THE ***SEVEN*** PHOTOS THAT PROVIDE THE BIGGEST CLUE TO WHEN MADELEINE DIED (New photo of Madeleine in Praia da Luz produced by the McCann Team, taken on Sunday 29 April)

by **Jill Havern** 19.04.19 19:12

IMPORTANT UPDATE BY MMRG, 7 AUGUST 2019

Seemingly produced out of the blue, this year (2019) saw one more photo of Madeleine in Praia da Luz.

It showed Madeleine playing on the morning of Sunday 29 April, as a group of children were blowing up a giant balloon. The group of children was from the Lobsters group of seven children, the group in which Madeleine was placed, and led by creche nanny Catriona Baker:

This photo was produced for the 8-part Netflix documentary on Madeleine McCann. It was clearly taken on Sunday 29 April, but Netflix did not inform viewers of who took it. It shows Madeleine at a 'giant balloon' play event, about 11am that morning

In effect, the new photo adds nothing new to what we know about Madeleine McCann on holiday that week. What we CAN say about it, is that it does not in any way contradict the hypothesis of the Madeleine McCann Research group that Madeleine died later that very same day (Sunday 29 April).

But it does tend to confirm the MMRG's case that the 'Last Photo' of Madeleine by the swimming pool weas taken on Sunday 29 April and NOT, as the McCanns claimed, on Thursday 3 May 2007.

We can see immediately that this new photo was taken in bright sunlight. That agrees with the 'giant balloon' session for the Lobsters session being taken on the morning of Sunday 29 April.

Like the controversial 'Last Photo', which we know was probably taken at about 2.29pm, it was clearly taken on a bright, sunny day.

THE ONLY SUNNY DAY that week was Sunday, 29 April.

During Sunday night, a cold front passed over the area, bringing - for the next four days - cloudy, windy, colder weather, along with some rain. Warmer, sunnier weather did not return until late on Thursday 3 May.

Thus, to complete the picture, these are the SEVEN photos we are interested in:

Photo 1: SATURDAY: Madeleine playing with her father in the Ocean Club playground
Photos 2 & 3: SATURDAY: Madeleine playing near the Wendy House in the Ocean Club playground
Photo 4: SUNDAY (New): Madeleine at the 'giant balloon' play session with her creche group, Lobsters, on Sunday morning, probably around 11am
Photo 5: SUNDAY: The controversial 'Last Photo', which the McCanns say was taken Thursday, but which we can deduce to have been taken on the Sunday, from the weather conditions
Photo 6: SUNDAY: The controversial 'Make-Up Photo', which contains several indications that it was taken on Sunday afternoon that week, apparently at a location elsewhere in Praia da Luz. or nearby, and finally...

Photo 7: THE TENNIS BALLS PHOTO, which is CLAIMED to have been taken that week, but was also claimed to have been taken on three different days by at least two different people. It is NOT possible to state that this photo was definitely taken that week, and there is some evidence that it may be a photoshopped compromise.

For further information on this please see the excellent two research articles by 'Petermac' in his e-book, which can be found on CMOMM by searching for 'Petermac'.

CONCLUSION: We now have THREE photos of Madeleine which we can definitely date to Saturday, and THREE which we may with reasonable certainty all date to Sunday.

But we have NO certain photos of Madeleine after Sunday.

So this new photo of Madeleine at the 'giant balloon' session tends to fully confirm MMRG's hypothesis that Madeleine probably died late on Sunday

- update by MMRG, 7 August 2019

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THE SIX PHOTOS THAT PROVIDE THE BIGGEST CLUE TO WHEN MADELEINE DIED

by the Madeleine McCann Research Group, Christmas 2017

Here are the only six photos of Madeleine McCann which have been, or thought to have been, taken of her during the McCanns ‘ill-fated' holiday to Portugal in April/May 2007:

THE ***SEVEN*** PHOTOS THAT PROVIDE THE BIGGEST CLUE TO WHEN MADELEINE DIED (New photo of Madeleine in Praia da Luz produced by the McCann Team, taken on Sunday 29 April) 163

Madeleine playing in the Ocean Club playground on Saturday 28 April

Another pic of Madeleine playing in the Ocean Club playground on Saturday 28 April

A third pic of Madeleine playing in the Ocean Club playground on Saturday 28 April

A pic of Gerry McCann, Madeleine and Amelie taken by the Ocean Club pool, claimed by the McCanns to have been taken on Thursday 3 May at lunchtime but which various lines of evidence suggest must have been taken on Sunday 29 April at lunchtime

Madeleine in Make-Up. The McCanns have been vague about when and under what circumstances this photo was taken. There are indications (a) that it was taken in Praia da Luz on that holiday and (b) that, if it was, it was also taken on Sunday 29 April, probably sometime after lunch

The Tennis Balls Photo. This has been claimed to have been taken by at least two different people on at least two different days. A careful analysis of the description given by Kate McCann of how the photo came to be taken seems improbable. It therefore cannot be assumed to be a genuine photo of Madeleine taken on that holiday.

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In short we have four or five photos probably taken on Saturday and Sunday, but no confirmed photos of her after that.

This is despite the family’s large collection of photos and videos and the fact that they had a digital camera on holiday.

Our conclusion therefore from these six photos is that they tell a simple story; namely that there is no photographic proof of Madeleine being alive after Sunday.

Elsewhere we and others have given detailed reasons for this conclusion.

We are struck by the complete failure so far by anyone who still supports the claim that Madeleine died after 6pm on Thursday to bring forward any credible argument as to why we have no proven photos of Madeleine on any of the four days from Monday to Thursday.

We seek the opinions of CMOMM forum members and guests as to whether our conclusion is reasonable – or, if it is not, why it is not.

MMRG
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For discussion, please visit this thread: https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t14797-the-six-photos-that-provide-the-biggest-clue-to-when-madeleine-died

by **sharonl** 10.01.24 0:11

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