'Did you know Robert Murat?' Gerry's answer makes me very uncomfortable

@Smokeandmirrors wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qNhoWz0rQw&feature=related
This snippet has always seemed very uncomfortable - there may be an innocent explanation for things said or unsaid, but still uncomfortable.

Stella wrote:Is that what they call in legal speak, very compelling circumstantial evidence?

Stella wrote:As soon as the question was asked, in tandem, both Kate and Gerry McCann look downwards first. That is shame. Then Gerry very defensively claims he's not going to answer that. In a split second he has two basic choices, either fight or flight. This is when you hear this internal show of anger, just as a dog would growl. It is like he is clearing his throat, but really it is a livid grunt. It is caused by anger and frustration, it is made when someone is trying to say something they do not want anyone else to hear.

Stella wrote:As soon as the question was asked, in tandem, both Kate and Gerry McCann look downwards first. That is shame. Then Gerry very defensively claims he's not going to answer that. In a split second he has two basic choices, either fight or flight. This is when you hear this internal show of anger, just as a dog would growl. It is like he is clearing his throat, but really it is a livid grunt. It is caused by anger and frustration, it is made when someone is trying to say something they do not want anyone else to hear.

@Smokeandmirrors wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qNhoWz0rQw&feature=related

This snippet has always seemed very uncomfortable - there may be an innocent explanation for things said or unsaid, but still uncomfortable.

@puzzled wrote:

@Smokeandmirrors wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qNhoWz0rQw&feature=related

This snippet has always seemed very uncomfortable - there may be an innocent explanation for things said or unsaid, but still uncomfortable.

I wonder if there could be a different interpretation here. Namely, that Gerry McCann knew of Robert Murat, but Murat didn't know him. I don't know how that would make sense, but it seems there was a deliberate attempt to incriminate him from very early on - whatever the reason for that could be.

@rainbow-fairy wrote:

@puzzled wrote:

@Smokeandmirrors wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qNhoWz0rQw&feature=related

This snippet has always seemed very uncomfortable - there may be an innocent explanation for things said or unsaid, but still uncomfortable.

I wonder if there could be a different interpretation here. Namely, that Gerry McCann knew of Robert Murat, but Murat didn't know him. I don't know how that would make sense, but it seems there was a deliberate attempt to incriminate him from very early on - whatever the reason for that could be.

puzzled, I will back you up here! I can't remember now the site or the article or even the author, but I read an interesting piece on this online.
Isn't Murat in property somehow?
The hypothesis I read stated their belief was that Murat, without knowing who the recipient was procured keys to an empty Luz property. Hence how Gerry may have heard of him but not vice versa. Remember how many times K + G have stated that 'someone holds the key to unlock where Madeleine is being kept', perhaps literally so not metaphorically?
Now I've written it down, I'm not sure, it could have been Dr Martin Roberts? But I'm really not sure.
It did seem somewhat plausible to me, but having read above about Gerry and Murat's 'matching' phone records, I'm not so sure!

Stewie wrote:

@rainbow-fairy wrote:

@puzzled wrote:

@Smokeandmirrors wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qNhoWz0rQw&feature=related

This snippet has always seemed very uncomfortable - there may be an innocent explanation for things said or unsaid, but still uncomfortable.

I wonder if there could be a different interpretation here. Namely, that Gerry McCann knew of Robert Murat, but Murat didn't know him. I don't know how that would make sense, but it seems there was a deliberate attempt to incriminate him from very early on - whatever the reason for that could be.

puzzled, I will back you up here! I can't remember now the site or the article or even the author, but I read an interesting piece on this online.
Isn't Murat in property somehow?
The hypothesis I read stated their belief was that Murat, without knowing who the recipient was procured keys to an empty Luz property. Hence how Gerry may have heard of him but not vice versa. Remember how many times K + G have stated that 'someone holds the key to unlock where Madeleine is being kept', perhaps literally so not metaphorically?
Now I've written it down, I'm not sure, it could have been Dr Martin Roberts? But I'm really not sure.
It did seem somewhat plausible to me, but having read above about Gerry and Murat's 'matching' phone records, I'm not so sure!

hey rainbow-fairy,

I remember reading that as well it was quite an interesting article by Dr Roberts and the way the mccann's mention keys a lot ... and found it again:

http://steelmagnolia-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/05/that-key-bit-of-information.html

Stewie wrote:

@rainbow-fairy wrote:

@puzzled wrote:

@Smokeandmirrors wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qNhoWz0rQw&feature=related

This snippet has always seemed very uncomfortable - there may be an innocent explanation for things said or unsaid, but still uncomfortable.

I wonder if there could be a different interpretation here. Namely, that Gerry McCann knew of Robert Murat, but Murat didn't know him. I don't know how that would make sense, but it seems there was a deliberate attempt to incriminate him from very early on - whatever the reason for that could be.

puzzled, I will back you up here! I can't remember now the site or the article or even the author, but I read an interesting piece on this online.
Isn't Murat in property somehow?
The hypothesis I read stated their belief was that Murat, without knowing who the recipient was procured keys to an empty Luz property. Hence how Gerry may have heard of him but not vice versa. Remember how many times K + G have stated that 'someone holds the key to unlock where Madeleine is being kept', perhaps literally so not metaphorically?
Now I've written it down, I'm not sure, it could have been Dr Martin Roberts? But I'm really not sure.
It did seem somewhat plausible to me, but having read above about Gerry and Murat's 'matching' phone records, I'm not so sure!

hey rainbow-fairy,

I remember reading that as well it was quite an interesting article by Dr Roberts and the way the mccann's mention keys a lot ... and found it again:

http://steelmagnolia-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/05/that-key-bit-of-information.html

@listener wrote:IMHO - It has always been about an appartment. If you believe the dogs, she was stored and therefore must have been 'chilled'.

Edit to add - So was RM doing a bit of appartment letting? There are hundreds there, at that time of year, sitting unoccupied. Luz is a 'timeshare' resort (and was in 2007).

Was Murats payout (BK) a wee bit of 'hush' money? Doesn't really matter, in the big picture, which side offered, or asked. It is about the appartment!