BREAKING NEWS-The McCanns On The Move

[colomom]

I have been reading all day and hoping for some real confirmation but I have seen enough to pass it along to you.

From: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23412241-details/Portuguese+police+%27don%27t+have+enough+evidence+ to+charge+Madeleine%27s+parents%27/article.do

"Today the McCanns were driven from their home in Rothley, Leicestershire, for talks with their lawyer at a secret location.
They left in a silver BMW driven by solicitor Angus McBride. Mrs McCann's parents Brian and Susan Healy followed in another car.
Immediately afterwards Gerry's sister Trish Cameron drove the couple's two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie away.
Earlier it emerged that close friends of the McCanns will be interrogated by detectives in coming days.
Senior police sources say officers want to question further at least some of the seven friends who were holidaying with the McCanns when Madeleine vanished from the family's apartment on 3 May.
It is thought Russell O'Brien and his partner Jane Tanner are among those who will be quizzed."
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There is alot of buzz on various forums that reporters and other media are all hopping planes for the Algarve today.

~Stay tuned for updates~

[colomom]

Fantastic site for Maddie news...and it refreshes automatically...bookmark this one folks!!

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann

[Shazza]

Fantastic site for Maddie news...and it refreshes automatically...bookmark this one folks!!

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann
Thanks colomom this is a great link that will keep us updated.

[Pinkhammer]

It also features a story in the NY Post that calls the McCanns "Party Animals"!

[SleuthMom]

Hat off to you Colomom! Always providing such great links. :)

[Texana]

Thanks Colomom!

[CaliKid]

So are they in hiding from the PJ, or do they just want privacy until they can figure out what to do next?

[Shazza]

So are they in hiding from the PJ, or do they just want privacy until they can figure out what to do next?
Hiding with their legal team......sounds very ominous to me, probably planning and rehearsing their strategies, why would your lawyers pick you up and take you somewhere.....and leave their children....again:hand: :doh:

[CaliKid]

Well as we now know (and have suspected for a very long time, Shazza) Kate McCann can't take care of her kids on her own. She's probably thankful her family rescued her from them.

[Shazza]

Well as we now know (and have suspected for a very long time, Shazza) Kate McCann can't take care of her kids on her own. She's probably thankful her family rescued her from them.
Its just another quirky turn after another with the McCanns, I feel so sorry for the twins, first their sister has gone and now the parents have gone for how long is anybodys guess. I would really like to know what is going on in the twins head, they should be getting some sort of counselling IMO, their world has been turned upside down.

[CaliKid]

Very true. I know that children their age don't have a good sense of time passing, kind of like when I had to leave my 2-year-old when my grandmother died and I went to her funeral. I was gone for five days, and it took him a day to recover and truly remember who I was.

You can therefore imagine the twins without their sister, but with the parents constantly talking about her and how confused they were. Now their parents are gone too. Someone better intervene quickly.

[ThoughtFox]

Fantastic site for Maddie news...and it refreshes automatically...bookmark this one folks!!

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann
That is awesome, thanks! :D I've been looking for a page like that.

We had three or four during the Lacy Peterson case, and it's so much easier than going through Google News or CNN Transcripts every day.

This is my favorite headline on that page - an article about online bloggers!

"Get that cat to forensics, armchair sleuths demand" :)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2449020.ece

[snvoigt]

Please tell me they are not serious with the following quote?


"Today, a source suggested to the Standard that labels for findings from Mr Murat's vehicles may have got confused with labels from the McCanns' car. "They could easily have got the labels mixed up," said the source."

Shauna

[colomom]

Please tell me they are not serious with the following quote?


"Today, a source suggested to the Standard that labels for findings from Mr Murat's vehicles may have got confused with labels from the McCanns' car. "They could easily have got the labels mixed up," said the source."

Shauna

Oh gosh....another "source". My opinion, McCann spin. Sure it's possible. But considering that there were quite a few PJ and even a few British (high ranking) LE overseeing the whole procedure, probable? Not...

[colomom]

That is awesome, thanks! :D I've been looking for a page like that.

We had three or four during the Lacy Peterson case, and it's so much easier than going through Google News or CNN Transcripts every day.

This is my favorite headline on that page - an article about online bloggers!

"Get that cat to forensics, armchair sleuths demand" :)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2449020.ece

Poor Creepy Cat, persecuted without mercy. All he wanted was someone to love him....http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/colomom/pinkpan2.gif

I believe that forensics have already been performed, long ago, and the results are in that 1000 page report.

[april4sky]

Oh gosh....another "source". My opinion, McCann spin. Sure it's possible. But considering that there were quite a few PJ and even a few British (high ranking) LE overseeing the whole procedure, probable? Not...

Unfair I think.
Why would you automaticly blame the McCanns?

[colomom]

Unfair I think.
Why would you automaticly blame the McCanns?

April4sky....with all due respect....can you point out to me where I "blamed the McCanns"?

[Texana]

Please tell me they are not serious with the following quote?


"Today, a source suggested to the Standard that labels for findings from Mr Murat's vehicles may have got confused with labels from the McCanns' car. "They could easily have got the labels mixed up," said the source."

Shauna

Don't you wonder what that "source" was?

There's no record of a sample ever being taken from Murat's car because the "sniffer dogs" alerted to the Renault Scenic.

The dogs had been brought back to Portugal and when they alerted, (I don't know what precipitated bringing them back) the police searched the trunk of the car more thoroughly and found the sample under the mat/wheel well kind of area--not really clear what, but not the top surface of the trunk.

The tests were done at two independent labs in Great Britain.

With such a high-profile case, every precaution would be taken to process the tests according to established procedure.

As yourself what "source" would have suggested that a mix up would be possible--knowing full well there were not multiple samples of Madeleine's DNA sitting around in unlabeled containers with a stack of labels near by, like file folders full of papers or something.

This is a page right out of the O.J. Simpson defense and obviously, it worked really well for him. All you need is a little confusion about collecting and testing forensic evidence, repeating something loudly and often even if it's incorrect, and an audience willing to believe.

[april4sky]

April4sky....with all due respect....can you point out to me where I "blamed the McCanns"?
McCann spin sounds to me like blaming them.

[colomom]

McCann spin sounds to me like blaming them.

april4sky,

Spin is generated by PR people. I read many articles yesterday and Thursday that the McCanns were consulting PR firms. If you hand things over to PR people...they spin...that's their job. The McCanns would have very little, if any, involvement.

Check this: http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?postid=10488708

Scroll down to Tim H's post and read his take on it.

The article referred to is here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=481789&in_page_id=1770&c

"Today, a source suggested to the Standard that labels for findings from Mr Murat's vehicles may have got confused with labels from the McCanns' car. "They could easily have got the labels mixed up," said the source."

That "quote" is all the way at the bottom of the article and I have a hard time with quotes like that from an unnamed "source". Like I said earlier, the PJ had a number of officers involved in that search operation on the vehicles along with a few high-ranking British LE officers that were flown in especially to assist.

I think I would put my faith in the latter.

[colomom]

Don't you wonder what that "source" was?

There's no record of a sample ever being taken from Murat's car because the "sniffer dogs" alerted to the Renault Scenic.

The dogs had been brought back to Portugal and when they alerted, (I don't know what precipitated bringing them back) the police searched the trunk of the car more thoroughly and found the sample under the mat/wheel well kind of area--not really clear what, but not the top surface of the trunk.

The tests were done at two independent labs in Great Britain.

With such a high-profile case, every precaution would be taken to process the tests according to established procedure.

As yourself what "source" would have suggested that a mix up would be possible--knowing full well there were not multiple samples of Madeleine's DNA sitting around in unlabeled containers with a stack of labels near by, like file folders full of papers or something.

This is a page right out of the O.J. Simpson defense and obviously, it worked really well for him. All you need is a little confusion about collecting and testing forensic evidence, repeating something loudly and often even if it's incorrect, and an audience willing to believe.

As always, Texana, you have earned my respect. I appreciate your thought processes. :clap:

[christine2448]

Fantastic site for Maddie news...and it refreshes automatically...bookmark this one folks!!

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann


Good one, TY!

[april4sky]

I have a hard time with quotes like that from an unnamed "source".

Colomom I have a problem with rumors and inuendo from unamed sources period.

I also have a problem with the likes of the court tv boards. I stopped visiting that board long before Madeleine went missing.
Too many posters enjoy being nasty there just for the sake of it. IMO.

By the way I never said, and nor do I believe that the labels were mixed up.

It was just that you automatically assumed the "source" was McCann spin that I thought unfair.

[colomom]

Colomom I have a problem with rumors and inuendo from unamed sources period.

I also have a problem with the likes of the court tv boards. I stopped visiting that board long before Madeleine went missing.
Too many posters enjoy being nasty there just for the sake of it. IMO.

By the way I never said, and nor do I believe that the labels were mixed up.

It was just that you automatically assumed the "source" was McCann spin that I thought unfair.

Understood april4sky....I hope you can see how I came to that conclusion. I do not post without thought.
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[april4sky]

Understood april4sky....I hope you can see how I came to that conclusion. I do not post without thought.
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Understood here too colomom. :)

Now as its just past midnight here in my part of the world. I will bid you good night.

I have been on here far too long. :silenced:

[colomom]

Understood here too colomom. :)

Now as its just past midnight here in my part of the world. I will bid you good night.

I have been on here far too long. :silenced:

As far as I am concerned you (and your opinions) are always.....http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/colomom/signs060.gif

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Can you tell I found a new site for smilies? :D

[Salem]

I agree - this was a little harsh. If you read many of Shazza's posts you will see that her greatest concern is for the children and the fact that they seem to spend very little time with their parents. This must be a very difficult time for the twins. Any time they spend with their parents at this point, is probably "distracted" time. I would think (and I'm probably projecting my own feelings here) that the parents are very wrapped up in what is going on and it is very difficult to disengage themselves and give the twins their 100% undivided attention for any length of time. All normal under the circumstances, in my opinion.

I also think the twins are probably just fine, although somewhat confused. They have grandparents, aunts and uncles that are helping to look after them and the parents, while attending many meetings, do seem to stay in close proximity to some extent.

An additional thought is that the McCanns are probably trying to find a way to get AWAY from all the press. Think about it, if they were camped in your front yard, wouldn't you try to shake them?

Anyway.... just my two cents.

Salem

[shrinkydink]

Yes, I assume that, too, but I still don't get what she would have them do. Not meet with the lawyers, and just take their chances that they might get taken from their children for years because they didn't manage to mount a decent defense, or take the children along to meet with the lawyers, too?

The implication is they are somehow wrong again, but what other thing should they do? No one can take care of two small children and give them the attention they need AND talk to a lawyer about something this important at the same time. Are they supposed to keep these children with them at a time when they clearly shouldn't just so it looks good?

Shrinky

[Salem]

The new article about the "mystery man" is not NEWS. Isn't this Murat's friend Tuck? I sure looks like him and it is a question that has been posted in the Maddie forum numerous times, by more than one sluether, including myself........ so why is it news now?

Salem

[JinxieJada]

The children that is....hasn't it been implied that they are w/ relatives? At least they didn't leave em in the house alone :rolleyes:

[Love_Mama]

Fantastic site for Maddie news...and it refreshes automatically...bookmark this one folks!!

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann

Thanks for the link colomom. GREAT!

xxxxxxooooo
mama
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[Shazza]

I did not intend to sound that the children should be with their parents whilst with their legal team, the way I read the story was the parents were whisked away and the children taken by family members to another location, why couldnt the children have been left at home with another family member, it seems to me that they will be gone for a much longer time, these kids have had their world turned upside down and even though the parents say they want to get home and live as normal life as possible, this obviously is not happening, I feel sad for the twins being shoved from pillar to pillar, IMO this is having a terrible effect on them and at the age they are its the parents whom they want.

[Zelda]

Fantastic site for Maddie news...and it refreshes automatically...bookmark this one folks!!

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann


I have added it to my favorites. Great site!

Okay, I'm having a senior moment because I can't remember who Murat is.

Will somebody clue me in? TIA!

[Zelda]

Thanks for the link colomom. GREAT!

xxxxxxooooo
mama
:blowkiss: :blowkiss:

I remember you from the Westerfield case. Weren't you on Jameson's Forum?

[Reannan]

Ahhh....mmm...Zelda? Murat is the first guys officially named as a suspect. He lives close to where the apartment was that Madeleine went missing from, and there are rumors he knew some of the Tapas 9 from England. He has links to a Russian computer geek (Sergei Malinka) who has also been investigated, but never named as a suspect.