Netflix launches new 8-part documentary about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

[barrier]

Yet his efit is no longer on SY’s website. Perhaps he’s been found.

Could well be that they have identified him.There's nothing on the MET site pertaining to grange now,all wrapped up with no where else to go? Smithson is the key.

[Robittybob1]

Watching it just now on Netflix.  It must be remembered that everything that went on from 5.30 to 10pm in the McCann apartment is wholly uncorroborated.

By the nature of only one person doing the checks at any one time.   Matt and Russell appear to walk together around 9:30 PM.

[Robittybob1]

Finally signed up for Netflix so I can watch the McCann doco.   At 15:30 episode 1 Jayne Jensen discusses meeting up with Jez Wilkins.  If the documentary is correct they portray that happening soon after the search begins.  If this is true Jayne's testimony contradicts Jez Wilkin's statements where he states he arrive home at 9:30 PM and stayed in for the night. 

[Robittybob1]

Just finished watching Ep. 1.
Jayne Jenson's recollection places Jez Wilkins on the streets shortly after the alert went out, which does not tally with his statement.

I fully agree with you Misty.  Problems here for Jez someday soon IMO.  Documentary makers don't seem to notice the major discrepancy.

[Robittybob1]

Did she give an official statement or simply talk to the papers ?

The statements taken by the UK police did not get published when the PJ archived the case.  I believe they gave a statement.  I wonder if they mentioned Jez in their original statement.

[Robittybob1]

At least two grown men seemed to.

"So beautiful, astonishingly bright, and I’d have to say very charismatic. She would shine out of a crowd,”
Jon Corner, Vanity Fair, 10/1/08

"Mm, err Madeleine’s err a very striking err beautiful child, I’d almost if I want a better phrase call her doll-like, you know she was very, you know I think, you know very unique looking child....She was, you know, very, she is a very beautiful child and good fun."
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DAVID-PAYNE-ROGATORY.htm

Both come with question marks IMO.

[Robittybob1]

I find that bit from David Jones that the Lagos Marina was shut down because everyone had gone to look for the child strange.  The marina is a long way from the Tapas Bar area of PdL.  How did the message get across to there so soon?
Were they looking for the same child?  Around 18:30 into the video episode 1.

[The General]

I find that bit from David Jones that the Lagos Marina was shut down because everyone had gone to look for the child strange.  The marina is a long way from the Tapas Bar area of PdL.  How did the message get across to there so soon?
Were they looking for the same child?  Around 18:30 into the video episode 1.

They may have used an advanced telecommunications device called a 'telephone'.

[ShiningInLuz]

I find that bit from David Jones that the Lagos Marina was shut down because everyone had gone to look for the child strange.  The marina is a long way from the Tapas Bar area of PdL.  How did the message get across to there so soon?
Were they looking for the same child?  Around 18:30 into the video episode 1.

I thought it had been established on this forum that the normal closing time for Lagos Marina was 8pm?  By that I mean no boats in or out.

I'm not sure you could close the marina to prevent owners getting on/off their boats at any time.  It strikes me as making no sense.

[Robittybob1]

They may have used an advanced telecommunications device called a 'telephone'.

No one rang David Jones.

[Robittybob1]

I thought it had been established on this forum that the normal closing time for Lagos Marina was 8pm?  By that I mean no boats in or out.

I'm not sure you could close the marina to prevent owners getting on/off their boats at any time.  It strikes me as making no sense.

But there could be a time when they turn out the lights.  It doesn't make sense.

[Eleanor]

I read somewhere that a boat left Lagos Marina not long before it closed. I don't know if this is true.

[ShiningInLuz]

I read somewhere that a boat left Lagos Marina not long before it closed. I don't know if this is true.

From memory, is this not connected to the tale of the Brazilian couple who wanted a child?

If so, there is a flaw.  The Brazilian woman was allegedly seen by the video shop owner in the commercial centre on Rua Batista as he closed up for the night, driving past his shop, apparently concerned with something on the rear seat.

Unless he closed up early, his 'statement' places the woman in Luz later than the Lagos Marina closed to boats.  And before the McCanns went out that night.  Plus Rua Batista was at that time dug up for civil improvements, so it would have made more sense to use one of the many undug roads nearby.

[Eleanor]

From memory, is this not connected to the tale of the Brazilian couple who wanted a child?

If so, there is a flaw.  The Brazilian woman was allegedly seen by the video shop owner in the commercial centre on Rua Batista as he closed up for the night, driving past his shop, apparently concerned with something on the rear seat.

Unless he closed up early, his 'statement' places the woman in Luz later than the Lagos Marina closed to boats.  And before the McCanns went out that night.  Plus Rua Batista was at that time dug up for civil improvements, so it would have made more sense to use one of the many undug roads nearby.

That's the one.  How long does it take to motor a boat from Lagos to Luz?

[ShiningInLuz]

That's the one.  How long does it take to motor a boat from Lagos to Luz?

I tried last year to get my beloved out for a local boat trip for her birthday present.  I have a particularly interesting photo from 1947 depicting a family day out and I had hoped to re-create it in 2018 with our family.

She declined, as she has a significant spine condition, so she felt it would be impossible to get into and out of the boat.

Consequently, I have no first-hand knowledge of the time a Lagos to Luz trip might have taken.

However without being certain, I would venture it could be done in a little over an hour.  But I'm no sailor.