Man responsible for hoax sightings of Madeleine, is a McCann family friend.

by **Jill Havern** 04.11.16 21:54

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On January 2013, The Daily Express ran a story with the headline "Madeleine McCann kidnap photo shock".

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The photo in question was handed to detectives at Scotland Yard, and came from a man named Luiz Carlos Moreno. Moreno claims that the photo was taken in Brazil in 2007, and that it shows a man walking down the road with Madeleine McCann. He also sent police a list of demands, so he could help with the investigation (as described on the link to Pamalam's website below).

At the request of Scotland Yard, The Express didn't print the photo at the time of the article, but described it almost perfectly. In fact the only thing they didn't mention, was the fact that the photograph in question couldn't have been evidence of Madeleine being in Brazil. Many people, myself included, believe that Madeleine died in apartment 5a, and that her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann were involved in concealing the little girl's body. That isn't however, the reason the photograph couldn't have been of Madeleine in Brazil.

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]The reason the photo couldn't have been taken in Brazil, was because it was taken at Ibiza airport in June 2007. A google image search of the photograph, brings up several matches; the first of which is a link to AP images.

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AP images are a subscription based company, this is how they describe the services they offer:

"Simplify your image buying and budgeting with an AP PhotoChoice subscription. PhotoChoice gives you access to AP’s expansive collection of more than 34 million editorial and stock images. The collection includes AP’s wholly owned news, sports and entertainment images as well as world-class editorial, creative rights-managed and creative royalty-free images from hundreds of global photo partners. PhotoChoice lets you choose among editorial and creative images as you need them, as a simple one-stop-solution for all your imagery needs."

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The second link takes us to a story that was published in June 2007, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and discusses a security alert at an airport in Ibiza The photo accompanying the article was taken outside the airport, and is the very same one Moreno claims was taken in Brazil. In short, Moreno lied, not huge news in itself, people lie every day, granted not many do where it concerns a missing little girl.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]What makes the hoax sighting more intriguing, is that (as can be seen on the left), Moreno is a Facebook friend of Kate McCann's mother, Susan Healy, he also adds her to social media groups who promote lies about the McCann case, in an attempt to absolve the McCanns of any blame.

I discovered one of these groups Moreno had added Susan Healy to, only to find two more "sightings", of different girls, who bore no resemblance to Madeleine McCann. Upon joining the group, I asked Moreno why he posted hoax sightings, and why he would be connected to the family whilst taking part in such dishonest behaviour. His only replies were abusive, and non committal to the subject matter:

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Don't you hate it when people flirt with you online? Moreno left the group shortly after I told him that I would be using the comments he made in a public group, and posting them in this article. The two other photos Moreno posted (I have pixelated out the faces of those involved), are also clearly not Madeleine Mccann.

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As can be seen on the above picture, not only is Moreno claiming that a little girl who bears no resemblance to Madeleine is in fact the missing girl, he also claims that the lady being pushed in the wheelchair, is her kidnapper.

The very fact that Susan Healy, grandmother to Madeleine, is friends with a man who has posted 3 hoax sightings that we know of, and refuses to answer how many more he has circulated, should at the very least, set alarm bells ringing. We still remember how the Official Find Madeleine page promoted a picture of a girl much younger than Madeleine would have been were she alive.

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A the recent article printed in The Sun, and written by another friend of the McCanns, Antonella Lazzeri, wrote that there had been 8,685 claims that Madeleine had been spotted in various countries. Despite these "sightings", Kate and Gerry don't seem to remember any of note, as can be seen on the following video:

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The question remains though, why is the grandmother of a missing child, in direct contact with a man, Luiz Carlos Moreno, who is responsible for hoax sightings.

In the interest of fairness, a link to this blog has been sent to Mrs Healy, should she wish to use her right to reply.

by jeanmonroe 05.11.16 14:22

5 'comments'

tessa martin5 November 2016 at 00:04

I guess nobody is holding their breath waiting for credible answers. I'm surprised that he hasn't been sued for making such outrageous accusations.

Pseudo Nym5 November 2016 at 01:27

The families of these girls, and the lady Moreno has publicly accused of being a kidnapper should definitely sue. What this man is doing is dangerous.

Chimichanga5 November 2016 at 02:52

Now that's what I call investigative journalism. Bit of a lost art in the UK, where the papers pander to the McCanns' every artful move instead of asking the questions they should be asking. Bravo!

Unknown5 November 2016 at 03:52

Kates mother knows what her daughter has done and supporting this mans lies proves it imo. The more 'sightings' of Madeleine the further away from the truth she can put herself, even though she knows they're false. In a way she's helping to protect her own child, if there are sightings of Madeleine it means she's alive which ,in her head means her daughter is innocent or seen to be . As usual the Mccanns and family never have anything to say to people making claims even false claims as long as it's favourable to them

Anonymous5 November 2016 at 10:23

We know that M3 were paid to invent sightings - particularly in Morocco. The recent book has shown this. It is perfectly possible that, in the same way that the family kept up the nonsense of the smashed shutters for so long, that they have been asked to keep up the good work of other invented sightings.

by Trainer 06.11.16 16:27

right at the start of this whole missing fiasco, I remember a siting of maddie in Norway that appeared to come from a friend of the mccanns, this would have been on the mirror forum not sure if tony would have anything saved from those days?

by Guest 07.11.16 12:34

Trainer wrote:right at the start of this whole missing fiasco, I remember a siting of maddie in Norway that appeared to come from a friend of the mccanns, this would have been on the mirror forum not sure if tony would have anything saved from those days?

There was a sighting reported from Norway in September 2007, coincidentally about the same time as the McCanns were given 'arguido' status - could be something could be nothing. I can't see any reason from the PJ files to presume the 'tip-off' was connected in any way to the McCanns but if someone is in the know, so to speak, it would be interesting to hear.

I strongly suspect that many of the 'sightings' were instigated by a 'source close to the McCanns', aided and abetted by the media.

ETA:

Copy to : IPSG, IP Stockholm

Our reference : 1942/07/IP/MS
Your reference : Lisbon : 1806/2007-MIN
London : 4H-2395710-07
Yellow Notice : F-131/5-2007

Subject : TIP-OFF REGARDING MADELEINE MCCANN - POSSIBLY SPOTTED IN NORWAY

Today, Interpol Oslo received a tip-off regarding Madeleine McCann. She was possibly observed at the cafe 'Slobrua Gjesttegaard' in Skarnes, Norway, on Monday 10th September 2007 at around 1615. Two men, around 35-37 years of age, nicely dressed, came to the cafe in the company of a girl whom the witness believes resembles Madeleine. According to the witness, the girl seemed to be around 4 years old. One of the men spoke Swedish, the other Norwegian.

The witness thought that the girl behaved in an "unusual" way.
She seemed to be very polite, and she sat quite still at the table and did not speak unless spoken to. The men spoke to her in English, and she replied in the same language. She did not seem to be afraid or worried.

The men drove a black VW Passat with Swedish license number 'xxxxxx'.

According to the Swedish Police, the license num ber is registered to 'Vxxxxxxxx, Rxxxxx Hxxx Oxx, date of birth : 080376, in Dalarna, Sweden.

Neither the persons nor the car are known to Police Records.

We hope this information may be useful to your investigation.

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by Guest 21.11.16 21:55

The girl the internet thinks is Madeleine McCann: Mystery of the 'English-speaking' teenager living on the streets of Rome who homeless campaigners are trying to identify

21st November 2016

Mystery surrounds the identity of a young English-speaking girl spotted living rough on the streets of Rome.

The blonde girl, who is thought to be in her late teens, has garnered the attention of several Italian's because of her polite demeanour and inability to speak Italian.
People have said she refuses to accept money and answers questions in English.
Internet campaigners are now trying to get the girl home for Christmas.
Italian police have attempted to identify the girl who has no passport, ID or anything with her name on it.
Locals have reported she responds to the name 'Maria', but police have said she has given them different names.
Internet campaigners say 'Maria' looks like several missing girls, including Amanda Adlai who was abducted in Michigan in 2008, Maria-Brigitte Henselmann who disappeared from Germany in 2008 and even Madeleine McCann.

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