Joana Morais: Hidden Evidence

Hidden Evidence

The former coordinator of the PJ of Portimão discloses new information

Gonçalo Amaral says that documentation within the scope of the English investigation into
Madeleine's disappearance vanished from the case files

by Magali Pinto

Just a few days after Madeleine McCann disappeared from the Ocean Club tourist resort in Praia
da Luz, Lagos, on the 3rd of May 2007, a witness showed up, a British tourist woman, who
claimed she saw the girl's father walking in the beach at night. The disclosure was made by the
former coordinator of the PJ of Portimão, Gonçalo Amaral, on CMTV [Correio da Manhã TV
channel, available at MEO digital TV provider], according to whom all data referring to that
witness has vanished.

"We tried to retrieve that witness statement and the documents that were in the domain of the
English police. They have simply vanished. To this day we still don't know who that witness is
and where she is", said Gonçalo Amaral.

The former coordinator of the PJ of Portimão will face again today Gerry and Kate McCann at
the Palácio da Justiça in Lisbon, for another hearing session of the trial in which the McCann
couple demands 1,2 million euros for damages for the publication of the book 'Maddie, A
Verdade da Mentira' [Maddie, The Truth of the Lie] written by Gonçalo Amaral. In the book, the
former coordinator of the PJ sustains the thesis that the parents are responsible for the
disappearance of the girls and the concealment of her body.

Gonçalo Amaral has no doubts that Maddie is dead.

"The girl's parents had a key to church, in that church a vigil took place a month after the
disappearance. According to information, the child's body could have been placed in the coffin,
at the feet of the woman that was later cremated".

He concluded by saying, "The mystery will only be over when they stop protecting the McCann
couple. Only then we will learn the truth".

Details

5 Million

Since the beginning of the Operation Grange - the name given to the English investigation
initiated in 2011 - the English have already spend well over 5 million euros. [sic, is closer to 12
million euros/10 million pounds]

Two Weeks
Just in the searches that took place in the past couple of weeks, with sniffer dogs, georadar, in
three areas in Praia da Luz, the English authorities have spent about 100 thousand euros.

Results

Even though all that money has been invested, so far, there is no progress made in the
investigation resulting from the efforts of the English.

in Correio da Manhã, pag. 19, paper edition/online here, June 16, 2014

Before, during and after the time the McCanns were constituted as ‘arguidos’ [formal suspects],
Leicestershire Police who was supposedly working in liaison with the Judiciary Police, displayed
a link to the McCanns limited company, their 'fund-raising' website. The link was only removed
on 7 September 2010. More on the fund here.

«Leicestershire Constabulary: A number of law enforcement agencies, including Leicestershire
Constabulary, have a link to the 'Find Madeleine' website. Whilst we encourage anyone with
information about Madeleine's whereabouts to contact the Portuguese police or their local
police, we recognise the fact that some people may not feel comfortable in doing so. This link
provides them with an alternative means of passing information.» in The Most Incredible
Statement Made By A Police Force Ever

Source: https://joana-morais.blogspot.co.za/2014/06/hidden-evidence.html