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Many photos and researched dates courtesy of
www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk By Pamalam
& http://www.mccannfiles.com
Press News - Maddie Case Files - http://themaddiecasefiles.com/forum6.html
http://themaddiecasefiles.com/topic10700.html
Kates Diary http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/09/kate-healy-mccann-diary.html#ixzz0SevskzGd
Fri June 29
One of our friends from Amsterdam |
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Early rise this morning dropping off and picking up good friends from the airport. One of our friends from Amsterdam, who has been actively campaigning to publicise Madeleines disappearance, dropped in to see us for a couple of hours since he is on a golfing trip in the Algarve.
Our friends brought back my wallet
which had been returned, needless to say minus the Sterling, although all my cards and €30 were still in it! It is good to have my driving license back and one or two other important things. |
29th - Only Gerry travelled to Faro airport this morning and also only his phone pinging in Portimao that evening. Upon Gerry's return to Luz, from Portimao, that evening, Kate's mobile begins a 2 hour 20 min interval in activations. |
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| Sat June 30 |
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Family day spent with Sean, Amelie, our friends and their kids. Attended mass this evening which was conducted in English with prayers for Madeleine.
We have confirmed our new accommodation and will be moving in the next few days. We seem to have acquired a lot more stuff, partucularly the twins with lots of well wishers sending them toys. We will be
staying on Portugal for the immediate future and are determined to
come home with Madeleine.
Staying in the Algarve also makes it easier to stay in touch with the Portuguese polce, this is particularly important with the investigation being so active. We have regular meetings and calls to keep abreast of developments. |
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Day 58 - 30/06/2007 - Saturday
1st version
Family day spent with Sean, Amelie, our friends and their kids. Attended mass this evening which was conducted in English with prayers for Madeleine.
We have confirmed our new accommodation and will be moving in the next few days. We seem to have acquired a lot more stuff, partucularly the twins with lots of well wishers sending them toys, We will be staying on Portugsl for thr immrdiste future and are determined to come home with Madeleine.
Staying in the Algarve also makes it easier to stay in touch with the Portuguese polce, this is particularly important with the investigation being so active. We have regular meetings and calls to keep abreatst of developmennts. | |
30th - Large overlapping period of inactivity, around : 17:02 - 20:25 |
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| Sun July 1 |
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Family day again, apart from some packing and sorting. Our friends are heading home in the morning and I picked up some family from the airport tonight. Our campaign manager has also flown in and we will be finalising a few more events for the coming weeks
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1st July... First activity comes at 10:22
Gap between 11:35 and 14:20
Trip to Faro in the evening with gaps...
Consecutive activations;
17:07 PdL
17:52 PdL Centro
19:50 Almansil
19:59 Montenegro
20:00 Montenegro
20:02 Faro
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1/7 Gaps : 08:43 - 11:20 , 11:57 - 14:32 , 17:52 - 20:00 |
1st - Simultaneous gap : 11:57 - 14:20. Only Gerry pings an evening trip to Faro. | |
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| Mon July 2 |
MONDAY, JULY 2: (The day the McCanns had to move from the Ocean Club apartment to a rented house.)
Kates Diary
I started to put everything in the suitcases and then I took S and A to the Kids' Club around 09.20 and then I came back to pack the cases. We moved everything to the house around 10:30. Although now I think that it is a good thing to move to the house—with a bit more privacy—everything feels wrong and painful without Madeleine. I cannot believe that this has happened. She is so loving and I desperately want her back. Sean and Amelie appeared very excited about the "new house" especially with regard to their room. After lunch on the terrace, Gerry filled the Jacuzzi with cold water and the children enjoyed themselves immensely in their "swimming pool". I went to look for Chinese food for 4.
Oh dear Madeleine, where are you? Are you nearby? Please keep well and be strong, my little one. We are desperate to find you. We love you very much. You are so special. I long to give you the biggest hug in the WORLD!! I miss you so much. I love you so much my dear Madeleine.
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 |
We completed our move to the new accommodation today. It took longer than expected as we moved the thousands of letters of suuport we have recieved and all the new toys. These letters and messages of support have given us tremendous encouragement and we would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to write to us and to those who have donated to Madeleines Fund, helping us continue the campaign to find Madeleine.
Most of this evening was spent on the phone and answering e-mails finalising forthcoming campaign events. There should be some stuff in the press in the next few days although we are very aware that the recent terrorist activity will, quite rightly, continue to dominate the news. Stolen Madeleine photos returned to father
By Fiona Govan in Sotogrande
Last Updated: 2:01am BST 02/07/2007
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Precious photos of missing Madeleine McCann have been anonymously returned to her family almost two weeks after they were stolen from her father on a trip to London.
Gerry McCann, 39, was said to be delighted today at having two "irreplaceable" pictures of his abducted daughter back in his possession.
One picture is said to show Madeleine at 15 months old, while another was taken in church shortly before her disappearance on May 3.
The family had issued an appeal for their return after Mr McCann's wallet was taken by a pickpocket in Waterloo station hours after he arrived in the capital for a series of meetings about his global campaign to find his daughter.
At the time his sister described the theft as a "demoralising" sign of the times and urged the thief to do the right thing.
"I hope whoever took the wallet is so ashamed when they realise what they've just done that they get those pictures back to us as soon as possible," said Philomena McCann.
Following the appeal the wallet was posted to the McCanns' former house in Queniborough, Leicestershire, the address which was inside.
It was forwarded to their current home in nearby Rothley and then brought out to the couple in Praia da Luz, Portugal, by friends visiting at the weekend.
A postmark suggested it was sent from London on June 22, the day of the theft. Apart from a sum of sterling, everything else in the wallet - including Euros and his driving licence - was returned.
Brian Kennedy, Madeleine's great uncle, said Mr McCann was "pleased" the pictures had been recovered.
"Either someone with a conscience has realised who they had stolen it from and decided to return it, or it was discarded by the thief and sent to us by someone who found it," he said.
"I have spoken to Gerry and he is pleased. As far as I can tell, all the pictures that were in there of Madeleine are still there. It's a bit of good news, which we haven't had for some time."
In his daily blog on the official findmadeleine.com website Mr McCann wrote: "Our friends brought back my wallet which had been returned, needless to say minus the sterling, although all my cards and 30 euros were still in it!
"It is good to have my driving license back and one or two other important things," he wrote, referring to the photographs of his daughter who has now been missing for 60 days.
He also described the family's preparations to move out of the apartment complex where Madeleine was taken from her bed and find a more permanent base in the resort.
"We have confirmed our new accommodation and will be moving in the next few days," he wrote over the weekend, which was spent packing belongings into boxes |
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| 2nd July... One gap between 19:33 and 21:46 |
2/7 Early hour activation at 04:41 from the “Luz Centro 2” antenna followed by another at 06:23 from the less common “Luz 2” antenna
Gaps: 09:55 - 13:21 , 13:22 - 15:10
Trip East along the Algarve.
Leaves Luz around 17:05, hits Odiaxere at 17:12, Portimao central at 17:31, Lagoa central 17:52 followed by a gap until 18:45 where she starts pinging the “Aldeia Golfe 2” antenna quickly followed by a “Vilamoura North” activation at 18:51, then between 19:00 & 19:08 comes pings at Aldeia Golf and Boliqueime. Then at 19:24 “Alcantarilha 3” is activated followed by a “Portimao Infante 1” at 19:33 and then back in “Luz Centro 2” at 19:53.
Another gap between 21:22 & 23:16 |
2nd - Only Kate pings an evening trip to Vilamoura. Consecutive gaps - Gerry: 19.33 - 21:46, Kate: 21:22 - 23:16 | |
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| Tues July 3 |
Phone call to the villa of Philip Wright, Casa Colina by Gerry |
We did a single interview today for the Portuguese media with a British journalist sitting in. The interview marked the fact that it is two months to the day since Madeleine was abducted. We took the opportunity to emphasise that we would be staying in Portugal for the immediate future and continuing the campaign to help find Madeleine. We also want to work closely with the media here in Portugal and engage closely with the Portuguese people who have been so supportive.
We were asked what was the hardest day since Madeleine disappeared and replied
that every day has been hard without Madeleine. We also stated that our determination to find Madeleine is matched by the Portuguese police and that we have a good working relationship with them. Our frequent meetings with the police help us stay informed, allow us to feed information into the investigation and let clarify information with senior officers conducting the investigation |
Gerry was in Boliqueime on 3 July at 19:51 when he called his message centre. What was he doing there? Maybe he was on his way back from Faro airport. [Paynes left Portugal on the 2nd July]. Consecutive;
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19:51 Boliqueime
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3/7 Ping at Luz in 17:15 followed by an activation at “Guia-Algarve 3” at 18:19
Possible trip to Faro / airport.
17:15 Luz
18:19 Guia-Algarve 3
18:20 Assumadas
18:24 Paderne 1
18:25 Campina 3
18:53 Aldeia Golfe 2
19:48 - 19:51 Campina 1
20:04 Porches 3
20:07 Tapadinha Vila TR DCS 2
20:09 Portimao Infante 1
20:18 Bensafrim 1
20:20 Lagos Central 3 & Praia Porto MOS 3
20:23 Luz 3
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| Wed July 4 |
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The England rugby team wore Look for Madeleine T-shirts at their open training session in the Algarve today. I am looking forward to seeing the pictures tomorrow! We had a brief, private meeting with the RFU management team last night to thank them for this unprompted show of support which helps keep Madeleines disappearance high profile here in Portugal and at home.
We also met today with SOS Crianca, which is the main child welfare non-governmental organisation in Portugal. Similar to our meetings with child welfare groups and ministers in other countries, they feel our campaign to keep Madeleines profile high is correct. It was a very constructive meeting and they have offered to help support us in any way they can. It is likely we will travel to Lisbon at some point to meet with other agencies to see what advice they have for us and if we can help them. We hope the huge amount of goodwill that has been generated following Madeleines abduction can be translated into tangible benefits for the future and we very much want to work with the organisations trying to prevent child abduction and expoitation.
It was heartening for Kate and I to learn of the release today of Alan Johnston after almost 4 months in captivity. Although the circumstances of his kidnapping are very different to that of Madeleines, it still lifted us to see him being freed knowing
he will be reunited with his family shortly.
We also agree with the commentators who have stated his family have acted with tremendous dignity throughout and Alan himself appeared incredibly resilient and composed following his release. Our best wishes go to Alan and his family. |
| 4th... One gap between 17:53 and 20:05 |
4/7 Gap: 15:11 - 17:54 , 19:47 - 21:59 |
4th - Consecutive Gaps: Kate 15:11 - 17:54, Gerry 17:53 - 20:05 | |
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| Thurs July 5 |
Kates Diary
THURSDAY, JULY 5: I got up at 7.15. Gerry went for a run.
NOTHING is or will be as good again without Madeleine.
I am thinking about you a lot, dearest Madeleine, and praying a lot so that we find you soon—alive and unharmed.
Stay strong—you know that we all love you very very very much XXXXX.
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Heart wrenching to learn of the little British 3 year old girl who has been kidnapped in Nigeria. We know more than anyone what ther parents are going through and we hope, that like most of the kidnap victims in Nigeria, she is returned safely.
The pictures of the England rugby squad in their Madeleine t-shirts were excellent as were the comments of the players supporting the campaign to find Madeleine. We hope and pray she will soon be able to thank all of those who have helped us maintain such a high profile of her disappearance
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| Midday on the 5th July GM was in Ferragudo (Portimao). |
5/7 Arrived in Portimao 10:45 then a gap until 12:37 “Portimao Universid Ade 3” then back in Luz at 13:14 followed by another gap until 15:57 again in Luz
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| Fri July 6 |
Friday July 6
• Dutch police reveal they have arrested a man in Eindhoven suspected of attempting to defraud Gerry and Kate McCann demanding two million euro (£1.35 million) for information on her whereabouts
Kates Diary
FRIDAY, JULY 6: (The day a man was arrested in Holland for a cruel hoax intended to extort £1.3million from the McCanns in return for details of the kidnappers and Madeleine’s location.) I wrote my emails and finished our statement for when the story broke about the Dutch man’s extortion near lunchtime.
He’s 39, unemployed, says that he was bored and wanted to play with our emotions. Bastard. David Miliband (the new Foreign Secretary) phoned Gerry to offer support.
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The major development today was the arrest of a 39 year old Dutch citizen in Eindhoven for attempted fraud. The man had sent six e-mails saying he knew who had Madeleine and where she was. He was demanding €2million for this information. After being arrested he has admitted he did not have any information and was motivated by boredom and trying to extort the money.
This arrest, after cooperation between the Portuguese, British and Dutch police forces, sends a clear message that this sort of crime is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. It also encourages Kate and I that all information about Madeleine coming through to the police in any European country will be taken seriously and rigorously evaluated. |
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| Sat July 7 |
Kates Diary
SATURDAY, JULY 7: We had breakfast and got the children ready as usual. At 10.30 the four of us went to the Algarve Shopping Centre.
The plan was to buy sandals and some other things for the children. However the journey was a disaster. We had to stop three times on the way there, since Sean and Amelie were crying alternately.
I began to feel that it had been a wasted day, even though Sean and Amelie had some good goes in Noddy's car and Popeye's boat. The return journey was slightly more bearable.
I had a "moment" while we were having lunch. I saw a woman who looked pregnant and I began to think about when I was pregnant with Sean and Amelie. And then it hit me. (Kate then remembers a touching scene from the past.) Madeleine was coming to visit us later that evening, the look of wonder on her face, and afterwards she got in beside me in bed. She was and is so adorable—a real jewel, a real gift. And I painfully miss her.
At around 18.00 went to church. It was good... there was nobody else there. Later Gerry turned up and joined me and we went down as far as the rocks on the beach and talked a little about Madeleine. But I began to feel slightly pessimistic and fearful. Please, my God, prove to us that we are not wrong. But I was feeling worse. Please, my God, let this have a happy ending.
I have been thinking a lot about you today, Madeleine. I am so worried and frightened for you. I can only hope that God has you in his hands and brings you back to us soon. Please, my God, help us, help Madeleine.
We love her and we need her so much, and she loves us and needs us. Please, please, please make it so that we have some good news soon. Good night darling. I love you. (I can hardly wait to say "See you tomorrow.") XXXXXXXXXXXXX
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7th July... Early hour activity with pings at 00:53, 01:28 and two at 02:04
Next ping at 07:32
Next ping is 10:42 in Luz before leaving
Then one ping in Guia at 11:40
The next ping was in the Shopping Centre at 13:13
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7/7 Another trip to the Algarve shopping centre near Guia. Left Luz between 10:22 & 10:50 (Praia Porto MOS 3). Pinging Mexilhoeira/Carregacao and Penina (?) between 10:59 & 11:09 followed by a ping at the shopping centre at 11:46. Then comes an 12:34 activation at “Guia-Algarve 1” followed by 5 back at the centre between 12:52 & 13:23. Then came an “Assumadas 3” activation at 13:58 and then back in Luz at 14:59. | |
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A small event took place in Porto, in the north of Portugal, today to remember missing children. It was at a large schools end of year musical and the children and staff released balloons.
It is good that local communities are staging events like this and we thank them for remembering Madeleine.
We were glad to hear the young British girl kidnapped in Nigeria was returned safely today. |
| 8th July... Ping at PdL Central at 13:09 followed by one at 'Luz' at 13:34 which is then followed by a gap of over 3 and a half hours and then a ping at 17:10 at Praia da Oura and then a ping at 17:31 at 'Sobral IC4' and then followed by 5 pings in Lagoa (29km drive to the West of Oura) at (Consecutive Pings)... 17:39 , 19:38 , 21:56 , 22:01 , 22:03 (notice gaps of 2 hours and 2 hours 18 minutes between the first three activations). Next ping at 22:13 (Monte Alto IC4) and then a ping back in Luz at 22:33 |
8/7 Gap: 09:23 - 11:15
Trip to Lagoa/Albufeira
Last in Luz at 15:27 followed by activations in Portimao Infante, Assumadas, Oura, Areia S Jaoa, and Albufeira, from 16:18 to 17:21. Then 11 pings in Lagoa Central ( first number 3, second number 1, the rest no. 2) from 17:37 to 21:45. Then came Mexilhoera (22:10), Lagos Santa Maria (22:21) and back at Luz at 22:26. | |
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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. |
No major news today but it was heartening to see both the British and Portuguese Prime Ministers, Gordon Brown and Jose Socrates, publicly pledge they would continue to do everything to help find Madeleine. |
9th.. Gap between 12:23 and 14:25
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| Tues July 10 |
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Kate and I both managed early morning runs today- it is definitely the time of day to it with the high temperatures in the middle of
summer. Getting some aerobic exercise certainly helps us feel
better physically and psychologically which helps maintain our
positive attitude.
The investigation into Madelienes disapperance remains very active and we note that the Portuguese police are conducting a series of interviews today and tomorrow. |
| 10th July... Trip to Faro Airport, Left Luz around 17:30 and arrived back in Luz around 19:54 |
10/7 Trip to Faro (Airport?) area. Luz (14:40), Paderne (15:23), Loule (15:33), Santa Barbara de Nexe, just outside Faro (15:34 & 15:56). Next ping back in Luz at 16:49 |
10th - Only Kate travels to Faro airport in the afternoon but only Gerry goes to the same airport that evening. Kate gets back to Luz at 16:49 and Gerry left Luz around 17:30. | |
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| Wed July 11 |
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This morning got off to a bad start when we were called, even before the twins were awake, by a reputable press agency saying that a body had been found and asking if it was true. It is very disappointing that this person did not check out the source of this rumour before contacting our representatives. Such calls and rumours are distressing even though we know if it does not come through an official source not to place much emphasis on it.
The Portuguese police interviewed three of our friends again today, to clarify points in their initial statements. As most of you will know, there is a lot of misleading information being published, both in the press and on the internet, about the events leading up to Madeleine's disappearance and the criminal investigation. We would like to give more information, especially about inaccurate and hurtful reports, but cannot for fear of prejudicing any subsequent court proceedings. The Portuguese police have made it clear to us that all witnesses should not divulge or discuss the information they have provided. Kate and I are, of course not party to all of the
information coming into the inquiry for sound operational reasons.
Similarly a lot of people have asked to learn more about Madeleines likes and dislikes.
This is information which we have been advised not to distribute publicly because of the risk of it being used in potential extortion attempts. The arrests recently in The Netherlands and Spain show that such information could be used negatively in the wrong hands. |
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| Thurs July 12 |
Kates Diary
THURSDAY, JULY 12: I hate the person who took my Madeleine—the same one who has caused all this trouble, who made us feel worthless and mistrustful and mainly who has frightened my beautiful Madeleine. I will never forgive that person/those people for this. Never.
Today I washed the Cuddle Cat (Madeleine's favourite soft toy and a constant comfort to heartbroken Kate). I was hoping not to have to do it until Madeleine returns, but it was now quite dirty and smelly, unfortunately without the smell of Madeleine on it. XX
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It is ten weeks since Madeleine was abducted and every day has been incredibly hard for our family. No child should be separated from their family in such circumstances. The overwhelming messages of support, thoughts and prayers really help us stay strong. Somebody, somewhere knows where Madeleine is and it may take a single phone call for her to be found. We will not give up searching for her.
I came to London today to meet with the British police and will go to the Child Exploitaion and Online Protection Centre tomorrow to learn more about their role. As I have said previously we want to work closely with the police and child welfare organisations to help us keep awareness of Madeleines and other childrens disappearance high.
I was also invited to attend the National Police Federation Annual Bravery awards tonight. The work of the police is often taken for granted until you really need them. It was a humbling experience to see and meet so many officers who have shown such outstanding bravery in the line of duty and protecting us all.
It was a fantastic opportunity to thank officers from all over the country who have been involved with the investigation to find Madeleine. The vast majority of those that I managed to speak to are, like us, very optimistic that we will find Madeleine safe and well. |
| 12th.. First ping of the day at 08:49 (Monte Alto IC4) and arrived at Faro airport at 09:37. Last ping at the airport before take off was at 09:58. Gerry flies to London |
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Spent a large part of the day at the Child Exploitation and Online Protecetion (CEOP) headquarters in London. The work they are doing in the prevention and detection of child exploitation is fantastic and I have no doubt they are world leaders in many aspects of their work.
The statistics of child abduction in the UK, both attempted and sucessful cases, are stagggering with over 1000 reported cases in 2003/4 and the figures show a year on year increase. The scale of the problem is much larger than Kate and I ever imagined and worryingly there does not appear to be reliable statistics for many countries in Europe. Clearly a lot of work has to be done to tackle this growing problem.
Kate and I believe that someone, somewhere knows something
about Madleines abduction.
The events of recent weeks and the high profile of Madeleine reassure us that when the key piece of information comes in, to any law enforcement agnecy, it will be treated seriously and fed into the inquiry quiickly and actioned. |
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Kate13/7 Trip to Faro airport for flight out of Portugal. First ping at Montenegro (Faro airport) comes at 11:00. Last ping their/of the day/in Portugal comes at 11:48
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Saturday July 14
• On a short trip back to the UK, Kate and Gerry McCann attend the baptism of two of their godchildren in Skipton, north Yorkshire. |
Kate, the twins and myself attended a family baptism today in Yorkshire where we stood as Godparents. At the end of the short service, which was lovely, prayers were said for Madeleine. It is the first time Kate has been to the UK since Madeleine disappeared but we wanted to support our family the same way they have supported us over the last ten weeks and it was great to see so many family members together. We have also taken a huge amount of strength from our faith and of course the messages of support and prayers for Madeleine from people of all faiths around the world. |
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Sun July 15
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Travelled back to Portugal today on an early morning flight. It was
heartening to see various posters of Madeleine up at all the
check-in desks especially with the busy holiday season underway.
The flight itself was quiet for Kate and I as the twins fell asleep shortly after take-off. My mum and sister have also come out to for a few days so we managed to see a lot of family this weekend |
15th... First ping back in Portugal, in Faro at 11:33. No pings at the airport though. Back in Luz at 12:28. A gap between 15:10 (Luz) and 19:26 (Luz Centro). Gerry then leaves Luz for Faro airport again and arrives there at 21:15. This 21:15 ping at Faro Airport is the last ping of the day.
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15/7 First activation back in Portugal comes at 11:34 at Motards Faro quickly followed by Montenegro at 11:35. Gap then until 14:53 back in Luz.
Gap : 16:03 - 19:01
What looks like another trip to the airport. Consecutive;
19:05 Luz
20:51 Loule
21:00 Santa Barbara de Nexe
21:06 - 21:19 Montenegro (airport) 10 pings
21:34 Loule (x4)
21:43 Ferreiras
22:04 Odiaxere
22:34 back in Luz Central |
15th - Simultaneous gap : 16:03 - 19:01 | |
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Mon July 16
Eileen McCann
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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. |
The campaign to find Madeleine received a a massive boost today from JK Rowling. The author of the massive selling Harry Potter books has asked all retailers to display a specially designed poster of Madeleine when the sixth and final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows goes on sale on Saturday 21st July. Ms Rowling, who lived in Portugal for several years, has offered amazing support in the search for Madeleine. As well as offering a large reward for Madeleines safe return she has also added information on Madeleines abduction on her own site with a link back to our homepage. Try and find the information at www.jkrowling.com, I will give you a clue that it is under links! A huge thank you to JK Rowling and her publishers Bloomsbury for their support.
The new poster of Madeleine has been designed in conjunction with the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) and this is one of the things we have been working on in the last couple of weeks. ICMEC promote awareness of missing children globally and aim to prevent child sexual exploitation and abduction. The poster features 3 pictures of Madeleine with the advice to contact the local police if you see her. ICMEC, their logo and both theirs and our websites are also on the poster. The distribution of this poster will enhance the awareness of Madeleines disappearance, which we are advised increases the
chances of finding her, and the plight of other missing children.
With the announcement of the poster Kate and I also did a short interview for the press. A lot of photographs were taken of us with the poster so I suspect some of these will make it in to the newspapers in the next few days. |
July 16th... First ping of the day at 10:21. Gaps: 12:08 - 14:00 , 14:45 - 17:21 , 20:25 - 22:23
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Tues July 17
Eileen McCann
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Kates Diary
TUESDAY, JULY 17: Finding it very difficult to talk to people from home, unless they are directly involved. It is difficult to show an interest in other people's lives and children at the moment. I know it sounds horrible, selfish and egocentric, but at the moment I can only think about Madeleine. I don't want to hear about anyone having babies or getting pregnant (mainly because it was all so very difficult for us). I'm worried about turning into a bitter, angry woman, that would be horrible. Please God bring Madeleine back and let this nightmare end.
Please don't let our lives be destroyed by this. Please don't let them hurt Madeleine.
Earlier today I found Amelie in our room looking at photos of Madeleine and she said: "I miss my sister. Where's my sister?"
I couldn't believe it. I didn't realise Amelie's vocabulary and use of words was so good. I just said: "I miss her too. We'll find her soon." What a little sweetheart!
She then turned her attention to something else.
We took turns jumping into the water with the kids, which was great fun. After a DVD and a story it was the twins' bedtime which didn't take too long tonight. Madeleine, we are all with you darling.
Keep strong, be patient, we'll keep on going till we find you. I love you so much. We hope and pray we'll see you soon.
Goodnight, my darling. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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Madeleine has been missing for 75 days today and last night Kate and I attended
mass to pray for her. On the back of the latest poster launch with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the extensive media coverage and the millions of people who are desperate to find Madeleine, we are still very hopeful that Madeleine will be safely returned. As parents, Kate and I cannot contemplate giving up the search for our daughter. |
July 17th... First ping of the day, in Lagos, at 09:55. Next at 10:27 back in Luz. Possibility of travel. Gap between 21:15 and 23:10
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17th - Only Gerry had a single ping in Lagos this morning (possibility of travel) | |
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Wed July 18
Eileen McCann
Tricia |
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18: It was suggested that Madeleine is dead and buried in an area close to the beach, behind the cliff.
What can I say? I feel my body's on the verge of collapse. How much pain and emotion can one body take? I had a bad afternoon. I was very worried, desperate, extremely on edge. I don't think I can take any more of this, I really can't. How much longer will this suffering go on? I need Madeleine ALIVE.
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Pretty busy day. Started off with a few phone calls and answering e-mails. We had a longer meeting than usual with the Portuguese police because I had gone back to London last week . We have a good relationship with them and, as well as the British officers who are in Portugal, we can feed any information sent to us back in
to the enquiry through an English Speaking detective.
The investigation, as everyone has seen recently, is still very active. There is also a lot of labour intensive detective work going on behind the scenes. Kate and I hope and pray every day for a breakthrough and cannot consider going home without her |
July 18th... Travel with gaps, Consecutive;
09:35 Luz Centro
10:22 Lagos
10:27 Bensafrim Centro
{ 4 hour gap }
14:23 Luz Centro
Last ping of the day at 20:57
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18/7 : Trip to Portimao. Activated Luz at 09:33, then a gap until 11:12 in Portimao Central, followed by a ping at Tres Bicos DCS DCS 1 (in Portimao ?) at 13:20 and then back in Luz Central at 15:22
Early evening trip to Raposeira/Burgau area. Luz at 16:10 the a gap until 18:11 at Burgau 1 quickly followed by a ping at Raposeira 1 (around 5 miles West of Burgau) at 18:12. Back in Luz Central at 18:39. |
18th - Only Kate travels to Raposeira/Burgau area this evening | |
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| Thurs July 19 |
TRIANGLE
19th July - Before Gerry's trip to Washington - the couple went together
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I was glad to see the messages of support page updated today after a few days with some technical hitches. Kate and I spent some time reading through them and your messages do help us, especially on days when we are feeling particularly low. Our search for Madeleine is nothing without public support and we would like to give our thanks to everyone who has helped us in any way over the last 77 days.
The kids are really enjoying spending time with their granny who they have not seen for two months.
They particularly enjoyed her mashed potatoes tonight
which brought a big smile to my mums face. The last couple of days we have spent an hour or two by a nearby pool and their confidence in the water has really improved. |
July 19th... 09:14 ping in Luz followed by a gap of 2 and a quarter hours and then 3 pings in Lagos (first two in Central) at 11:28, 11:38 and 11:46. Back in Luz at 11:49 and then Luz Centro at 12:14.
Trip to Budens/West of Luz area (close to Salema), consecutive;
16:10 Luz Centro
16:58 Budens (two)
17:24 Sagres (trip not possible)
17:27 Luz Centro
Rogue Budens ping at 18:18 (travel not possible)
Trip to Faro airport, leaving Luz around 20:30 - 20:45 and arriving at the airport at 21:51 and back in Luz at 22:58 |
19/7 Another trip to Raposeira/Burgau area. Luz Central at 16:20, followed by 17:09 & 17:18 at Burgau 1 and then a ping at 17:21 in Raposeira. Back in Luz Central at 17:41 (2 pings at this time) which is then followed by a gap until 21:28.
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19th - Only Gerry pinging in Lagos this morning. Only Gerry travels to Faro airport this evening | |
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Kate and I spent a few hours with our campaign manager discussing longer term strategies to maintain Madeleines profile, in case she is not found soon. We had a long conference call with two organisations that are keen to help us with the campaign but there is still quite a bit of work to be done before this venture can be announced.
We also managed an early morning run together, thanks to my mum supervising the kids breakfast. We made it to the top of the cliffs overlooking Praia da Luz in 16 minutes although we did have to walk at the steepest part. I had my first visit to a nearby beach for a
while with the kids late on this afternoon whilst Kate took the opportunity to get through lots of e-mails. The twins took great delight in burying me in the sand, building (well mainly knocking down) sandcastles and trying to jump out of the waves, which were tiny although the water was certainly colder than I was expecting. |
| Gerry 20th... Gap: 12:50 - 15:34 , 16:58 - 19:48. Last ping of the day at 20:55 (early night?) |
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| Sat July 21 |
Kate McCann's diary with many thanks to Joana Morais blogSATURDAY, JULY 21: I continue to feel very low. I miss Madeleine so much. It's as if a ray of light has disappeared from my life. There's no doubt that Madeleine is that ray and I miss her more than words can say.
We just wrote our blogs/diaries. Once again those dark thoughts returned, linked with feelings of anxiety, fear and worry. How much longer will we have to cope with this pain?
My poor, poor Madeleine. Why, Lord? My heart aches with so much love for you, Madeleine. I just hate being without you.
If I could go back in time, I would. I have clear recollections of that night. You were so tired. After your baths, you sat on my knee and put my wedding ring on your finger. We (me, you, Sean and Amelie) read "Mog" in the living area and then "if you're happy and you know it". We all sat down on your bed.
Then you counted the squares on the last page. You were always counting things on pages...always laying your head on your pillow at the same time every night. Madeleine you make me so happy. I just want you home. I love you so much. XXXXXXX |
Relatively quiet day on the campaign front. Spent the day with the kids and visited the Algarve
Zoo Marine which they really enjoyed, particularly the dolphins. |
21st... First ping of the day at 11:35 at Guia ZooMarine. Continued pinging at the Zoo until 16:34 (with one gap between 13:49 and 15:49) followed by 2 pings in Guia at 16:41 & 16:42 and Sobral IC4 at 16:47 and then Chinicato at 17:02 followed by a gap of around 1.5 hours and then a ping back in Luz Centro at 18:39
Guia ZooMarine is just outside Albufeira.
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21/7 Gap : 18:32 - 20:33 |
21st - Only Gerry pinging at Guia Zoo. G has a 1.5 hour gap until a ping back in Luz at 18:39. K begins a mobile silence at 18:32 until 20:33
5) Gerry pings Guia Zoo for a minimum of 5 hours on 21st July. | |
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Sun July 22
Travelled to Washington |
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Spent the whole day travelling from the Algarve to Washington where I will be visiting the National and International Centers for Missing and Exploited Children and meeting politicians involved in recent legislation on missing children. The flights for our campaign manager and myself were kindly donated by an airline.
There is a very upsetting story on the front page of a British National Newspaper today. The headline suggests that Kate and I face prosecution for neglecting our children by dining 50 yards away and checking on them regularly. We know that there has been criticism in some quarters of our actions but at the time, we felt our actions were responsible. We were essentially performing our own baby listening service although we have talked of the guilt we felt at now being there at the moment Madeleine was taken.
We have been advised that legally our behaviour was well within the bounds of responsible parenting and subsequently been assured that no action will be taken. These types of criticism, particularly at this stage, as well as being hurtful are extremely unhelpful in the search for Madeleine. From the moment we discovered Madeleine missing Kate and I have done everything in our power to try and help get her back.
Our opinion now is completely clouded by what has happened to us and of course has sent shock waves through thousands of families. The real issue is that we should not have a constant fear of abduction of our children from their bedrooms,
gardens or streets for that matter.
What Kate and I did was at worst naïve and no one should forget that the real criminal is the predator who has taken a completely innocent child in such a premeditated fashion. It is this act that has wreaked havoc on our family and affected millions of other people |
| 22nd... First activity just after 5am with 3 pings at 05:02. Next ping is at Arge IC4 (en-route to the Airport) at 08:09. Then pings at Sobral and one at Montenegro before pinging the airport itself at 09:00. Then another 3 pings there with the last being at 10:06, the last activity in Portugal until Gerry returns from his trip to Washington. |
22/7 Trip to the East (destination unknown). Luz at 07:54, Tapadinha VLA TR DCS 2 at 08:13 followed by 4 pings in Porches at 08:16 - 08:17 then S Joao Venda (3, DCS 1, then 2) between 08:33 - 08:35. Then a gap until 11:09 back at Luz.
Trip to Lagos in the afternoon. Luz at 13:21 followed by several pings in Lagos from 14:28 to 16:16. Back in Luz at 16:49 followed by a gap until 19:22 |
22nd - Only Kate is in Lagos in the afternoon, with Gerry away to the States | |
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Mon July 23
NCMEC |
Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blog
MONDAY, JULY 23: I got up at 7.00 and went running. I was surrounded by a pack of dogs (more or less 12)—it really wasn't a nice experience. I went to the flat, high part of the cliff as I felt really alone and a little frightened. Please God, don't let Madeleine be buried here. Please God, make sure she's alive. Please God, bring her back quickly to us.
I took S and A to the Kids' Club at 9.45 then I went to church to pray a little on my own.
Every single moment of happiness with Sean and Amelie, who are both so delightful, is mixed with deep sadness. All I want is Madeleine to be safe and happy again.
Baths, stories and some bedtime chaos from Sean and Amelie before I finally put them to bed at 21.15.
I spent some time on the internet reading about Sarah Payne (Roy Whiting), Eliz. Smart (Brian Mitchell) and the Peter Voisey case (he abducted a six-year-old girl from the bath in North Tyneside). Really horrible.
Night, night sweetheart. I'm trying to be positive. I need to be because I need to believe that you’re going to come back to me, so I can go back to being truly happy. I love you XXX.
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. |
Very busy day and I was almost asleep by the time I got back to the hotel so apologies for not posting the blog earlier. We started off by spending the morning at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). We had a tour of the NCMEC led by President Ernie Allen who has been there for 23 years and there is little he does not about missing children.
The work done at NCMEC is extremely impressive. It coordinates information for all missing children and it was the center that pushed for the implementation of the early warning missing child (AMBER) alert throughout the USA. The center was also instrumental along with the founder, John Walsh, in getting the Adam Walsh bill passed on the 25th anniversary of the young boys murder.
NCMEC officials organised a meeting with the US attorney general Gonzales at the justice department. He was already aware of Madeleine’s disappearance and has made child protection a major concern for him. I explained in a little more detail regarding Madeleine’s case and the fact that she is still missing after 81 days. He was very supportive of the campaign to keep Madeleines profile high and of the work that we are doing with NCMEC and its International division (ICMEC).
We went back to NCMEC in the afternoon and I had detailed discussions with some of the experts there regarding Madeleines disappearance. We also had a board meeting with ICMEC regarding working together on other developments in raising
the profile of missing children particularly using internet resources.
Finished the day off with an interview for Americas Most Wanted who have been following Madeleines abduction almost since the beginning. The programme is actually hosted by John Walsh and has massive viewing figures of around 12 million. |
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Kate 23/7 Two pings in the early hours at 03:07 & 03:19
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Tues July 24
Washington |
Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blogTUESDAY, JULY 24: Sean and Amelie had lots of fun in the Jacuzzi—laughter galore! Carrot sticks and crisps were had by all at teatime.
Oh, darling Madeleine. It pains me to think of you—it causes me such sorrow and I have no idea how you feel. I pray to God that you are well, that you are not hurt. I pray that God keeps you safe and sound and that you're not afraid, nor in pain.
Please God, answer my prayers and please, please, please bring Madeleine back to us very soon, for our own happiness. Please God.
Madeleine, sweetheart, I love you so much. I can’t stop saying it. Night, night darling. We will keep hoping and having faith in God. XXXXXXX.
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Another busy day in Washington. Started early on at NCMEC with interviews from 6.15am for the five major US TV networks morning news shows. A very serious issues programme 20-20 was also recording our visit to the America, as they will also be producing a piece on the search to find Madeleine.
Late morning we had a visit to the White House to meet with the First Lady's deputy chief of staff Sarah Armstrong. This visit was facilitated by Lady Catherine Meyer, founder of the British charity PACT, which is an affiliate of ICMEC and has done so much to raise awareness of missing children in the UK. Mrs Bush is a strong supporter of child welfare issues and is in fact an Honorary Board member of ICMEC. They were already aware of Madeleines disappearance and I took the opportunity to fill them in on my visit to Washington, particularly the work we are doing with ICMEC and the meeting we had with the attorney general. We finished with a very quick tour of the public areas in the White House which is a very impressive building and we also met one of the Presidents Scottish terriers! Immediately following the visit I did a few interviews for the British Media in front of the White House.
After a very brief lunch it was on to Capitol Hill for meetings with politicians who have been instrumental in getting the Adam Walsh BIll and others passed. We met with Democrat congressman Nick Lampson and Republican Senator Robert Shelby who both know the board members of NCMEC very well. They were both very keen to do what they could to help find Madeleine and the support during the visit we have received has been tremendous.
I spoke to Kate and the kids, whose telephone skills are developing very quickly
which is nice for me when I am away like this. Kate has stayed on in Portugal and has been keeping in touch with the police but there are no major developments to report. In the evening I managed to meet up with a friend from Glasgow who is also a cardiologist and working in the Washington area. We went for a bite to eat and it was good to sit down quietly with a familiar face for an hour or two. |
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Wed July 25
Washington
Sandy and Trish Cameron |
Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blogWEDNESDAY, JULY 25: I received some bad news last night. A friend has breast cancer and has just received her first dose of chemotherapy following surgery. Horrible. I will include her in my prayers.
At around 15.30 I went for a run. I had begun to feel restless and worried about Madeleine. It was hot and hard work, but I felt better for having gone.
We returned at around 18.15—the children's dinner and baths, our dinner.
(and the children's once again!).
Madeleine, sweetheart, you are the most important thing, the only thing that matters. Words cannot describe how I feel about you nor how restless, tormented, alone, sad and incomplete I feel.
I will continue to hope and pray that you come back to us soon but I don't want to think about how good it would be to feel something like that—not yet, at least.
I love you so, so much darling. I remember sitting watching you through the glass window when you were having your swimming lessons on a Saturday morning. There you were with your yellow swimsuit, ever so pretty and you were smiling and waving at me, and the tears rolled down my face!
I was and am still so proud of you, Madeleine, and my love for you is never-ending. I can’t stop saying how much I love you dearly. I'm going to try and stay strong for you and you have to do the same. You know we love you and we are going to keep going until we find you again.
All my love, Madeleine. Night, night. Sleep well. May God protect you. XXXXX. |
Up early this morning catching up with e-mails and phone calls as well as updating the blog. Managed another early morning run, round Washington centre this time, which is quite beautiful with grand buildings and monuments separated by wide grassy areas.
I had another meeting with another congressman Mike Rogers who is an ex-FBI agent and we distributed wristbands to Nick Lampson and some of his colleagues as well as members of NCMEC
This afternoon we had a meeting with the British Ambassador at his residence to update him on our meetings. The Embassy itself is a stunning building almost rivalling the Whitehouse
Flying back to Portugal this evening to get back to the family. I
have no doubt that this visit to Washington has been extremely productive and will really help to maintain Madeleines profile. We will continue to work closely with ICMEC who have incredible experience and energy in dealing with missing children. |
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Thurs July 26
Sandy and Trish Cameron |
TRIANGLE
26th July - right - Right after Kate collected Gerry from the airport after the US trip - without Kate
~18:00 - ~19:30 |
Spent most of the day travelling getting back to Portugal late afternoon. It was great to be back with Kate and the kids after the short visit to Washington. It was also great to see so many pictures from the 50th day balloon launch on the website.
A lot of people have been asking what can they do to maintain the search for Madeleine. The advice we have had consistently from the beginning, and very much re-emphasised by the experience of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is to maintain a high profile for the missing child. This can be achieved by
relatively simple measures such as displaying posters in prominent public places. We ask people to continue downloading posters from the website and display them at bus stations, train stations and of course take them on holiday. Kate and I would like to thank everyone who desperately wants us to be reunited with Madeleine and have helped in this regard. |
26th... First activity back in Portugal, after returning from the States, comes at 16:41 at Faro Airport. However, th journey back seems to over-shoot Luz by pinging in Vila do Bispo (7 miles West of Luz).
Consecutive;
16:42 Faro Airport
17:31 Pedra De Agua
17:32 Boliqueime (27 minute drive from Faro Airport)
{ takes 49 minutes to drive from Boliqueime to Luz - Should arrive around 18:21}
19:05 Vilo do Bispo (1 hour 2 minute drive from Boliqueime and a 21 minute drive from Luz)
19:10 Budens (9 minute drive from Vilo do Bispo)
19:49 PdL Centro (14 minute drive from Budens)
Last ping of the day at 21:50
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26/7 Trip to Faro airport during the afternoon. Last Luz ping at 15:16. Activations at the airport between 16:40 & 16:54. Then a gap until 18:24 back in Luz. |
26th - K travels to Faro to pick up G. Only Gerry pings Vilo do Bispo and Budens not long after returning from the aiport | |
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Fri July 27
Sandy and Trish Cameron |
TRIANGLE
27th July - next day both parents went together
~16:30 - ~19-20:00
TRIANGLE (JdA)
But I am more interested in the cluster around the dates the dogs came in. There is one interesting day, the 27th, when Kate pings at 18:43 at the Budens mast and Gerry pings at 18:47 at the Sagres mast. Normally between these two masts is the Raposeira mast, unless it is different at the coast. So 2 pings within 4 minutes suggest driving along a road that tangents both ping areas. IMO this could be one of the roads going from Raposeira down to the coast either to praia do barranco or praia da ingrina, possibly praia zavial as well.
Why would you go to an area formerly not of interest for more than a month, a) in the evening and b) so important that you have to go there right after your return from Washington without apparently stopping off in PdL to see your remaining kids. |
2nd version new website
Quite a lot of e-mails and telephone calls today planning future events, which might be helpful to keep Madeleine in peoples minds. I am sure there will be a lot of interest in Saturday August 11th because that will mark 100 days if Madeleine is
still missing. This date coincides with the world pipe band
championships being held in Glasgow. A former world pipe band champion, Alasdair Gillies who is a friend of one of my sisters, has composed a ‘Marvellous March for Madeleine’ that will be played by 100 pipers from all over the world. It should be quite a spectacle and hopefully it will be a celebration, and not a another marker
that Madeleine is still missing.
Day 85 - 27/07/2007 - Friday
1st version old website
Quite a lot of e-mails and telephone calls today planning future events, which might be helpful to keep Madeleine in peoples minds. I am sure there will be a lot of interest in Saturday August 11th if Madeline because that will mark 100 days if Madeleine is still missing. This date coincides with the world pipe band championships being held in Glasgow. A former world pipe band champion, Alasdair Gillies who is a friend of one of my sisters, has composed a Marvellous March for Madeleine that will be played by 100 pipers from all over the world. It should be quite a spectacle and hopefully it will be a celebration, and not a another marker that Madeleine is still missing. |
27th... Trip to Sagres early evening. Leaves PdL just after 17:30, would arrive in Sagres just after 18:00, and left Sagres around 20:10 giving him approx just over 2 hours in Sagres before arriving back in Luz at 20:42 although it could have been anytime from 19:20 that he arrived back at PdL depending on lack of activations.
Consecutive;
17:05 PdL Centro
17:20 PdL
17:48 Budens
18:47 Sagres (he called his message centre)
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Sat July 28
Sandy and Trish Cameron |
TRIANGLE
28th July - both parents went together
~17:00 - ~18:40
Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blogSATURDAY, JULY 28: I got up at 7.30 after a late and disturbed night of sleep.
At around 16.20 we had a dip in the Jacuzzi. Sean and Amelie loved it. After tea I went to the small church. I was a little tearful.
It's really hard for me not to worry about the small things. I wonder does anyone brush her teeth? She looks so happy in that photo taken on that last day.
I know I'm repeating myself but I can't stop myself from saying how much I love you, Madeleine. I'll say it as many times as I need to. You're so, so special. XXXXX. |
Quiet family day, as is often the case of a Saturday. It has become
blisteringly hot here over the last few days and we decided to take the kids down to the beach early morning. Even then it was hot and there was almost no breeze although the water is still very cold. Met a very nice Portuguese couple who offered us good wishes in trying to find Madeleine |
28th... 4 pings between 01:08 and 01:16
Gaps: 11:01 - 14:20 , 14:26 - 16:25
Trip to Budens area with gaps, consecutive;
16:25 PdL Centro
17:36 Budens
17:37 Budens
19:17 PdL Centro
Another gap later that evening : 20:33 - 22:31
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28/7 First activation is en-route to Faro airport (09:04 at Paderne). Pinging airport 09:28 - 10:19. Back in Luz at 11:39
Gap: 12:07 - 14:07
Journey to the Burgau area, consecutive…
16:25 Luz Centro 2
17:57 Budens 1
18:26 Burgau 1
18:41 Luz 2 (x2)
20:04 Luz Centro 1 (x2)
20:08 Luz Centro 1 (x2)
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Sun July 29
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Dropped Trisha and Sandy off at the airport this morning for an emotional farewell. They have offered us the most unbelievable support and I am not sure how we would have functioned without
them here. They have been the silent face of the campaign to find Madeleine, putting their lives on hold to help us get through each difficult day. From time to time we will have other friends and family coming to Portugal to see the kids and catch up with Kate and I. |
29th... Trip to Faro airport early morning, arriving at the airport around 9am and back in Luz at 10:38. Gap between 15:56 (Luz Centro) and 19:00 (Luz) totalling 3 hours and 4 minutes.
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29th - Only Gerry travels to Faro airport this morning | |
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| W/B July 30 |
Sandy Cameron Statement
The same vehicle was also used to move us from the Ocean Club to the villa, transporting all the luggage and personal objects from one location to the other. During these trips, the children seats would be removed to create space.
Whilst in the villa, a gardener would arrive every week or about every 15 days. This was organized by the estate agency. The gardener would leave black rubbish bags near the gate, and on at least one occasion, I used the vehicle to remove these bags. The collection of rubbish in Portugal is not made as it is in the U.K., and for this reason, it was necessary to take the rubbish to a tip (disposal area) which was called 'recycling area' near the back of the Ocean Club. I used the Renault Scenic for this reason on many occasions.
On one occasion, I believe it was on July of 2007, I took Patricia to the supermarket. We carried bags in the boot (trunk) of the Renault Scenic; bought various items including fresh fish, shrimp and beef. When we unloaded the shopping bags, we noticed that blood has run out of the bottom of the plastic bag. After this shopping trip and still in the month of July 2007, I began to notice a strange odour in the car. I did not give it much importance and assumed it was likely due to the leakage from the rubbish bags or from the blood which had escaped from the shopping bags. As a result, we removed the carpet from the boot (trunk) in order to clean it. I tossed (beat) the boot carpet to remove any particles and cleaned it with a wet cloth and left it to air out.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id139.html
Goncalo Amaral Interview
The family tried to justify itself.
"...Later on, a brother-in-law and a cousin of Kate said that they had carried steaks in the trunk that had thawed, even garbage, but no. The dogs follow neither garbage smell nor non-human blood. Then there is a witness, that was never heard, a jurist that lived next to the couple, in the second house [villa] outside of the apartment, saying that the car trunk was left open during the night, for airing. But maybe that was because of the garbage…..." |
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| Mon July 30 |
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We had a routine meeting today with the Portuguese police. Kate and I are confident that every avenue is being explored and the vital piece of information that leads to Madeleine is only a phone call away.
This is the last time we will have met the Consul General in a professional capacity, as he retires tomorrow and will be returning to the UK. Bill has provided us with consular support since day 1 and, naturally, he got to know us very well during the last 3 months. He has said that Madeleines abduction is the most tragic circumstance he has had to deal with. Without doubt Bill has given us excellent support and we wish him and his wife a very happy retirement |
| 30th July... Trip to Portimao for meeting with police. Away from Luz between 10:13 and 14:27 |
30/7 Trip to Portimao. Left Luz around 10am. Pinging Portimao between 10:38 & 13:21. Back in Luz at 14:33 and the a gap until 17:31. |
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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
"...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)! |
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1st August - possibly separate trips because Kate pings at 19:20 in Budens when Gerry is still in PdL
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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. |
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 | |
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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.
- Keela finds no blood vestiges.. |
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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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.
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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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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.
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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 |
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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Sunday August 5
• The search of Mr Murat's home is completed, with reports suggesting that no new evidence was found. |
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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5/8 Gap: 13:07 - 16:03
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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 - MondayToday 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! |
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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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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."
Attend church service
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12/8 Gaps: 09:29 - 11:50 , 15:08 - 17:05 |
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| Mon Aug 13 |
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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| 13th... First activation of the day comes at Santa Barabara De Nexe (just outside Faro) at 08:11. Next in Lagos at 8:50. Next back in Luz at 9:23. Probable trip to the airport, but note that lack of activity before leaving or on the journey out. One gap: 14:50 - 16:50. Last ping of the day comes at 21:00. |
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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
Another gap: 17:22 - 19:30 |
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
Last ping of the day at 20:47. Very early night?. |
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.
Another Gap: 20:44 - 22:49 |
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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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19/8 Gaps: 11:30 - 13:50 , 16:20 - 20:13 |
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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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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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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
Another ping from the Lagos mast at 12:00 but no time for travel. Leaves Luz around 15:30 for Faro Airport. Last ping from airport at 17:31 (flying to the UK). |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 25th Aug... Gerry's first ping since leaving Portugal two days ago comes at 21:15 at Faro Airport. Next ping at 21:21 and nothing until 00:13 in Luz Centro. |
25/8 Couple of early hour pings at 01:23 in the morning.
Pinging Lagos between 08:53 & 09:12, followed by a Luz activation at 09:49 |
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 | |
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26/8 Gaps: 12:53 - 15:00 , 18:21 - 22:19 |
26th - Overlap in periods of mobile silence: 12:53 - 15:00 | |
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27th... A ping at 00:24 in the morning, the first for 6 hours and 9 minutes (18:15 the previous evening). A little similar to the previous evening which gave us a gap of 21:21 to 00:13.
Gap: 13:34 - 15:50.
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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)
Gap : 18:00 - 20:37 |
27th - Overlap in periods of mobile silence: 13:34 - 15:46 | |
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 Telecino Interview |
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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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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. |
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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
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Phone call to the villa of Philip Wright, Casa Colina by Gerry
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3/9 Gaps: 12:13 - 15:44 , 17:30 - 20:00
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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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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).
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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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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
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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
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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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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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 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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Tues July 17
Eileen McCann
Tricia |
Kates Diary
TUESDAY, JULY 17: Finding it very difficult to talk to people from home, unless they are directly involved. It is difficult to show an interest in other people's lives and children at the moment. I know it sounds horrible, selfish and egocentric, but at the moment I can only think about Madeleine. I don't want to hear about anyone having babies or getting pregnant (mainly because it was all so very difficult for us). I'm worried about turning into a bitter, angry woman, that would be horrible. Please God bring Madeleine back and let this nightmare end.
Please don't let our lives be destroyed by this. Please don't let them hurt Madeleine.
Earlier today I found Amelie in our room looking at photos of Madeleine and she said: "I miss my sister. Where's my sister?"
I couldn't believe it. I didn't realise Amelie's vocabulary and use of words was so good. I just said: "I miss her too. We'll find her soon." What a little sweetheart!
She then turned her attention to something else.
We took turns jumping into the water with the kids, which was great fun. After a DVD and a story it was the twins' bedtime which didn't take too long tonight. Madeleine, we are all with you darling.
Keep strong, be patient, we'll keep on going till we find you. I love you so much. We hope and pray we'll see you soon.
Goodnight, my darling. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
| Madeleine has been missing for 75 days today and last night Kate and I attended mass to pray for her. On the back of the latest poster launch with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the extensive media coverage and the millions of people who are desperate to find Madeleine, we are still very hopeful that Madeleine will be safely returned. As parents, Kate and I cannot contemplate giving up the search for our daughter. | July 17th... First ping of the day, in Lagos, at 09:55. Next at 10:27 back in Luz. Possibility of travel. Gap between 21:15 and 23:10
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| 17th - Only Gerry had a single ping in Lagos this morning (possibility of travel) |
| | | | | | | Wed July 18
Eileen McCann
Tricia | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18: It was suggested that Madeleine is dead and buried in an area close to the beach, behind the cliff.
What can I say? I feel my body's on the verge of collapse. How much pain and emotion can one body take? I had a bad afternoon. I was very worried, desperate, extremely on edge. I don't think I can take any more of this, I really can't. How much longer will this suffering go on? I need Madeleine ALIVE.
| Pretty busy day. Started off with a few phone calls and answering e-mails. We had a longer meeting than usual with the Portuguese police because I had gone back to London last week . We have a good relationship with them and, as well as the British officers who are in Portugal, we can feed any information sent to us back in to the enquiry through an English Speaking detective.
The investigation, as everyone has seen recently, is still very active. There is also a lot of labour intensive detective work going on behind the scenes. Kate and I hope and pray every day for a breakthrough and cannot consider going home without her | July 18th... Travel with gaps, Consecutive;
09:35 Luz Centro
10:22 Lagos
10:27 Bensafrim Centro
{ 4 hour gap }
14:23 Luz Centro
Last ping of the day at 20:57
| 18/7 : Trip to Portimao. Activated Luz at 09:33, then a gap until 11:12 in Portimao Central, followed by a ping at Tres Bicos DCS DCS 1 (in Portimao ?) at 13:20 and then back in Luz Central at 15:22
Early evening trip to Raposeira/Burgau area. Luz at 16:10 the a gap until 18:11 at Burgau 1 quickly followed by a ping at Raposeira 1 (around 5 miles West of Burgau) at 18:12. Back in Luz Central at 18:39. | 18th - Only Kate travels to Raposeira/Burgau area this evening |
| | | | | | | | Thurs July 19 | TRIANGLE
19th July - Before Gerry's trip to Washington - the couple went together
~16:20 - ~17:30 | I was glad to see the messages of support page updated today after a few days with some technical hitches. Kate and I spent some time reading through them and your messages do help us, especially on days when we are feeling particularly low. Our search for Madeleine is nothing without public support and we would like to give our thanks to everyone who has helped us in any way over the last 77 days. The kids are really enjoying spending time with their granny who they have not seen for two months.
They particularly enjoyed her mashed potatoes tonight
which brought a big smile to my mums face. The last couple of days we have spent an hour or two by a nearby pool and their confidence in the water has really improved. | July 19th... 09:14 ping in Luz followed by a gap of 2 and a quarter hours and then 3 pings in Lagos (first two in Central) at 11:28, 11:38 and 11:46. Back in Luz at 11:49 and then Luz Centro at 12:14.
Trip to Budens/West of Luz area (close to Salema), consecutive;
16:10 Luz Centro
16:58 Budens (two)
17:24 Sagres (trip not possible)
17:27 Luz Centro
Rogue Budens ping at 18:18 (travel not possible)
Trip to Faro airport, leaving Luz around 20:30 - 20:45 and arriving at the airport at 21:51 and back in Luz at 22:58 | 19/7 Another trip to Raposeira/Burgau area. Luz Central at 16:20, followed by 17:09 & 17:18 at Burgau 1 and then a ping at 17:21 in Raposeira. Back in Luz Central at 17:41 (2 pings at this time) which is then followed by a gap until 21:28.
| 19th - Only Gerry pinging in Lagos this morning. Only Gerry travels to Faro airport this evening |
| | | | | | | | Fri July 20 | | Kate and I spent a few hours with our campaign manager discussing longer term strategies to maintain Madeleines profile, in case she is not found soon. We had a long conference call with two organisations that are keen to help us with the campaign but there is still quite a bit of work to be done before this venture can be announced.
We also managed an early morning run together, thanks to my mum supervising the kids breakfast. We made it to the top of the cliffs overlooking Praia da Luz in 16 minutes although we did have to walk at the steepest part. I had my first visit to a nearby beach for a while with the kids late on this afternoon whilst Kate took the opportunity to get through lots of e-mails. The twins took great delight in burying me in the sand, building (well mainly knocking down) sandcastles and trying to jump out of the waves, which were tiny although the water was certainly colder than I was expecting. | | Gerry 20th... Gap: 12:50 - 15:34 , 16:58 - 19:48. Last ping of the day at 20:55 (early night?) | |
| | | | | | | | Sat July 21 | Kate McCann's diary with many thanks to Joana Morais blogSATURDAY, JULY 21: I continue to feel very low. I miss Madeleine so much. It's as if a ray of light has disappeared from my life. There's no doubt that Madeleine is that ray and I miss her more than words can say.
We just wrote our blogs/diaries. Once again those dark thoughts returned, linked with feelings of anxiety, fear and worry. How much longer will we have to cope with this pain?
My poor, poor Madeleine. Why, Lord? My heart aches with so much love for you, Madeleine. I just hate being without you.
If I could go back in time, I would. I have clear recollections of that night. You were so tired. After your baths, you sat on my knee and put my wedding ring on your finger. We (me, you, Sean and Amelie) read "Mog" in the living area and then "if you're happy and you know it". We all sat down on your bed.
Then you counted the squares on the last page. You were always counting things on pages...always laying your head on your pillow at the same time every night. Madeleine you make me so happy. I just want you home. I love you so much. XXXXXXX | Relatively quiet day on the campaign front. Spent the day with the kids and visited the Algarve
Zoo Marine which they really enjoyed, particularly the dolphins. | 21st... First ping of the day at 11:35 at Guia ZooMarine. Continued pinging at the Zoo until 16:34 (with one gap between 13:49 and 15:49) followed by 2 pings in Guia at 16:41 & 16:42 and Sobral IC4 at 16:47 and then Chinicato at 17:02 followed by a gap of around 1.5 hours and then a ping back in Luz Centro at 18:39
Guia ZooMarine is just outside Albufeira.
| 21/7 Gap : 18:32 - 20:33 | 21st - Only Gerry pinging at Guia Zoo. G has a 1.5 hour gap until a ping back in Luz at 18:39. K begins a mobile silence at 18:32 until 20:33
5) Gerry pings Guia Zoo for a minimum of 5 hours on 21st July. |
| | | | | | | Sun July 22
Travelled to Washington | | Spent the whole day travelling from the Algarve to Washington where I will be visiting the National and International Centers for Missing and Exploited Children and meeting politicians involved in recent legislation on missing children. The flights for our campaign manager and myself were kindly donated by an airline.
There is a very upsetting story on the front page of a British National Newspaper today. The headline suggests that Kate and I face prosecution for neglecting our children by dining 50 yards away and checking on them regularly. We know that there has been criticism in some quarters of our actions but at the time, we felt our actions were responsible. We were essentially performing our own baby listening service although we have talked of the guilt we felt at now being there at the moment Madeleine was taken.
We have been advised that legally our behaviour was well within the bounds of responsible parenting and subsequently been assured that no action will be taken. These types of criticism, particularly at this stage, as well as being hurtful are extremely unhelpful in the search for Madeleine. From the moment we discovered Madeleine missing Kate and I have done everything in our power to try and help get her back.
Our opinion now is completely clouded by what has happened to us and of course has sent shock waves through thousands of families. The real issue is that we should not have a constant fear of abduction of our children from their bedrooms, gardens or streets for that matter.
What Kate and I did was at worst naïve and no one should forget that the real criminal is the predator who has taken a completely innocent child in such a premeditated fashion. It is this act that has wreaked havoc on our family and affected millions of other people | | 22nd... First activity just after 5am with 3 pings at 05:02. Next ping is at Arge IC4 (en-route to the Airport) at 08:09. Then pings at Sobral and one at Montenegro before pinging the airport itself at 09:00. Then another 3 pings there with the last being at 10:06, the last activity in Portugal until Gerry returns from his trip to Washington. | 22/7 Trip to the East (destination unknown). Luz at 07:54, Tapadinha VLA TR DCS 2 at 08:13 followed by 4 pings in Porches at 08:16 - 08:17 then S Joao Venda (3, DCS 1, then 2) between 08:33 - 08:35. Then a gap until 11:09 back at Luz.
Trip to Lagos in the afternoon. Luz at 13:21 followed by several pings in Lagos from 14:28 to 16:16. Back in Luz at 16:49 followed by a gap until 19:22 | 22nd - Only Kate is in Lagos in the afternoon, with Gerry away to the States |
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NCMEC | Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blog
MONDAY, JULY 23: I got up at 7.00 and went running. I was surrounded by a pack of dogs (more or less 12)—it really wasn't a nice experience. I went to the flat, high part of the cliff as I felt really alone and a little frightened. Please God, don't let Madeleine be buried here. Please God, make sure she's alive. Please God, bring her back quickly to us.
I took S and A to the Kids' Club at 9.45 then I went to church to pray a little on my own.
Every single moment of happiness with Sean and Amelie, who are both so delightful, is mixed with deep sadness. All I want is Madeleine to be safe and happy again.
Baths, stories and some bedtime chaos from Sean and Amelie before I finally put them to bed at 21.15.
I spent some time on the internet reading about Sarah Payne (Roy Whiting), Eliz. Smart (Brian Mitchell) and the Peter Voisey case (he abducted a six-year-old girl from the bath in North Tyneside). Really horrible.
Night, night sweetheart. I'm trying to be positive. I need to be because I need to believe that you’re going to come back to me, so I can go back to being truly happy. I love you XXX.
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. | Very busy day and I was almost asleep by the time I got back to the hotel so apologies for not posting the blog earlier. We started off by spending the morning at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). We had a tour of the NCMEC led by President Ernie Allen who has been there for 23 years and there is little he does not about missing children.
The work done at NCMEC is extremely impressive. It coordinates information for all missing children and it was the center that pushed for the implementation of the early warning missing child (AMBER) alert throughout the USA. The center was also instrumental along with the founder, John Walsh, in getting the Adam Walsh bill passed on the 25th anniversary of the young boys murder.
NCMEC officials organised a meeting with the US attorney general Gonzales at the justice department. He was already aware of Madeleine’s disappearance and has made child protection a major concern for him. I explained in a little more detail regarding Madeleine’s case and the fact that she is still missing after 81 days. He was very supportive of the campaign to keep Madeleines profile high and of the work that we are doing with NCMEC and its International division (ICMEC).
We went back to NCMEC in the afternoon and I had detailed discussions with some of the experts there regarding Madeleines disappearance. We also had a board meeting with ICMEC regarding working together on other developments in raising the profile of missing children particularly using internet resources.
Finished the day off with an interview for Americas Most Wanted who have been following Madeleines abduction almost since the beginning. The programme is actually hosted by John Walsh and has massive viewing figures of around 12 million. | | Kate 23/7 Two pings in the early hours at 03:07 & 03:19
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Washington | Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blogTUESDAY, JULY 24: Sean and Amelie had lots of fun in the Jacuzzi—laughter galore! Carrot sticks and crisps were had by all at teatime.
Oh, darling Madeleine. It pains me to think of you—it causes me such sorrow and I have no idea how you feel. I pray to God that you are well, that you are not hurt. I pray that God keeps you safe and sound and that you're not afraid, nor in pain.
Please God, answer my prayers and please, please, please bring Madeleine back to us very soon, for our own happiness. Please God.
Madeleine, sweetheart, I love you so much. I can’t stop saying it. Night, night darling. We will keep hoping and having faith in God. XXXXXXX.
Restless | Another busy day in Washington. Started early on at NCMEC with interviews from 6.15am for the five major US TV networks morning news shows. A very serious issues programme 20-20 was also recording our visit to the America, as they will also be producing a piece on the search to find Madeleine.
Late morning we had a visit to the White House to meet with the First Lady's deputy chief of staff Sarah Armstrong. This visit was facilitated by Lady Catherine Meyer, founder of the British charity PACT, which is an affiliate of ICMEC and has done so much to raise awareness of missing children in the UK. Mrs Bush is a strong supporter of child welfare issues and is in fact an Honorary Board member of ICMEC. They were already aware of Madeleines disappearance and I took the opportunity to fill them in on my visit to Washington, particularly the work we are doing with ICMEC and the meeting we had with the attorney general. We finished with a very quick tour of the public areas in the White House which is a very impressive building and we also met one of the Presidents Scottish terriers! Immediately following the visit I did a few interviews for the British Media in front of the White House.
After a very brief lunch it was on to Capitol Hill for meetings with politicians who have been instrumental in getting the Adam Walsh BIll and others passed. We met with Democrat congressman Nick Lampson and Republican Senator Robert Shelby who both know the board members of NCMEC very well. They were both very keen to do what they could to help find Madeleine and the support during the visit we have received has been tremendous.
I spoke to Kate and the kids, whose telephone skills are developing very quickly which is nice for me when I am away like this. Kate has stayed on in Portugal and has been keeping in touch with the police but there are no major developments to report. In the evening I managed to meet up with a friend from Glasgow who is also a cardiologist and working in the Washington area. We went for a bite to eat and it was good to sit down quietly with a familiar face for an hour or two. | | | | | | | | Wed July 25
Washington
Sandy and Trish Cameron | Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blogWEDNESDAY, JULY 25: I received some bad news last night. A friend has breast cancer and has just received her first dose of chemotherapy following surgery. Horrible. I will include her in my prayers.
At around 15.30 I went for a run. I had begun to feel restless and worried about Madeleine. It was hot and hard work, but I felt better for having gone.
We returned at around 18.15—the children's dinner and baths, our dinner.
(and the children's once again!).
Madeleine, sweetheart, you are the most important thing, the only thing that matters. Words cannot describe how I feel about you nor how restless, tormented, alone, sad and incomplete I feel.
I will continue to hope and pray that you come back to us soon but I don't want to think about how good it would be to feel something like that—not yet, at least.
I love you so, so much darling. I remember sitting watching you through the glass window when you were having your swimming lessons on a Saturday morning. There you were with your yellow swimsuit, ever so pretty and you were smiling and waving at me, and the tears rolled down my face!
I was and am still so proud of you, Madeleine, and my love for you is never-ending. I can’t stop saying how much I love you dearly. I'm going to try and stay strong for you and you have to do the same. You know we love you and we are going to keep going until we find you again.
All my love, Madeleine. Night, night. Sleep well. May God protect you. XXXXX. | Up early this morning catching up with e-mails and phone calls as well as updating the blog. Managed another early morning run, round Washington centre this time, which is quite beautiful with grand buildings and monuments separated by wide grassy areas.
I had another meeting with another congressman Mike Rogers who is an ex-FBI agent and we distributed wristbands to Nick Lampson and some of his colleagues as well as members of NCMEC
This afternoon we had a meeting with the British Ambassador at his residence to update him on our meetings. The Embassy itself is a stunning building almost rivalling the Whitehouse
Flying back to Portugal this evening to get back to the family. I have no doubt that this visit to Washington has been extremely productive and will really help to maintain Madeleines profile. We will continue to work closely with ICMEC who have incredible experience and energy in dealing with missing children. |
| Kate25/7 Gap: 14:11 - 17:39 | |
| | | | | | | Thurs July 26
Sandy and Trish Cameron | TRIANGLE
26th July - right - Right after Kate collected Gerry from the airport after the US trip - without Kate
~18:00 - ~19:30 | Spent most of the day travelling getting back to Portugal late afternoon. It was great to be back with Kate and the kids after the short visit to Washington. It was also great to see so many pictures from the 50th day balloon launch on the website.
A lot of people have been asking what can they do to maintain the search for Madeleine. The advice we have had consistently from the beginning, and very much re-emphasised by the experience of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is to maintain a high profile for the missing child. This can be achieved by relatively simple measures such as displaying posters in prominent public places. We ask people to continue downloading posters from the website and display them at bus stations, train stations and of course take them on holiday. Kate and I would like to thank everyone who desperately wants us to be reunited with Madeleine and have helped in this regard. | 26th... First activity back in Portugal, after returning from the States, comes at 16:41 at Faro Airport. However, th journey back seems to over-shoot Luz by pinging in Vila do Bispo (7 miles West of Luz).
Consecutive;
16:42 Faro Airport
17:31 Pedra De Agua
17:32 Boliqueime (27 minute drive from Faro Airport)
{ takes 49 minutes to drive from Boliqueime to Luz - Should arrive around 18:21}
19:05 Vilo do Bispo (1 hour 2 minute drive from Boliqueime and a 21 minute drive from Luz)
19:10 Budens (9 minute drive from Vilo do Bispo)
19:49 PdL Centro (14 minute drive from Budens)
Last ping of the day at 21:50
| 26/7 Trip to Faro airport during the afternoon. Last Luz ping at 15:16. Activations at the airport between 16:40 & 16:54. Then a gap until 18:24 back in Luz. | 26th - K travels to Faro to pick up G. Only Gerry pings Vilo do Bispo and Budens not long after returning from the aiport |
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Sandy and Trish Cameron | TRIANGLE
27th July - next day both parents went together
~16:30 - ~19-20:00
But I am more interested in the cluster around the dates the dogs came in. There is one interesting day, the 27th, when Kate pings at 18:43 at the Budens mast and Gerry pings at 18:47 at the Sagres mast. Normally between these two masts is the Raposeira mast, unless it is different at the coast. So 2 pings within 4 minutes suggest driving along a road that tangents both ping areas. IMO this could be one of the roads going from Raposeira down to the coast either to praia do barranco or praia da ingrina, possibly praia zavial as well.
Why would you go to an area formerly not of interest for more than a month, a) in the evening and b) so important that you have to go there right after your return from Washington without apparently stopping off in PdL to see your remaining kids. | 2nd version new website Quite a lot of e-mails and telephone calls today planning future events, which might be helpful to keep Madeleine in peoples minds. I am sure there will be a lot of interest in Saturday August 11th because that will mark 100 days if Madeleine is still missing. This date coincides with the world pipe band championships being held in Glasgow. A former world pipe band champion, Alasdair Gillies who is a friend of one of my sisters, has composed a ‘Marvellous March for Madeleine’ that will be played by 100 pipers from all over the world. It should be quite a spectacle and hopefully it will be a celebration, and not a another marker
that Madeleine is still missing.
Day 85 - 27/07/2007 - Friday
1st version old website
Quite a lot of e-mails and telephone calls today planning future events, which might be helpful to keep Madeleine in peoples minds. I am sure there will be a lot of interest in Saturday August 11th if Madeline because that will mark 100 days if Madeleine is still missing. This date coincides with the world pipe band championships being held in Glasgow. A former world pipe band champion, Alasdair Gillies who is a friend of one of my sisters, has composed a Marvellous March for Madeleine that will be played by 100 pipers from all over the world. It should be quite a spectacle and hopefully it will be a celebration, and not a another marker that Madeleine is still missing. | 27th... Trip to Sagres early evening. Leaves PdL just after 17:30, would arrive in Sagres just after 18:00, and left Sagres around 20:10 giving him approx just over 2 hours in Sagres before arriving back in Luz at 20:42 although it could have been anytime from 19:20 that he arrived back at PdL depending on lack of activations.
Consecutive;
17:05 PdL Centro
17:20 PdL
17:48 Budens
18:47 Sagres (he called his message centre)
20:42 PdL Centro | | 27th - Only Gerry travels to Sagres in the evening |
| | | | | | | Sat July 28
Sandy and Trish Cameron | TRIANGLE
28th July - both parents went together
~17:00 - ~18:40
Kate McCann's diary
with many thanks to Joana Morais blogSATURDAY, JULY 28: I got up at 7.30 after a late and disturbed night of sleep.
At around 16.20 we had a dip in the Jacuzzi. Sean and Amelie loved it. After tea I went to the small church. I was a little tearful.
It's really hard for me not to worry about the small things. I wonder does anyone brush her teeth? She looks so happy in that photo taken on that last day.
I know I'm repeating myself but I can't stop myself from saying how much I love you, Madeleine. I'll say it as many times as I need to. You're so, so special. XXXXX. | Quiet family day, as is often the case of a Saturday. It has become blisteringly hot here over the last few days and we decided to take the kids down to the beach early morning. Even then it was hot and there was almost no breeze although the water is still very cold. Met a very nice Portuguese couple who offered us good wishes in trying to find Madeleine | 28th... 4 pings between 01:08 and 01:16
Gaps: 11:01 - 14:20 , 14:26 - 16:25
Trip to Budens area with gaps, consecutive;
16:25 PdL Centro
17:36 Budens
17:37 Budens
19:17 PdL Centro
Another gap later that evening : 20:33 - 22:31
| 28/7 First activation is en-route to Faro airport (09:04 at Paderne). Pinging airport 09:28 - 10:19. Back in Luz at 11:39
Gap: 12:07 - 14:07
Journey to the Burgau area, consecutive…
16:25 Luz Centro 2
17:57 Budens 1
18:26 Burgau 1
18:41 Luz 2 (x2)
20:04 Luz Centro 1 (x2)
20:08 Luz Centro 1 (x2)
20:10 Luz Centro 1
21:47 Luz Centro 2 | 28th - Only Kate travels to Faro airport this morning |
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Sandy and Trish Cameron leave PdL | |
Dropped Trisha and Sandy off at the airport this morning for an emotional farewell. They have offered us the most unbelievable support and I am not sure how we would have functioned without them here. They have been the silent face of the campaign to find Madeleine, putting their lives on hold to help us get through each difficult day. From time to time we will have other friends and family coming to Portugal to see the kids and catch up with Kate and I. | 29th... Trip to Faro airport early morning, arriving at the airport around 9am and back in Luz at 10:38. Gap between 15:56 (Luz Centro) and 19:00 (Luz) totalling 3 hours and 4 minutes.
| 29/7 Gap: 10:10 - 12:21 | 29th - Only Gerry travels to Faro airport this morning |
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