FIRST photo

aquila wrote:

PeterMac wrote:And that photo became the two posters we believe were photocopied on the machine in the main reception.
That would account for the transformation from 6x4 into A4 format with the wording scribbled badly onto the backing sheet.

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It wouldn't take a mastermind to trace the person who scribbled on the back of the A4 poster. This isn't imo the handwriting of a Brit - see the lower case letter 'a' for starters and then look at the way in which the lower case letter 'i' has a circle instead of a dot above it. This is hybrid writing. IMO it's someone who has been educated in UK and is used to writing in Portuguese.

ETA: This writing belongs to a woman imo.

Richard IV wrote:

aquila wrote:

PeterMac wrote:And that photo became the two posters we believe were photocopied on the machine in the main reception.
That would account for the transformation from 6x4 into A4 format with the wording scribbled badly onto the backing sheet.

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It wouldn't take a mastermind to trace the person who scribbled on the back of the A4 poster. This isn't imo the handwriting of a Brit - see the lower case letter 'a' for starters and then look at the way in which the lower case letter 'i' has a circle instead of a dot above it. This is hybrid writing. IMO it's someone who has been educated in UK and is used to writing in Portuguese.

ETA: This writing belongs to a woman imo.

Circles instead of a dot above the i = immaturity and attention seeking

"Dots That Are Drawn In A Circle, Or Any Other Drawn Shape, Show Immaturity, And A Desire For Attention. Jayne Mansfield, A British Movie Star Of Old, Dotted The “I” In Her Name With A Heart Shape! It Is Very Common To Find Drawn “I”-Dots In The Writing Of Teenage Girls, And Sometimes They May Be Embellished To Form A Happy Face Or Some Sort Of “Picture.”
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However, the aspect ratio of said photo is wrong for the Canon which is the camera from which allegedly the photograph was copied. So we still don’t know where the photo came from. We do know that it did not come from the Canon as stated in the rogatories. Neither do we know how it got onto the USB stick or even if there was one that evening.

aquila wrote:

PeterMac wrote:And that photo became the two posters we believe were photocopied on the machine in the main reception.
That would account for the transformation from 6x4 into A4 format with the wording scribbled badly onto the backing sheet.

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It wouldn't take a mastermind to trace the person who scribbled on the back of the A4 poster. This isn't imo the handwriting of a Brit - see the lower case letter 'a' for starters and then look at the way in which the lower case letter 'i' has a circle instead of a dot above it. This is hybrid writing. IMO it's someone who has been educated in UK and is used to writing in Portuguese.

ETA: This writing belongs to a woman imo.

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aquila wrote:
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It wouldn't take a mastermind to trace the person who scribbled on the back of the A4 poster. This isn't imo the handwriting of a Brit - see the lower case letter 'a' for starters and then look at the way in which the lower case letter 'i' has a circle instead of a dot above it. This is hybrid writing. IMO it's someone who has been educated in UK and is used to writing in Portuguese.

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aquila wrote:

PeterMac wrote:And that photo became the two posters we believe were photocopied on the machine in the main reception.
That would account for the transformation from 6x4 into A4 format with the wording scribbled badly onto the backing sheet.

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It wouldn't take a mastermind to trace the person who scribbled on the back of the A4 poster. This isn't imo the handwriting of a Brit - see the lower case letter 'a' for starters and then look at the way in which the lower case letter 'i' has a circle instead of a dot above it. This is hybrid writing. IMO it's someone who has been educated in UK and is used to writing in Portuguese.

ETA: This writing belongs to a woman imo.

I don't think the a or the circle above the i have anything to do with writing in POrtuguese. They are more the thing you see in girlish handwritings all over the world.

Casey5 wrote:"The 'a' is not how Brits write an 'a'. It's not how we're taught to write an 'a'. We're also not taught to cross a lower case 't'."

I agree about the letter "a" not being a British way of writing but I don't know anyone who doesn't cross their "t" s.

Rufus T wrote:Aquila can you clarify regarding lower case t ?
As regards the lower case a I agree that it is not how I was taught at school but as a teenager that is exactly how I chose to write them. I agree that the writing would seem to be that of a young female but I don't see that it has to be that of a non Brit.

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What the wordings on the side?   3 yrs ? from last night?  No contact nr listed, pathetic.

PeterMac wrote:I do not think any native English speaker would say
missing
from last night

Firstly it is not "English" usage.
Secondly it assumes that the poster will be valid for only one day
And that immediately thereafter she will be found . . .

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Aquila is this what you mean about lower case t not being crossed?

j.rob wrote:The writing and message is glib: not authentic. It is what you would write if you had left an umbrella by the side of the pool. Or a beach bag. Hoping that someone would hand it in to pool staff and you could collect it the next day.

Completely inconsistent with the disappearance of a child. If it was a genuine message and poster it would be far more urgent. The name of the child and her nickname would be made clear. The correct age would be given. Madeleine was very nearly four. A time would be given for when she was last seen. And there would be information making it clear exactly where she want missing from.

Without any of the above information, the poster is almost entirely useless. And, given that the photo is not up to date and shows a child looking much younger than nearly four, the poster is totally useless.

The wordings "from last night" would suggest that the message was written a day after the incident occurred.  Probably written by a portuguese staff, the same one that wrote on the 'top line' of the 'diners reservation sheet' because the handwritings on both look the same.  

That raises the question why the Mcs deemed it so urgent to get the photo printed in within less than 2 hours after Madeleine has gone missing, yet recklessly left it carelessly to Resort staff to circulate without thoughts to include crucial and useful details or write up a message of their own.  Likely the Portuguese staff used own initiative to write up a message to append to the image for circulation, hence the English and not much thoughts given to useful details necessary to fit the purpose.  

It's very odd for parents of a child freshly missing to even be thinking of organising printing of photo, when the calls to Police had hardly being organised/made, or Police had barely arrived and official searches not set up yet.  How come the Mcs were already aware at that early a stage that they'd absolutely have got to have the photo printed and posters made up to keep up her disappearance in public awareness (and for their later campaign purposes)? The break neck speed in which they organised photo print out and put out the posters was unheard of and unparalleled in the history of crimes of missing children/people. It's like jumping to conclusion right away, or knowing for certain she would never be found, and that the posters for long term campaign was priority over immediate search.  Posters are usually put up by Police, or with the advice and help of Police, and never done that quickly or that early into the disappearance when search is paramount priority.  A last photo of the missing person may be used to flash up on TV and in the press for people to keep a look out, but posters putting up usually happen after a time lapse, and rarely within 24 hours when hope is not exhausted; and, never in less than 2 hours when official search hasn't start.

The other thing is - if this memory card in the USB stick is an extra one that they'd brought along on holiday (that they'd the clarity of mind amidst the chaos to remember to look for it and use it) but one that they retrieved from one of their cameras to give to ROB, of significance is - how did they know or remember in which memory card this photo was in, also which memory card was in which of the two cameras - unless they'd to look through each of the memory card in the two cameras, scan though the photo pools, and then had the sanity and practicality of mind to delve into their belongings to look for the USB stick (assuming the stick belongs to them)?  When and where would have they have had the chance to do that when 5A was heaving with human traffic, various people coming and going in and out of 5A and there was a hive of activities in and around 5A vicinity.  Had they had done that, surely someone would have witnessed them in the process of looking at cameras and selecting photo.

If this card is a separate stand alone one they'd brought and given to ROB it would mean they'd had to specially explain to ROB on which specific one to print, unless there's only one photo in the card, which would be red flag.  On top of that, how did they know that was the photo they will have to use, to search for that, and that the photo they elect to use would have to be full portrait view, and not just any photo in the m-card? Why not any recent photo or photo taken on holiday or even last photo? Unless it (the photo) and the USB stick was pre-selected, planned, for the premeditated cover up ! 

 What normal distraught set of parents in that kind of extreme frantic and desperate situation can function or think normally, let alone be practical minded or could remember in that sort of tragic situation what they'd or had not brought on holiday that could be useful in the situation, unless Madeleine had died earlier than the 3rd, they knew exactly what happened to her, and therefore the FIRST photo and USB were pre-prepared after the fact/deed, in preparation for use on the 3rd after the alarm was raised, and the 3rd was but a charade to simulate abduction. 

Their odd behavior and actions immediately after alarm was raised on the 3rd would not seem peculiarly out of line if these were all parts of premeditated cover up activities being set in motion. Only if they knew Madeleine died earlier than 3rd May, disposal done and dusted, would explain why they were able to focus on getting the practical matters done - preparing photo and posters (for long term awareness campaign), deleting phone records, making sure not to use phones in the critical hours, informing UK press, delaying calling to police, using a round about method to ring the police instead of using phone in the room etc...all not actions imperative to the search for the lost child. There was no urgency whatsoever on their part where the search was concerned. They were too busy doing everything else except things to do with finding the child quickly.

No normal parents in the chaotic circumstances of having to alert people there quickly of the missing child to be looking and searching quickly in the vicinity, having to organise call the police, having to check on the twins etc would be busying themselves doing something not practical to the search, a search that is so crucial in the first few hours. And, their Tapas friends equally frantic and having to organise their children and check they are safe were busying helping the Mcs get the photo printed as well as busying themselves with writing out timeline...on what to tell the Police, more concerned with peripheral issues than main issue when they should all be out looking and searching (even if only pretending to search). They all knew exactly what happened to her, which had happened earlier than reported officially. Their actions point to that, earlier than May 3rd death.


Also, notice how impersonal the wording is. It doesn't even say 'a child of 3 years'. Just '3 years'. And 'from last night' is so vague and impersonal. As well as being grammatically incorrect. The use of 'from' would suggest that information is being given as to where the child went missing from. So logically it should read:  (Missing): 'from apartment 5A at Ocean Club.' And (missing) since yesterday evening between 9pm and 10pm.

Very, very odd. Even allowing for a staged, faked abduction the wording on the poster is strange. So little care put into it. 

In a way, this almost lends weight to the substitute child theory. The substitute child is whisked away at the last minute -  leaving Team McCann's script in disarray and TM furious that they have been 'landed in it.' 

The McCanns strange bowing movements, as noted by the Portuguese police when they arrived on the scene, are suggestive of both the parents praying for their very lives, imo. They know they are in it up to their necks.

Praying for their lives suggest panic which is in total contradiction to their calm ability to do the practical thing of organising photo printing etc.....It's all part of the charade.

Ayniia wrote:Well the Portuguese poster wasn't written by a Portuguese native for sure.
"Desapareceu ontem ás 22:00h (correct ) "ás "Luz (incorrect )".
I can see why one made such a mistake. The first part means "Disappeared yesterday AT 22:00h" but then it uses "ás Luz " like it meant "at Luz " but it's completely wrong, "ás "refers to time, not space.  It should say: "na Luz " which also means "at " if translated but but "ás Luz "makes no sense at all in Portuguese.
"Se ver " the verb isn't in it's correct form, it should say "Se VIR " .
Then I'm not sure because of the quality of the poster but it seems to say "pulicia " instead of "policia ".
But I'm definitely sure it wasn't a Portuguese person that wrote that.
So the English poster wasn't written by a British (because there was surely not one around ) and the Portuguese wasn't written by a Portuguese person because again, probably there was none around.
"It would be laughable if it wasn't so serious"

Snipped from PM's post

What IS certain is that AT's printer CANNOT read direct from a memory card from a camera. It CAN read from a USB Memory stick, but can only identify the photo to be printed if a Kodak Camera is also "docked' on the top of the machine.
It can also read from a camera linked to it by the camera to USB cable shown above.
But no one mentions that !

The copier in the main reception has also been identified, and its spec is much higher. It CAN read direct from a camera memory chip. It has the appropriate slot for this to be inserted.
But no one mentions that !