Hi SuperD,
I find the following interesting: both were taken from their beds while asleep; Nicky from his tent and Madeleine from her holiday bedroom. Both Nicky and Madeleine’s shoes/slippers were still in the tent/bedroom from where they disappeared. Nicky was found with no dirt on his feet.
Brech might have considered that his predatory profile i.e interest in boys, would not put him under suspicion in girls’ disappearance/s. From 2005 and 2011, he would disappear for long periods of time, according to his family. Hypothetically, he could have been in the Algarve during early 2007.
The Barcelona incident with the woman at the Olympic Marina asking for her new daughter, 72 hours after Madeleine’s disappearance, might be significant, taking into account that Brech was eventually arrested at Castellterçol in 2018, 50 km from Barcelona.
At his court appearance on 26 August 2019, Brech refused to speak about the case and said to the examining magistrate: “the time is only ready when everything is fully understood”. When asked by whom should everything be understood, Brech replied “by me”. Also the fact he had prepared a statement/confession months before he was arrested and which is been held in a safe and will only be released once he decides to do so. This may indicate that since his DNA profile is now known, possibly implicating him in other crimes, he will be prepared to eventually reveal all (?). Now that CB has publicly entered the frame, I am wondering if there is a possible link to Brech’s words and recent developments in Madeleine’s case.
Profile of Joseph Theresia (Jos) Brech: white male, born 29 October 1962, 1.80 m tall, brown (grey by now) short, wavy hair, normal/thin posture, large, in his early years he worked at different scouting camps (for children) across Europe.
Young mother (possibly artist, Jenni Weinberger) and daughter: vicinity of Ocean Club, corner of R d Agostinho da Silva, next to the wall of Block 6. She saw the man on two occasions, 29 April at 8h00 and on 2 May. She described him as a white male, 1.78 m tall with pitted skin, small eyes. He possibly wore jeans. He was staring intently at the balcony area of apartment 5A. Cf. her e-fit compared to Brech.
Jane Tanner: on 3 May at 21h20 she saw a white male, who did not look like a tourist, aged between 35 and 40 (Brech was 42 at the time), 1.78 m tall with dark, thick hair, shiny, messy, slightly longer at the neck, shorter on sides. She saw him crossing the junction at R d Francisco Gentil Martins and R d Agostinho da Silva at the top, walking towards the back of block 6. He wore a thin, black, bomber-style jacket and a yellow-brown, baggy, chino-style, linen fabric style pants and standard dark shoes. He had a child in his arms, aged 3 to 4, light skin, lying on his left arm, legs across his right arm, light-coloured pyjamas, white/pink floral pattern, turn-up detail/decoration at ankles, no shoes, no blanket. The man looked a bit hurried.
Given CB’s lawyer’s recent visit to Portugal to examine the PJ files and his statement that SY is correct in treating Madeleine’s case as a missing person’s case, may imply that his client and possibly others, were involved in removing Madeleine, not for indecent purposes but perhaps as part of a syndicate to supply children to the illegal adoption trade.
All of this is my opinion only.
Explained: How the cold case of Nicky Verstappen may finally be solved
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Archived from the original on 17 May 2019
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Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant. 15 August 1998
55-jarige Jos B. gezocht voor dood Nicky Verstappen". Hart van Nederland. 22 August 2018
www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk
