Ah - Duarte Levy Again
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=3835.0
First post.
But with what would appear to be a direct quote from an article apparently dating from 1.5 years after the disappearance:
"I determined that the washing of cuddle cat, several days before the arrival of the investigative dogs, as well as the motive for such an act, were NOT made the subject of inquiry within the overall framework of the investigation!" wrote Sargento in the petition sent to Pinto Monteiro, emphasising the fact that 'Eddie and Keela', the dogs brought in from England, had effected a "positive identification of cadaver odour on the soft toy, but not on the bed, nor the sheets where it was found by the investigators."
He may have missed this bit in Grime's report:
Eddie & Keela Martin Grime Report
August 2007
Therefore in this particular case, as no human remains were located, the only
alert indications that may become corroborated are those that the CSI dog
indicated by forensic laboratory analysis.09-Processo 9 pages 2473 to 2483
He also had this view on the pink blanket:
Paulo Sargento: «Public Ministry Cannot Dismiss the Blanket’s Disappearance»
Paulo Sargento, the psychologist which usually comments on the TV aspects related to the Maddie case, explained to «SP» the importance that this blanket had to the British child : “The blankets, toys, and other objects acquire a special meaning for children at early stages of their lives. Dr. Winnicot, a famous paediatrician, conceived a designation of transitional objects (most times, plush toys, small blankets, diapers, etc...) which attain some special characteristics to children. Has I have been saying, this objects that the paediatrician adjectived of transitional, are invested of a particular passion by the children, even some addiction (in the sense of affective dependency), since they possess symbolic characteristics of security, comfort, care and other qualities which emanate from the maternal figure.”
For Paulo Sargento, the thesis that Gonçalo Amaral revealed at first hand to «SP» that the blanket could have been used in a funerary ceremony at the Luz chapel “is very interesting”.
And he adds: “In reality, when the McCanns went to Oprah’s Show [video excerpt here], the blanket was mentioned. At a given moment, when Oprah tells Kate that she heard her mention a blanket several times, Kate argued that a mother who misses a child always wants to know if she is comfortable, if she is warm, and added, referring to Maddie, that sometimes she asked herself if the person who had taken her would cover her up with her little blanket (but the blanket was on the bed after Maddie, supposedly, disappeared!!!).
Well, that blanket is missing. Nobody knows where it is. But, this brief dialogue between Oprah and Kate is bizarre and looks like a slip. It seems that blanket is a word that shouldn’t have emerged under that circumstance because it didn’t find a meaning that would fit into the conversation, and the justification was very confusing”.http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/07/maddies-blanket-missing-from-ocean-club.htmlIf he'd checked, he might have realised that the GNR dog handlers had taken the blanket.
...They began searching with the dogs from the main entrance to the apartment, having given the blanket to his dog Numi to smell and begin to search.
Witness Statement
Date: 2007-05-16
Carlos Manuel Carvalho Lacão
05-Processos Vol V Pages 1335-1337
