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(SEE JULY CALENDAR FOR UPDATES ON BEGINNING AUGUST)
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
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PHONE_TEXTS.htm
The trips continue to the area of the triangle referred to above. (July)
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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
"...At around 10pm, police officers see Gerry McCann, going past the apartment at the wheel of his hire car, a Renault Megane Scenic, an impenetrable look on his face ..."- Truth of the Lie (Goncalo Amaral)
Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blog
TUESDAY, JULY 31: I got up early after another late and very disturbed night.
I dropped by the church. I feel better after these short conversations.
I cooked my first meal (since they took Madeleine!!) for dinner tonight.
Please God—make me right. Please God—protect her. Please God—bring her back to us soon!
Night, night Madeleine, by dearest little angel. My sweetheart, my darling, my love, my companion. I love you more than anything. Lots of hugs my darling. I'm going to dream that I'm lying by your side—moments I'll always cherish and I long to have again.
Sweet dreams my little one. Be strong. Mummy XXXXX.
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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)! |
| 31st... A few early hour pings, two at 01:02 and one at 03:03. Next ping at Faro airport at 08:48. Back in Luz at 10:44. No mention of this airport run in his blog. |
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31st - Only Gerry travels to Faro airport this morning |
Monday 30th: At 10pm he phoned to say he couldn’t make it but would see us the next day. (31st)He didn’t.
Apart from finding little things like this slightly puzzling or exasperating, I hadn’t sensed any profound change in the behaviour of the PJ, or in the direction their investigation was taking. Our attention was focused on the search, and on campaign plans we were making with Jon Corner, who was coming over to Praia da Luz to lend a hand. |
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| Between 1 and 31 August the McCanns did not receive any visit from friends with whom they had come to spend holidays. However, they continue to move between different locations in the Algarve.
Wed Aug 1
Jon Corner
Kates Parents
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TRIANGLE
1st August - possibly separate trips because Kate pings at 19:20 in Budens when Gerry is still in PdL
~19:20 - ~22:00
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.
August 1st... Morning trip to Faro airport. Soon after returning there is a large gap followed by a couple of pings in 'Lagos (Santa Maria)' and then 3 in Lagos, as follows (consecutive pings)...
12:39 PdL Centro
{ 4 hour gap }
16:36 Lagos (Santa Maria)
17:08 Lagos (Santa Maria)
17:14 Lagos Centro
17:15 Lagos Norte
17:23 Lagos Centro
18:27 PdL Centro
There is also a late night Budens ping with possibility of travel because of large gap:
20:04 PdL Centro
22:29 Budens
22:32 PdL
23:01 PdL Centro
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1/8 Busy day. Starts with three activations in Luz (at what appears to be 3 different masts, Luz Centro 1 & 2 and Luz 2) between 09:14 and 09:30. Those are Kate’s only pings in Luz until 17:48
After the half nine morning ping she heads to Faro airport, where she activates at 10:33. Next ping comes at Porches (Just East of Portimao) at 11:40. Then comes several pings at Lagos between 12:39 and 17:36 (with a large gap : 14:07 - 16:35)
Back in Luz at 17:48 and another at 18:51.
Then a trip of around 10 miles West of Luz. Pinging Budens & Raposeira between 19:20 & 20:04 followed by a ping at Burgau @ 21:06 and then back in Luz Centro 2 at 22:14 |
1st - Although both G & K ping Lagos this afternoon, Kate is first there. She starts activating in Lagos at 12:39 while Gerry also has an activation at 12:39 (sending a text) in Praia da Luz. Although both travelled to F airport this morning, only Kate has no pings in Luz from that trip until 17:48 that evening. G, meanwhile, does have some Luz pings after returning from the airport, before travelling to Lagos.
Simultaneous period of inactivity; 14:07 - 16:35
Both take a trip to the West of Luz (Budens/Burgau/Raposeira) this evening. However, yet again, Kate is first of the mark...
She first pings Budens at 19:20 while Gerry has a 20:04 Luz ping. G only has one ping in the Budens area at 22:29 which comes after a 2.5 hour gap but has a Luz activation only 3 minutes later, so it may be an erroneous activation which would mean only K travelled West this evening. Kate meanwhile Pings Budens & Raposeira between 19:20 & 20:04 followed by a ping at Burgau @ 21:06 and then back in Luz Centro 2 at 22:14 | |
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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Thurs Aug 2
Jon Corner
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2nd August Pings- Gerry on his own
~18:30 - ~20:30
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'.
Search of McCanns villa - summary from 'The Truth of the Lie'
- When preparing to go to the McCann's villa with the dogs, everyone knew this was the moment to either take up a technical and legal instrument which could assign responsiblity, or fully remove from suspicion, Madeleine's parents in her disappearance.
- We knew, then, that we had failed when we decided to not wiretap and follow the friends and McCanns from the beginning of the investigation.
- The Public Ministry (MP) created the proper search documents. At the same time, they asked for authorisation to wiretap the villa and car at that time. The MP agreed, as it's been used in other cases. 24 anxious hours later the sitting Judge, covering for someone on holiday, denied the MP's agreement. No time to re-request, the last chance to know what the McCanns said away from the press microphones was gone, just as the couple prepared to leave the country.
- The search was planned in great detail.
- The villa is on Rua das Flores, 27, rented at the beginning of the summer with money donated to the Find Madeleine Fund.
- At 6pm-ish, the inspectors knocked on the door. Kate and Gerry were giving the twins a bath in the exterior pool. Surprisingly, they both reacted well to the search warrant and in a forthright and open way gave unlimited access to the investigators.
- Eddie started, going directly to the living room where on top of a chair was cuddlecat, which now had a little green ribbon and rosary around its neck. Again, Eddie showed his 7 years of experience dedicated to forensic crime scene work and, with a determined and affirmative bark, indicated that CuddleCat had been in contact with a cadaver.
- Using cardboard boxes, all the clothes in the house were taken to a specially prepared area to be placed on the ground for the dogs.
- At 23h20 all the clothes are spread out. Again, Eddie marks a strong cadaver odor on Kate's clothes: slacks in black/white check and a sleeveless white blouse. He barks frenetically.
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Kates book
By 2 August, however, those sirens were wailing so loudly I cannot understand how I missed them. And yet I did.
That morning Gerry and I, along with Jon and a colleague, were preparing to drive to Huelva in Spain to put up posters of Madeleine. Jon was intending to do some filming and several of the British journalists were going to join us there, on the give-and-take principle: it would give them a story centred on Madeleine, rather than on us, and this in turn would publicize our efforts. As I was dropping Sean and Amelie off at Toddler Club, I had a phone call from Gerry. The police wanted to come over at 10am. Something to do with forensics, they’d said. Great timing. And forensics? What was that all about?
We’d never lied about anything – not to the police, not to the media, not to anyone else. But now we found ourselves in one of those tricky situations where we just didn’t seem to have a choice. As it happened, Gerry had a mild stomach upset which we used as an excuse to postpone the trip. We didn’t feel good about this at all, but even if the judicial secrecy law had not prevented us from giving the main reason, can you imagine what would have happened if we’d announced to the journalists heading for Huelva that the police were coming to do some forensic work in our villa? We were not to know our excuse would prove to be no more than a temporary holding measure. If we had, we wouldn’t have bothered trying to keep the scurrilous headlines at bay.
My mum, dad, Brian and Janet set off for the town to get out of the way before the police arrived. Ten o’clock came and went, as did lunchtime, then the afternoon. It was 5pm when they eventually showed up. They told us they wanted to shoot some video footage of our clothes and possessions. The forensics people would then take these away and return them the following day. They offered no explanation as to why they were doing this. Gerry and I just assumed it was on the suggestion of the British team, who had no doubt pointed out that it should have been done much earlier. We could kind of see the point: after all, the abductor could have brushed against some of our belongings and left traces of his DNA. Even at this late stage, it might be possible for some vital information to be retrieved. We were even quite pleased this was happening, that something was happening which might help find Madeleine.
Left with only the clothes we were wearing, we were all asked to leave the villa. It was early evening and we had to find somewhere to go with two tired and hungry toddlers in tow. When we were allowed back, we found four detectives in the house: José de Freitas, João Carlos, Ricardo Paiva and a woman called Carla. They went through the list of what had been removed. I was not only confused, I was devastated: as well as all of our clothes, they had taken my Bible (my friend Bridget’s Bible, to be precise), Cuddle Cat and my diaries. Why had they taken my diaries? Obviously not for any forensic purpose: the abductor couldn’t have been in contact with them because they hadn’t existed until halfway through May. And the Bible had been lent to me by Bridget’s husband Paddy a week after Madeleine’s abduction. My journals were private and full of personal thoughts and messages to Madeleine. I felt violated.
All I remember is José saying that ‘an anomaly’ had appeared in the investigation. His tone suggested that we shouldn’t worry, it was just something that needed to be ironed out. Whether this is what he intended to imply, or just my interpretation, I cannot say. When you are innocent, it doesn’t occur to you that you could be considered in any other light. Whatever the case, difficult as it is to believe, I still didn’t smell a rat.
We finally made it to Huelva the following morning, so all was not lost on that front – even if we did discover when we arrived that it was a public holiday. It didn’t matter: the local people were so kind and obliging and we came back feeling that it had been a very productive trip.
The police returned our belongings to us later that day, thrown into big black bin bags,
. . . creased to hell. All a bit of a hassle. I hope it’s worth it.
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.
| 2nd... Another Budens trip this evening. Ping at Luz Centro at 18:11 then Budens at 18:32 followed by an activation in Luz at 18:43. Then 5 more Budens pings between 19:16 and 19:18 followed by a ping back in PdL Centro at 20:37 |
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Fri Aug 3
Huelva
Jon Corner
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09:00 Leave Praia da Luz
11.20 - Seen by witness in centre of Huelva at stoplights with Jon Corner in back
12:15 Arrive Huelva (expected at 11:00am)
13:00 Distribute leaflets and posters at train station
13:30 Distribute leaflets and posters at cathedral
14:00 Distribute leaflets and posters at bus station
14:20 Leave to return to Praia da Luz
Trip to Huelva
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 Luz
12:15 Arrive Huelva (expected at 11:00am)
13:00 Distribute leaflets and posters at train station
13:30 Distribute leaflets and posters at cathedral
14:00 Distribute leaflets and posters at bus station
14:20 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
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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.
3rd... Two pings at 01:18 in the early hours and another at 03:18. Morning's activity starts at 06:45. Last ping of the morning comes at 07:22 in PdL Centro, which is then followed by a very large gap (trip to Huelva). The next ping back in Luz comes at 16:28. The only activation in those 9 hours comes at 13:38 in Vila Real de Santo Antonio, which is located right at the far Eastern end of the Algarve right next to the Spanish border. (No Spanish records available.) Given the time, this must have been on his way back. Last ping of the day at 20:34 (early night?)
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3/8 Reported trip to Huelva in Spain. Records only account for activations within Portugal.
First activation of the day comes at 08:49 in ‘Assumadas 2’ (just North of Loule, around 10 miles N/NW of Faro). Then nothing until 13:45 in Tavira (just over 10 miles from the Spanish border). Pings then consistent with travel back to Luz, arriving at 14:38. However, then follows 5 pings at Lagos (Santa Maria) between 14:49 & 15:22 then back in Luz at 16:13.
Gap : 19:48 - 21:51
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3rd - Only G has a few pings in the small hours of this morning (at 01:18 & 03:18). Both travel to Huelva. But where as Kate has several activations on the Portuguese side of the journey (Spanish records not available), Gerry only has one, being one at 13:38 at the Spanish border. Because of this, only K has pings in Lagos (Santa Maria) following a single ping back in Luz after returning from Huelva, but it may be a rogue activation. | |
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Sat Aug 4
Jon Corner leaves
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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."
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
4th... First ping of the day at 08:49 at the 'Sobral IC4' antenna. Then activations at Silves, Arge IC4, Ladeira do Vau and Chinicato. Back in Luz at 09:07 & 09:08 but then a gap until 10:58 at Luz Centro.
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4th - Only Gerry pings Silves and Chinicato this morning (probable airport trip) | Meanwhile, the NPIA ground search continued. By Saturday it had reached Robert Murat’s house. As Gerry and I left Justine’s flat that afternoon, we noticed a mass of vehicles parked around Casa Liliana. It wasn’t long before the place was swamped by journalists, photographers and satellite vans. We were not aware that the next day apartment 5A would be re-examined, though we did see some activity there when we drove past on the Sunday. If we had known, we’d have welcomed the news. The chances of anything being found there three months after the event seemed remote – apart from anything else, the apartment had been let again several times since Madeleine’s disappearance – but it was another stone that should not remain unturned.
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Day 93 - 04/08/2007
1st version old website
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.
We werre all very tired and we managed to get off to bed at 10.30pm, which is very early for us by recent standards
2nd version new website
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.
We were all very tired and we managed to get off to bed at 10.30pm, which is very early for us by recent standards |
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Sun Aug 5
Kates Parents
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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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5/8 Gap: 13:07 - 16:03
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Day 94 - 05/08/2007
1st version old website
We attended church this morning as usual. The local priest father Manuel is on holiday so the mass was all in Portuguese and although quicker than normal we did not understand too much of the sermon.
I note there was a lot of coverage of Kates interview in the Sunday newspapers today. I managed to read one of them and certainly seemd to sum up very well how we are feeling and coping without Madeleine. The key message is that we are doing everything we can to help find Madeleine.
After lunch we had a metting with our campaign manager and Kates family to run through a few things which will be happening rhis week. There was going to be a lot of media here leading up to the 100 days although we still hope we will not get to that marker, even before this latest search by the Portuguese police.
Kate and I popped back down to the church later on tonight to say a few quiet prayers for Madeleine.
The town is much busier at tnight than when we first came here on holiday and ieven compared to a few weeks ago.
Computer glitches now sorted out thanks to Calum at infohost.
2nd version new website
We attended church this morning as usual. The local priest father Manuel is on holiday so the mass was all in Portuguese and although quicker than normal we did not understand too much of the sermon.
I note there was a lot of coverage of Kates interview in the Sunday newspapers today. I managed to read one of them and certainly seemd to sum up very well how we are feeling and coping without Madeleine. The key message is that we are doing everything we can to help find Madeleine.
After lunch we had a meeting with our campaign manager and Kates family to run through a few things which will be happening this week. There was going to be a lot of media here leading up to the 100 days although we still hope we will not get to that marker, even before this latest search by the Portuguese police.
Kate and I popped back down to the church later on tonight to say a few quiet prayers for Madeleine. The town is much busier at night than when we first came here on holiday and ieven compared to a few weeks ago.
Computer glitches now sorted out thanks to Calum at infohost. |
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Mon Aug 6
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Monday August 6
• A Portuguese newspaper reports that British sniffer dogs have found traces of blood on a wall in the apartment where Madeleine went missing.
Detectives now believe it is most likely Madeleine is dead, having been killed accidentally, the Jornal de Noticias claimed.
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 |
Day 95 - 06/08/2007 - Monday
Today was again very busy. Lots of e-mails and telephone calls to family and friends who have been involved in the campaign to find Madeleine. I went to a large office store in Portimao to buy a new printer and ink, both of which were badly needed after all the posters we produced this last week.
There has been lots of media attention on the latest police searches.
We are pleased that the investigation remains so active and we are cooperating fully with the Portuguese and British police, as we have done since day 1. We continue to hope and pray daily for that vital breakthrough or sighting that will lets us be reunited as a family. |
| 6th.. Trip to Portimao. Left Luz around 09:45 and returned to Luz between around 13:30 and 14:18. A gap: 19:08 - 21:14 |
6/8 Gap: 16:09 - 18:25 |
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Day 96 - 07/08/2007 - Tuesday
Kate and I managed an early morning run today. It was pleasantly cooler, with a refreshing breeze, which made a nice change. The media presence in Praia da Luz is at its greatest since the first couple of weeks, as is the amount of speculation and rumour regarding the investigation.
This morning we agreed to do a short, pooled interview that was made available to all broadcasters worldwide. We wanted to make it clear, that as far as we know, there is still absolutely no evidence that Madeleine has been seriously harmed and Kate and I have to believe she is still alive. The Portuguese police have assured us on numerous occasions that they are looking for Madeleine and not a corpse. Of course all possibilities are being considered and the police have to be certain before eliminating any of the scenarios. It is absolutely right that we are subject to the same high standards of investigation as anyone else. Kate and I have, and will continue to assist the police in every possible way.
We hope there is a breakthrough in the investigation very soon.
In the meantime the campaign to keep the public involved in the search for Madeleine continues. We are always trying to think of ideas that will reach people who may not have heard of Madeleines disappearance.
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon working on forthcoming events but did manage to squeeze in a much-needed haircut! |
7th... Early hour pings at 00:14 and 00:15
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8/8 Trip to Lagos. Pinging there between 09:40 & 11:32. Then back in Luz at 12:23
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Wed Aug 8
Healys left PdL
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Wednesday August 8
• 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
Gerry McCann (L), father of missing four-year-old Briton Madeleine McCann, drives away from his villa in Praia da Luz 08 August 2007. Belgian authorities said Wednesday that DNA taken from a bottle at a Belgian cafe, following a reported sighting of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, was that of a man, but the investigation continues. AFP PHOTO / FRANCISCO LEONG (Photo credit should read FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images)
Algarve Resident
Family routine or time gap?
Updated: 10-Aug-2007
THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 2007
By: CECÍLIA PIRES
GERRY AND Kate McCann are keeping in regular contact with the Polícia Judiciária to find out about any developments from the latest investigations, although some newspapers have been reporting this week that the couple were called in by the PJ for new inquiries.
Some Portuguese newspapers reported this morning (Thursday) that the couple was questioned again yesterday (Wed) afternoon “as police wanted to confirm what had happened between 6pm and 9pm of May 3”, the day Madeleine McCann disappeared from her room in a holiday apartment at Praia da Luz
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Day 97 - Aug 8th 2007 -Wednesday
Kates parents left early this morning. We did a short interview on how our faith has helped us during the last 3 months since Madeleines abduction. Given the events of the last few days we need to draw even greater strength from our faith and everyone who has supported us.
With the huge amount of media attention on us again it is very difficult to do anything with the kids without them being filmed and it is unfair on them. There is a huge amount of speculation in the media that Madeleine is dead,
particularly with the obvious change in strategy of the investigation recently. At our meeting with the Portuguese police today we reaffirmed that we have to believe Madeleine is alive until there is concrete evidence to the contrary.
It is this belief that has driven everything we have done in relation to publicising Madeleines disappearance over the last 3 months. |
| Gerry 8th... Early start (06:40). Last morning ping in Luz at 09:07 followed by a gap then pings Lagos Centro at 10:24 which is then followed by several activations at the antenna 'Lagos Hotel' from 10:30 until 11:22. Next at 11:56 is back in Luz Centro. Late afternoon trip to Portimao, pinging Lagos at 14:37 and Portimao between 15:03 and 17:14. Back in Luz at 17:48. |
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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
 
LAGOS, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 09: Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing Madeleine McCann, leave a hotel on route to an interview with television crews on August 9, 2007 in Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal. The lawyer of the only suspect for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann today criticised her parents' 'strange' behavior in leaving her alone on the night she vanished. Kate and Gerry McCann have come under increasing pressure from the Portuguese media in recent days. This week Portuguese newspapers repeatedly reported that detectives now believe it is possible that Madeleine was not abducted but died in their holiday apartment on the night she disappeared. (Photo by Steve Parsons/Pool/Getty Images) |
Day 98 - 09/08/2007 - Thursday
We did a series of pooled interviews for TV and the press. The focus was to discuss the launch of the YouTube channel Don’t you forget about me which we have devised in conjunction with Google and the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children. YouTube is used by tens of millions of people mainly in the 16-24 age group. We think this is an incredibly exciting innovation to raise awareness of missing children. The channel is launched at lunchtime today and will have other videos of missing children. Families and other agencies will be able to upload videos of children that will help to raise awareness of their disappearance.
The rest of the interviews focussed on the events of the last week. We again emphasised that we do not know of any evidence that Madeleine has been seriously harmed and everything we have done is in the belief it is likely to increase the chances of finding her. Unfortunately the media attention has been very intrusive and we have taken the children out of kids club due to the disruption caused. We
hope this settles down and the kids can get back into their routine which has kept them very settled in the last 98 days. It is a shame that the media attention has also impacted on other holidaymakers which we certainly dont want.
We did manage to have a quiet dinner with our family and the kids. Algarve ResidentFamily routine or time gap?
Updated: 10-Aug-2007
THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 2007
By: CECÍLIA PIRES
GERRY AND Kate McCann are keeping in regular contact with the Polícia Judiciária to find out about any developments from the latest investigations, although some newspapers have been reporting this week that the couple were called in by the PJ for new inquiries.
Some Portuguese newspapers reported this morning (Thursday) that the couple was questioned again yesterday afternoon “as police wanted to confirm what had happened between 6pm and 9pm of May 3”, the day Madeleine McCann disappeared from her room in a holiday apartment at Praia da Luz. |
9th... 5 pings between 00:03 and 00:54. Next at 06:50. Pinging Chinicato (Just North of Lagos) several times between 14:01 and 16:51 (with one rogue Penina ping in the middle - no possibility of travel) followed by an activation in Lagos Centro at 17:00 and then a ping back in Luz Centro over an hour later, at 18:05.
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Friday August 10
• 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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Day 99 10/08/2007 - Friday
Today Kate and I did a series of TV interviews for Portuguese and foreign TV. It has always been very important to us that we speak to the Portuguese people directly since we are in their country and have received such tremendous support, particularly from the local community. We again talked about the YouTube channel Don’t You Forget Me which was launched yesterday. Naturally we were also asked about the events of this week, which has been incredibly difficult for us with wild speculation in the media. We have always been told that the police had an open mind about Madeleines abduction and that all scenarios were possible.
In the first few days after Madeleines disappearance it was so difficult for us not to imagine the worst case scenario: that she had been taken and murdered, particularly in light of the statistics on child abduction. However as the massive investigation and extensive search did not find any evidence of serious harm to Madeleine, we started to hope that she would be found alive. This belief has been encouraged by the police and reinforced by the experts at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on my recent visit to Washington. There have been a number of children recovered, even after years of abduction, and whom the authorities had thought must be dead.
Everything we have done in the last 99 days in the campaign to help find Madeleine has been driven by fact that all our family and friends feel that there is a reasonable chance Madeleine is still alive. Kate and I, like all parents of missing children will always have that hope unless we see concrete evidence to the contrary. It is this hope that has sustained us along with the overwhelming support we have received from family, friends and well-wishers. As parents, we have always said we need to know what has happened to our daughter who has been such a massive part of our life. If the current police activity does uncover new evidence that Madeleine has been seriously harmed we should be the first to know.
We have always felt that the best chance of finding Madeleine is through the police investigation. We have done our best to get relevant information in to the enquiry, particularly from tourists who were in the Algarve around the time of her abduction. The fact that Madeleine could have been moved out of Portugal easily in the first few hours has been the reason the campaign has had to have an international dimension. One in six missing children in North America are found as a direct result of high awareness through distribution of posters and media exposure.
Tonight we attended the weekly vigil to pray for Madeleine and other missing
children. These services have a calm serenity, which allow us to contemplate quietly. There was also a vigil in Rothley attended by family and friends. Tomorrow we will be marking the 100 day very quietly with a prayer service in Praia da Luz. Other family will be at the world pipe band chamionships in Glasgow and on the streets in Liverpool. A number of sporting events will also be marking the day. |
| 10th August Gerry is in Lagos at 10:40 and back at Lagos Hotel at 10:54 then back in the Chinicato area between 11:19 and 12:54. Next ping back at Luz Central 13:33 |
10/8 Pinging Odiaxere & Mexilhoeira area again between 11:24 & 13:00 (includes an hour gap at the beginning, in Odiaxere).
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Saturday August 11
• 100 days since Madeleine disappeared.
The McCanns attend a poignant service of prayers for Madeleine at a church in Praia da Luz.
Portuguese police acknowledge for the first time that Madeleine could be dead. Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa tells the BBC new evidence had given "intensity" to the possibility she was killed. He says the parents are not being considered as suspects.
A McCann family friend says it is "extraordinary" the police had "not had the decency" to tell the couple they now believed Madeleine could be dead before stating it in an on-the-record interview.
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. |
Day 100 - 11/08/2007 - Saturday
Just another day but a significant milestone that we prayed we would never have to face without Madeleine. The prayer service here in Praia da Luz had a huge media presence, but in no way being intrusive, all aligned outside. The service itself was fantastically well attended with a huge turnout from the local community, which was very important to us.
The service was very comforting. There were contributions from Kate and myself, our family, the Anglican and Portuguese communities. Haynes, the Anglican minister, said a few poignant words about the events of this week, which were very touching. We said prayers for Madeleine and other children who are suffering. Everyone in the congregation lit candles, which were placed on the altar. The message from the service was that although 100 days have passed we have not given up hope of finding Madeleine.
In the afternoon we went to a local swimming pool and play area with the kids and their cousins. They had a great time swimming, playing with tennis balls and generally messing around. Needless to say they also managed an ice cream! It has been really good for the twins having other children here, especially since they have not been to the kids club for a few days.
We spoke to our family about the events in Glasgow and Liverpool. There was warm response at both venues and clearly many people are very happy to show support. Unfortunately we did not see any of the coverage on television. We did see highlights of the English premier league last night and note many of the clubs chose to wear Madeleine t-shirts and wristbands as well as playing the Don’t You Forget About Me video. There was also events at the rugby internationals and Ascot racecourse with 12 international jockeys wearing Madeleine t-shirts. The fact that so many people are prepared to show solidarity with us in our search for our daughter does help restore our faith in humanity.
There was a statement from the Portuguese police today regarding the recent
activity in the investigation and media speculation. They confirmed that there are new leads and that we are not suspects in Madeleines disappearance.
Other tests are outstanding and Kate and I do hope that these take us forward in finding out who took Madeleine and where she is. Unfortunately we have to add patience to our other characteristics. |
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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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12/8 Gaps: 09:29 - 11:50 , 15:08 - 17:05 |
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Monday August 13
• A British family caught up in the investigation say detectives have cleared them of any link to the case. Solicitor James Gorrod, from Exeter, and his family happened to be in the resort at the same time, but never met the McCanns. |
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14/8 Gaps and single ping in Lagos. Consecutive;
09:44 Luz Centro 2
10:06 Lagos Centro 3
< 3h 14m gap >
13:20 Luz Centro 2
< 1h 50m gap >
15:10 Luz Centro 2
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14th - Only K has a single ping in Lagos this morning (travel possible) | |
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15th... Gaps: 12:53 - 15:07. A trip to Budens/West of Luz late afternoon. Includes gap.
Consecutive pings as follows;
16:14 PdL Central
16:36 Budens
16:36 Budens
16:43 PdL
16:46 Budens
16:58 'Luz'
{ 1 hour 46 minute gap }
18:44 PdL Central |
15/8 Single Burgau ping at 16:41, with possibility of travel, between Luz pings at 16:04 & 17:11
Gap: 19:42 - 21:43
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Thursday August 16
• One of the most senior police officers in Portugal says it is a "strong theory" that Madeleine is dead.
Alipio Ribeiro, national director of the Portuguese judicial police, tells El Mundo that forensic test results on blood traces from the holiday flat are due "imminently". But the quality of the traces found was "not very good" and it was possible they would be inconclusive.
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Consecutive pings...
09:52 : PDL Centro
{ 59 minute gap }
10:51 : Lagos
{ 17 minutes gap }
11:08 : PDL Centro
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17 Aug... Early hour ping at 00:13 (Previous ping at 21:54 last night). Trip to Burgau/Almadena area West of Luz, again, in the afternoon, with gaps. GM Mobile Consecutive Pings...
14:40 : Luz Centro
{ 45 minute gap }
15:25 : Burgau
{ 2 hour, 6 minute gap }
17:31 : Almadena
{ 3 hour, 8 minute gap }
20:39 : Luz Centro
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17/8 A gap of over 2 hours (between 13:00 - 15:17) followed by Pinging in Budens (x2) then Burgau (x8) between 15:17 - 16:41 followed by a one hour gap before activating Luz again.
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19th Aug... Morning trip to airport. Left Luz sometime after an 8:07 ping. Next in Loule Central at 9:52. Pinged the airport once at 10:03 and was back in Luz at 11:13 and Luz Central at 11:28.
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Monday August 20
• Reports suggest the police inquiry has entered a "decisive phase" with detectives poised to carry out a series of new searches. They are also looking again at claims a pensioner disturbed an intruder in her apartment directly above the McCanns' holiday flat just two weeks before Madeleine vanished. |
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Gerry20th Aug : A morning trip to Lagos. Couple of morning pings in Lagos at 10:04 & 10:06 which came after a PdL Central ping at 09:23. After Lagos came a 10:18 PdL ping then a PdL Central activation at 10:34. One gap between 13:10 and 15:40. Last ping of the day came at 21:03.
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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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21st Aug... Trip to Lisbon. Left Luz around 13:30. Arrived at destination around 16:00. Stayed in this area for just under 3 hours (includes a 2 hour gap between pings). Followed by one ping nearby and then one at Lisbon Airport. The next one was around 2.5 hours later, back in Luz. Mobile may have been switched off on the way back.
One other gap today, which came early in the morning, before the trip to Lisbon: 07:02 - 09:31. |
21/8 Trip to Lisbon. Last Luz ping at 13:32. In destination between 15:45 - 18:29. Back in Luz at 21:41
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Michael Wright Arrives |
Wednesday August 22
• Madeleine may be alive and in Spain, her parents say. The McCanns give interviews to Spain's three top-selling newspapers in which they insist there is a "very real possibility" their daughter has not been killed. |
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22/8 Gap: 18:25 - 20:47 , couple of pings at 0:05 and 0:10 late that night |
22nd - Only G pings between Albufeira and Portimao this morning (probable airport run) | |
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Michael Wright |
Gerald, in this month is the only one of two who travels by plane. He leaves on 23rd and returns on 25th.
Telecino Interview 21st or 23rd?
Confirmed 23rd
Kate and Gerry record an interview for Spanish television inside their villa in Praia da Luz. Gerry storms out when questioned about a report that traces of blood had been found in their holiday apartment. He later apologises and returns to finish the interview.
Interview recorded: Thursday, 23 August 2007
Interview aired: Saturday, 25 August 2007 |
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23rd Aug… Mobile becomes active at 06:58. One Lagos ping at 09:36 with possibility of travel… Consecutive pings;
07:59 Luz Central
08:05 Luz
09:36 Lagos
09:38 Luz
09:55 Luz Central
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23rd - Only G travels to Faro airport late afternoon, for his flight to the UK | Maddie dad storms out of TV interview
The Sun
Julie Moult In Praia Da Luz
29 August 2007
MADELEINE McCann's angry father walked out of a television interview after he was quizzed about the four-year-old's disappearance.
Fuming Gerry, 39, blew his top when he was asked about blood specks found in his holiday flat - and whether he was the last to see Maddie alive.
Midway through the interview the heart specialist stood up, tore off his microphone and snapped: "Do you know what? That's about the investigation and you should ask the police. All your questions are about the investigations and we cannot comment on the investigation."
Embarrassed wife Kate, also 39, was left to apologise to journalist Jordi Gonzalez and his Spanish production crew. GP Kate, of Rothley, Leics, told them: "Don't worry, it's just pressure. It's difficult for him, he's upset. Give him a minute, he's going to get some air."
The incident marked the first time mild-mannered Gerry has lost his cool in public since Maddie vanished from the family's Portugal holiday apartment on May 3.
His walkout, recorded last Thursday, was shown when the Telecinco interview was aired across Spain on Saturday night.
It was also posted on the channel's website.
Gerry returned after five minutes, apologised, and continued the interview. A family spokesman said: "It was a long interview in a hot room.
"Gerry was asked a series of questions about the investigation, despite the fact journalists had been told the McCanns cannot answer them.
"Theyre not allowed to under Portuguese law."
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Michael Wright |
Friday August 24
• Mr McCann attacks a series of police leaks which have fuelled "preposterous" speculation about what happened to his daughter. He says he is disappointed so much information has made its way into the public domain despite Portugal's strict "secrecy of justice" laws.
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
Gerald, in this month is the only one of two who travels by plane. He leaves on 23rd and returns on 25th.
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| Source 1: The Secretary General received an email from the committee “Troviamos Bambini”. This organisation has a website with articles relating to missing children. In the sequence of checking the persons who have visited their website, the committee discovered that one person who was in Rabat (Morocco) regularly accesses the website, especially when articles about the disappearance of little Maddie are published.
The website was accesses namely on 24th, 25th and 27th August 2007 when articles were published entitled “Maddie and Ylenia” and on 14th September 2007 when the article “The Mother Killed Maddie” was published.
The Secretary General transmitted this information to IP Rome and IP Rabat.
IP Rome has informed us today that this information has been sent to the police force specialised in computer crime and that the result will be communicated to us. |
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Michael Wright |
Saturday August 25
• Mr McCann signals a new scaled-down media campaign to find his missing four-year-old. He says he will be returning to work but insists his daughter may still be alive.
24 Aug 2007
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
Telecino Interview 21st or 23rd?Confirmed 23rd
Kate and Gerry record an interview for Spanish television inside their villa in Praia da Luz. Gerry storms out when questioned about a report that traces of blood had been found in their holiday apartment. He later apologises and returns to finish the interview.
Interview recorded: Thursday, 23 August 2007
Interview aired: Saturday, 25 August 2007
Gerald, in this month is the only one of two who travels by plane. He leaves on 23rd and returns on 25th.
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25/8 Couple of early hour pings at 01:23 in the morning.
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25th - Only K pinging Lagos this morning because G is still in the UK. G arrives back at Faro airport this evening from the UK. No K pings though | Source 1: The Secretary General received an email from the committee “Troviamos Bambini”. This organisation has a website with articles relating to missing children. In the sequence of checking the persons who have visited their website, the committee discovered that one person who was in Rabat (Morocco) regularly accesses the website, especially when articles about the disappearance of little Maddie are published.
The website was accesses namely on 24th, 25th and 27th August 2007 when articles were published entitled “Maddie and Ylenia” and on 14th September 2007 when the article “The Mother Killed Maddie” was published.
The Secretary General transmitted this information to IP Rome and IP Rabat.
IP Rome has informed us today that this information has been sent to the police force specialised in computer crime and that the result will be communicated to us. |
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26/8 Gaps: 12:53 - 15:00 , 18:21 - 22:19 |
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Source 1: The Secretary General received an email from the committee “Troviamos Bambini”. This organisation has a website with articles relating to missing children. In the sequence of checking the persons who have visited their website, the committee discovered that one person who was in Rabat (Morocco) regularly accesses the website, especially when articles about the disappearance of little Maddie are published.
The website was accesses namely on 24th, 25th and 27th August 2007 when articles were published entitled “Maddie and Ylenia” and on 14th September 2007 when the article “The Mother Killed Maddie” was published.
The Secretary General transmitted this information to IP Rome and IP Rabat.
IP Rome has informed us today that this information has been sent to the police force specialised in computer crime and that the result will be communicated to us. |
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Michael Wright |
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27/8 Little bit of lie in, with the first ping just after 10am.
Gap : 12:44 - 15:46 & 15:46 - 17:59 (Giving just one ping, at 15:46, between 12:44 & 17:59)
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Michael Wright |
Telecino Interview 21st or 23rd?Confirmed 23rd on 21st and 28th they travelled to Lisbon. It is not known what could have done in Lisbon, on those two times.
Chile tv interview?
Little Madeleine McCann's mother, Kate McCann, summed up the feelings of her and her husband, Gerry McCann, Madeleine's father, in an interview in late August. It was done in Lisbon, Portugal, with reporter Mirna Schindler of Chile's Television Nacional, for "Informe Especial" -- their 60 Minutes.
Kate wearing 'CADAVER' trousers
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id16.html
Informe Especial interview CTN interview (full article below)
Kate said: "It really isn't easy," coping. "Some days are better than others. ... There's days when you think, 'I can't do this anymore,' and you just want to press a button, and we're all gone, and it's all finished, and we're all together and gone. Wherever. But you can't, you know. Just occasionally you'll have a -- if you're having a really bad day, which we do. And you can't help but think that."
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This is an extremely disturbing quote.
What is Kate saying when she says that she sometimes wants to "press a button", the result of which would be that they were "all gone, and it's all finished"? It would appear to imply the families communal death through the quick and painless means of pressing an imaginary 'suicide' button.
If that is what she means, then there must be serious concern for the safety and welfare of the twins should the McCanns eventually face charges over Madeleine's disappearance.
She continues by saying that they will be "all together and gone". The only way they could be "all together", in such a scenario as she describes, is if she knows that Madeleine is already dead. |
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28th... Another trip to Lisbon, exactly a week after his last. Gerry has one ping on the exact same street/mast in Lisbon as the week before during his trip on the 21st. He spent less time there this second time round. Was earlier in the day too. Early afternoon.
Left Luz sometime after the last ping there at 09:21. Next ping comes at Penina at 10:33 (en-route to Lisbon). Arrive in Lisbon sometime between 12:02 (Marateca ping) and 14:06 (ping at same street/mast as before, Avenida Das Nacoes). Note the gap in activations of over 2 hours. Next ping at 15:06 in Northern Grandola (around 40 miles South of Lisbon) which suggests they were already on their way back to Luz at this point. Back in PdL Central at 16:35.
It is estimated by the data available, that they arrived at their destination in Lisbon around 12.30pm and stayed there until approximately 1.45pm.
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28/8 Another trip to Lisbon. Left Luz roughly between 09:00 (last ping in Luz) and 09:45 (next ping in Azilheira, 1 hour 16 mins drive from Luz approx, at 11:00). Arrived in Lisbon around 12:20. Left around 14:15 and back in Luz by 17:28.
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Michael Wright |
Wednesday August 29
• Mr McCann urges Madeleine's abductor to end the family's 118-day nightmare - if only to assuage "torment" in his or her own soul.
Maddie dad storms out of TV interview
The Sun
Julie Moult In Praia Da Luz
29 August 2007
MADELEINE McCann's angry father walked out of a television interview after he was quizzed about the four-year-old's disappearance.
Fuming Gerry, 39, blew his top when he was asked about blood specks found in his holiday flat - and whether he was the last to see Maddie alive.
Midway through the interview the heart specialist stood up, tore off his microphone and snapped: "Do you know what? That's about the investigation and you should ask the police. All your questions are about the investigations and we cannot comment on the investigation."
Embarrassed wife Kate, also 39, was left to apologise to journalist Jordi Gonzalez and his Spanish production crew. GP Kate, of Rothley, Leics, told them: "Don't worry, it's just pressure. It's difficult for him, he's upset. Give him a minute, he's going to get some air."
The incident marked the first time mild-mannered Gerry has lost his cool in public since Maddie vanished from the family's Portugal holiday apartment on May 3.
His walkout, recorded last Thursday, was shown when the Telecinco interview was aired across Spain on Saturday night.
It was also posted on the channel's website.
Gerry returned after five minutes, apologised, and continued the interview. A family spokesman said: "It was a long interview in a hot room.
"Gerry was asked a series of questions about the investigation, despite the fact journalists had been told the McCanns cannot answer them.
"Theyre not allowed to under Portuguese law."
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29th Aug... Lunchtime visit to Lagos. A clutch of Lagos pings around noon. Consecutive pings;
11:20 PdL Centro
11:35 Lagos
11:54 Lagos Centro
12:04 Lagos Hotel
12:29 Lagos Centro
12:34 Lagos Hotel
13:11 Lagos Centro
13:51 PdL Centro |
29/8 Couple of Lagos pings at 13:08 (Norte 3) and 13:11 (Centro DCS 3)
Gap: 16:34 - 19:25 |
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Thurs Aug 30
Michael Wright |
Thursday August 30
• Madeleine's would-be classmates say a poignant prayer for the missing girl on what should have been her first day at school. The four-year-old was due to start at Bishop Ellis Catholic Primary School in Thurmaston, Leicestershire |
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30th Aug... Another possible Lagos trip... Consecutive;
11:03 Luz
11:04 Lagos
13:16 Luz Centro
Gaps: 16:42 - 19:06 , 19:23 - 21:31 |
30/8 A single Budens ping at 16:45 in between Luz pings at 16:06 and 16:56
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Fri Aug 31
Michael Wright |
Friday August 31
• It emerges that the McCanns are to launch a libel action against a Portuguese newspaper which said police believe they killed their daughter. The action will be against the Tal & Qual paper, based in Oporto |
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31st Aug... Possible trip to Almadena/West of Luz area... Consecutive;
09:52 Luz Centro
10:59 Almadena (2 miles NW of Luz)
11:13 Luz Centro
Gaps: 11:35 - 14:13 , 15:08 - 17:57 , 20:54 - 22:59 (last ping of the day). |
31/8 First ping of the day at 06:41 followed by an interval until 09:04
Couple of Budens pins, with reasonable gaps on either side. Consecutive activations;
09:12 Luz
10:34 Budens
10:43 Budens
11:59 Luz
Also on this day, pinging Lagos between 15:38 & 17:11. Next back in Luz at 18:28 |
31st - Only Kate pinging Lagos this afternoon |
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Sat Sept 1
Michael Wright
returns home |
This is a section (chapter 15) from Kate McCanns book 'Madeleine'
The dream |
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Sep 1... Very few pings. 08:10 to 10:28 in Luz then... Consecutive;
10:28 Luz Centro
10:39 Almadena
11:40 Lagos
22:22 Luz Centro
22:31 Luz Centro
No more for this day. Large gap between Almadena/Lagos at 10:39/11:40 and back in Luz at 22:22.
Trip to Lagos Zoo reported.
Why no activity beforehand? Why no afternoon/early evening pings? |
1/9 Trip East… Ping at Bensafrim at 11:09 followed by a gap until 14:17 back in Luz. Early night? Last ping of the day at 21:46 |
1st - Overlap in mobile silences: 11:40 - 14:17 | |
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Sun Sept 2
sister (Jaqueline?)
Eileen
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Another relatively quiet family day.My mum and sister arrived this morning after we had been to church. This afternoon we took the kids to a friend’s house with a pool. Kate and I went for a short run and then we all had a swim and a couple of treats brought all the way from Glasgow!.
Several people have been asking about whether they should still be putting up posters of Madeleine since I have said the campaign will be having a lower media profile- especially of Kate and I. The advice of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is that high visibility of the missing child through posters, car stickers etc increases the chances of finding that child.
Kate and I therefore would encourage you to continue taking posters on holiday and ask permission to have them displayed in supermarkets, post offices and shops. |
| 2nd... Few pings again today. Gap: 17:17 - 22:37 (last ping of the day). |
2/9 Lie in? First ping of the day comes at 11:09
Gap: 14:51 - 17:30. Next ping comes at Raposeira (10 miles West of Luz) at 18:45 followed by a gap until 20:10 back in Luz. |
2nd - Another overlap: 18:45 - 20:10 | |
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Mon Sept 3
Sister (Jaqueline?)
Eileen |
Phone call to the villa of Philip Wright, Casa Colina by Gerry
| 3rd... Gaps: 11:21 - 13:25 , 13:25 - 15:38 |
3/9 Gaps: 12:13 - 15:44 , 17:30 - 20:00
Last ping of the day at 21:31 |
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After dropping the twins off Kate and I popped into church for 10 minutes to pray for Madeleine. Spent most of the day going through
mail, e-mails and I had a number of calls to make. It was good to
spend some time with my family and Sean and Amelie certainly enjoyed their auntie’s dinner- sometimes it is hard to beat mince and ‘tatties’! |
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Tues Sept 4
Sister (Jaqueline?)
Eileen |
Phone call to the villa of Philip Wright, Casa Colina by Gerry  
4th... Couple of Lagos pings in the evening, not much time for travel but a quick trip is possible. 20:39 and 20:40 in Lagos. In PdL Central before (at 20:27) and after (at 20:53).
In the evening they are reportedly invited to a friend’s house for dinner. |
4/9 Gap: 13:08 - 15:34
Couple of consecutive pings at a mast labelled as “N/E” ?? at 17:47 & 18:04. Before this was a 16:35 and after a 18:16 both at Luz Centro 1
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4th - Only Kate activates the mast labelled "N/E". Error? | |
Kate and I did our first interview for a French Publication today. Any interviews we do now, of which we only accept a small percentage of bids, focus on the issues that we have faced since Madeleine’s abduction. The French have recently adopted a child alert system with some early success stories. With increasing travel and movement of workers in the European Union, it is also important we standardise the way serious crimes are tackled.
This evening we were invited to a friend’s house with the children
for dinner.
The twins had a good time with the other kids in the paddling pool and especially enjoyed the banana splits with extra child friendly toppings! |
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5th Sep... Trip to Salema. Consecutive;
12:33 Luz Central
15:08 Budens
16:39 Salema
16:40 Salema
16:41 Salema
18:20 Salema
18:27 Salema
18:38 Salema
18:38 Salema
19:00 Luz
19:23 PdL Central
Salema is only a 20 minute drive from Luz
2.5 hour gap from Luz to Budens pings
1.5 hour gap from Budens to first Salema ping
1 hour 40 minute gap between pings in Salema
Nearly 6 hours worth of gaps in total.
Reported : In the afternoon they go to visit a friend of Kate’s who is on holiday in a nearby village with her family. |
5/9 Trip to the West this afternoon. Consecutive;
14:18 Luz Centro 2
15:12 Salema
16:52 Salema
18:40 Budens 2
18:42 Budens 2
19:14 Luz Centro 2
(Left Luz between 14:18 & 15:00 and arrived back between 18:42 & 19:00) |
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We were surprised to find increased media presence in Praia da Luz again today. We were followed down to church, then to the shops and back to our accommodation which is very unusual, apart from the build up to the 100 days. All the excitement seems to be over the results of the recent forensic tests that again have created a huge amount of speculation. There has been no official conformation that the report has been received, or what the tests suggest if anything!
Kate and I went for a run along the coast at lunchtime. It was pretty windy but still warm enough. Later in the afternoon we went to visit a friend of Kate’s who is on holiday in a nearby village with her family. They brought lots of cards from well-wishers at home
and we talked a lot about the search for Madeleine. The twins had a great time splashing around in a little inflatable paddle pool, singing songs and being doted on by the older kids. |
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Thursday September 6
• Mrs McCann arrives at a Portuguese police station to undergo further questioning by detectives.
Mr McCann will be re-interviewed separately by police the next day. They are being interviewed as witnesses. A family friend says the McCanns fear Portuguese detectives are about to name them as suspects in their daughter's disappearance
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.
6th Sep... In Lagos for a couple of hours, mid afternoon, between 1.30 & 3.30pm approximately, pinging Lagos, Lagos South and Lagos Central. In Portimao late evening (collecting Kate from the cop shop). Left Luz around 22:50.
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6/9 Pinging Portimao between 13:45 & 00:58 into the early hours of the following morning |
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Everyone will know that Kate attended for interview as a witness with the Portuguese police today. This is only the second time Kate has been interviewed and although it was a long day, going on past midnight, this was shorter than my second interview which lasted
13 hours! The suggestion that Kate is involved in Madeleines disappearance is ludicrous. Anyone who knows anything about the 3rd May knows that Kate is completely innocent. We will fight this all the way and we will not stop looking for Madeleine |
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Gerry McCann arrives at a police station in Portimao on September 7, 2007
7th Sep... Back to Luz at 00:54. Few pings in the middle of the night. Gerry arrives in Portimao around 4.30pm. However, there is over a one hour gap between pings, remembering that it only takes just over half an hour to drive from Luz to Portimao.
15:00 Luz Centro
15:10 Lagos
15:10 Lagos Centro
15:15 Monte Alto IC4 (?)
16:28 Portimao Centro
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7/9 Pinging throughout the early hours, after returning from the cop shop. Only one large gap, between 01:22 (first back in Luz) and 03:47
Pinging Portimao again between 11:13 & 16:07
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| Gerry 8th... Back in PdL by 01:11 |
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| Sun Sept 9 |
 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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9th Sep... Left Luz for the last time around 7am. Last ping in Portugal, from Faro airport, at 09:40 |
9/9 Left Luz around 7am and arrived at Faro airport just after 8. Last ever activation in Portugal comes at 09:11 at the airport. |
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