All that whooshing and slamming. Must have given Kate a bit of a fright. Strange then that she didn’t mention it in her first statement. In fact I think the media was the first to know.
More detail emerged in the joint statement produced between 4th and 9th May, and handed to the PJ on 10th.
She enters through the closed patio entrance, with the curtains closed. She crosses the living area, and there is no noise from the children's bedroom. She is about to leave,
http://mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TIME_LINE_3_MAY_07.htmOnce again, silence seems to be enough for her to judge that all is OK and she can leave...but wait!
she notices the bedroom door was
open (approximately 60 degrees).
She starts to close it and it slams. Considering the patio doors had caused a draft, she checks these doors but they are closed. KM returns to the bedroom and opens the door to check the children were not disturbed by the noise.
At this point, she notices that Madeleine is missing.
http://mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TIME_LINE_3_MAY_07.htmPhew! thank goodness for the moving door, otherwise who knows when Madeleine's disappearance would have been noticed.