Not really Tortdog, the definition of "Arguido" in Portugal is quite different to "official suspect" in the US. I think the Portuguese police did not have enough evidence to charge them hence they could not restrict their travel plans BUT IF is true that the new DNA evidence shows 80% or more of Maddie's DNA then these people are not only going back to Portugal but they are toast!
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Interesting PR move. During all the time they were not suspects, they spent their days launching balloons, visiting the Pope, going to the US as awareness about "missing children" or going to shopping sprees as stated in their blog BUT it is NOW that they are going to seriously make an ad campaign to find Madeleine?
This is so odd. I think they are feeling the pressure and the rumors circulating about the fact that little or nothing was done to find this little girl. *sigh* It is also interesting that NEVER was ever mentioned in their blog how heartbreaking is for them not to know the whereabouts of little Madeleine but AS SOON as they were made SUSPECTS they suddenly describe their "agony" and "pain" NEVER mentioned in their blog before. Weird.
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LONDON - The family of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann said Saturday it was planning a 80,000 pound (US$160,000, euro115,000) advertising campaign urging people to keep looking for the girl despite the media's focus on her parents becoming suspects in Portugal. The newspaper, television and billboard campaign will be focused on Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe and will be paid for using donations from a 1 million pound (US$2 million; euro1.5 million) fund set up to help find Madeleine, her uncle, John McCann, said in a statement. "I hope that the general public will continue to support us in this. It is so important that we remember - 'don't you forget about me,' our lovely wee Madeleine," he said, speaking as the fund's administrator. Celebrities including children's author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham made public appeals in May that helped the family raise money for their fund. Saturday's announcement followed the family's decision not to spend the proceeds from the fund on legal costs for Madeline's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann. The parents were taking stock and preparing their legal case after a week of intense media speculation about their possible role in their daughter's disappearance from a holiday apartment in southern Portugal on May 3, said Natalie Orringe, a spokeswoman for the McCanns. |
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It seems like the Portuguese Police is struggling in finding strong evidence against the Mc Canns or so they say. At the mean time, the Mc Canns are receiving millions of dollars in financial support from "anonymous" donors.
The Madeleine FUND has NOT been touched to search for the girl even though more than us$2 million dollars have been raised for that purpose and this girl have been missing since May.
But if you check the official web site you will read "Look for Madeleine's wristbands, back in stock!"
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AUTHORITIES EXAMINING PHOTO OF CHILD RESEMBLING MISSING BRITISH GIRL
Authorities are examining a photo taken in Morocco showing a child which appears to resemble missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, a spokesman for the girl's family told CNN Wednesday.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/25...hoto/index.html
Please, this is non-sense. The picture is so blurry, you can hardly see anything. Having said that, there are reports of Madeleine's sightings all over the world from Spain to Morocco, Romania and even Argentina!
Personally, I think about this photo:
1. It is another little girl
2. They used photoshop to create the effect
3. Another family technique to keep the theory of the abduction alive after made official suspects.
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Update: As stated by LDS_forever, the little girl in the pic is NOT Madeleine but a girl from a local family. Interpol tracked the picture within hours.
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Madeleine McCann is a cute little girl, but her face is not so unique that she cannot be seen in the face of thousands of other girls around the world.
On another note if the Portuguese Police has to fight to get evidence I think in the end they are going to walk free. I just wonder if anyone is at least going to file charges of negligence. Maybe one of the relatives can be smart and file a civil suit?
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The police has established already that charges against negligence will be lay against them but under Portuguese law the sentence will be really nothing. IF they kill her accidentally they could walk free in two years, imagine for negligence only.
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