Add posts of things you would liked checked if you had the opportunity to go to PdL.
1. Define the cul-de-sac that Russell O'Brien talks about.
2. The height of the garden walls?
3. Can the garden walls be climbed over, by adults or by kids?
4 Visibility at 9:00, 9:15 and 10:00 PM on the 3rd of May. (lux meter required)
5. distance of side gate to footpath of the top road.
6. How is the Tapas reception secured at night? Can the access card always open it?
7. How is the door at the secondary reception held open?
8. Measure the dimensions of the kids bedroom window.
9. I want to know if the units had air conditioning.
10. I want to see how noisy the front door is compared to the sliding door.
11. I want to see how effective the public patio of block 6 would be for viewing apartment 5A (Sadie's theory).
12. Has the back garden of the most westerly apartment got a gate thru onto the alleyway?
13 Madeleine in an excited moment running off she somehow got into the back garden of the most westerly apartment. - follow the likely route she took
14. Stand in the recess along the roadside wall and sense whether it is a suitable temporary hiding place.
15. Walk the distance between the Tapas and the 24 hour reception, and time the walk.
16. Find the short cut to the 24 hour reception and time the walk.
17. Know where the Kids club was.
18. Know where the night creche was situated
19. Know where the Toddlers creche was.
20. Understand the pattern of searches the Tapas 7 made immediately after Kate's alarm.
21. Do the walk from apartment 5A front door to passageway between Blocks 4 and 5, down alleyway and down to reception door at 9:45 PM at night. (imagine being Madeleine)
22. Attend a Sunday service at the local church in PdL (Church of Nossa Senhora da Luz).
23. Would the curtains at the patio door self close behind a 4 year old?
24. I want SiL to show me where the blood was found along the foot path 500 meters or so away.
25. Can the front door be slammed shut?
26. Purchase an Italian style rim lock of the type in the apartment
27. Can it be modified?
28. From where Kate was standing when Kate opened the door after it slammed shut, From that standing position how much of Madeleine's bed could she possibly see?
29. "No staff member mentions the task of locking up for the night." Find out who locks up st the end of the night.
30. "As,for the patio doors, I doubt they had an external handle and would need to be left open a fraction to enable someone to get their fingers between the door and door frame, in order to slide the door open." How was the patio door open from the outside?
31. How were the orders taken at the Tapas Restaurant? "A waitress takes the orders you don't write them anywhere" was that true?
32. How difficult is it to open the patio doors. I was thinking we could measure that in terms of force with a spring balance.
33. SiL could take us along the route Smithman took. Understand that one. Do that walk at 10:00 PM at night.
34 Discover where Smithman could have gone after passing the Smiths.
35 "take a set of pale pink pjs with you so you can see if it's possible to tell the colour from a distance." That is a type of reconstruction. OK it could be done across the top road. (validating Tanner's sighting.)
36 This suggestion from Angelo is just so great. "One thing you could do is ask around the locals to see what they really think about the case as we've heard so many conflicting stories. A chat with Malinka or even Murat would be a bonus." SiL knows Malinka's mother. Robert Murat just lives up the road.
37 I would like to have chat with Silvia Batista if that was possible? (speaks English and Portuguese) "964098114 This mobile number was noted as belonging to Silvia Batista."
38 Where is/was Chaplin's Bar?
39 Walk the alleyway at the back of the apartments, at night, to assess whether Jane and others would walk that way to their apartments after dark.
https://youtu.be/tUHp85TyJ0Y 40. We could check out a series of items associated with the Smith Family. "— That he has an apartment in Luz, Lagos, located in the Estela da Luz Urbanizaco, A1C" Where is his apartment?
41. "he went with his family to the Dolphin restaurant in Praia da Luz where they dined. " Where is the Dolphin restaurant?
42. "they left the restaurant and headed toward 'Kelly's Bar'; about a 50 metre distance from the restaurant" Where is Kelly's Bar? ("This bar is located on Calheta Street.")
43. Check the directions and places mentioned here "— After leaving the bar, he travelled in the opposite direction and reached a set of stairs which gave access to Rua 25 de Abril (25th of April Street). On this artery they followed a second street, parallel to Rua 1 de Maio (1st of May Street) whose name he does not remember. He was heading toward his apartment (Estrela da Luz complex) which is located a little above the street Travessa da Escola Primária (Primary school crossing)"
44. I would like to know the layout of the buildings and their names/function e.g was is the Tapas Restaurant and what is the esplanade, where the walk-in chiller is at the Tapas?
45 Is it possible to put place names on the 5 kitchens Arlindo speaks of? "is employed as executive chef of the kitchen. He clarifies that along with being responsible for the five (5) kitchens (one of whom is the Tapas) of the Ocean Club, his post essentially centres on the principal kitchen next to a reception, close to the restaurant MIRAGE. His work takes him occasionally to the other kitchens;"
46. Where was Clement Freud's apartment?
47 ask the locals if the McCanns carried on enjoying themselves after Madeleine went missing, and ask if they received free drink and food at the complex.
48 Meet some ex-pats in particular Gail Cooper if possible. Do you know her SiL?
49. Find out if Amy Brooks is still in PdL
50. Visit the marina a Lagos to understand systems for registering departures and arrivals.
51. Rua d'Escola which Smithman was walking down when Martin saw him as being rather steep. Please check it out how steep it was when you visit PdL,
52. I must estimate the effect of the curved end of the wall affecting the apparent length of the wall surrounding the car park.
53. is there ANY door between the passageway and the pool area?
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