From Kates Book
On my insistence Gerry and Dave went out again to look for some sign of Madeleine. They went up and down the beach in the dark, running, shouting, desperate to find something; please God, to find Madeleine herself...............................
...................................At one point I went out to speak to the police, needing some reassurance. It was difficult and exasperating as communication was so limited and there was no reassurance to be had. I walked briskly up and down Rua Dr Agostinho da Siva, sometimes breaking into a jog, clinging to the hope that I'd spot something in the dark. The fear of Madeleine being dumped somewhere and dying of hypothermia started to hijack my thoughts.............................
............................As soon as it was light Gerry and I resumed our search. We went up and down roads we'd never seen before, having barely left the Ocean Club complex all week. We jumped over walls and raked through undergrowth. We looked in in ditches and holes. All was quiet apart from the sound of barking dogs, which added to the eeriness of the atmosphere. I remember opening a big dumpster type bin and saying to myself please God, don't let it be her