Getting back to the original thread topic, I've been wondering ... we have now been made aware that there were possibly, two occasions when Madeleine cried ... one when Mrs Fenn heard her becoming increasingly distressed for an hour and a quarter, and then again, the following night, when the mystery couple went into the apartment to 'soothe' her
How can that be ?
If the tapas group have been honest about their checking regime then barely 10 minutes could ever have passed without one or other of them, on their trips back and fore, being close enough to the McCann apartment to have heard Madeleine crying
You are forgetting one very important point. Unless Madeleines bedroom in 5A was actually being deliberately checked no-one would be likely to hear her in there, even if she were crying. The window was closed, the shutters down ... and most importantly it was on nobodies route to their apartment. At the front, flat 5A was the end of the line.
Everybody had to enter the car park via the drive in. Already they were past Madeleines bedroom as they entered the car park, and about 13 yards away.
To get to their flats, they had to walk that walled pathway, they had to go to the start of it. The start was in the middle of the building. As they walked, they would be looking ahead at the start of the path in the middle of block... and as they walked towards it they would always be walking further away from 5A
That is until they turned into the pathway, but the building was sticking out for the first bit and then they would all go into the open area that held the front doors to their flats and the stairs also. Doubtful if the sound would carry throught curtains, window and shutter to such distant walkers, or around the sticking out bit of building.
This is s bit long winded. I will see if I can find a map.
See the RH red spot against the building? Well Madeleines bedroom is a tadge to the east of that.
Count 4 and 6 1/2 spots along from that first spot. I think that between those is where the open-fronted entrance hall is. This is the space that leads to the stairs and front doors of the other relevant apartments. Peeps will cut the corner and walk the shortest route, so very quickly they are no longer going towards Madeleines bedroom
The most westerly red spot is the middle of the block and where the pathway starts/ends
You can see the drive in. Here the red spots should really run in a straightish line to the end of the walled pathway, cos peeps will walk the shortest route .
The drive in is about 13 yards away from Madeleines bedroom and nobody really gets much closer. Nor would they be likely to look in the direction of 5A
As I said before, only peeps actually checking 5A would hear Madeleine crying, imo
She wasn't crying at 8.30 pm, nor at 9pm, nor at 9.30 pm ... and she was discovered missing at 10pm.
She was checked every half an hour. So was she crying? I think it is unlikely.
