Claimed sightings of Madeleine McCann

[Mr Gray]

Nobody in their right mind thought this could be Madeleine....just papers desperate to fill space

[Robittybob1]

Nobody in their right mind thought this could be Madeleine....just papers desperate to fill space

It is a bit of a guess as to what Madeleine would look like now if she was still alive.  But I agree this one was a long shot.

[Mr Gray]

It is a bit of a guess as to what Madeleine would look like now if she was still alive.  But I agree this one was a long shot.

She was 7 years too old...

[Lace]

I didn't for one minute think that girl was Madeleine,  but someone must have said something.   Papers love a story don't they.

[Robittybob1]

She was 7 yes too old...

More like 17.

[Mr Gray]

More like 17.

maddie would be 14...this girls 21...thats 7

[Robittybob1]

maddie would be 14...this girls 21...thats 7

OK "7 years too old" not as I read your post "She was 7, yes, too old... (She was 7 yes too old...).

[sadie]

Another mystery solved...


The rag girl of Rome finally returns home: Mystery homeless student, 21, who was once thought to be Madeleline McCann, is living back in Sweden with her father and wants to go back to university

• Embla Jauhojarvi hit the news after she was spotted homeless in Rome and people believed she could be missing Madeleine McCann
• It later emerged she was from Sweden and had vanished while studying abroad
• Father Tahvo travelled to Italy in the hopes of convincing her to return home
• He now says she has been living with him since August and is doing well

By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline
Published on 2 January 2018

A Swedish student who was found sleeping rough on the streets of Rome has moved home and is living with her father, he has revealed.

Embla Jauhojarvi, 21, who was reunited with her family in November 2016 but initially refused to return home, has been living with father Tahvo in Stockholm since August.

Jauhojarvi, whose face was plastered across the papers after she was mistaken for Madeleine McCann, is healthier, happier and wants to restart her studies, he said.



Embla Jauhojarvi, a student from Sweden who was found homeless on the streets of Rome in 2016, has returned home to live with her father.

Speaking to the Sun, Tahvo said: 'She's living with me again. She can have a better future... and plan a little bit better. There was always hope.

'It was very nice because I was missing her so much and everything went very well when she came back again.

Tahvo said she initially refused to speak with him in Swedish and would not return home, but came back in August last year

'She wanted to start studying again so she's waiting for information from the university, she hasn't got that yet.

'I think she will start to read law school or economics or something like that.'

Embla disappeared in May 2016 after removing all of her pictures from the family albums before she was spotted in Rome in November.

While it was initially suspected that she could be Madeleine, Kate and Jerry McCann quickly ruled it out and the hunt for her real parents began.

In Sweden Tahvo caught sight of her picture online and immediately booked himself on a flight to Rome in order to be reunited with her.

He eventually found her in the secure unit of a hospital in the city, where she was refusing to speak her native language and insisted on using English or Italian.

Embla, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, disappeared while her father was abroad on a trip to South Africa.

She secretly left Sweden and travelled to Italy to take a language course in the south of the country.



Tahvo said his daughter is now doing much better, is healthier, and wants to restart her studies - perhaps reading law or economics.



Embla, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, went to Italy without telling anyone while her father was abroad on a trip to South Africa and didn't return.

When the course finished at the end of the summer she boarded a train to the capital Rome but failed to return home to Stockholm.

Mr Jauhojarvi explained: 'When I got home from South Africa I found Embla had vanished. She did not tell me she was going away. She did not leave a note. I didn't know what had become of her.

'After a couple of weeks I contacted the police and asked for help to find her. But they said she was over 18 was very little they could do.'

Mr Jauhojarvi said he never stopped looking for Embla but simply ran out of leads.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5226517/Missing-Swedish-student-Rome-home.html#ixzz53333XDVQ

Absolutely NOT Madeleine, but thanks for posting that John 

Good to see her looking happier and better.

[John]

I'm surprised a girl with her problems was even allowed out unescorted never mind being left home alone to cope on her own.

[Brietta]

I'm surprised a girl with her problems was even allowed out unescorted never mind being left home alone to cope on her own.

I think it depends on how serious her condition is John.  Maybe most of the time it is controlled by medication; but once children are adult and able to express their opinions if they can, I think the parents who may be beside themselves with worry, just have to go with it.

A similar situation must be having to allow an epileptic child, prone to fitting, out on his or her own walking and using public transport,

[Robittybob1]

Cite or cites covering your allegation, please.

It appears MTI has added additional cites to her post.  I tend to think the girl should be grateful for all the publicity as it has resulted in a rather good outcome if she has returned home.  Her parents should gift a donation to the Find Madeleine Fund IMO.

[G-Unit]

One of the first reports was that of 'George Burke' who saw a couple with a child who looked like Madeleine near Lagos marina. It was in all the British newspapers on 5th May.
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id399.htm

It is also mentioned in a statement aimed at the UK, not the Portuguese, police. The statement has a date of 4th May, and it's headed 'Information from the family'. How were the McCann family able to give this information to Leicestershire police about Burke/Brooks's sighting on 4th? Why was this said; 'The police have not yet spoken to this male'?
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GEORGE_BURKE_BROOKS.htm

It's not clear whether this man ever contacted the PJ.

His sighting hits the headlines again in November 2007, following which the PJ do get involved and go looking for him. They're told his whereabouts are unknown since he took off on 21st September.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GEORGE_BURKE_BROOKS.htm

It hit the news again in August 2008 saying the PJ never contacted him, but they did, in April 2008 after receiving Michael Wright's rog statement.

Where George disappeared to in September 2007 I don't know, but he was supposed to be resident in Burgau in May 2007. He still has relatives living there who put the PJ into contact with him in April 2008.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GEORGE_BURKE_BROOKS.htm

[Anthro]

Has anyone read Luis Moreno’s breakdown of his theory i.e. the Ibiza airport photo? He has posted it during May this year on his facebook page.

[Robittybob1]

Has anyone read Luis Moreno’s breakdown of his theory i.e. the Ibiza airport photo? He has posted it during May this year on his facebook page.

Could you PM me the link please?

[Anthro]

Hi Rob, it is in Portuguese but I have done a google translate. Will send it to you.