JW
position timeline created in English
by
all the group
and presented to the PJ on 10th May they were north of the side gate.
That suggests Gerald was returning from the direction of the front
door, as he originally told the police.
2115:
JT leaves table, and sees GM talking with fellow resident ("Jez"
Wilkins) outside the patio gate of 5A.
The two were standing just
up the hill from the gate towards Rua A. da Silva Road.
She did not speak to GM as she passed.
Ce
témoignage collectif suggère que GMC ne venait pas de sortir du
patio, il semble plus vraisemblable qu'il descendait la rue FGM,
venant du parking et étant sorti par la porte comme dans sa première
déposition. JW remontait la rue à sa droite, venant ??? du parking
situé en face de l'entrée du Tapas. Il allait devoir traverser pour
rentrer chez lui et dit l'avoir fait quand il vit GMC.
La distance entre l'allée longeant les patios et le T en haut de la
rue FGM est d'environ 33m. JW l'évalue à 20, pour définir
l'endroit où ils ont bavardé, il parle de 5m au nord de l'allée et
à 10/15m au sud du T. Ils se trouvaient donc à un tiers ou à la
moitié de la distance de 33m, à 11m ou à 16m au nord de l'allée,
ce qui les place au nord de la grille du patio, comme
l'indique la timeline collective.
Le point fondamental, qui n'a malheurement pas été investigué, en tout cas à temps, est l'heure
de l'alerte.
Dire
que l'alerte a été lancée à 22h est un ordre d'idée. Personne
n'a regardé sa montre, tout le monde ou presque a repris ce 22h. Six témoins
indépendants (dont les serveurs) la situent avant 22h, six
protagonistes la situent à 22h, mais les premières lignes de temps
la situent plus tôt. Dans son rog Fiona WP la place entre 21h45 et 22h et Matthew MO
à 21h50. Gerald MC, défaillance de mémoire ou
non, la remet par deux fois à plus tard (la 2è à un précis 22h03, ce
qui fait une différence de presque un quart d'heure entre Mattew MO et lui).
Le premier média à avoir été informé, par Rachael qui était amie de la femme d'un journaliste, fut la BBC, de sorte que l'information diffusée par BBC Radio 4 dans le programme Today (8h30/9h) est de première main :
Vers 22h45, sa mère, Kate McCann, a découvert que sa fille n'était pas là.
Voilà mise à mal la croyance de la PJ et donc de SY que Gerald MC était à table au tapas à 22 heures : personne n'y était, sauf Dianne W qui, intriguée, n'allait pas tarder à partir.
OG a étudié forensiquement la time
line des TP9 et découvert, entre 20h30 et 22h plusieurs "fenêtres"
où l'enlèvement aurait pu avoir lieu. Ont-ils examiné la question
de l'heure de l'alerte et réinterrogé les témoins selon lesquels
l'alerte avait été lancée avant 22h ? Ont-ils découvert d'autres
témoins, hormis les protagonistes, de l'alerte à 22h ?
Étrangement les témoignages indépendants n'ont pas été pris en compte pour tenter de cerner l'heure à laquelle KMC a lancé l'alerte.
Le
dîner du 3 mai
Les
McCann et leurs compagnons de voyage ont convenu dans leur ligne de
temps que l'alarme avait été déclenchée vers 22 heures. Les
témoignages de quelques uns d'entre eux, pourtant, ainsi que des
témoignages indépendants indiquent qu'elle a eu lieu plus tôt.
Selon le chef des cuisines qu'il n'y avait personne à la table à
21h40 lorsqu'il a quitté la zone des tapas. Cependant, il y avait
des objets sur la table, ce qui signifie que Dianne était déjà
allée à l'appartement (elle est revenue plus tard chercher ces
objets).
Le
réceptionniste a déclaré qu'il avait été prévenu au téléphone
par un employé de tapas entre 21h30 et 22h00.
Barend
Jan Jacob Weijdom a entendu parler de la disparition
à 21h30 ou 21h40.
Selon Ricardo Oliveira, le serveur chargé de la table du groupe ce soir-là, un des invités
avait disparu lorsqu'il avait servi le plat principal à 21h20 et
qu'il était revenu à 21h45. Quelques minutes après 21h45, il n'y
avait personne à la table (6 mai). Interrogé de nouveau en septembre il
s'est souvenu avoir vu Dianne à table, seule. Cependant, il dit
aussi qu'il a pris les commandes quand ils ont tous été assis à
20h45. Selon lui le plat principal serait servi 30 minutes après la
commande et il leur faudrait 15 minutes pour le manger. Son temps de
21h20 semble donc correct. Russell était absent et n'est rentré
qu'à 21h45.
"Quand on le lui demande, il dit que le 3 mai, on lui a demandé de garder au chaud le plat d'un des convives pendant quelques minutes, c'était environ 15 minutes avant son retour, vers 21 h 45
Il ne se souvient pas avoir vu les parents de Madeleine quitter la table, mais il est possible que quelqu'un ait pu quitter la table sans que le témoin l'ait remarqué.
Quelques minutes après 21h45 le témoin a regardé la table et a constaté qu'il n'y avait personne. Un de ses collègues lui a dit que tous les invités avaient quitté la table à la hâte. En tout cas, il se souvient avoir entendu des cris venant de la direction de l'appartement des parents de Madeleine. "
"Quand on le lui demande, il dit que le 3 mai, on lui a demandé de garder au chaud le plat d'un des convives pendant quelques minutes, c'était environ 15 minutes avant son retour, vers 21 h 45
Il ne se souvient pas avoir vu les parents de Madeleine quitter la table, mais il est possible que quelqu'un ait pu quitter la table sans que le témoin l'ait remarqué.
Quelques minutes après 21h45 le témoin a regardé la table et a constaté qu'il n'y avait personne. Un de ses collègues lui a dit que tous les invités avaient quitté la table à la hâte. En tout cas, il se souvient avoir entendu des cris venant de la direction de l'appartement des parents de Madeleine. "
La
déclaration ci-dessus suggère que Russell était absent à 21h20,
ce qui rend absurde le signalement de Jane à 21h15/20 alors qu'elle
était en route pour une ronde. Si Jane a vu quelque chose, c'était
probablement plus tôt ou plus tard, par exemple à 21h40 lorsqu'elle
est partie remplacer Russell auprès de l'enfant malade afin qu'il
puisse dîner. Russell et Matt ne seraient pas non plus partis pour
une ronde à 21h30.
Miguel
Salcedos Coelho a appris la nouvelle à 22 heures. Comme il était
dans la chambre froide, donc on ne l'a informé que lorsqu'il est
sorti.
"Le 3 mai, vers 22h05, Jacqueline Williams travaillait au" Mini Club "à l'heure du" dîner "avec ses collègues Charlotte et Amy, lorsqu'une personne féminine est arrivée, dont elle ignore le nom, mais qu'elle était la mère de un enfant (appartenant à Toddlers 2), un invité qui séjournait à l'hôtel et qui est parti à la fin de la semaine, lui a dit qu'une fille appelée "Maddie" avait disparu et que ses parents avaient besoin d'aide pour la chercher.
"Le 3 mai, vers 22h05, Jacqueline Williams travaillait au" Mini Club "à l'heure du" dîner "avec ses collègues Charlotte et Amy, lorsqu'une personne féminine est arrivée, dont elle ignore le nom, mais qu'elle était la mère de un enfant (appartenant à Toddlers 2), un invité qui séjournait à l'hôtel et qui est parti à la fin de la semaine, lui a dit qu'une fille appelée "Maddie" avait disparu et que ses parents avaient besoin d'aide pour la chercher.
Selon
Charlotte Pennington, à la crèche de nuit avec Amy Tierney et
Jackie Williams, une femme venue chercher son enfant vers 22h15 leur
a dit qu'un enfant était porté disparu. Amy a alors appelé Lindsay
qui a confirmé. Selon Jackie, elles ont été informées à 10h05.
Bien que les deux femmes disent que Lyndsay Johnson a confirmé la
disparition d’un enfant, Lyndsay a déclaré que Amy l’avait
informée à 22h20. Amy ne mentionne pas avoir téléphoné à qui
que ce soit et ne donne pas non plus le temps d'apprendre la
disparition. Sa déclaration porte principalement sur le fait de voir
la fenêtre ouverte et les volets, ce qui est très douteux puisque
Gerry les a fermés.
Si
les nannies ont été informées entre 22h05 et 22h15, l'informatrice
l'avait appris vers 22h/22h10, en supposant qu'elle se soit rendue
immédiatement à la crèche. Malheureusement, nous ne savons pas qui
était cette femme ni où elle se trouvait lorsqu'elle a entendu
parler de la disparition. Elle aurait pu être à proximité ou dans
un restaurant du village. Elle pouvait être en route vers la crèche.
Quoi
qu'il en soit, il est difficile de croire la déposition de GMC selon
laquelle Kate est partie faire sa ronde à 22 h 03, en étant revenue
dix minutes plus tard (alors qu'elle a déclaré d'être restée
moins d'une minute dans l'appartement).
Maria
Jose dos Santos Rosa, qui travaille au Millenium, a déclaré qu'un
touriste anglais venu au Millenium vers 22 heures, avait parlé de la
disparition.
Plusieurs
employés de Millenium ont déclaré que les MC y prenaient leur
petit-déjeuner tous les jours. Une employée était chargé de
vérifier que les clients avaient droit à un petit-déjeuner gratuit
dans le cadre de leur forfait vacances. Elle aurait vérifié quand
ils arrivaient pour le petit-déjeuner. Pourquoi les McCann et leurs
amis nieraient-ils avoir déjeuné là-bas?
On
s'attendrait à ce que quiconque ayant procédé à un "examen
forensique" de la chronologie, comme le dit DCI Redwood, veuille
savoir pourquoi il y avait de si grandes disparités entre les
témoignages. Les employés travaillaient et les neuf tapas dînaient
et buvaient. Il n'y a aucune raison de croire que les T9 avaient plus
conscience de l'heure que les employés. C'est une négligence de la
PJ de s'être fiée aux lignes de temps du groupe sans tenir compte
des témoignages indépendants.
La PJ suspectait la ligne
de temps mais n'a rassemblé aucune preuve pour la contester. Tous
les témoins non impliqués qui ont donné une heure plus tôt que
les autres auraient dû être interrogés à nouveau.
Le chef qui a donné 21h20
aurait dû faire vérifier ses mouvements avec d'autres témoins; à
quelle heure a-t-il vraiment quitté les tapas? Où est-il allé
alors? Qui l'a vu?
La mère qui a signalé la
disparition aux nourrices aurait dû être interrogée, de même que
tous ceux qui ont dîné au Tapas.
La personne qui aurait
signalé la disparition à 22 heures au Millenium aurait dû être
retrouvée. S'ils avaient éclairé ces détails, ils n'auraient
peut-être pas besoin d'une reconstruction. Cependant, trop de temps
s'était écoulé, ils n'avaient aucune raison de continuer et ils
voulaient juste se débarrasser de l'affaire.
Il est facile de dire
rétrospectivement ce que la PJ aurait dû faire, mais il était
beaucoup plus difficile pour elle sur le moment de se concentrer sur
les questions cruciales. Je les défends en principe parce que je
suis sûr qu'ils ont fait de leur mieux dans une situation très
difficile.
John Hill ne l'a appris
qu'à 22h28. Lyndsay, responsable des services de garde d’enfants,
l’a informé. Amy a été informée par une femme sans nom entre
22h05 et 22h15.
Lyndsay elle-même a
appris à 22h20 par sa collègue Amy T. que Madeleine McCann avait
disparu. Charlotte Pennington, vers 22 h 15, travaillait à la crèche
de nuit avec ses collègues, Jackie et Amy, lorsqu'une inconnue est
venue les voir, indiquant qu'elle était une touriste hébergée dans
le complexe et leur demandant si elles avaient entendu parler de la
disparition d'un enfant, dont elle a appelé le nom "Maggie"
ou "Maddy";
Amy a contacté par
téléphone sa superviseur, Lyndsay, qui l'a informée que Madeleine
avait effectivement disparu;
Jackie pense également
qu'Amy a interrogé Lyndsay, ne l'informait pas. Vers 22 h 05, elle
travaillait au Mini Club quand une femme est arrivée et lui a dit
qu'une fille appelée "Maddie" avait disparu et que ses
parents avaient besoin d'aide pour la chercher.
Pendant ce temps, sa
collègue a tenté de savoir ce qu'il en était et a confirmé qu'un
enfant du nom de Madeleine McCann avait disparu et qu'ils étaient
sur le point de commencer la "procédure relative à la
disparition d'un enfant".
A
logistical nightmare.
Le 5 mai, 6 équipes composées d'officiers de la PJ et de membres de l'équipe de maintenance de l'Ocean Club ont visité 443 résidences de l'Ocean Club. On a demandé aux gens s’ils avaient des informations et si c’était le cas, ils ont été emmenés pour un interrogatoire formel.
Le 5 mai, 6 équipes composées d'officiers de la PJ et de membres de l'équipe de maintenance de l'Ocean Club ont visité 443 résidences de l'Ocean Club. On a demandé aux gens s’ils avaient des informations et si c’était le cas, ils ont été emmenés pour un interrogatoire formel.
Mme
Fenn et les Moyes ont dû soit être sortis, soit avoir dit qu'ils
n'avaient aucune information. S'ils manquaient, un appartement était
confié à la police [606] où ils auraient pu se rendre et signaler
quelque chose d'intéressant pour l'enquête. Derek Flack, qui
séjournait dans les appartements Mirage, s'est rendu sur place pour
rendre compte de ce qu'il a vu.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/EXTERNAL.htm
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DEREK_FLACK.htm
Entre
20h30 et 21h, Gerry, Kate, Jane, Matthew et Rachael, Russell, les
Paynes et Jeremy Wikins sont passés rua FGM.
Matthew,
Gerry, Jez, Jane et les Moyes sont passés dans cette rue de 21h à
21h30.
Le
chef des cuisines est passé de la cuisine centrale au Tapas en
voiture, tout comme un préposé à l'entretien et sa petite amie.
Les Carpenter se trouvaient à l'entrée du tapas. Crecheman devait
être dans les environs.
De
21h30 à 22h00, Matthew, Russell [deux fois] et Jane sont passés
dans la rue.
Sur
le parking se trouvent deux blocs où les gens pouvaient être assis
sur des balcons tels que Balu et Naylor. Un couple a quitté en
voiture le Bloc 6 à 22 heures.
Les
autres tapas devaient être présents et il aurait pu y avoir des
gens venant du restaurant Millenium.
Étonnamment,
les seules personnes qui se sont vues étaient Matthew et les Paynes
[après qu'on le leur ait rappelé]. Jane a vu Gerry, Jez et
Crecheman, mais personne ne semble l'avoir vue.
21:15/21:30 : L'OC guest Scarpenter et sa femme quittent le Tapas et rentrent chez eux. La femme se souvient vaguement le lendemain d'avoir entendu quelqu'un appeler "Madeleine, Madeleine" après avoir traversé la rue GM et avant d'entrer dans leur appartement. Divers témoins situent l'alerte avant 21:30, manifestement ils n'ont pas de montre.
Entre 21.30 and 22:00 le
serveur Salcedas demande à DW si "ils l'ont laissée seule"
et celle-ci répond qu'ils sont allés voir où était la petite
fille. Là-dessus Salcedas voit GMC courir vers la piscine et le
terrain de jeux. Salcedas lui propose d'alerter les gens du Millenium
et GMC accepte et repart en courant. Sauf que ce n'est pas GMC, c'est probablement David P.
22h : MS
déclare avoir quitté un appartement du G6 à 21:58 (son amie
vérifie l'heure à sa demande) avec son compagnon et être montée
dans leur voiture garée dans le parking privé du bloc (en face de
la face latérale du G5). Il y a du vent et il fait sombre (la lune
pourtant va se lever dans quelques minutes). Ils prennent à gauche
dans Agostinho da Silva et passent donc le long du G5. Elle ne voit
aucun mouvement, ni gens ni voitures, une petite auto garée dans la
rue GM. Elle voit de la lumière chez Mrs Fenn.
Entre 21:30 et 22:00 le réceptionniste de
l'OC, HL, a été contacté par un membre du personnel du restaurant
Tapas qui lui a dit que la fille de clients qui
dînaient avait disparu. Il a immédiatement contacté la GNR de
Lagos. Ce n'est pas vrai. Peu après GMC et John Hill sont arrivés à la réception
et il a appelé la GNR à nouveau. Le premier a eu lieu à 22h42 et il a été effectué à l'instigation de John Hill (GMC n'était pas là). MO est censé avoir
alerté le premier le réceptionniste vers 22h10, puis il est parti au Millenium.
Après 22:00 RB
et sa femme, assis sur leur véranda, entendent des bruits en bas et
découvrent ensuite qu'un enfant a disparu. Gerald was seen and
spoken to by NB and RB They heard him calling for Madeleine when they
were sitting on NB's balcony, not far from the McCann's
apartment. They both went down to talk to Gerald and helped in the
search.
Entre 22:00 and 22:30 waiter JB was in the kitchen, and was
alerted, by a colleague, to the fact that a guest entered the
restaurant screaming and at this point, the entire group left in
a panic; his colleague proceeded to tell him that the (screaming)
individual indicated that a child had gone missing.
22h15/20 : Gerald MC est de retour au 5A. Où est-il allé ?
22h15/20 : Gerald MC est de retour au 5A. Où est-il allé ?
About 22:15 Owner
of "Duque de Holanda" Bar JW
About 22:17 Hotel manager EK received a call from LJ
Environ 22:20 Le tennis coach DS a connaissance de la disparition.
22:28 Manager John
Hill gets a phone call from L.J., head of the child care service,
who told him about a female child staying at the resort who had
disappeared. This phone call was made to his mobile phone at about
22:28 on 03 May 2007. About 5 minutes later J.H. presented
himself at the resort. Upon arriving at the scene he saw about 100
people, employees, guests and residents searching the grounds,
the beach and adjoining areas calling out the child's name.
Head of Maintenance JB
was informed about 22.30 by phone by the OC administrator,
22:25 Le manager GC arrive au Tapas.
Juste après 22:30 Pamela F, qui habite au-dessus du 5A et vient d'éteindre la TV après le journal, entend des cris féminins hystériques et répétés, "nous l'avons laissée tombée". En se penchant par dessus la balustrade de sa terrasse, elle demande à GMC ce qui se passe et s'entend répondre qu'une petite fille a été enlevée.
Elle trouvera étrange que GMC n'ait pas dit que c'était sa fille et
n'ait pas mentionné d'autres explications pour la disparition. Elle propose son
téléphone pour contacter les autorités, mais GMC répond que
cela a été fait (or la réception de l'OC n'avait pas encore
contacté la GNR) et il semble que GMC ait renvoyé Matthew MO à la réception principale.
Selon Rachael, elle et GMC cherchent dans les étages de l'immeuble.
Selon Rachael, elle et GMC cherchent dans les étages de l'immeuble.
22:41 John Hill est à la réception principale et demande que l'on appelle la GNR de Lagos. Premier appel répercuté sur une voiture patrouillant près de
Odixere. Second appel 11 minutes plus tard
22:52 Second appel. On sait, détail important, que la voiture de la patrouille alertée était à Valverde lorsqu'elle apprend que le poste de Lagos a reçu le second appel. Valverde est tout près de PDL (4 minutes en voiture ?), ce qui permet d'estimer que la patrouille est arrivée à la réception principale vers 23h. Après un moment passé à la réception principale avec GMC (il y a deux appels de GMC à KMC à 23h14 et 23h17), ils doivent arriver au 5A vers 23h20.
John Hill va au 5A et emmène GMC et Matthew MO à la réception principale attendre la GNR.
22:52 Second appel. On sait, détail important, que la voiture de la patrouille alertée était à Valverde lorsqu'elle apprend que le poste de Lagos a reçu le second appel. Valverde est tout près de PDL (4 minutes en voiture ?), ce qui permet d'estimer que la patrouille est arrivée à la réception principale vers 23h. Après un moment passé à la réception principale avec GMC (il y a deux appels de GMC à KMC à 23h14 et 23h17), ils doivent arriver au 5A vers 23h20.
John Hill va au 5A et emmène GMC et Matthew MO à la réception principale attendre la GNR.
23:05 : arrivée de la
GNR à PDL. GMC et Matthew MO sont là. SB aussi.
23:20 : arrivée des sus
mentionnés au G5A
23:30 : une fois terminée
la recherche dans l'appartement, l'un des gendarmes (JR) va inspecter
les environs, l'autre (NC) reste sur les lieux et reçoit la visite
de JT. Celle-ci parle du porteur de pyjama, c'est SB qui traduit.
23.30/23.40
Une équipe CID part de Portimão vers PDL
23:40 : GMC appelle son
frère John (idée d'enlèvement paedophile)
id... : GMC appelle sa
soeur Trish Cameron (id)23:52 : GMC appelle Brian et Janet Kennedy
00:00 : KMC appelle les Healy, mais c'est GMC qui parle
00:05 : GMC appelle les Kennedy
00:06 : GMC appelle Trish Cameron
00:07 : GMC appelle les Kennedy
00:13 : GMC appelle Trish Cameron
00: 14 : GMC appelle les Healy
00:21 : GMC appelle Trish Cameron
00:23 : GMC calls …. (3.55 minutes)
0:27 : Trish Cameron
appelle GMC Gerry (son mari a alerté l'ambassade de GB au Portugal)
00:29 : Angela Morado at
UK Consulate appelle GMC00:30/01:00 : rédaction des deux timelines par ROB
00:36 : KMC calls … (31 seconds)
00:38 : … calls GMC
00:40/50 : officier PJ VM
arrive. Ordre aux gens de vider les lieux et d'emmener les jumeaux
ailleurs. Inspection avec reportage photo par spécialiste J.B (resté
jusqu'à 4h) qui constate qu'on circule comme dans un moulin
00:45 : Brian and Janet
Kennedy call GMC00:47 : … calls KMC
00:47 : Angela Morado at UK Consulate calls GMC
01:00 : MO et John Hill frappent à la porte de JW
01:02 : … calls Kate (2.23 minutes)
01:16 : GMC calls A. M. UK Consulate
01.29 : Phil McCann appelle son frère
01:30 : KMC appelle Father PS
01.43 : … calls GMC
02:00/30 : PJ MQ décide
d'alerter l'aéroport et la police de Faro et aussi la GNR de Lagos
pour que les patrouilles soient attentives aux voitures
02:30 : le gendarme JR
s'en va02:38 : Lynda et Mark appellent KMC
02.53 : KMC appelle Michelle and Jon
03:00 : les MC demandent un prêtre à Gendarme NC
03.06 : KMC appelleMichelle and Jon
03.07 : KMC appelle Jon Corner
03.08 : KMC appelle Michelle and Jon
03.23 : Jon Corner appelle KMC
Jusqu'à
04:55 une série de SMS sont envoyés à et par GMC et KMC
04.36
: … calls KMC (17.27 minutes)04.30/05.30 : PJ MQ reçoit appel de Sky News
06:02
jusqu'à 07:06: les SMS reprennent vers ou de KMC (sa mère, Jon Corner)
06.05
: KMC appelle Amanda
07:00
: le gendarme PN voit les MC dans la rue
07.09
: John McCann appelle son frère07.15 : Gerry calls Angela Morado UK Consulate
07.23 :… calls Gerry
07.41 : Jill R. appelle Kate
Jusqu'à 08:08 : nombreux SMS de et à KMC (dont sa mère)
08.11 : Jill R. appelle calls Kate (1.56 minutes)
08.21 : idem
Jusqu'à 08:31 : nombreux SMS de et à KMC dont Michelle
08.31 : Jill R. appelle KMC
Jusqu'à 08:34 : SMS dont Jon
08.35 : GMC appelle Angela Morado, UK vice-consul
Jusqu'à 08:45 : messages de KMC
08.50 : GMC appelle Angela Morado, UK consulat
Jusqu'à 08:57 : SMS KMC
08.57 : Jill appelle KMC
09.01. … calls Gerry
09.04.… calls Gerry
09.05. ... calls Gerry
Jusqu'à 09:10 : SMS KMC
09.12. Geteesha appelle KMC
09.14 UK consulate in Portugal appelle GMC
Jusqu'à 09:30 : SMS à et de KMC et GMC
09.33 : Michelle & Jon appellent KMC
09.45 : Fiona & Richard appellent KMC
09.45: Social worker Y. M. s'avance vers le couple MC qui est avec David WP
Jusqu'à
10:00 maints SMS KMC10:00 : Arrivée du consul britannique de Portimao
About 22:55/23:00 manager
EK went to the McCann's apartment to obtain the girl's description
and of the clothes she was wearing when she disappeared. When she
arrived at the apartment, there was a lady on the terrace, whom she
now knows to be Kate McCann, accompanied by Fiona Payne.
Head of Maintenance JB
arrived at about 23:00
Accountant JN notes that
on May 03, 2007, (Thursday), at around 23:00, noticed "much
movement and traffic that was out of the ordinary" outside
(vehicles and individuals passing by frequently) for that time of
night.
About 0:00, Ocean
Club guest GMK approached the McCann's apartment from the bushes at
the rear of the apartment. He was searching the gardens. He did not
know it was the McCann's apartment. He saw GMC standing alone in
the doorway at the rear of the apartment talking on his mobile
telephone. GMC was looking out over the swimming pool and did not
see Mr McKenzie. Mr McCann was absolutely distraught telling the
person receiving the call that he feared "she (Madeleine
McCann) had been taken by paedophiles". He does not know who
the person receiving the calls was but presumes it to be a family
member:
I worked my way around the area, eventually coming around the back of the tennis courts and up towards what I now know to be the McCann's apartment a couple of hours later. I was looking in the little gardens on the poolside of that block, I was in the end garden when I heard a male voice, he sounded distraught his voice cracking with emotion. I looked to see who I now know to be Gerry McCann stood above me on the balcony/patio about 3 metres away speaking on a mobile phone. I cannot recall his exact words but I got the impression that he was speaking to perhaps a family member or someone he was very close to due to the nature of his conversation. He said something along the lines of there being Paedophile gangs in Portugal and that they had abducted Madeleine. I was so shocked by this, having originally thought that she had just wandered off.
About
23.00 Silvia B arrived... close to the elements of the GNR she found that
behind her was Gerry, Madeleine's father, accompanied by another man
whose identity she doesn't remember. Then Gerry kneeled down, hit the
floor with both hands, positioning himself as if he were a praying
Arab, and screamed twice of anger, what he said being impossible to
understand. Gerry gave the GNR Commander several photographs of the
missing person. These were postcard-type photographs
23:00/23:05 - A
GNR patrol arrives at Ocean Club (two men); When they arrived they
saw the girl's father, a friend whom GNR Officer NC describes as tall
and blond (MO?), an Ocean Club employee and a translator who was also
an Ocean Club employee, named S.B.. He found it notable that when
they were still at the main reception, the father kneeled down,
laying his head on the ground and crying, at the same time as making
an expression which GNR Officer NC did not understand.
Around 23:15 After hearing about the circumstances of the disappearance (from the
father with the help of translation) at a determined moment GNR
Officer JR thinks it was the father who told the translator that
it was an abduction, at least this is how it was translated.
When he entered, apart from the mother, there were three individuals,
one female and two males, whom he cannot identify.
After the search, GNR
Officer JR noticed a situation that seemed unusual to him, when at a
determined moment, the girl's parents kneeled down on the floor of
their bedroom and placed their heads on the bed, crying. He did not
notice any comments or expression from them, just crying. He
says that at the main reception the father also knelt down, placing
his head on the floor and crying. He did not hear the father say
anything.
After the search of the
interior, GNR Officer JR went to check the area around the apartments
and the Tapas Bar, while GNR Officer NC remained next the apartment,
just outside it. At that moment a female individual, he does not
know whether she was a member of the group of friends, who was in the
neighbouring apartment, said that she saw an individual carrying a
child, running, and that because of the pyjamas she was wearing it
could have been Madeleine. It was in these circumstances that abduction began to be talked about. He made a report about this situation and sent it to the police. This sighting did not seem to him to be very credible, because when
he asked her about the physical characteristics of the individual,
she said it was very dark, however she saw the pyjamas clearly.
SB translated the
deposition from one of the ladies that belonged to the group of
English people, namely one that she indicates as being a brunette.
This lady told the GNR officers, and S.B. translated, that she had
seen a man crossing the road, possibly carrying a child. S.B.
found that situation strange because she was convinced that when she
saw this man, the lady was positioned in a spot that has no viewing
angle to the location where she had seen the man. She doesn't
know exactly where the lady was positioned when she saw the man
passing by, but she knows that she indicated that she saw him passing
on the street that lies in front of the window to the bedroom where
Madeleine was, walking into the direction of the street that leads to
the Baptista supermarket (clairement GM).
Peut-être
que Sylvia est étonnée parce que JT a dit être dans GM et il est
vrai que, là, on ne peut pas voir quelqu'un dans Agostinho da Silva
qui se dirige vers GM.
S.B. also realised that
from the very first moment on, both Gerry and the rest of the group
members insisted in stating that Madeleine had been abducted, all of
them using the word "abducted" instead of "missing",
and they all showed great interest in informing the press about
the situation.
S.B. further recalls
that she entered the room where Madeleine had been sleeping. She now
remembers that the door was closed. The inside of the room was
dark. The shutters were down, and light entered only through its
holes. The windows were closed and the curtains slightly open. Gerry,
who accompanied S.B. during this visit, with the GNR officers also
present, said that it had been him who had closed the window because
the babies were still sleeping inside, which S.B. could verify as
true. Gerry mentioned that when he noticed that Madeleine was
missing, he had found the window and shutters open, and the curtains
fluttering.
S.B. recalls that the
cots that were used by the babies were placed in the middle
of the room and aligned, and therefore she found it strange that
someone could have taken Madeleine from the bed where she was
sleeping up to the window, because there was no space to get through.
S.B. opened the bedroom's wardrobe to check if eventually Madeleine
was hiding inside.
Gerry and the other group
members that were there in a frenzy, going in and out and speaking on
their mobile phones. She noticed that none of the group members,
including the child's mother and father, were busy looking for her.
The mother was sitting on the master bedroom's bed, the father
accompanied S.B. and the GNR officers and the other group members
walked in and out and spoke on the phone, apparently concerned
about informing the press about the event.
23:30/23:40 A CID team
leaves from Portimão to Praia da Luz.
John McCann stated on
MSNBC that at 'twenty to twelve' 23:40 Gerry calls his brother John:
he just said, "I don't know what to think. I think some
paedophile or some other swine has taken Madeleine".
23:40 Gerry calls Trish
Cameron (11.13 minutes) He said: 'Madeleine is abducted, she's been
abducted'. ' said Mrs. Cameron. 'The door was lying open, the window
in the bedroom and the shutters had been jimmied open'. "They
think someone must have come in the window and gone out of the front
door with Madeleine." (Timesonline, 6 May 2007)
He seemed frustrated with
the slowness of the searches in Portugal, with the fact that
the borders had not been closed, and with the fact that sniffer
dogs were not being used. Patricia and I contacted the British
Embassy to try and help in this regard."
At about 00:00, A.T. was
at her desk at the Tapas bar, inside the resort, when at a certain
time, one of the friends of the McCann couple, Russell, asked for a
USB memory stick reader, in order to print photographs of
Madeleine.She went to her room and returned to the Tapas with the
printer where she printed out 20 to 30 photographs of the girl, using
her own paper, in 10x15 format mentioned previously.
Between 00:00 and 00:30,
the police arrived, entered by the main door and went to the kitchen
with Gerry. Hotel manager E.L.K. went to the bedroom where Kate and
Mrs Payne were. Kate was still upset, crying and calling Madeleine's
name, shouting "where is she?" She also banged on the
headboard. At that moment Hotel manager E.L.K. went to check on the
twins in their room and they were ok. She remembers being in the main
bedroom with Kate, Mrs Payne, Gerry, Russell and David who were
sitting on the bed and she sat on the floor. At that moment David
suggested that the press should be contacted. Russell disagreed,
saying they should keep calm and let the police take care of the
situation.
About 00:40/00:50 PJ Officer V.M.M.
arrived on the scene with JB (police technique et scientifique.
A request was made to the
Ocean Club services director for the family to be re-located and
accordingly the babies were taken out of the room, so that the site
could be searched.
After the site had been
isolated, he proceeded to make an inspection, together with the
inspection and photographic report carried out by J.B..
He was shown the room the
child had disappeared from, having noticed that people also entered
and left that room without any care in the sense of preserving
traces. Inside this room there were two children, babies, sleeping in
two cots placed in the middle of the room.
It was requested that the
babies were moved, which was done accordingly, the witness having
subsequently put his gloves on to begin the on-site inspection.
At that moment one of
the GNR officers told the witness that they had already searched for
the girl in the wardrobes and other places in the apartment without
having taken any care as to leaving their own traces or for
destroying or adulterating any traces that might be of interest to
the investigation. The witness states that, at a given moment, the
father of the missing girl led him to understand that he had already
contacted the Sky News TV station and informed them of the situation.
As much the father as
the girl's mother looked quite worried with the situation and he can
even confirm that the mother was very agitated and out of control,
crying a lot and shouting in an uncontrolled manner, saying in
English "They have taken her". He remembers that he
remained on the scene until about 04:00.
Between
00:30 and 01.00: Two timelines written by Russell O'Brien on
the covers ripped off Madeleine's stickerbook are provided to the GNR
officers.
Between 00:30
and 01:00 Kate calls her parents: "I had a phone call from Kate
asking me to contact Father P.S. He's a friend of Kate and
Gerry's. Paul married Kate and Gerry and baptised Madeleine and she
needed to speak to him".
About 01:30 that
morning Kate called Father P.S. in a state of great agitation. He
tried to calm her as well as he could saying that Madeleine could
have had a bout of sleepwalking and that she would be all right. He
remembesr that Kate was worried by the fact that Madeleine was
wearing short sleeved pyjamas and that she could catch a cold. He
felt that only a mother could think like that and say such a thing.
He could perceive the trauma that Kate was experiencing from her
voice. He led with prayers and other situations in his role as
priest.
Gerry phoned him on the
same night and he also seemed to me to be quite traumatised and at
the same time very upset and angry. His Scottish accent, which was
normally very slight, became so heavy that his sentences were almost
incomprehensible.
Before 02:30 (the
time he left the scene) GNR Officer J.M.B.R. refers to a situation
when he was searching outside, near the pool, that someone from the
Ocean Club whom he cannot identify, passed him a mobile phone, as a
British Consulate employee who spoke in Portuguese, wanted to talk to
the authorities.
About 02:00/02:30, as the
child had not been found, PJ Inspector M.J.P.d.L.Q. decided to
contact SEF at Faro airport with the aim of alerting them in case
anyone would board accompanied by some child, whoever she was and
those accompanying her should be duly identified, however the various
calls made were not attended. In the face of this situation he
contacted the Faro Station from the police and told them what was
going on and asked them to alert the SEF.
He also decided to alert
the GNR in Lagos so that they would send out a warning so that the
car and foot patrols that were out on the ground would pay attention
and identify cars with people out driving at that time who were
accompanied by a child (children).
02.38 Lynda and
Mark call Kate (9.45 minutes)
On the morning of 4 May 2007 the mother of Kate telephoned my mother who, in turn, telephoned me. My mother told me that something terrible had happened, that somebody had taken Madeleine. I later sent a text message to Kate that same night and I spoke with her on the telephone. She was hysterical, saying only that she wanted to be able to hug Madeleine. She was worried by the fact that there were only two police officers in the place and thought that the police were not helping her with anything. She continued to speak about Madeleine, of the cold that she could feel since she was dressed only in pyjamas and continued to look at the situation from the perspective of Madeleine. She told me that Gerry was outside to find the girl and during the following day we spoke on the telephone and we frequently sent messages [to each other].
GNR Officer N.F.P.d.C.
refers to a situation at about 02:00 or 03:00, that the parents asked
for a priest and his colleague had tried to contact one on his
mobile, but did not manage to find one.
Around 03:00, S.B. mentions that Madeleine's parents asked for the presence of a priest
on location. They didn't explain the reason why they wanted a priest,
but the deponent found the fact strange as there were no indications
that the little girl was dead, and that's the circumstance under
which usually the presence of a priest is requested.
During the early morning
in question PJ Inspector M.J.P.d.L.Q. received some telephone calls
from people whom, with the exception of one, expressed themselves in
Portuguese to ask whether an English girl had really disappeared in
Lagos and about what was being done with relation to this and he
informed them that this was true and that inquiries were being made
in order to find her. One of these calls, from the person who did
not express themselves in Portuguese but in English and which was
received between 04:30 and 05:30, was made by someone who identified
themselves as being from the Sky News TV chain and who requested
the same information mentioned earlier.
Estimated time 09:45
Social worker Y.M. met the McCann couple next to the apartment from
where the child had disappeared, accompanied by a third person, a
male (David WP), who seemed quite familiar to her.
- This third person of
the group appeared to be an intimate (friend) of the family as he was
the one who, when the media arrived, began to explain what was
happening and answering questions, thereby saving the couple from
this upset. Afterwards, she further confirmed his closeness to the
family when she saw him taking care of the couple's twins, also small
children.
- She identified herself
and presented her credentials and immediately began talking to the
mother of the missing child as she was visibly upset with the
situation.
- During the
conversation the mother told her that she did not understand why a
couple had abducted her daughter.
- Because she found it
strange that Kate told her that her daughter had been taken by a
couple, she tried to separate her from the other two individuals so
that she could speak to her with more privacy, suggesting to Kate
that they (Y and K) should enter the apartment. Kate aggressively
rejected this idea and told her that they could speak on the street.
- The witness then asked
whether anyone from the Medical Centre had been with Kate as she was
very agitated and needed some support, she was told they hadn't.
- At this point, Kate
told her that her daughter had disappeared 13 hours ago. It was about
10 in the morning.
- However, the third
individual overheard this conversation and interrupted Ms. M. and
took the McCann couple away from her.
- This same individual
came shortly afterwards to tell her that the couple did not want to
talk to her any further and did not require her help - an action that
appeared quite strange to her.
- Meanwhile, she heard
comments next to the complex reception that the British Consul was
coming to the site and she decided to wait for this person in order
to offer her help.
- During this time, she
saw the third individual two more times. Firstly, when he was
accompanying an older woman and the McCann twins, demonstrating in
this way, the trust that the couple had in him by letting him take
care of their two children. On the second occasion, he accompanied
what appeared to her to be plain clothed police officers.
10:00, 12 hours after
the disappearance, the British Consul from Portimão arrives. PJ
tell him all that is going on. He is not satisfied and is heard
talking on the phone saying the "PJ are doing nothing. "
(GA)
Kate's phone: Showed she
had made no calls from 27 April to 4 May and had received no calls
from 11:22 on 2 May until 23:17 on 3 May
Gerry's phone: Showed no
activity prior to 00:15 on 4 May
However, inside Kate's
phone there is a record of a call received from Gerry at 23:17, 3
May. But no record of the call on Gerry's phone. It had been erased.
(GA).
Telephone calls, 03/04
May 2007
Russell O'Brien
Gerry, he was on the phone to, errm... a member of his family, errm... curled up, really, on the floor just outside the sliding patio door, just sobbing uncontrollably and in between sobs just saying 'They've...', you know, 'Someone's taken her' or 'Somebody's blo*dy got her', you know, 'She's gone' and absolutely, errm... you know, you know, for such a strong man to see him on the floor, broken, he was... he was incapable of even standing up, he was just lying on the floor and just repeating himself, there was so little he could, you know, there was just nothing else in there. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, April 2008Fiona Payne
And Kate's ringing, Gerry's ringing anybody under the sun, family, they just don't, they honestly just didn’t know what to do. So there was a lot of... Gerry's in and out, I mean, they were just sobbing, going between sobbing and then feeling helpless and then ringing people and this frantic activity.
(..)Gerry kicked in to his sort of you know, action mode, which, errr... he was ringing people; who do we need to ring; the British Embassy, I think he was trying to get hold of the British Embassy and just get somebody, errm... who was English speaking, who might be able to help, errm... say early, I know he phoned his sister, he was phoning relatives, just telling anybody, you know, you've got to help us, what can you do, can you think of anything?
(..)There were lots of... lots of phone calls going on with Kate and Gerry, errm... of which, yeah, I, I heard snippets and bits. They phoned the family, I know Gerry phoned his sister, Trish, and he was just sobbing and hysterical on the phone. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, April 2008
Patricia Cameron
Mr McCann told the girl's aunt, Trish Cameron, from Dumbarton near Glasgow, that at about 22:00 that night they had found the door open, with the bedroom window and shutters jemmied open. BBC News 5/5/07. L'alarme lancée vers 22h vient nettement de GMC.
The phone went last night and it was my brother Gerry, distraught on the phone, breaking his heart. He said, 'Madeleine’s been abducted, she's been abducted'. They kept going back to check the kids every half-hour. On the last visit, at 10 pm, Mrs McCann went into the apartment, then ran out, screaming. Mrs Cameron said: "The door was lying open, the window in the bedroom and the shutters had been jemmied open. Nothing had been touched in the apartment, no valuables taken, no passports. They think someone must have come in the window and gone out the door with her. It looks as if somebody has either been watching, or they've targeted her. Daily Express, 5/5/07
Mrs Cameron spoke to her brother again at 10am yesterday. It was frustrating for him then because between 5am and 7am the police seemed to do nothing, they were standing about. Guardian 5/5/07
Kate came screaming back to the group crying, 'They've taken her, they've taken her'. Gerry was crying and roaring like a bull.They were all sound asleep, windows shut, shutters shut.
Kate went back at 10pm to check, the front door was lying open, the window had been tampered with, the shutters had been jammied open, and Madeleine was missing. Timesonline 6/5/07
Trish
Cameron recalled that she received a call later that night from her
younger brother who told her 'I went back to check
the children at nine o'clock. They were all sound asleep, windows
shut, shutters shut.' When Mrs McCann
went to the two apartment a little under an hour later: The
shutters had been jemmied open. They think someone must have come in
the window and gone out of the front door with Madeleine. Mail on
Sunday 6/5/07
They had put the kids to bed at 7pm and checked on them every half an hour as they had dinner nearby with the rest of the party. Gerry said the window was open, the shutters broken and the door, which had been locked, hanging open. Kate came screaming back to the group crying, 'They've taken her, they've taken her'. Gerry was crying and roaring like a bull. Obviously someone has been watching them, watching the children, seeing where they stayed and seeing they were left alone. It just doesn't bear thinking about. Trish Cameron, Telegraph 7/5/07
Brian Healy
Gerry told me when they went back the shutters to the room were broken, they were jemmied up and she was gone, said Mr Healy. She'd been taken from the chalet. The door was open.
He denied suggestions that the couple
had simply left their three children alone while they ate in a
restaurant.
It is not right to say that they just left them, said Mr Healy. They could see the chalet from where they were sitting in the restaurant, they were a hundred yards away. They went back every half hour to check on the children. When they returned at the end of their meal she was gone. My daughter can hardly speak. She is distraught, she is crying and in shock. Guardian 5/5/07
Sandy Cameron
On the night of Thursday, May 3, 2007, Patricia received a telephone call from Gerry informing us of the disappearance of Madeleine. Gerry manifested all those emotions one expects from a father who has lost a child in the circumstances. He was distraught and spoke at the same time he cried. He seemed frustrated with the slowness of the searches in Portugal, with the fact that the borders had not been closed, and with the fact that sniffer dogs were not being used. Patricia and I contacted the British Embassy to try and help in this regard. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, April 2008
John McCann
Susan HealyThe-- the whole-- the whole night was hellish. You know? I've got crying for help from my brother and I'm stuck couple of thousand miles away from him. I can't do anything concrete. And then eventually he just said, 'I don't know what to think. I think some pedophile or some other swine has taken Madeleine.' MSNBC 2/3/08
'Gerry rang me and said how desperate the situation was. He said it was a disaster. And at first I thought there had been a car accident. And then he said no, and when he told me that Madeleine had been abducted from her bed in the hotel, I just said 'No'. He said 'I'm serious, Sue'. He said everyone in the complex was searching for Madeleine. He was really, really upset. And shortly after that, I had a phone call from Kate asking me to contact Fr Paul Seddon. He's a friend of Kate and Gerry's. Paul married Kate and Gerry and baptised Madeleine and she needed to speak to him. The Mayo News 3/7/07
'Gerry called me. He said, errm… "There's been a disaster, it's a disaster" and I thought there'd been a car accident. And it took me a while 'cause he was hysterical, errm… it took me a while to realise. He… he just said "Madeleine's been abducted from her bed". Errm… And, I sort of said "No, Gerry", you know, and he… he was, sort of, at pains to emphasise how important it was because, at this time, I think they'd been looking for some time and they hadn't told us right away. They'd looked for an hour or so. She said: 'She's gone, mum, she's gone, mum', and… and I said "We'll get her back". And I was able to say this to Kate for quite a few months, "We'll get her back, we'll get her back". And now I find it is getting harder to say that to her. Errm… I… I believe it. We want her back, we're not going to accept that Maddie's gone from our life altogether. She's far too important for that.'
'Kate phoned me, errm… about an hour after Gerry and asked me to get in touch with, errm… Paul Seddon, who is the priest, Father Seddon, who married her, who baptised Madeleine, errm… and I didn't have his mobile phone so I rang a friend of Kate's and got… got him and he rang Kate right away and I think as soon as this happened, as soon as Kate realised what had happened, it was as if, errm.. she started to ask God right away to give her Madeleine. Errm… because Kate and Gerry were not the most devout family. We do have Catholic faith, errm… it's… it's the religion that we were brought up in, but I would never describe myself as a devout person. We're just ordinary people, errm… but Kate certainly has… has clung to her religion, errm.. since this happened. Possibly she feels that, you know, it has to be a greater thing that helps us to get Madeleine back. Errm… something with more power than… than we have.'
Their voices were out of control and I think it was just blind panic and fear that they couldn't get through to the police or to anybody, errm... to make it clear that they felt Madeleine had been abducted and they were afraid that every minute that was lost was crucial to getting Madeleine back. Errm… my daughter is very, very placid, very even tempered, and I saw her scream that night at the Consul. Screaming for help, for somebody to do something to... to help them to get Madeleine back. But I… I've never heard Kate raise her voice, she doesn't raise her voice, and she was shouting down the phone, I think, to emphasise how important it was, errm... to the British Consul. "I want somebody here now," errm… is what she was saying. But, yes, emotionally she was very up and down, errm… and that isn't, as I say, she's a very placid…Interview with Jordi González on the Antena 3 channel on Monday, October 22nd.
David Payne
Errr... you know, I made, errr... a phone call at some stage in the evening to, errr... Fiona's dad back in the UK who I've got a lot of respect for and has given me very... a lot of very good advice because you know you certainly would never have believe that you will find yourself in a situation, errr... like this and, you know, there was very able people who were there, you know. Everybody who was out there, you know, was very responsible and people that I would turn to but under the circumstances I don't think anyone functions, errr... particularly anywhere near a hundred percent and, you know, just looking to try and get some advice from someone outside the situation because, you know, we just didn't feel that we could get this message across to, errr... to anybody that she had been abducted.
Yeah, I mean Kate, you know, Kate generally, you know, more emotional than, errr... Gerry was and then all of a sudden Gerry would break down and, you know, just, you know, saying she's gone, you know, she's gone, errr... Kate was more like that on a continual basis throughout the evening. Errr... Gerry would still try and function in between the moments of, you know, breaking down and, errr... you know, and try to, you know, I had the discussion on with phone and, you know, what... what we gonna do and, errr... and then, you know, they'd break down again, so there was…Statement to the Leicestershire Police, April 2008
Dianne Webster
I'm not sure who informed, errr... Sky News of the event, you know a lot of that, errr... I know Kate and Gerry spent a lot of time on the phone ringing people, they were just so, so beside themselves really. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, April 2008
Linda McQueen
On the morning of 4 May 2007 the mother of Kate telephoned my mother who, in turn, telephoned me. My mother told me that something terrible had happened, that somebody had taken Madeleine. I later sent a text message to Kate that same night and I spoke with her on the telephone. She was hysterical, saying only that she wanted to be able to hug Madeleine. She was worried by the fact that there were only two police officers in the place and thought that the police were not helping her with anything. She continued to speak about Madeleine, of the cold that she could feel since she was dressed only in pyjamas and continued to look at the situation from the perspective of Madeleine. She told me that Gerry was outside to find the girl and during the following day we spoke on the telephone and we frequently sent messages [to each other]. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, May 2008
Michelle Thompson
On the morning of the 4th of May, 2007, Kate called our land line but we did not hear it as we were asleep and did not put the phone on the bed. She left a message and asked us to call her once we heard the message. Kate must have tried Jon's mobile once as we stirred when it rang at about 03h20. Jon spoke briefly with Kate and then called her around 03h30. I knew that Kate and Gerry were on holidays in Portugal. Kate was very anguished and on the telephone and told me that she had checked on the children every half-hour. It was around 22h00, and when she went to check on the children she found that someone had entered the apartment and taken Madeleine from where she slept; that Madeleine had been abducted. The person must have entered, passed by the twins and taken her. Kate continued that when she entered the apartment via the patio doors, a breeze hit her in the face as if a door or window was open. When she entered the children's room, the window was open, the blind had been forced and Madeleine had disappeared. Kate urged me to call all the close family and to ask them to pray for Madeleine.
During the next 24 hours, we maintained contact through text messages but I spoke to her around 04h30 on the next day, Saturday, the 5th of May of 2007. Kate was still frustrated and anguished and felt that nobody was doing anything to help find Madeleine. She told me that the police had left in the morning and returned around 09h30 and that now only a few agents with sniffer dogs were in the locale. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, may 2008.
Jon Corner
She was in an absolutely hysterical state - very, very distressed. She blurted out Madeleine had been abducted. "Kate said the shutters of the room were smashed. Madeleine was missing It looks as though someone had gone straight past the twins to get to her. Kate was incredibly upset. I've spoken to her since, and she's still completely devastated. Daily Mirror, 5/5/07
She phoned at about 3am. She just blurted out that Maddie had been abducted. She said, 'They've broken the shutter on the window and taken my little girl'. She's still devastated. She's very upset that the police don't seem to be doing anything. The Sun 6/5/07
She just blurted out that Madeleine had been abducted. She told me, 'They have broken the shutter on the window and taken my little girl.'
They had left the apartment locked while they were having their meal, but when they went back the last time they saw the damage.
First they saw one of the window shutters had been forced, and then they saw the door was open and the bed was empty - and Madeleine was gone. Telegraph 7/5/07
Rachael Mampilly
..On the night that Madeleine disappeared, on the Thursday, a friend of mine, or friends of Matt's and mine, Kath and James LANDALE and James Landale's a BBC News, errm... and at the time he was like Political Correspondent, errm... I saw him the other night actually reading the news on BBC News 24 but I rang him, or I rang his wife Kath cos I had her mobile number, erm basically to say you know that Madeleine had gone missing, was there any way that we could get it on the news and that was, that was on the Thursday night. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, april 2008
And you mentioned another guy, John CORNER”?
Reply Yes, he’s a friend of Gerry and Kate’s who was in England, I spoke to him on the phone, on Kate’s phone actually.
1578 Ok
Reply That was the next morning, sort of you know, eight o’clock in the morning, that sort of time. Statement to the Leicestershire Police, april 2008
Jill Renwick
Poor Kate and Gerry don't know where to turn."Madeleine has obviously been taken. She couldn't have gone out on her own and the shutters were forced. The Mirror, 5/5/07
Michael Wright
I spoke to Kate by phone between 10:00 and 11:00am that morning and she confirmed that she wanted her mother, her father and Nora with her. The family liaison [officer?] arranged the journey of the mother, father and Nora to Portugal that same afternoon. Statement to the Leicestershire police, april 2008
Nicky Gill
Early on the morning
of Friday, 4th May 2007 Kate’s mother phoned my mother who, in
turn, phoned me. My mother told me that Madeleine had disappeared
and that she had been abducted. Nobody knew the full facts. I
immediately sent a text message to Kate, without really knowing what
to say. Kate asked me to pray.
On the following night at
about midnight, Kate contacted me by phone, she was devastated and
appeared lost. She said that judging from the action of the local
police, one would think that she “had lost Statement
to the Leicestershire Police, may 2008
Friends and relatives of
the McCanns alleged yesterday that the search was only upgraded to a
major investigation after the intervention of John Buck, Britain’s
ambassador in Portugal. (…) Meanwhile, Gerry’s sister Philomena
slammed Portuguese police for not doing enough to find Madeleine’s
faster.
Philomena McCann
Speaking from her home in Glasgow she said Gerry was furious with the way the inquiry was being handled.
My brother is at his wits’ end. They’ve just played it down from the minute he first approached them. I mean, you can hear his voice breaking. His wife, she can barely stand up. She can’t sleep, she can’t eat. They spent seven hours in the police station yesterday. What for? It took three hours just to get a statement from Kate, and Kate is an extremely articulate young woman. What’s going on? Daily Express 6/5/07
He does remember however,
that on a day he cannot recall, an individual who identified himself
as Robert, saying that he was in P da L as a translator helping the
PJ, phoned the Lagos post saying:
That some foreign women,
who had already been interviewed by the police, had phoned him,
telling him that there was a child crying in an apartment near to
them.
GNR Officer P.J.C.d.C.,
in a statement 16/5/07
The
written timelines
tout
le monde est assis à 20h45.
Dianne
et Fiona ont déclaré être parties pour le restaurant à 20h45 dans
leurs premières déclarations.
Stephen
Carpenter a déclaré qu'ils étaient tous arrivés vers 20h30.
Jane
partit pour le restaurant à 20h30 et déclara dans sa première
déclaration que «plusieurs» des autres étaient là avant elle.
(plus tard elle a changé cela et a dit que seuls les McCann étaient
là avant elle)
Le
serveur a dit qu'ils étaient réservés à 20h30 tous les soirs et
le personnel aurait remarqué si ils étaient en retard.
Jeremy
Wilkins était là le mercredi soir et a dit qu'ils étaient tous là
à 20h30 ce soir-là.
Par
conséquent, je me demande pourquoi la chronologie dactylographiée a
été modifiée à 21h00. Pourquoi le serveur n'a-t-il pas remarqué?
Pourquoi Stephen Carpenter n'a-t-il pas remarqué?
Le
serveur a également déclaré qu’une fois tous assis, il mettrait
deux bouteilles de rouge, deux bouteilles de blanc et une bouteille
d’eau sur la table. Il prendrait alors les ordres. Le plat
principal serait servi 20 à 25 minutes après la prise des
commandes, pendant ce temps, ils mangeraient les entrées.
Donc,
l'heure à laquelle les plats principaux ont été servis dépend
totalement de l'heure à laquelle les commandes ont été prises. Par
exemple, à 20h50, les plats principaux sont servis à 21h15 au plus
tard. Si 21 heures, ils étaient servis à 21h25 au plus tard. Quoi
qu'il en soit, cela suggère que Russell doit avoir quitté pour
vérifier sa fille avant 21h25 au plus tard.