Madeleine McCann

[Sunny Delight]

Oh, and the Guardian article below also indicates that a cell phone linked to the suspect was used in the immediate area shortly before Maddie went missing. Again, while seemingly specific, there are no actual details, such as "what does shortly before" mean? and "what constitutes the immediate area"?, do they mean within a minutes, an hour, the same day, and was it on the same street or just in the same town? Again, time will tell, but at least with a suspect to investigate there will be leads to follow. Let's just not presuppose the destination, though I admit, there are some interesting implications based upon what is in the news right now.

- Jeff

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...st-suspect-yet

Hi Jeff. This guy does seem to be very interesting in regards being a lead. It seems he was a burglar who had a couple of convictions from his teenage years for exposing himself to a child and committing acts of an indecent nature. It also seems that his phone records can place him in PDL at half 7 on the fateful night. That is not significant in itself but it certainly means he cannot be discounted as being in a different country or location. The theory seems to be that he was robbing local hotels with the help of employees who would tip him off. He received such a tip the night Madeleine McCann went missing, broke in to rob the place but his paedo 'instincts' took over and he took Madeleine on a spur of the moment.

It has always been that type of theory that has seemed most likely to me. It may have been a billion to one chance that it happened but it did. So we have a local burglar with convictions for indecency with children who can be placed in PDL that night and who it is suggested was working with hotel employees in order to rob the rooms. If anything he should be worthy of a really close look.

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

The dog alerts are hard to reconcile. She must have been injured or dead before he even took her away... The children I also feel are sedated, though, which would make his job easier - to not have a screaming child or whatever.

Hey, who let you out of the Wallace thread? As is, this is a fascinating development. It's years too late, but hell, someone snatched her.

[WallaceWackedHer]

The dog alerts are hard to reconcile. She must have been injured or dead before he even took her away... The children I also feel are sedated, though, which would make his job easier - to not have a screaming child or whatever.

[JeffHamm]

Oh, and the Guardian article below also indicates that a cell phone linked to the suspect was used in the immediate area shortly before Maddie went missing. Again, while seemingly specific, there are no actual details, such as "what does shortly before" mean? and "what constitutes the immediate area"?, do they mean within a minutes, an hour, the same day, and was it on the same street or just in the same town? Again, time will tell, but at least with a suspect to investigate there will be leads to follow. Let's just not presuppose the destination, though I admit, there are some interesting implications based upon what is in the news right now.

- Jeff

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...st-suspect-yet

[JeffHamm]

A new prime suspect has been identified. From this article on him we have the quote "Yesterday, police said they have "almost enough evidence" to charge the convicted paedophile with McCann's kidnapping and murder." But what "almost enough evidence" means is hard to say, but later we have "Brueckner left Portugal after Madeleine disappeared on May 3, 2007. The previous month, he had moved out of the villa and into a VW Westfalia campervan. Police have now linked this vehicle to Maddie's disappearance.", suggesting it's the link to his vehicle. Doesn't say how the vehicle is linked to Maddie's disappearance, though, and it would be an unjustified leap to suggest it was anything like a DNA finding. Rather, it could just mean his vehicle, or one like it, was known to be in the area at the the time. So, whether this lead will fizzle or lead to a resolution remains to be seen, but something to keep an eye out for. If you find any further reports on this in either direction, do include them.

- Jeff

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/new...ectid=12337492