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PeterMac's New 'Madeleine McCann' E-book Foreword

Many years have passed since the original E-book was published on line, and I have been invited to take another look at it.

In the light of what we now know some Chapters still stand up to scrutiny, but others have been superseded.

Right from the start the Abduction story was supported by two pillars

• Smashed Shutters
  

• Man seen carrying child
  
  
  

The smashed shutters were shown to the world to have been a deliberate, calculated but extremely stupid LIE by the parents - to their own close friends and relatives, incidentally, who dutifully put the story into the public domain - when TV footage the following morning showed the fingerprint officer dealing with a clearly untouched and unopened shutter. That Chapter concentrated on the nature of the lie being told, and its persistence.

The sighting by JT lingered for very much longer, and so the Chapter in which this is dissected and destroyed is still relevant to show the mendacity and stupidity involved.

Some time later DCI Redwood himself destroyed this second pillar by telling the world he had traced the man involved, who was merely carrying his child home from the crèche. He also claimed that the original pyjamas had been produced for inspection and the man’s original clothing had been seen (after 6 years).

Whether any of that was correct or in any sense ‘true’ is beside the point. What the DCI was doing was publicly making it clear that the original story was nonsense, and always had been.

But interestingly, this second pillar of “Man seen carrying child” was so powerful for Team McCann and the Abduction story, that even now, years after the DCI made that statement, the image of “Tannerman carrying child” is still on the Find Madeleine web site.

Without it, they have nothing.

And after the DCIs revelation, the other “man seen carrying child” - Smithman - had to be brought out of the relative obscurity to which he had been consigned. TM cannot let the focus change. And that focus has to remain on late evening Thursday 3rd May

The DCI followed this up by making a strangely worded statement that “Madeleine leaving the apartment alive does not necessarily follow with all of our thinking . . . “ and then went to the Algarve with ground penetrating radar and pickaxes to start digging.

The implication and the message to the McCanns and their friends was clear.


The Last Photo, the famous Pool photo, was also said by the ever mendacious Clarence Mitchell to have been taken on that final day. Since it was Mitchell presenting the photo some took a more independent look, at the EXIF Metadata, and at other aspects concerned with it.

There is little doubt now that the pool photo CANNOT POSSIBLY have been taken on Thursday 3rd. They arrived too late on the Saturday, and in the event there were big fluffy clouds, as shown on the children’s play area photos. Sunday was totally cloud free, but by late that evening a weather front had begun to move in which eventually brought rain and cold winds for the rest of the unhappy week. This front cleared only late on Thursday evening. A new chapter on the Pool Photo summarising what seems now to be accepted has been added for the benefit of those who did not see it elsewhere

And although that is in itself interesting, as is the forensic identification of the people involved in that conspiracy, the ones who handled the photos and who altered the EXIF, the main concern is as always slightly to the right of where we are looking.

A long term and valued researcher known to many has looked at everything which happened after Sunday 29th, and realised that there is nothing which provides any concrete or credible evidence that Madeleine was still alive after that night or early the following morning 


Initial statements are vague and anodyne, but so soon as the Tapas group, mostly educated medics, are put even to the very poor test in the Rogatory interviews, they lapse into gibbering incoherence. Not one seems able to answer a straight question or use normal grammar or syntax, about anything after Sunday 29th. They were under pressure. All of them.

The dogs were surely the final straw.

A British Police Advisor organised the top British human blood and human cadaverine detection Spaniels, handled and trained by the top British Police officer. The dogs were given the run of the apartment and of all the others in the block. They were taken to an underground car park with a selection of cars, and another room with a selection of clothing.

They alerted to places and items concerned with the McCanns - and importantly to NO OTHER PLACES OR ITEMS, and that fact does need to be repeated as often as we have time to do so.

And the alerts allow a short and tragic story to be told.

Behind the sofa, on Kate’s trousers, and on Cuddle cat, to a shelf in the parents’ bedroom, where a blue tennis bag had been photographed, then in the boot of the car, and on the key fob.

The sequence is not difficult to follow !

In the original e-book were chapters about people giving false information about abductions, and about false reactions in front of TV cameras.

They have not been updated, and will not be, as they are purely illustrative of the depths to which people will sink, and add nothing to the evidence in this case.

The revelation about the lack of evidence of Madeleine’s continued existence after Sunday 29th has led to another series of interesting thoughts.

Interesting in that a new scenario can be “purported” (to use Gerry’s lamentable solecism) which simplifies everything.

It is revelatory in that much is revealed.

Previously difficult statements begin to make sense, photos fit into place, and crucially most of the reported actions begin to form a pattern.

The once apparently ludicrous shenanigans of Kate and twins leaving by one door and Gerry and - allegedly - Madeleine by the other, somewhat overemphasised in her autobiography, now seem to make much more sense. And the sense is of ensuring that they were never seen after Monday morning in circumstances where they should have been a family group of five

It looked intricate and meaningless, and set against the 3rd May evening start point, it was.

But set against a Monday morning start, it makes perfect sense.

The crèche records and the fudging and forgeries and bizarre timings compared with the Younger children’s crèche by the Tapas bar, and the strange closeness of one of the nannies, and various other factors suddenly begin to make sense.

It is also revelatory in that it can explain what binds the Tapas group together, in their “Pact of Silence”, and why that pact is unlikely to be broken.

Mrs Webster inadvertently used the word “super-inaudible”, and it may have been applied to her by the others. The rest of the group may be bound by other personal and professional considerations

Three new chapters are added.

The first distilling the work on the Last Photo - the pool photo, showing how it can only have been taken on Sunday 29th.

A second putting Kate’s ludicrous “Whooshing curtains” in context, and showing how this was pure invention.

A third, giving the background to the “Dossier of death” which led directly to the suicide of the late Brenda Leyland. We show how the author of that disgraceful document can be easily identified, and comes as no surprise.

All of these have been discussed at length on CMoMM, but are presented in synopsis, for ease of access.

Peter


CHAPTERS

1 Chapter 1: Changes in Story
Changing the initial version of events is a classic 'red flag' warning to police investigators

2 Chapter 2: Did they Search?
Did the McCanns physically search for their daughter Madeleine?

3 Chapter 3: Curtains, Door and Windows
We examine Kate's claim that the door slammed, and when she went in the curtains 'Whooshed' open.

4 Chapter 4: The “Window of Opportunity”
We calculate the vanishingly small 'window of opportunity' for the alleged abduction.

5 Chapter 5: Sedation
In this study we attempt to answer three questions
1 Were the twins sedated on the night of 3rd May 2007?
2 If so, were they sedated by an intruder ?
3 If so, but not by an intruder, then by whom ?

6 Chapter 6: Cold and Windy
Was the weather hot, as Gerry insisted, or cold and windy, as the others do, and what are the implications of this apparently trivial remark.

7 Chapter 7: Just Checking
We take another critical look at the inconsistencies in the Tapas group's statements about their checking of the children during dinner.

8 Chapter 8: Egregious examples
The most egregious examples of 'economy with the truth'.

9 On the reliability of Cadaver Dogs
Some of the leading recent cases involving Cadaver dogs are examined.


The final two chapters are included to show the way in which people are capable of acting out a role, despite the pressures on them and despite their being in possession of the truth. They are relevant only to show sceptics that this can, and does happen, perhaps more often than people remember.


10 Appeals and Pleas
Cases in which persons were reported missing or abducted, when in fact they had been harmed by a family member who made the false report.

11 Crocodile Tears
Overlaps with the previous Chapter, but gives more examples of Television appearances.


NEW CHAPTERS

12 Floppy sun hats and flapping curtains ? 
This chapter emerged from the more formal Last Photo, Pool Photo work, when we started looking at weather charts, wind surfing competitions at Portimao, personal diaries of ex-pats, and the descriptions of temperature and weather in the Tapas group's statements and Rogatories.
It was soon realised that regardless of anything else, the wind and weather are capable of proving - on the balance of probabilities at the very least -
that the Last Pool photo cannot have been taken at lunchtime on 3/5/7
and that the curtains cannot have 'whooshed' at 10 pm on 3/5/7.


Both are independent of any other considerations, and the Chapter can stand alone for this reason.

13 The McCann family, and the Dossier of Death
A ’Dossier’ was prepared, allegedly, of ‘tweets’, Facebook messages, and blog entries, sent to people unconnected with the McCanns. The 'Dossier' was handed in to the police.
Brenda Leyland paid the price. She paid with her life.


14 The Last Photo = The Pool Photo


This is a heavily edited version of a paper which originally ran to 9 pages, with 24 pages of references, and four Appendices. Much of this appeared on CMoMM a long time ago. This analysis can be read independently of the Floppy Sun Hats and Flapping curtains chapter, but overlaps with it.

Examination of this photo advanced in three main stages

First was to look at the photo and the statements surrounding it, and to examine who took it, and on which camera, and to ask why it was never, at any stage, released to the PJ.

This quickly led to the realisation that the photo itself was apparently sound. There was a robust argument about whether it had been photoshopped, but the strength of expert evidence is against this.

This in turn led to an examination of other aspects of it, the obvious weather, and the apparent wind speed being amongst these.

That led to yet another question. If the Last Photo was not taken at lunchtime on Thursday 3rd May, then when was it taken? Very quickly the only possible day presented itself, and this conclusion has defied serious destructive analysis.

That is dealt with in the Chapter (Floppy Sun hats and Flapping curtains)

From there the sequence of events, the identity of the person involved in the alteration of the Metadata, of the person who transported the finished image to PdL, and the person who then put this mendacious image into the public domain can easily be identified.

They are of course Capt. Louis Renault’s ‘Usual Suspects.’

But here, IF what we suspect turns out to be correct, then all four might be Guilty of Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice.

Of course if we are wrong, then they are not ! Only they know - know - the truth.


PeterMac


http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/

Has Peter submitted this to Operation Grange?

If so, what was their reaction?

Peter has been doing their job for them it seems.

Bog standard investigating.

A fantastic piece of work Peter, accessible and relevant. Thank you.

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Initial statements are vague and anodyne, but so soon as the Tapas group, mostly educated medics, are put even to the very poor test in the Rogatory interviews, they lapse into gibbering incoherence. Not one seems able to answer a straight question or use normal grammar or syntax, about anything after Sunday 29th. They were under pressure. All of them.

The dogs were surely the final straw.

Perfect.

I have been reading extracts from Petermac's excellent E-book. Earlier, I was reading Chapter 16: Why did they do this ? Seven worrying problems, and found this paragraph particularly interesting:

 "2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: “They realise it cannot go on forever.” He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics., had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".

Was this the howler that got Mitchell his marching orders? What WAS the man thinking?

sallypelt wrote:I have been reading extracts from Petermac's excellent E-book. Earlier, I was reading Chapter 16: Why did they do this ? Seven worrying problems, and found this paragraph particularly interesting:

 "2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: “They realise it cannot go on forever.” He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics., had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".

Was this the howler that got Mitchell his marching orders? What WAS the man thinking?

So when the accounts are published there will be a "paper trail " showing where and how much money the McCanns moved into their new all singing and dancing special account... Or will there?

sallypelt wrote:I have been reading extracts from Petermac's excellent E-book. Earlier, I was reading Chapter 16: Why did they do this ? Seven worrying problems, and found this paragraph particularly interesting:

 "2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: “They realise it cannot go on forever.” He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics., had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".

Was this the howler that got Mitchell his marching orders? What WAS the man thinking?

Perhaps Clarence was reminding them of their Legal duties as Directors of the Fund?  But then again if you have already been"Duped" out of Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds from the fund for "Private Investigators Work"time to Syphon err Air out the cupboards of Moths attacking the special prepaired Notes,before being put to use?

MayMuse wrote:

sallypelt wrote:I have been reading extracts from Petermac's excellent E-book. Earlier, I was reading Chapter 16: Why did they do this ? Seven worrying problems, and found this paragraph particularly interesting:

 "2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: “They realise it cannot go on forever.” He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics., had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".

Was this the howler that got Mitchell his marching orders? What WAS the man thinking?

So when the accounts are published there will be a "paper trail " showing where and how much money the McCanns moved into their new all singing and dancing special account... Or will there?

The question is, why would they move money out of an account, that was specifically set up to find a missing child, into ANOTHER account that is set up to find the SAME missing child.

sallypelt wrote:

MayMuse wrote:

sallypelt wrote:I have been reading extracts from Petermac's excellent E-book. Earlier, I was reading Chapter 16: Why did they do this ? Seven worrying problems, and found this paragraph particularly interesting:

 "2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: “They realise it cannot go on forever.” He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics., had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".

Was this the howler that got Mitchell his marching orders? What WAS the man thinking?

So when the accounts are published there will be a "paper trail " showing where and how much money the McCanns moved into their new all singing and dancing special account... Or will there?

The question is, why would they move money out of an account, that was specifically set up to find a missing child, into ANOTHER account that is set up to find the SAME missing child.

Exactly!
Which is why I wonder if  a transfer will show on the Fund accounts, if it does not then why did CM state this? If it does what could be the reason for doing so? A better interest rate? 

sallypelt wrote:The question is, why would they move money out of an account, that was specifically set up to find a missing child, into ANOTHER account that is set up to find the SAME missing child.

It could relate to the 'restricted funds' identified in the income and expenditure account of the Find Madeleine Co. Ltd. annual audit, as opposed to 'unrestricted funds'.  This practice I understand is common place with a recognized charity but the Find Madeleine Co. Ltd. administrators have always enjoyed the privilege of crossing boundaries.

In my opinion there has been a lot of jiggery-pokery with the donated funds but I can't imagine the likes of Mitchell would make such a crass faux-pas without an explanation at the ready.

Verdi:
 
‘It could relate to the 'restricted funds' identified in the income and expenditure account of the Find Madeleine Co. Ltd. annual audit, as opposed to 'unrestricted funds'.
 
Not from what CM allegedly said:
 
"2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: …………. had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".
   
Both the restricted & unrestricted monies sit within the ‘publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund’.

Doug D wrote:Verdi:
 
‘It could relate to the 'restricted funds' identified in the income and expenditure account of the Find Madeleine Co. Ltd. annual audit, as opposed to 'unrestricted funds'.
 
Not from what CM allegedly said:
 
"2 Sept 2015 - Family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said today: …………. had moved money from the publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves".
   
Both the restricted & unrestricted monies sit within the ‘publicly-backed Find-Maddie Fund’.

Yes, I fully understand the point sallypelt was making.

It has been said on more than one occasion that the money identified in the 'restricted funds' is income resulting from Kate McCann's book 'madeleine';  if that be true then technically the money is not by way of public donations, therefore not publicly backed - strange term of phrase anyway.

A minor point of no particular significance, just thought it could be an explanation.  Frankly I haven't a clue.

Bumping up this thread. Chapter 16 is a corker. If an ex UK Senior police officer takes the time to scrutinize the evidence using his experience and has the courage to publish it then someone has to believe that this case is not going to go away.

PeterMac's e-book blog has now passed 1/4 million views in just a couple of months.

Well done to everyone on Google+, facebook and twitter for sharing this link. http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/

Get'emGonçalo wrote:PeterMac's e-book blog has now passed 1/4 million views in just a couple of months.

Well done to everyone on Google+, facebook and twitter for sharing this link. http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/

Just a point - I was reading part of PeterMac's e-book and was reminded of the frequent reference to mccannfiles.com as a primary information source.

In case anyone who reads the e-book is unaware of Nigel Moore's website hiatus, any chance an addendum could be added to include the Pamalam link?

Three new chapters (17, 18 & 19) are now on Peter's FREE e-book blog: 'What really happened to Madeleine McCann?'

http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/

Bumping this as it's rapidly dropping down the list before a lot of people will get to see it.

Thank you PM for continuing to work behind the scenes, even though we don't see you posting directly on here any more.

Another new chapter to be added to the collection very soon!

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Another new chapter to be added to the collection very soon!

What's the title - the Untold Story?   Oh no, silly me, that would be plagiarism wouldn't it  .

Verdi wrote:

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Another new chapter to be added to the collection very soon!

What's the title - the Untold Story?   Oh no, silly me, that would be plagiarism wouldn't it  .

Nope. Not 'Untold Story' - he's definitely telling his story!

Get'emGonçalo wrote:

Verdi wrote:

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Another new chapter to be added to the collection very soon!

What's the title - the Untold Story?   Oh no, silly me, that would be plagiarism wouldn't it  .

Nope. Not 'Untold Story' - he's definitely telling his story!

Why of course - the difference between genuine and fake. 

Besides, thinking about it, you can't plagiarize something that doesn't exist can you.

I've just published Peter's next chapter for him

http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/chapter-20-spot-water-slide.html

Straight for the jugular as always   excellent stuff, thank you.

PeterMac's detail about the fatuitous report featured in 'First Magazine'  with one Vicky Boyd who claimed to have been in the company of Madeleine and her mother (not any other family member according to the magazine report), brings to mind the Guardian article penned by Bridget O'Donnell, wife of Jeremy Wilkins, in December 2007.  It can't be compared like for like because Bridget O'Donnell could be said to have a vested interest, whereas the family Boyd just appeared out of the blue.

The first words of Bridget O'Donnell's Guardian report, 'My months with Madeleine', are as follows..

'It was a welcome spring break, a chance to relax at a child-friendly resort in Portugal. Soon Bridget O'Donnell and her partner were making friends with another holidaying family while their three-year-old daughters played together.'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/dec/14/ukcrime.madeleinemccann

As PeterMac stressed as regards the Vicky Boyd report, there has been no mention in any witness statements or Kate McCann's book, that might be said to correlate Bridget O'Donnell's claim of making friends while their three year old daughters played together.

The rest of the article is a complete project in itself but irrelevant for the moment.  Poetic licence is all well and good in a work of fiction but when relating to the case of a missing child, it's totally unacceptable - or could even be considered to be perverting the course of justice!  Especially when published by a widely read, well respected (by some), UK newspaper.

ETA:  Boyd v. O'Donnell might not be comparable but the the latter poses the same question PeterMac asks of the Boyd story - was it O'Donnell's own decision to write the Guardian report or was she briefed and then commissioned by someone?

Verdi - PeterMac thanks you for your observation and has asked me to add this to the chapter:

ADDENDUM: A sharp eyed observer has spotted yet another clue that this entire thing is a mendacious invention. There is a brief mention of Gerry playing tennis, but there is no mention of Amelie and Sean. None at all. So where were they ?

Kate’s book claims she took them back to the Toddlers club, but where were they when Boyd and Kate were lying on the sun loungers for the hour ? Surely not in the unlocked apartment on their own !

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Verdi - PeterMac thanks you for your observation and has asked me to add this to the chapter:

ADDENDUM: A sharp eyed observer has spotted yet another clue that this entire thing is a mendacious invention. There is a brief mention of Gerry playing tennis, but there is no mention of Amelie and Sean. None at all. So where were they ?

Kate’s book claims she took them back to the Toddlers club, but where were they when Boyd and Kate were lying on the sun loungers for the hour ? Surely not in the unlocked apartment on their own !

I have a vague memory of David and Fiona taking the twins one afternoon but cannot find anything. Have I dreamt it?

Another observation from Peter that I'll add to the chapter:

d)   The article clearly says “Little Madeleine McCann was snatched from her bed TWO WEEKS AGO . . .” [my emphasis]. which means that the article was published and placed on the Tabloid women’s magazine stands the same weekend that the Last Photo was released to AFP.  Is this pure coincidence or rather evidence of a Machiavellian strategy?

Nina wrote:

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Verdi - PeterMac thanks you for your observation and has asked me to add this to the chapter:

ADDENDUM: A sharp eyed observer has spotted yet another clue that this entire thing is a mendacious invention. There is a brief mention of Gerry playing tennis, but there is no mention of Amelie and Sean. None at all. So where were they ?

Kate’s book claims she took them back to the Toddlers club, but where were they when Boyd and Kate were lying on the sun loungers for the hour ? Surely not in the unlocked apartment on their own !

I have a vague memory of David and Fiona taking the twins one afternoon but cannot find anything. Have I dreamt it?

Reply from Peter:

Kate says she took the twins back to their creche, so it can only have been over lunch - and frankly who would volunteer to feed two 2 yr olds in addition to their own brood . . .!

Get'emGonçalo wrote:

Nina wrote:

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Verdi - PeterMac thanks you for your observation and has asked me to add this to the chapter:

ADDENDUM: A sharp eyed observer has spotted yet another clue that this entire thing is a mendacious invention. There is a brief mention of Gerry playing tennis, but there is no mention of Amelie and Sean. None at all. So where were they ?

Kate’s book claims she took them back to the Toddlers club, but where were they when Boyd and Kate were lying on the sun loungers for the hour ? Surely not in the unlocked apartment on their own !

I have a vague memory of David and Fiona taking the twins one afternoon but cannot find anything. Have I dreamt it?

Reply from Peter:

Kate says she took the twins back to their creche, so it can only have been over lunch - and frankly who would volunteer to feed two 2 yr olds in addition to their own brood . . .!

I have been trawling through their statements again, cor blimey I need a lie down, and no cannot find it but it still niggles so will continue to search.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

Wednesday, 2 May 2007. Our last completely happy day. Our last, to date, as a family of five. If only it was possible to rewind.   Even for an hour.

Today it rained. The children went to their clubs, but our tennis lessons were postponed. Instead we joined Fiona, David and Dianne at the Millennium restaurant for coffee. We then returned to our apartment and a little while later I left again, to go for a run with Matt. I’d bought a new pair of running shoes a few days before we’d left for Portugal and they were certainly getting a good initiation. They were pink, which I wasn’t quite sure about – I wondered how seriously a runner in pink trainers could be taken – but after a few outings in the sand they weren’t looking quite so glaring and girly. As we ran along the promenade, a small dog jumped out from under a bench and attacked my right calf. It was pretty sore and I was a bit shaken, but I carried on as coolly as I could manage. Maybe he just didn’t like those pink trainers.

Gerry and I picked up the children, had lunch in the apartment and then took them to the play area for an hour before walking them to their clubs. The tennis group lessons were rescheduled for the afternoon: Gerry’s group first, followed by mine. After that it was the usual routine: tea with the children, playtime, bathtime, milk, stories, kids’ bedtime, get ready, Tapas at 8.30pm
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Not much scope there for a blossoming friendship and child play!

David Payne twizzing Madeleine in the playground;  Boyd whizzing Madeleine down the water chute - is this 'izzing to be the new buzz suffix in place of an 'ism and an 'ist?

Just finished another new chapter on Peter's e-book blog:

http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/chapter-21-is-tennis-balls-photo-new.html