Madeleine McCann

[Sunny Delight]

I believe the shrine to be a red herring. Brueckner allegedly left the area not long after Madeline's disappearance [ May 7 ] . I can't find a definitive date but maybe , say in the summer.
The shrine was not found until Christmas [ same year ], apparently. Would a bouquet of flowers, Lilies I believe, and a photo of Madeline still be there and looking untouched months later ? If Brueckner made the shrine ? Or would the flowers have been dead by then ? And would the photo of Madeline [ unless in a frame ], not just have blown away ? And would someone have not spotted said shrine earlier ?

Regards Darryl

Yeah I feel the same way. I dislike when the Police get fixated on a certain individual and begin to try and make the evidence match the suspect. I suppose the issue for the Police is that they don't have any real tangible lead and Breuckner does seem a plausible suspect. I suppose the term leaving 'no stone unturned' may be apt in that the Police are investigating Breuckner and his past very strongly but the fixation on one suspect becomes problematic.

[Pcdunn]

I believe the shrine to be a red herring. Brueckner allegedly left the area not long after Madeline's disappearance [ May 7 ] . I can't find a definitive date but maybe , say in the summer.
The shrine was not found until Christmas [ same year ], apparently. Would a bouquet of flowers, Lilies I believe, and a photo of Madeline still be there and looking untouched months later ? If Brueckner made the shrine ? Or would the flowers have been dead by then ? And would the photo of Madeline [ unless in a frame ], not just have blown away ? And would someone have not spotted said shrine earlier ?

Regards Darryl

Brueckner was said to live in the area "off and on" for a period of years. And didn't the family find the "shrine" in 2007? That's a few years later than the disappearance, isn't it?

Maybe the guy left, but returned later to put up the so-called shrine? The family apparently didn't report their find until they realized the police were searching close to the picnic area and the reservoir.

[Darryl Kenyon]

I believe the shrine to be a red herring. Brueckner allegedly left the area not long after Madeline's disappearance [ May 7 ] . I can't find a definitive date but maybe , say in the summer.
The shrine was not found until Christmas [ same year ], apparently. Would a bouquet of flowers, Lilies I believe, and a photo of Madeline still be there and looking untouched months later ? If Brueckner made the shrine ? Or would the flowers have been dead by then ? And would the photo of Madeline [ unless in a frame ], not just have blown away ? And would someone have not spotted said shrine earlier ?

Regards Darryl

[FrankO]

nah, your english is perfect. bettter than mine actually! ha! it has more to do with the fact of something gets missing in non verbal/electronic communication like this.

Yeah, second that Abby.

Cheers

[Abby Normal]

so after doing a little more reading up on this shrine and this Brueckner dude, IMHO hes looking more and more like a very good suspect. Are their any photos of him from closer to the time frame of the crime? im trying to see if his hair might have been more brown back then.

[Abby Normal]

No worries, Abbby. I sure didn't think you were a moron, but rather that I was the one who hadn't done a good job getting my point across, not you not getting it. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that English isn't my native language. Anyway, glad that it's straightened out.

Cheers,
Frank

nah, your english is perfect. bettter than mine actually! ha! it has more to do with the fact of something gets missing in non verbal/electronic communication like this.

[FrankO]

hi frank
lol, sorry i thought you thought i was the moron, especially since your previous post you were saying i missed your point.
apologies.

No worries, Abbby. I sure didn't think you were a moron, but rather that I was the one who hadn't done a good job getting my point across, not you not getting it. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that English isn't my native language. Anyway, glad that it's straightened out.

Cheers,
Frank

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Hi P.I.,

Can't say I'm entirely surprised as the NZ Herald is an unlikely source to be the first to present such information, but it appears to me (not having had a chance to read the DM article yet) that it is a recent story and not something that was reported on years ago. I could, of course, be mistaken on that, either way thanks for that.

- Jeff

You're welcome, Jeff.

I don't think the existence of the shrine had ever been reported before except to the Portuguese police.

The 'exclusive' Daily Mail scoop was not so exclusive after all: the same story was reported on the same day in the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star and The Sun.

[JeffHamm]

It was reported two days earlier in the Daily Mail:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hrine-her.html

Hi P.I.,

Can't say I'm entirely surprised as the NZ Herald is an unlikely source to be the first to present such information, but it appears to me (not having had a chance to read the DM article yet) that it is a recent story and not something that was reported on years ago. I could, of course, be mistaken on that, either way thanks for that.

- Jeff

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Yes. While that was indicated in previous articles I've read, what I hadn't seen before was the reference to the "shrine" with her photograph that apparently had been constructed in the area a few months after her disappearance. Perhaps that has been reported on before, but it is the first time I've come across it.

- Jeff

It was reported two days earlier in the Daily Mail:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12131383/Police-searched-reservoir-Maddie-McCann-case-British-couple-discovered-shrine-her.html

[JeffHamm]

wow thanks Jeff. and apparently the german suspect has ties to that area. the plot thickens.

Yes. While that was indicated in previous articles I've read, what I hadn't seen before was the reference to the "shrine" with her photograph that apparently had been constructed in the area a few months after her disappearance. Perhaps that has been reported on before, but it is the first time I've come across it.

- Jeff

[Abby Normal]

Today there was an interesting update on the recent search in the NZ Herald, so thought I would share.

- Jeff

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/mad...O47NDX4P2DYHU/

wow thanks Jeff. and apparently the german suspect has ties to that area. the plot thickens.

[JeffHamm]

Today there was an interesting update on the recent search in the NZ Herald, so thought I would share.

- Jeff

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-weird-shrine-found-at-portugal-reservoir-police-search-location/IZLI2TND5FGN7O47NDX4P2DYHU/

[Abby Normal]

Ooh, so sorry to have bothered you, Abby – won’t happen again - but no need to treat me like some moron, OK? Perhaps you shouldn’t assume that I've read all of your posts.

hi frank
lol, sorry i thought you thought i was the moron, especially since your previous post you were saying i missed your point.
apologies.

[FrankO]

hi franko
yes of course im talking about initially /the first time they talked to police. ive only said it every time that ive mentioned it. not sure why your struggling with this.

Ooh, so sorry to have bothered you, Abby – won’t happen again - but no need to treat me like some moron, OK? Perhaps you shouldn’t assume that I've read all of your posts.