann, leaves his family home early 15 September 2007 in Rothley, Central England. Gerry McCann labelled as 'ludicrous' allegations in some newspapers that his daughter died of a sleeping pill overdose, in comments reported yesterday. Several British dailies quoted a Portuguese prosecutor's report as alleging that body fluids found in the boot of a hire car 'prove that the little girl had ingested medicines, without doubt sleeping pills, in large quantities.' |
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Editorial #7677866216 Sep 2007The mother of missing four-year-old Brit
UNSPECIFIED - UNDATED: In this handout photo, relased September 16, 2007 missing child Madeleine McCann smiles |
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McCanns Investigation ContinuesLEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 20: Kate and Gerry McCann leave their home in a blacked out taxi and are believed to be heading for London to meet their lawyers on 20 September, 2007, Rothley, England. The McCann family have returned from Portugal after local police questioned them on the disappearance of their three year old Madeleine, who vanished from their hoiliday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007. The McCann's have been told by a Portuguese judge that they are not required for further questioning.
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All nine attended a private meeting, at a Rothley hotel, in late November 2007
In an effort to rebut accusations that she was on medication at the time of the disappearance, hair from Kate was tested in November.
The twins were also tested
Paulo Rebelo, an assistant national director of the Polícia Judiciária, took over responsibility for the case on 8 October
Joannes Thuy, a spokesman for the Portuguese public prosecutor, said on 15 January 2008 that Eurojust had been asked to be the go-between for the Portuguese and the UK authorities.
The interviews, carried out by Leicestershire Police and attended by the Portuguese Police, began on 8 April
Alberto Costa, Portugal's Minister of Justice, told a parliamentary committee hearing in Lisbon, on 13 February, that Portuguese police were "at a stage now where we are approaching the conclusion of the process."
In the judgement from the Tribunal da Relação de Évora, by Judge Fernando Ribeiro Cardoso on 29 April, it was revealed that the McCanns were being investigated for allegedly neglecting their daughter and that the police inquiry covered the possibilities of homicide, abandonment, concealment of a corpse and abduction
Alípio Ribeiro resigned as the national director of the PJ on 7 May, citing media pressure. His replacement is José Maria Almeida Rodrigues, a senior detective based in Coimbra. |
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Nov 3 2007
McCanns Mark The Six Month Anniversary
Let her go: Kate McCann's desperate plea six months after Madeleine's disappearanceLast updated at 13:36 03 November 2007 Kate McCann has issued a moving new appeal for the return of her missing daughter six months after Madeleine went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve. Releasing a new picture of Madeleine playing innocently on a slide near her home in Rothley, Leicestershire, heartbroken Mrs McCann pleaded for an abductor to let her "beautiful little person" go. In a heart-rending message, she said: "Six months is such a long time for a little girl to be separated from her family." "Madeleine is a beautiful little person who deserves a loving and happy life." 
The McCanns will tonight attend a special vigil at the Anglican church of St Mary and St John in Rothley, where they will be joined by family and friends to say special prayers for Madeleine. The four-hour vigil will start at 6pm, with lead prayers between 9.30pm and 9.45pm - the period in which Madeleine vanished from the family's holiday apartment while her parents were at a tapas bar on May 3. The six month appeal came as Kate and Gerry faced shocking new claims that forensic tests had proved their daughter's body had been in their hire car. Test results found traces of Madeleine's DNA in the couple's Renault Scenic, which was rented 25 days after the girl went missing, it was alleged. Analysis was understood to have shown that bodily fluids found in the silver Renault came from a body, and not from a live person, the London Evening Standard reported. Sources claimed the material showed the car must have been used to move Madeleine's body, and said the quantity found was too great for it to have been transferred from her toys or clothing as they were transported in the car
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-491504/Let-Kate-McCanns-desperate-plea-months-Madeleines-disappearance.html#ixzz0vhjpH46s
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-491504/Let-Kate-McCanns-desperate-plea-months-Madeleines-disappearance.html#ixzz0vhjEXlnM
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| | Tues Nov 13th | http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ekO2wfHnZa4J:www.thesargeants.net/who/
The_Mystery_of_Robert_Murat.doc+catriona+baker+secret+rothley+november&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
QUOTE“We held a meeting on 13 November, with Inspectors Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Paiva present, with Brian Kennedy, Director of the detective agency, Francisco Marco and one of his advisers, plus Antonio Jimenez, ex-chief of the Kidnapping Unit of Catalan [Note: Other information suggests that Edward Smethurst was also present]. Brian Kennedy insisted that his motives were purely charitable, aimed at finding the truth, and generally helping missing children. He said he was interested in discovering the truth even if the McCann family, the friends, or any other person is found to be involved in the disappearance”.UNQUOTE
This evening meeting was either on the same day, or very close to, the meeting that Brian Kennedy had with the Portuguese Police on 13 November 2007 that we referred to above. The two Portuguese Police Inspectors, Ferreira and Paiva, later submitted an account of their strange meeting with Brian Kennedy. |
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| | Fri Nov 16th | By 16 November, Jane Tanner seemed to be deliberately preparing the ground for Robert Murat no longer to be identified by her and three of the other ‘Tapas 9’ friends as the suspected abductor. |
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| | Sat Nov 17th | Saturday 17 November: The ‘Tapas 9’ group met all day at the Rothley Court Hotel, along with representatives of Metodo 3, and no doubt various lawyers and other advisers. News of this secret meeting did not leak out to British newspapers until 11 December. |
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| | Monday, 19 November | Panorama: The Mystery of Madeleine McCann will be shown on BBC One at 2100 GMT on Monday, 19 November.
DAILY STAR front page: “Maddie cops dig up graves – Horror scenes you didn’t see on last night Panorama” |
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| | 20th | “Police hunting Maddie McCann have secretly searched the church and its graveyard where her parents prayed for her safe return” Police “think her GP mum Kate and heart consultant dad Gerry disposed of her body to mask their negligence after leaving her while they dined with pals in a nearby tapas bar” All lines of investigation remain open |
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| | 29 November | On 29 November - Forensic experts from the UK and Portugal meet at Leicestershire Police headquarters to discuss DNA samples collected during the inquiry. |
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| December 22 | - Mr and Mrs McCann send a public message to Madeleine: "Our only Christmas wish is for you to be back with us again." |
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