Robert Murat Revisited

Thanks for that skyrocket.

I don't think there is any doubt that the Caroline Baker on the OC booking list was indeed Cat's mother.

Similarly the ...5099 phone number is clearly that of Rhi(annon) Fretter, Lynne's middle name.

The ...7518 number which was activated as a pre-paid mobile in 2005 was originally a 'Telephone number associated with a vitamin product for which no holder identification data have been provided', so quite where Cat acquired it from is a mystery, but from the usage, it still looks to have been her who had it in 2007.

I would also suggest that this ..13687518 number is that showing obscured as being Cat's number on the following page of her statement and also (erroneously?) slightly lower down against Murat, which could be where the PJ picked up their 'Murat associated' phone number from.
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NickE wrote:The incoming phone call from the UK came at 22:47 on Sunday the 29th and this UK phone number belonged, according to the source, to Cat Baker's mother, Carol*ne Baker and there was several phone calls during that week

You still haven't amswered my question - where does this information come from?  Above, you specifically say "according to the source" - what/who is this source?  Please don't quote a press article.

That aside, you highlighted this page from the PJ files, with reference to an alleged call on Sunday 29th April 2007..

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ETA: The PJ were interested in many call details registered on the phones on Robert and Jenny Murat, I venture to suggest every one of the registered calls. Don't you think the PJ would have picked-up anything untoward?

Verdi wrote:

NickE wrote:The incoming phone call from the UK came at 22:47 on Sunday the 29th and this UK phone number belonged, according to the source, to Cat Baker's mother, Carol*ne Baker and there was several phone calls during that week

You still haven't amswered my question - where does this information come from?  Above, you specifically say "according to the source" - what/who is this source?  Please don't quote a press article.

That aside, you highlighted this page from the PJ files, with reference to an alleged call on Sunday 29th April 2007..

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ETA:  The PJ were interested in many call details registered on the phones on Robert and Jenny Murat, I venture to suggest every one of the registered calls.  Don't you think the PJ would have picked-up anything untoward?

It's simple, only two steps.
PJ files:
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Verdi, I think it's page 1052 from memory

Thank you ^^^!

NickE wrote:It's simple, only two steps.

PJ files:

Truecaller:

Yes I can see what you posted but you still haven't answered my question.

Somebody doing something they didn't oughta?

@ NickE. Can you clarify if the number 00731443605 which  certainly appears to be registered to Caroline Baker called a mobile connected to the Murats or their landline. (question mark broken, sorry!) I'm a bit techno-challenged (understatement) so could could you also answer the following please.
1) is there any way of knowing whether the mobile number above made that call from within Portugal or did it originate in England. If Portugal, it seems likely that it was Cat using a mobile registered to her mother but, what the hell was she doing ringing Murats on the 29th. If she rang a Murat mobile then she could, theoretically, have spoken to Robert who was in the U.K. but if she rang the landline she could only have spoken to someone like Jenny. If the call originated from England then it would appear to have been from Caroline Baker to the Murats. Again, what the hell was she doing contacting them. I think this warrants further investigation as it could be very important. If  this is true, it shows contact between either Madeleine's nanny or the nanny's mother with the prime suspect in the child's disappearance, both before and after the "abduction". That IMO would take some explaining!! Great find NickE!!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - I think @DougD is correct in saying that the 518 number is Cat Baker's and that this number has been incorrectly recorded against Murat in Cat's 6 May statement, shown above. As @DougD has suggested, this probably triggered the request for this number to be investigated.

If you open the link below, which is a list of the nannys and their redacted phone numbers, it is clear that Cat has a Portuguese mobile number which ends in 18; that Leanne Wagstaff has a UK mobile number which ends in 02 (which would seem to be the 07929 237502 number also seen in the phone records as having contact with the 518 number); and that, Rhiannon Fretter (who boarded with Cat in Luz) has a Portuguese mobile ending in 26.

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It seems likely that Rhiannon had 2 mobiles (1 UK/1 Portuguese), which would not be uncommon.

Caroline Baker's 605 UK mobile number contacts Cat (daughter) prior to and after the disappearance.

Cat's number calls the 605 (mother) number only after the disappearance and often the calls only last 1/2 seconds - a familiar occurence for anyone with kids with pay as you go mobiles i.e. phone me back mum so I don't get charged.

I think I am correct in saying that calls from a UK mobile made abroad are still routed back through the UK?

I have had a quick look to see if there are any obvious links between Cat's/Cats mum's/Leanne's/Rhiannon's (UK mob number) and any of Murat related numbers, as listed in the PJ's requests to the phone companys, but I can't see any - if any can be found, they obviously would need close scrutiny.

Phoebe wrote:@ NickE. Can you clarify if the number 00731443605 which  certainly appears to be registered to Caroline Baker called a mobile connected to the Murats or their landline. (question mark broken, sorry!) I'm a bit techno-challenged (understatement) so could could you also answer the following please.
1) is there any way of knowing whether the mobile number above made that call from within Portugal or did it originate in England. If Portugal, it seems likely that it was Cat using a mobile registered to her mother but, what the hell was she doing ringing Murats on the 29th. If she rang a Murat mobile then she could, theoretically, have spoken to Robert who was in the U.K. but if she rang the landline she could only have spoken to someone like Jenny. If the call originated from England then it would appear to have been from Caroline Baker to the Murats. Again, what the hell was she doing contacting them. I think this warrants further investigation as it could be very important. If  this is true, it shows contact between either Madeleine's nanny or the nanny's mother with the prime suspect in the child's disappearance, both before and after the "abduction". That IMO would take some explaining!! Great find NickE!!

As far as I know it's not possible with these phone records to see if the calls was made from the UK or in Portugal because the land codes are there in both ways.
Here is an example on calls made in Portugal and as you can see there is both 0044 and 00351.
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skyrocket wrote:[size=32][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - I think @DougD is correct in saying that the 518 number is Cat Baker's and that this number has been incorrectly recorded against Murat in Cat's 6 May statement, shown above. As @DougD has suggested, this probably triggered the request for this number to be investigated.[/size]

[size=32]If you open the link below, which is a list of the nannys and their redacted phone numbers, it is clear that Cat has a Portuguese mobile number which ends in 18; that Leanne Wagstaff has a UK mobile number which ends in 02 (which would seem to be the 07929 237502 number also seen in the phone records as having contact with the 518 number); and that, Rhiannon Fretter (who boarded with Cat in Luz) has a Portuguese mobile ending in 26.[/size]

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[size=32]It seems likely that Rhiannon had 2 mobiles (1 UK/1 Portuguese), which would not be uncommon.[/size]

[size=32]Caroline Baker's 605 UK mobile number contacts Cat (daughter) prior to and after the disappearance.[/size]

[size=32]Cat's number calls the 605 (mother) number only after the disappearance and often the calls only last 1/2 seconds - a familiar occurence for anyone with kids with pay as you go mobiles i.e. phone me back mum so I don't get charged.[/size]

[size=32]I think I am correct in saying that calls from a UK mobile made abroad are still routed back through the UK?[/size]

I have had a quick look to see if there are any obvious links between Cat's/Cats mum's/Leanne's/Rhiannon's (UK mob number) and any of Murat related numbers, as listed in the PJ's requests to the phone companys, but I can't see any - if any can be found, they obviously would need close scrutiny.

Yes it could have been Cat's phone but there's a couple of questions.
Why was it listed under Murat in files?
Mistake?
This pre paid phone was activated back in 2005.
Did the OC had this phone and let Cat use it?
But if it was OC's phone, why activate it at the end of the season and deactivate it in the beginning of high season and again activate it in the very low season?

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Cat Baker went to Portugal 21^st March 2007.
 
‘The informant states that since she has been in Portugal, in addition to the British people and her colleagues, she has got to know people outside the tourist company, some of Portuguese nationality but mostly British people whom she associates with when going out at night to enjoy herself.’
 
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Pure speculation of course, but I would suggest that she had been in Luz long enough to realise she needed a Portugues sim card for her phone and had had time to make friends and buy/be given a ‘spare’ pay as you go Portuguese sim card, previously used by someone working for a vitamin company.
I don’t know if it was there in 2007, but again, probably coincidence, there is a Health food/vitamin store right opposite the Baptista Supermarket.
No doubt the PJ would have asked her where she got her sim card from to clear the matter up if she hadn’t been shipped out by Mark Warner so promptly.
 
As for the de-activation, I don’t think it is relevant as it was done by the vitamin company in June 2006, and reactivated again by them in November 2006, so probably a member of staff left and was then replaced later in the year and given the phone.

I've had mobile phones in the past that I no longer wanted, I gave them away, sim card 'n all.

It's astonishing, considering how folk virtually live by mobile phones these days, how many people put there phone down somewhere out and about and forget to pick it up when they leave the establishment. I see this frequently but I'm honest , a heck of a lot of people out there aren't honest.

Then of course there is mobile phone theft, another modern daily occurrence .

When poking around people's private business, how can one be sure that the information they collect is accurate i.e. a specific phone number belongs to a specific person? I've posed this question before but so far haven't had a direct answer. As I said recently, if there was anything suspicious highlighted during the investigation, the PJ would have have found it - their groundwork was exemplary even though the investigation was being compromised above ground by UK interference.

I think this is a road to nowhere.

Enjoyed reading this thread.
I think the answer is , as posed by Mr Bennett " who and why coerced Murat to fly out at such short notice" ?
If we knew that answer I feel we may be 40% further on.
As always it's not the what, it's the how and the why ?
The sheer extent of the cover up suggests people of high status involved in no good.

If the M' s were involved , I wonder if they had a choice ?
If they didn't , maybe their actions have been a way of survival ? It maybe boils down to whether their possible involvement was passive or active imo.
Murats involvement or otherwise could be nailed down with answers to one or two key questions.

When GM was asked if he knew Murat, the “no comment” response laid him bare.

If Murat was summoned to PdL to take up a role “within” the investigation (as a “nosey” translator) and was subsequently set up as a patsy (possibly) and he & Gerry “knew” each other, right there is collusion.

It's disappointing that the initial investigation didn't nail down the true motive of Murats hasty flight arrangements . His whole 'story' is as nonsensical as the M's Thursday night imo, but the trouble with this case is that statements and tales that you could drive a bus through seem to still stand as the official record.

The Truth of the Lie - by Gonçalo Amaral: Chapter 7

SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR AND CONTRADICTIONS

THE MURAT CASE

On May 10th, the crisis unit's meeting goes on until 2'oclock in the morning.

I receive a phone call from Sofia, who insists on my going home: our Shitzu dog is dead. She found it that morning, lifeless on the ground, with a head injury. She did everything to make sure the girls did not see it, but she didn't have the courage to remove him. When I arrive, everyone is already in bed. I place the Shitzu in a plastic bag, not sure about where I am going to be able to bury him. The ground is hard here. it's not easy to dig a hole and I hardly have the time for it. I decide to drop his remains into a bin. The animal is small, but he seems to weigh more than usual. I use my car to take her. As I am getting rid of it, I realise just how easy it is to hide a body - and how difficult it is to bury....When I get back, I discuss it with Sofia: she is afraid. She asks me to abandon the investigation and to worry about our daughters rather than other people's. For her, the dog's death is a bad omen. I reply that she is unfair, that her fears are irrational. Justice must be done for Madeleine, as for all other children and adults. It's my duty as a police officer: to seek the truth so that justice may be done.

At around 8 o'clock that morning, I drive towards Portimão. I could drive with my eyes closed; this helps me to focus on the latest developments in the investigation. All I notice is the impasse we find ourselves in. I have the impression that we are chasing a ghost. The previous night, we had reviewed Jane Tanner's witness statement in detail: the individual whom she saw parading around in the open street with a child he had just abducted seems less and less credible to us.

- And where would he go then? If, as we have assumed, he didn't have a vehicle, he must have hidden in an apartment in the area.

- On the route he took, there are several apartment blocks and two houses. They were all searched on May 5th, but nothing was found.

A thorough search?

- More than 500 apartments were visited that day; in those conditions, only a general examination can be conducted, except where something seems suspicious. The houses in the area have gardens, swimming pools, numerous hiding places that are not easily spotted during a first visit.

Instead of taking the exit road for Portimão, I continue my journey on the motorway. I need to reconstruct the individual's path. If he had planned his crime, he probably wouldn't have taken this direction. And if, on the other hand, he hadn't planned it? I need to work it out for myself. In Vilada Luz, I park my car below the apartment blocks. Journalists are on the lookout around the apartment; fortunately, they don't see me. I walk the same route that the stranger must have taken. I arrive in front of a house with a neglected garden. Inside, there are two parked cars, whose registration numbers I note down. I communicate the numbers to the police in Portimão and wait there for the result of the check. After a few minutes, a green vehicle, driven by an individual wearing glasses, stops in front of the entrance to the house. The driver goes in quickly. His face is familiar to me but I don't know who he is. I notice a child's seat inside the car. The man comes back out a little later, supporting an elderly lady whom he accompanies towards the area of the swimming pools and the Tapas restaurant. They cross a park where a few buildings have been erected. Madeleine's parents took this route to take their children to the play centre, near the main reception area of the hotel complex. Since the start of the investigation , a team has been permanently on the premises and an apartment has been placed at their disposal. I am about to make enquiries of the police officer on duty when the individual comes back from his walk and greets him as he passes.

- You know that man?

- Yes, he presented himself to the GNR on Friday morning and offered his services as an interpreter. He is of English origin but speaks good Portuguese. He's called Robert Murat.

As the law demands, all foreign people interviewed by the police must have the benefit of an interpreter. In this investigation, the considerable number of interviews we had to conduct in record time forced us to call on the services of volunteers.

- And this guy, you checked him out? No criminal record or trouble with the law?

- No, no, it's all OK, but I didn't know he lived here. It's true that his house is on the route taken by the abductor.

- Stay here, carry on being friendly with him; I'm going to Portimão to see what we've got on him: we've got to find out more about this guy.

I immediately telephone the team to alert them. The Director of the Department of Criminal Investigation in Faro has to be involved in a meeting the same morning, where we will discuss the case of Robert Murat. We decide to request the latter's help again in order not to lose sight of him. We must act with the utmost speed, because Madeleine could be in one of the houses he has access to. The investigators continue to check the information we have about him. He is English, aged 33 and is separated from his wife. The latter lives in Great Britain with their daughter; the latter is nearly the same age as Madeleine and looks like her. The English journalist to whom he gave this information during an interview was immediately distrusting of him and the reasons that motivated him to help the police. Murat has lived with his mother in Vila da Luz for several years, but he goes to England regularly. Back from his last stay in Exeter on May 1st, he has to return there on the 9th. He is ready to postpone his departure, desirous above all, he states, of helping the police to find Madeleine.

His behaviour starts to seriously intrigue us. He often makes reference to similar cases that happened in the United Kingdom and which he seems to know in detail. He displays suspicious curiosity and seeks to know more. He offers to help us identify possible suspects. He knows the workings of the Ocean Club and the habits of the holiday-makers very well. He even, allegedly, tried secretly to access the investigation files. It is also known that he visits web sites of a pornographic nature.
His mother has set up a desk near the Tapas restaurant in order to gather and give out information about Madeleine. We don't know if this woman's actions are philanthropic in nature, or if she is hoping to keep well-informed of all the information circulating about the case. Members of the British agency CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), take a close interest in Murat and work to develop his psychological profile.

If it's him that's holding Madeleine, we must monitor all his contacts and places he has access to. His house is therefore being closely watched. Technicians arrive from Great Britain with sophisticated equipment, capable of detecting the presence of people inside a building. Unfortunately, the characteristics of the building make this computer display impossible. So, stick to the investigations and conventional tailing. This is how we discover his relationship with a married woman of German origin, Michaela Walczuch. She is 32 and works as an estate agent. She is the wife of Luis Antonio, a Portuguese man aged 33, a technician responsible for the maintenance of swimming pools. The couple have an 8 year-old daughter and live in Faro. The relationship is strange. Michaela is still living with her spouse, and Robert visits them as if it's no big deal. All of them seem happy with this situation. And the little girl? What does she think about it?

On May 12th, the suspect rents a car, in which he drives kilometres over rough tracks for basic essentials. He explains later: that day, his mother had needed his car for her information desk. We are assuming that he noticed he was being followed.

We then decide to search his residence and the vehicles he uses. During the night of May 13th, the Prosecutor of the Republic and the judge go to the court in Portimão, where, in view of the growing suspicion and the urgency of the situation, a search warrant is issued to them.
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I make no apologies for continuously going back to the beginning of this protracted saga - that is after all where it all began, even though deemed a cardinal sin in some quarters.

May 10^th
 
‘I receive a phone call from Sofia, who insists on my going home: our Shitzu dog is dead. She found it that morning, lifeless on the ground, with a head injury……….
 
When I get back, I discuss it with Sofia: she is afraid. She asks me to abandon the investigation and to worry about our daughters rather than other people's.’
 
Even at that early stage something was afoot enough to spook Sofia.
 
Got to wonder if threats had already been made.

Madeleine case - Robert Murat waits 10-years for TVi "peadophile"  compensation

22nd July 2018


 

‘…..jobless and economically dependent on his mother’
 
Really?

How long is another €20k going to last?

Doug D wrote:‘…..jobless and economically dependent on his mother’
 
Really?

How long is another €20k going to last?

In May 2007 Muat was is negotiations to set up a his property company. Not bad for someone economically dependent on his pensioner mother.

Now, was he really economically dependent on his mother?
Did his mother fund the set up of that business?
Was there really a business being set around May 1st 2007 or was that just an excuse for his rapid return to PDL?

Perhaps Mr Murat should seek redress for the 90% profile image made,submitted by CEOP,Big Jim Gamble,Leicestershire Police force as a suspect to have Abducted Madeleine McCann 3 May 2007,Ocean Club Apartment 5a?

willowthewisp wrote:Perhaps Mr Murat should seek redress for the 90% profile image made, submitted by CEOP, big Jim Gamble, Leicestershire Police force as a suspect to have abducted Madeleine McCann 3 May 2007, Ocean Club Apartment 5A?

That, 'willow', is an excellent point.

Though I don't think we ever knew precisely who or what agency it was that profiled Robert Murat as '90%' the likely suspect. Was it CEOP, was it MI5, was it Leicestershire Police, was it Control Risks Group...or was it some unholy combination of all of them perhaps? After all, as Goncalo Amaral told us in 'Truth of the Lie', he had set aside an office for the British police that rapidly became crammed with assorted British intelligence officers.

Lori Campbell, a journalist working for the Mirror and the Independent in 2007, within a few days, contacted Leicestershire Police to report Murat's odd behavior. There was then a mad rush in the British & Portuguese press to identify him as the likely suspect in the case, with various lurid stories being printed about him.

We also now know that on Sunday 13 May Jane Tanner was coached by officers from Leicestershire Police & Control Risks Group into identifying Robert Murat as the bloke she said she had seen carrying a young girl on 3 May. She later abandoned her identification of Murat and said that the man she'd seen looked like Melissa Little's sketch of 'Monsterman's face - even though she admitted she had never seen the man's face!

We also know that Murat jetted hastily to Portugal on Tuesday 1 May, the day after he was summoned by persons unknown to hurry to Portugal - he said it was to 'hurry up Michaela's divorce from Luis Antonio'.

Further, Murat was sacked from his early role as an interpreter in the case after an inspector found him sneaking a look at police case files and trying to suggest lines of enquiry to the police - totally unacceptable behaviour from an interpreter.

Moreover, Murat told at least 17 lies about his movements on 1, 2 and 3 May when interviewed by the PJ. Richard Hall in his 5th Madeleine McCann film showed how what he told police about his movements in those days was wholly different from what he later told the police in his second statement on 10 & 11 July.

After Murat was made a suspect on 15 May, three members of the Tapas7 swore that they had seen Murat outside the McCanns' apartment on the night of 3 May - evidence they later resiled from. 

Murat's mother set up a table in Praia da Luz to get people to give HER information and not the police.   

Anyone who thinks that Murat had nothing to do with the cover-up in this case should get started immediately on some serious reading.

As for whether or not Murat is a paedophile...

We have the evidence from an anonymous Portuguese lady that he had child sexual abuse images on his computer (PJ Files)

We have the PJ evidence that he had encrypted material on his computer, which he could not account for ("I have no idea how it got there")

And we have this statement from family friend Carlos Costa which I, for one, consider has the 'ring of truth' about it...

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Agree Tony, could be CEOP, Mi5....or some kind of a combination.
This is from Amaral's book and Murat seem's to know things about "similar cases" in the UK, isn't CEOP used to be involved in "similar cases"? and he knew about the cases IN DETAIL and he even tried to secretly get access to the investigation files, sounds like intelligence work to me.
"He often makes reference to similar cases that happened in the United Kingdom and which he seems to know in detail. He displays suspicious curiosity and seeks to know more. He offers to help us identify possible suspects. He knows the workings of the Ocean Club and the habits of the holiday-makers very well. He even, allegedly, tried secretly to access the investigation files."

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Service Information document dated 11 May 2007 from Inspector Pedro Varanda relating to an informal conversation with Robert Murat

As you will know, Sir, on this day at 11h30, there appeared before the undersigned and (lady) Inspector Patricia Duarte, a British citizen called Diane Webster, holder of UK passport XXXXXXX, in order to hear her witness statement.

In the course of an informal approach that proceeded that work, it was determined that she was not conversant in Portuguese, written or spoken, and the service of an English-speaking interpreter was therefore called for.

In this function appeared a British citizen, Robert J.Q.E. Murat (duly identified in the files from previous work), official resident of Casa Liliana, Rua Ramalhete, Praia da Luz, Lagos.

The work [the DW interview] being concluded, and during an informal conversation that the undersigned began with that interpreter (as would be characteristic in this type of situation), Robert Murat displayed an unusual curiosity about the investigation that was developing around the disappearance of the minor Madeleine McCann that occurred on 3 May 2007.

As an example, it will be proper to point out that he has insistently and repeatedly questioned me about the identity of possible suspects, about the strategy outlined by the lead coordinator of the investigation and the work that might possibly have been considered for the coming days.
Before [faced with] such an attitude, that was so unusual and absolutely inappropriate that I immediately became highly suspicious, I always countered [ducked the questions], insistently requesting that person to be aware of the contractual duties pertaining to the role which he has assumed in this investigation, pointing out that it was presently the inquiry phase, and, naturally, covered by judicial secrecy.

The above mentioned suspicions were made even stronger when I realized that Robert Murat was trying, in a persistent and dissimulated manner, to look at the various procedural documents that compose the present enquiry while I was consulting them in preparation for the Dianne Webster interview.

Finally, and in the sense of reiterating the suspicious attitude shown by Robert Murat, I venture still to state that, beyond having manifested an enormous knowledge about the dynamics inherent in the functioning of the "Ocean Club Garden" (in which the events under investigation had taken place) and of the routines followed by the McCann family and their companions during their respective stays in in Praia da Luz, he has tried persistently to influence the conduct of the present investigation, suggesting various analyses the agreement with which [i.e. had they agreed to follow those suggested lines of inquiry] could be intended to impute the consummation of the present illegal act [the missing child] to foreign third parties [i.e. to put the blame on, or to attribute the blame to, outside foreigners].

The above being exposed [laid bare] - and without intending in any way to place in question the competence of the above individual, nor the slightest imputation that that [my suspicions] was what he wanted to be [actually intended to do] - I have to bring the above incidents to your attention, in order for you to determine what may be appropriate.11 May 2007
Inspector
Pedro Varanda

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The PJ were very curious, if not suspicious, of Robert Murat's appearance on the scene.  Unfortunately Dr Gonçalo Amaral's book, The Truth of the Lie, is frequently quoted as the primary source of investigative information - the place to go for important facts and figures.  It's the easy option, faster than wading through the tedious incomplete repetitive PJ files released into the public domain but the reality is not so, Dr Amaral's book is but a precis - a personal observation in global terms.  

The PJ files..

04-Volume IV, pp. 995 to 1001

04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_995 [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_996 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_997 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_998 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_999 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_1000 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_1001 04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_1001a Minister of Justice POLICIA JUDICIARIA Portimao Department of Criminal Investigation NUIPC – 201/07/07/0 GALGS Sir: Relating to the present investigation related to the disappearance which occurred on the 03 of May of 2007, in the temporal hiatus between 21H05 and 22H00, of a child which turned four years of age last Saturday, identified as Madeleine McCann, and who was staying in apartment 5-A, block 5, of the establishment 'Luz Ocean Club,' herein referred to as LOC. Conforming to the results of the initial participation, the minor's parents, Gerald McCann and Kate Healy, were enjoying holidays in our country, together with a group of citizens, also British, for a total of nine adults and eight children. They arrived on the 28th of April, having booked their return for the 05th of May. On the day in which the facts are reported, the parents, as was usual, went to dinner, together with the rest of the group, to a restaurant in the interior of the resort, known as 'Tapas', whose distance is around 50 metres from the apartment where Madeleine lay sleeping, and her twins siblings of two years of age. As was habitual, around 21H05 the father, Gerald, went to see the children, having entered through the sliding door at the back of the above referenced apartment, which always remained unlocked so as to facilitate the access to/from the restaurant and the pool. After checking, although briefly, he verified that this three children were in perfect conditions, sleeping profoundly, although the door to their room was more open than was normal. Upon returning, he established a conversation with a friend, with whom he played tennis that afternoon, at the same time that one of the elements of the group, Jane Tanner, when she was walking up lateral artery of the apartment, she saw the back of an individual with a child in his arms, not being able to ascertain if it was little Madeleine. Because she did not have knowledge of the disappearance, given that the alarm was raised an hour later, although finding it strange, she did not comment on what she had seen. Around 21H30/21H35, another element of the group, Matt, went to check on Madeleine's apartment among others, not having entered the children's bedroom, yet related, laconically, that there was light in the room. He also entered via the sliding door, which was, as already mentioned, always unlocked. He states that everything was well, although he had not seen the missing child. Around 22H00, when the mother, Kate, went to go check on the children, she saw the door to the children's room completely open, the window also open and the curtains drawn to the side, which did not correspond with how they left everything closed. She verified that Madeleine could not be found. She searched for her daughter instantly in the interior of the apartment, confirming that she was not there. Immediately, she advised the rest of the elements of the group she was dining with, and they extended the searches with auxiliaries of the LOC, and contacted the local authorities who would alert this police. Immediately, diligences were begun to localise the child, on the day of the occurrence and on subsequent days, using impressive means in a insistent and repeated way. We followed all leads, viable and non-viable, using search-dogs and other means of search and detection. Even with this titanic force, it was not possible, in the investigation, to localise the missing child. Of the many elements collected, and pointing out, that at this moment in the investigation, the occurrence of an unusual situation, relative to an individual identified as Robert James Queriol Eveleigh Murat. This individual, voluntarily, went to the GNR post alleging that he was an interpreter of the English language, and could be useful in helping to realise diligences. He was directed to the elements of this police which were at the locale. Right on this day and on the following days, he helped in various diligences realised by this police, namely in the inquires of the British functionaries of the LOC. At this point in time we noted immediately a strange comportment, especially with the press/media, alleging that he did not want to be photographed, or to make allusions to this presence. We stress that at this time, we were contacted by various journalists, who alleged that they had noticed his strange comportment, and that he showed himself to be extremely curious. When they tired to capture his picture, he repudiated this vehemently, alleging that he was father to a little girl, the same age as Madeleine and was in the middle of a divorce. Confronted with this incoherent comportment, Robert Murat, showed much nervousness and offered to stop providing services, if that was our desire. For the investigative strategy, in order to better control and collect relevant elements, we opted to continue to use his services. Also via communication with the Leicester police authorities, the locale where the McCann family lives in the U.K., we were informed that an English reporter had suspicions regarding Robert, [Lori Campbell - Murdoch's The Sun tabloid] for the reason of his evasive comportment when she tried to take his picture and from a telephone call, which he said was to his daughter, making it in a loud voice, as if he wanted to demonstrate something. The target resides in Vila da Luz, and while this is not binding, that the route of the observed suspect by the testimony of Jane, went in the direction of his home. He has knowledge of the area where the facts occurred, enabling him to circulate among, to sway [influence] and to educate (figuratively speaking) the natives and people that are there on their holidays. It is also stressed that some of the routes taken by foot by Madeleine and her family, went through the locale where he lives. It is further added that reported in the present investigation is anonymous information, alerting us to the eventuality of the abductor being found in a residence of the locale in proximity to block 5, and the same accesses various sites of a sexual nature, trading, inclusively, encrypted communications. Thus, suspicions fall on the target and for this reason sir, I am requesting that you suggest to the Magistrate to issue search warrants for his below referenced homes, given that only with such legal instruments is it possible to progress the investigation: 1. RUA AMALHETE, CASA LILIANA, LUZ, LAGOS, residence of the observed person and his mother, JA Murat, given that they live together. 2. Rua D. João Moniz Nogueira, *******, Lagos 3. Rua Adelina ******, residence of Michaela Walczuch 4. Rua Garret, ******, Lagos 5. Rua Lima Leitão, ********, Lagos Equally we ask for search warrants for the vehicles: 1. VW Transporter ***** 2. Peugeot 205 - ***** 3. Hyundai Getz ****** We also request telephone conversation interceptions and recordings of the target's numbers, with the cellular locale indication: 1. ****** (number TMN) 2. ********. The number of his mother JENNIFER MURAT: 1. ******** His companion, MICHAELA WALCZUCH: 1. ********** Besides these numbers, we ask to proceed with the interceptions of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) where the same operate and may come to operate. We additionally ask for a digitally supported detailed invoice and list of trace back and cellular localization of calls to the numbers listed above, in the period between the 25th day of April 2007 and the present date.. We also request authorisation for voice and image recording. This being, the investigators await your consideration, sir, at your convenience, pursuant to these terms. CONCLUSION Portimao, 13th May, 2007 The Inspector Joao Carlos