Madeleine McCann...burglars don't steal children but do they??

[slartibartfast]

Really?  You are having me on.

PS.  I am probably the last person on The Planet to get a cell phone.  I won't be taking it with me on the next occasion that I commit a crime.  But I knew that seven years ago.

Ah, you meant Cell Phones not Satellite Phones.

[jassi]

What's the motive for a burglar taking her? Money, money from whom? If Mr Big paid a burglar to abduct her then would Mr Big seriously want to a burglar to know he wanted a young girl? Why would the burglar think he wanted a young girl? As a surrogate daughter or for sexual gratification? I hardly think Mr Big would let the burglar know he likes little girls!

So what about for a surrogate daughter? IMO it would be very strange to take a girl of almost 4. How do you keep the girl from telling her story? Especially when there's another little blond girl not old enough to spill the beans to anybody in the same room.

Motive is key to unravelling this mystery. What motive do SY believe any abductor had? Get this correct and it will begin to point them in the correct direction. Any abductor for me would have had to have acted alone.

Then again if SY want to drop the abduction theory there's always the McCanns potential motive to consider. One that involves them covering up the neglect of their children, one in particular and then quickly disposing of the body (pure speculation, of course).

Now don't be asking them awkward questions that they won't know the answer to

[Redblossom]

Now don't be asking them awkward questions that they won't know the answer to

Nearly three yrs later and it all seems very ad hoc to me....then agan what a gargantuan task SY have..?.Imagine reading through  all the crap in the case...but with 30 plus personnel and all this time and unlimited resources, should be getting somewhere hopefully

[Redblossom]

Ah, you meant Cell Phones not Satellite Phones.

Must admit had to google that!

Dont know anyone with a phone to connect to extraterrestial entities.....not too dear though must say, had a butchers on ebay

[AnneGuedes]

Must admit had to google that!

Dont know anyone with a phone to connect to extraterrestial entities.....not too dear though must say, had a butchers on ebay

Aragão Correia has such a phone, that's how he was in touch with the space ship that brought ET Joana and ET Madeleine from their respective stars and took them back.

[Eleanor]

Must admit had to google that!

Dont know anyone with a phone to connect to extraterrestial entities.....not too dear though must say, had a butchers on ebay

Thanks for that.  I wuz reluctant to show my ignorance.

[Redblossom]

Aragão Correia has such a phone, that's how he was in touch with the space ship that brought ET Joana and ET Madeleine from their respective stars and took them back.

Sadies got one too, they were both beamed back and photoed together in morocco! Two abductees by or for same peasant family
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[Air Con]

Whatever the proclivities  these three people are, they were talking to each other numerous times in PdL on the night in question and at the right time.

This isn't difficult stuff.  Do you know how phone pings work?

Assuming the phone pings actually coincide with when Madeleine disappeared, which no-one knows for certain.

[Carana]

Isn't it revealing that no arrests have taken place contrary to the spin we have been hearing ever since the last BBC Crimewatch programme.   The Portuguese don't appear to be in any rush to follow through on any letters of request.

They might have pulled out the plugs on those naughty fans wafting documents out of windows...

[Sherlock Holmes]

What's the motive for a burglar taking her? Money, money from whom? If Mr Big paid a burglar to abduct her then would Mr Big seriously want to a burglar to know he wanted a young girl? Why would the burglar think he wanted a young girl? As a surrogate daughter or for sexual gratification? I hardly think Mr Big would let the burglar know he likes little girls!

So what about for a surrogate daughter? IMO it would be very strange to take a girl of almost 4. How do you keep the girl from telling her story? Especially when there's another little blond girl not old enough to spill the beans to anybody in the same room.

Motive is key to unravelling this mystery. What motive do SY believe any abductor had? Get this correct and it will begin to point them in the correct direction. Any abductor for me would have had to have acted alone.

Then again if SY want to drop the abduction theory there's always the McCanns potential motive to consider. One that involves them covering up the neglect of their children, one in particular and then quickly disposing of the body (pure speculation, of course).

Well that's the Catch 22 that lies at the heart of this case.

Until more evidence presents itself, we have no idea what the motivation is.

[AnneGuedes]

The Portuguese don't appear to be in any rush to follow through on any letters of request.

What makes you think so, John ?

[AnneGuedes]

Well that's the Catch 22 that lies at the heart of this case.

Until more evidence presents itself, we have no idea what the motivation is.

We know a huge ransom was offered and neglected. Nobody would pay that much for a 4 yrs old.

[pegasus]

Not claiming it was unique.
Just that it looked like everyone was out.
Adults go out + only one tablelamp on = everyone out.

[colombosstogey]

Everyone assumes the burglaries are done by portugese citizens in PDL or surrounding areas.

EVEN burglars from the UK can afford to go on holiday, and dont mind keeping their fingers busy to help pay for the beer...................and that could be another reason why the GNR do not bother so much with petty pilfering as the perpretrators could be any nationality and be on an outward plane, before they can do the investigating.

ALSO for me if it was a so called GANG (heaven forbid why would anyone want to live in PDL with all these rogues living there)......GREED would out..............and the reward would have been too rich to miss...after all IF they risk going into houses and stealing they do it for a reason...to sell stuff or to feed a drug habit.

Can you imagine that huge reward dangling over them...

One of them would have broken sure of it. They just have to say they wernt implicit but they know people who were etc etc etc......

I have in my head now, a picture of a burglar with his swag bag, pushing a pram ...... jeez .......

[John]

Everyone assumes the burglaries are done by portugese citizens in PDL or surrounding areas.

EVEN burglars from the UK can afford to go on holiday, and dont mind keeping their fingers busy to help pay for the beer...................and that could be another reason why the GNR do not bother so much with petty pilfering as the perpretrators could be any nationality and be on an outward plane, before they can do the investigating.

ALSO for me if it was a so called GANG (heaven forbid why would anyone want to live in PDL with all these rogues living there)......GREED would out..............and the reward would have been too rich to miss...after all IF they risk going into houses and stealing they do it for a reason...to sell stuff or to feed a drug habit.

Can you imagine that huge reward dangling over them...

One of them would have broken sure of it. They just have to say they wernt implicit but they know people who were etc etc etc......

I have in my head now, a picture of a burglar with his swag bag, pushing a pram ...... jeez .......

Praia da Luz is far too small a village for any real long term burglary to go on by organised groups.  The professional burglar knows that if he strikes the same area twice the police are more likely to want to do something about it.  My own feelings are that the thefts in and around PdL were the work of petty thieves and opportunists who were looking for cash and jewellery to sell quickly.

Had there been a gang in the area I have no doubt the GNR would have squashed them quickly.