PLANNING THE ABDUCTION HOAX. WAS IT DONE OVER FOUR DAYS, OR FOUR HOURS?

PLANNING THE ABDUCTION HOAX. WAS IT DONE OVER FOUR DAYS, OR FOUR HOURS?

by the Madeleine McCann Research Group (MMRG)

7 November 2017

The theory of Chief Inspector Tavares de Almeida, as expressed in his Interim Report of 10 September, was that Madeleine died in her parents’ apartment, sometime after 5.30pm on Thursday 3 May. It was repeated by Dr Goncalo Amaral in his book: ‘The Truth About A Lie’. Both made their judgment on the basis of one fact which they said was ‘proven’, namely that Madeleine had had a ‘high tea’ with the McCanns, and child nannies Catriona Baker and Charlotte Pennington.

This conclusion is still supported by some notable names who have expressed views on the case over many years: U.S. Criminal Profiler Pat Brown, and bloggers Textusa and Isabelle McFadden for example. And many continue to agree with them.

But two pieces of work, both highlighted on CMOMM, have undermined that theory. One was the brilliant work done by ‘PeterMac’ and others on CMOMM which demonstrated overwhelmingly that the ‘Last Photo’ was taken on Sunday lunchtime, 29 April, and NOT, as claimed, on 3 May. The other was the equally painstaking work of Lizzy Taylor (‘HideHo’), who suggested three years ago on CMOMM that there was no credible evidence that Madeleine was seen by anyone after Sunday 30 April. The only evidence that she was alive for the rest of that week came from the McCanns, their friends and Cat Baker - plus assorted Ocean Club staff whose testimony was vague in the extreme and not in accord with the known facts.

These pieces of work have been greatly reinforced by Richard Hall’s stunning five Madeleine McCann documentaries, and by Dr Martin Roberts, who proved that Madeleine’s actual pyjamas were photographed well before the cry of ‘Abduction!’ was raised – and then used in press conferences, on 5 and 7 June 2017.

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There are those who still insist that Madeleine could have died and been killed in the four hours or so after the alleged ‘high tea’ on Thursday. These individuals criticise the hypotheses of researchers like PeterMac, Lizzy Taylor and Richard Hall, some even calling their theories ‘lunacy’. Yet these armchair critics never make any detailed criticisms of the facts and arguments presented by them. It’s a remarkable fact that there has never been an adequate response anywhere to the weight of evidence advanced by ‘PeterMac’, Lizzy, Richard and Martin.

The purpose of this article is to get people thinking again about which theory makes most sense:

1. That Madeleine’s death, and the planning and execution of the abduction hoax was carried out in the four hours immediately before 10.00pm on Thursday 3 May, or
   
2. That Madeleine died on Sunday or Monday and the abduction hoax was planned over three to four days.
   

Below we set out a list of at least EIGHTEEN elements of the abduction hoax that had to be in place before Thursday evening:

A Faked abduction scene in the children’s bedroom

B Nuno Lourence told to lie about Krokowski

C Jane Tanner also given a description of Krokowski

D A plausible cover story to explain how Madeleine could have been left alone (the half-hourly checking regime)

E A detailed regime of checking on the Thursday evening

F Someone looking after all the children on that Thursday evening

G The lie about David Payne visiting Kate McCann rehearsed (though obviously not very well)

H Cat Baker briefed to lie about the ‘high tea’ (probably Charlotte Pennington was briefed to lie about this on a subsequent occasion)

I Cover story for what Gerry was actually doing on the Thursday afternoon (endless tennis lessons)

J Photo taken on Sunday by the pool, just before she died, chosen to be altered, so the date and time stamp to read so it looked like it was taken on Thursday

K Tennis Balls Photo faked (not sure how yet) and Kate rehearsed about when it was taken (again not very well)

L Shutters repaired that week (so that they could fake a break-in later in the week?)

M ‘Deep clean’ of the blood and DNA that week (Monday?)

N Holidaymakers lined up to tell lies about seeing Madeleine that week (Philip Edmonds and the photo, Vicky Boyd’s lies about the Wednesday in First Magazine)

O Key media people briefed?

P Old 6” x 4” pics of Maddie ready and prepared

Q Timelines prepared and scribbled out

R Murat ready to be appointed one of the PJ translators

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In addition, here are 29 questions which we all must ask about when Madeleine died, and how the abduction was planned:

1 When was Murat asked to come over to Praia da Luz?

2 By whom was he asked?

3 Why was he asked? (If the McCanns had been negligent in staying out too late, and Madeleine fell and died as suggested, why would Murat be needed at all? And moreover, why would there be that prodigious effort to rush over to Praia da Luz by literally dozens of Foreign Office staff, Ambassadors, Consuls and their staff, police officers, lawyers, MI5, security service staff, criminal profilers, advisers, counsellors, Control Risks etc.? Something much more serious must be behind her death)

4 What was Murat REALLY doing on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, when he lied at least 17 times about his movements on those days

5 Did he already know the McCanns? Since when had he known them?

6 Why were hairs of his haplotype found in Wojchiech Krokowski’s holiday apartment?

7 How do we account for the crèche records showing that Madeleine was at the crèche all week?

8 Did Cat Baker agree to forge the records that week?

9 Who else at the Ocean Club/Mark Warner knew that she was forging those records? (if she was)
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10 What is the role of Wojchiech Krokowski in all of this?

11 What is the role of Nuno Lourenco in all this?

12 When was Nuno Lourenco told to ‘frame’ Krokowski?

13 When were Nuno Lourenco and Jane Tanner both briefed to come up with the same description of an abductor? (based on Krokowski) – ‘not a tourist’, ‘cloth clothes’, ‘classic shoes, same height, build and age etc. etc.

14 Who co-ordinated and planned the Nourenco/Krokowski deception?

15 When did Nuno Lourenco take a photo of Krokowski’s car on his mobile ‘phone?

16 Was Krokowski a ‘willing patsy’? – or did he really have no idea he was being famed?

17 Why were hairs of the same haplotype as Jane Tanner found in Krokowski’s holiday flat.

18 Was Krokowski a paedophile? Why did he readily admit to The People in 2015 that he liked taking pictures of children on holiday?

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19 What really happened on the Sunday?

20 Was the Make-Up Photo taken on Sunday 29 April?

21 Was Madeleine already being ‘dressed up’ on Sunday lunchtime? (pink smock, hair beads)

22 Where was Madeleine that Sunday afternoon? Was she really in the crèche that day?

23 Where was the Make-Up Photo taken?

24 Why the sudden rush to book a table every night at the Tapas restaurant?

25 Was it because they needed a private room to discuss what had happened to Madeleine?

26 Why the immediate change of routine on the Monday morning: breakfast and lunch in their own apartment instead of at the Millennium

27 On Sunday evening, did they all ‘dine out’, whether or not there was a ‘checking regime’ in place? (I think not)

28 After Sunday, did they ever have a ‘checking regime’ in place? (I think not, but there was what we might call a ‘checking charade’ on the Thursday night)

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29 When and where did the McCanns, the Tapas 7 and any other ‘advisers’ meet to plot the abduction hoax on the Thursday night?