Suggestions to mark the 10th anniversary of Madeleiene's disappearance.

[ShiningInLuz]

I thought you weren't in favour of putting up more posters in Luz? 

I still think identifying Smithman is crucial to this enquiry yet only the Sun newspaper ever did anything about it.

14 October 2013





THE Sun helped the hunt for Madeleine yesterday by distributing flyers and
posters in Praia da Luz with the e-fit of police’s latest suspect.

Leaflets in English and Portuguese were handed out by our team at the resort,
urging anyone with any information to contact Scotland Yard.

Local businesses were pleased to display our appeals. Shop assistant Elane
Harvey said: “Hopefully it will do some good. We’re happy to put these up.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1062739/two-name-suspect/

The Sun approach is typical of the tabloid press.  Get in - get your story - get out.

And I suspect on the 10th anniversary, there will be quite a lot of that.  Though not in the anniversaries beyond.

What is wrong with the Sun posters?  Suspect!  Suspeito!  Not possibly InnocentDad but SUSPECT. And e-fits that aren't worth the paper they are printed on.  Compounded by giving 2 numbers in England to call.

A classic example of how not to get InnocentDad to step forth.

Although it is not on the posters, and was not AFAIK repeated this time round in Portugal, OG repeated the 'heading to the beach' error.

So - option 1 - let the media do whatever they want for anni10, and keep fingers crossed they will stop the stream of cheap, lurid stories thereafter.

Option 2 - get Luz to manage anni10, or at least the part that happens within Luz.

And if you choose option 2, it would be handy to have a free phone number within Portugal.  The one on the anni2 defaced billboard remains on the Find Madeleine website, so I need to check if that is actually working.

It would still be better to have contact with the McCanns to co-ordinate a Luz response, but one must work with what one has.

[Alfie]

Just the unvarnished, unsentimental truth. If they lose the case the Fund will be swallowed up by the Portuguese Courts, allegedly. Any marking of the anniversary will have to be done on a small budget.

How do you know?  There may be any number of wealthy backers ready to step up to the mark if necessary. 

[G-Unit]

How do you know?  There may be any number of wealthy backers ready to step up to the mark if necessary.

Maybe. I was just speaking of the Fund.

[jassi]

Nah, nobody will want to throw good money after bad at this stage.

[John]

Whatever happens it will undoubtedly take place in Luz from where Madeleine disappeared.  Most probably a church service to mark the anniversary.

[Alfie]

Nah, nobody will want to throw good money after bad at this stage.

You know nothing.

[Brietta]

The McCanns will do as they think fit and whatever that is the sceptics will criticise them

I think that is a very accurate assessment of the situation which succinctly sums up what the reaction of some will be however the McCanns choose to remember their little girl.

[ShiningInLuz]

I have just checked out the free-phone number in Portugal for putting info into the Find Madeleine effort.

800 814 028.  See the thread on defaced posters, redundancies and bad feelings, which makes it clear this was running no later than April 2009.  It is still up on the Find Madeleine Portuguese page today.

I got an auto-response in both Portuguese and English, which makes it clear it is still running, so I assume the fund is still paying for it.

The 2 voices said press 1 for Portuguese or 2 for English, so I picked English.

There I got 3 options - leave a message - get information on how to make contact through the web site - and speak to an operator.

On the basis that contacting an operator would probably incur an extra charge for the fund, I stopped at this point.

Obviously, I have no way of knowing whether info left on this number gets through to Team McCann or whether it simply rots in limbo.  But the small fact that this free phone system remains in operation to this day in Portugal is something I found interesting.

[sadie]

I would suggest something really lovely as a gift to the people of Luz ... a small field of pink lavender or other sweet scented and pretty flowering pink plant. 

... or maybe planted in large clumps on the rocky hillside to the east of Luz.  Maybe SIL could suggest a suitable spot?

Of course I would also place reminders to  *keep looking *, cos Madeleine is still almost certainly  alive

.... IMO

I would happily supply a few plants as i feel sure others would.

 

[G-Unit]

I would suggest something really lovely as a gift to the people of Luz ... a small field of pink lavender or other sweet scented and pretty flowering pink plant. 

... or maybe planted in large clumps on the rocky hillside to the east of Luz.  Maybe SIL could suggest a suitable spot?

Of course I would also place reminders to  *keep looking *, cos Madeleine is still almost certainly  alive

.... IMO

I would happily supply a few plants as i feel sure others would.

Perhaps planted on the hillside in such a way that they spelled out Madeleine or Maddy. I'm sure Luz residents would appreciate that.

[faithlilly]

You know nothing.

And neither do you.

[Robittybob1]

And neither do you.

Sounds like a playground argument.

[Alfie]

And neither do you.

I think I probaly know a lot more about the McCanns' supporters and their propensity to financially support the McCanns in their hour of need than you do. 

Anyone would think you were trying to attract my attention for another little ding-dong.   

[slartibartfast]

I think I probaly know a lot more about the McCanns' supporters and their propensity to financially support the McCanns in their hour of need than you do. 

Implies a bit more interaction than just this forum.

[Alfie]

Implies a bit more interaction than just this forum.

Did you think that my only interaction with McCann supporters was on this forum?