Madeline McCann's parents see closing of case as a "positive step"

**Novice** · July 20th, 2008, 04:19 PM

Madeleine McCann's parents see shelving of case as 'positive step'

By Fiona Govan in Praia da Luz
Last Updated: 6:21PM BST 20/07/2008
The parents of Madeleine McCann believe the search for their missing daughter will be boosted by the Portuguese authorities shelving their case.

PA
Kate and Gerry McCann believe it will bring them closer to finding Madeleine

The country's Attorney General is expected to announce on Monday that the police investigation will be archived because of insufficient evidence.
But despite the failure of the Portuguese police to solve the case, Kate and Gerry McCann, both 40, see the move as "positive step" that will bring them closer to finding their daughter, who disappeared from a holiday apartment in the Algarve 15 months ago.
Clarence Mitchell, the spokesman for the family, said they hoped the move would provide the McCanns with vital access to police files.

"They are seeing this as a positive step," he said of the doctors from Rothley in Leicestershire.

"The hope is that they will be given access to the files and that the access will be as extensive as possible. There are thousands of pieces of information contained within the police investigation and this will be a chance to reinvigorate the case.
"It will now be possible for their own detectives to review all the evidence, follow up leads and cross reference everything. They will go through the case with a fine tooth comb and hopefully bring us closer to finding Madeleine," he said.
The pair also hope that the end of the police investigation will lead to removal of their arguido status. They were made formal suspects in their daughter's disappearance in September but strenuously deny any involvement.
"Of course they hope that the arguido status will be lifted and the smear against them removed," said Mr Mitchell.
But a loophole in the law means that suspects named during the investigation will not automatically be cleared when the case is archived.
The family is braced for a fresh assault with the publication later this week of an account of the case published by Goncalo Amaral who was sacked as chief investigator of the case last October.
Published under the title "True Lies" the book is reported to contain "explosive revelations".

Madeleine McCann's parents see shelving of case as 'positive step' - Telegraph

Too many inconsistencies - and then there is this, where the Portugese Police accuse the British Police of only investigating when the McCann's told them too.. WTF?
Madeleine McCann detective attacks UK police - Telegraph

**msdeb** · July 20th, 2008, 04:34 PM

they're happy its closed so they aren't considered suspects anymore.. in the police's eyes anyhow

**A*O** · July 20th, 2008, 04:47 PM

Hey McCanns! We know what you did last summer.

**Sasha** · July 20th, 2008, 04:54 PM

I have not studied this case in-depth, but there are enough red flags waving over the McCann's heads to enrage a bull.

**Novice** · July 20th, 2008, 04:58 PM

Unfortunately it's what the police can prove not what they or us suspect. I agree with you guys, I've said from the start that they know more than they are telling and I strongly suspect them of being guilty.

**celeb_2006** · July 20th, 2008, 05:21 PM

Yup, and now they will have yet another constant need to keep this in the media, what's next, the book and promotional tour? Madeline fund?

KD · July 20th, 2008, 05:26 PM

Do you think she (Madeline) is still alive?

**A*O** · July 20th, 2008, 06:03 PM

No. She died the night she disappeared IMO. The Porguguese police have totally bungled the whole investigation and (a) she will never be found and (b) whoever did it will never be brought to justice.

**Sarzy** · July 20th, 2008, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by A*O

No. She died the night she disappeared IMO. The Porguguese police have totally bungled the whole investigation and (a) she will never be found and (b) whoever did it will never be brought to justice.

I agree with you. This is another case like the JonBenet one, in the way that we will probably never really know who killed her.

**Honey** · July 20th, 2008, 07:28 PM

I'd love to know where she is

That book sounds interesting

**Novice** · July 21st, 2008, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by Honey

I'd love to know where she is

You know when I read that "Italy" sprung unbidden into my mind....

**Sasha** · July 21st, 2008, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by A*O

No. She died the night she disappeared IMO. The Porguguese police have totally bungled the whole investigation and (a) she will never be found and (b) whoever did it will never be brought to justice.

IIRC, cadaver dogs found the "scent of death" in the McCann's rental car and on Mrs. McCanns clothes. Interestingly, Mrs. McCann washed Madeleine's favorite little toy, claiming it smelled like suntan lotion.

**scooter** · July 21st, 2008, 08:36 AM

The scent of death/body fluids and hair in the spare tire wheel well. The scent of death on the mother's clothes. Her washing the cuddletoy when asked to produce it for the cadaver dogs. The upstairs neighbor saying that the child had screamed for her father for 1 hour 45 minutes the night before, which tells me they were not checking every 15 minutes like they claimed. I think that to avoid a repeat, Mommy dosed her with something to make her sleep, maybe gave her a little extra, then Daddy comes by and unknowingly does the same thing, leading to an overdose. I have always thought that they hid the body at that church they were given the keys to, and then moved it a few weeks later (maybe put her in the ocean), on that first night they were left unwatched. If the body was hidden in/near the cemetary, the cadaver dogs smelling it would be written off as normal cemetary 'hit'. BTW, by strange coincidence, the parents of a friend of mine were staying at the resort when Maddie disappeared. They say that the police treated it as a kidnapping from the beginning and never treated the parents as suspects (question them separately etc). Also, they say that the location of the restaurant and the topography/proximity the resort did not allow a direct sightline, as the parents claim. My SIL, an ER Pediatrician has another theory. She says Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy. This kid had been to the pediatrician 30 times in the last year, which is a staggering amount. In Munchausen, the parent (90% the Mother) frequently with a background in the medical profession, makes the child ill in order to gain attention and sympathy. Sometimes they continue it until they cause death.

**Sasha** · July 21st, 2008, 09:12 AM

scooter, not doubting you, as I said I haven't studied the case that much, but-If they accidentally overdosed her why wouldn't they just ring up the police and admit a tragic accident had occured?

They are both doctors and dispensing meds to their child is perfectly fine. The fact that they had a tragic miscommunication would assure they would get away with it, just like they are now and without all the suspicion they are now under. It would also assure their child had a proper burial.

For some reason it was imperative that the body not be found. Could the inordinate amount of doctor visits have something to do with it? Shades of poor little chronically abused JonBenet.

**scooter** · July 21st, 2008, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Sasha

scooter, not doubting you, as I said I haven't studied the case that much, but-If they accidentally overdosed her why wouldn't they just ring up the police and admit a tragic accident had occured?

They are both doctors and dispensing meds to their child is perfectly fine. The fact that they had a tragic miscommunication would assure they would get away with it, just like they are now and without all the suspicion they are now under. It would also assure their child had a proper burial.

For some reason it was imperative that the body not be found. Could the inordinate amount of doctor visits have something to do with it? Shades of poor little chronically abused JonBenet.

SIL's point is that the MSBP accounts for the high # of Doctors visits. The mother usually and almost always someone in the health/medical profession, makes the kid sick or 'accidentally' injures her, sometimes until death for the attention and sympathy. This sure got them attention...private jets to private meetings with the Pope, etc.