ThoughtFox
Expecting the Unexpected
I hope it's ok to start a new thread about this, because I haven't done this in a long time. So just let me know if I need to delete this, or the Mods can.
I'm thinking this news may be something that keeps coming up in the future discussions.
I just saw this new story today, and I don't know the significance, but it could be a big deal. I believe the new theory is that the McCann's visited Fatima in a widely publicized religious visit, but then later returned to the shrine with the Maddie's body, which would fit with why Maddie's fluids and hair were in the car so long after she disappeared. Soon after the trip to Fatima, they left on their tour of Europe:
Today's news:
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/19301
The mention of the specific place makes me wonder if they have a witness somewhere in Fatima who saw the parents near there some days after their public visit?
From back in May:
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann
Other links that mention the trip.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20765844/site/newsweek/
Timeline
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=4dc979ef-6109-4636-a14f-264289bba497
What do others here remember about their trip and their reactions to Fatime? Are there any interviews around that time in which they talked about it? I intend to do a CNN search for news from their trip, and what they were doing before and after.
I'm thinking this news may be something that keeps coming up in the future discussions.
I just saw this new story today, and I don't know the significance, but it could be a big deal. I believe the new theory is that the McCann's visited Fatima in a widely publicized religious visit, but then later returned to the shrine with the Maddie's body, which would fit with why Maddie's fluids and hair were in the car so long after she disappeared. Soon after the trip to Fatima, they left on their tour of Europe:
Today's news:
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/19301
Devout Kate and Gerry McCann made a pilgrimage there three weeks after their daughter vanished from their holiday apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.
Just four days later they rented a car which police believe the couple used to return to the shrine and dispose of Madeleine’s body.
. . . In just five weeks the McCanns clocked up 1,709 miles in the car and police want to question them about every journey they made. The couple claim they ran up the mileage making frequent return trips from the resort to Faro Airport 55 miles away.
*snip*
Officers want to examine a pasture called the Cova da Iria near the village of Aljustrel a mile from Fatima – where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to three children in 1917.
Police believe Madeleine died as a result of an accident and her body was hidden before being moved in the McCanns’ hire car.
They are convinced Gerry and Kate McCann’s devotion to their faith played a key role in how they supposedly disposed of the body.
. . . more at link
The mention of the specific place makes me wonder if they have a witness somewhere in Fatima who saw the parents near there some days after their public visit?
From back in May:
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Madeleine+McCann
The trip to the shrine marks the first time Mrs McCann has left the Algarve village of Praia da Luz since Madeleine was abducted from the family's holiday apartment, other than visits to the police station in nearby Portimao.
According to friends, she had hoped to make the four-hour trip to the shrine before Madeleine was abducted, and had been even keener to do so since.
Other links that mention the trip.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20765844/site/newsweek/
Timeline
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=4dc979ef-6109-4636-a14f-264289bba497
What do others here remember about their trip and their reactions to Fatime? Are there any interviews around that time in which they talked about it? I intend to do a CNN search for news from their trip, and what they were doing before and after.