Thanks Andrea!
My opinion may be very different to many people that have followed the case and probably outrageous to anyone just learning the basic details, but I have studied and researched the files during the hundreds of compilations/timelines/discrepancies that I have done and have an overall 'picture' based mostly on the discrepancies (that many are not aware of)
I believe there was an 'accident' early in the holiday (between Sunday and Tuesday)
I came to this 'conclusion' gradually.
I always felt something happened earlier than Thursday night as there were MANY discrepancies for Thursday morning and one has to ask WHY would there be so many discrepancies (over and above 'memory' issues) if it was the holiday that they try to convince us it was.
I then saw discrepancies emerge for Wednesday, and then a lot for Tuesday.
I remained believing Tuesday, as the mini tennis coach had claimed Madeleine's group played that morning.
I then studied all the witness statements that claim they 'saw' madeleine during the holday, and, although none prove she WASN'T there, none of them prove she WAS! They all describe a girl with a very different personality (shy) than is known for Madeleine (one of the other Tapas children was shy...unlike Madeleine)
Miguel Mattias, owner of a restaurant that the T7 (McCann friends) went to the afternoon of Madeleine's disappearance was convinced that Madeleine was there 'dancing' with her father. CCTV pics subsequently show that the McCanns were NOT there and the child he was convinced was Madeleine was probaly another friend's child. PROVING that it is possible that others could be mistaken also)
Along with the fact that the photo released to help in the search was of a much younger Madeleine, their camera had the last picture of her taken by the pool (supposedly that day) so WHY didnt they release that picture? It was not released until three weeks later after Gerrys return to England and has been the subject of lengthy discussions as to whether it was photoshopped.
Apologies, I tend to go off on tangents!
Anyway, the last credible sighting was from the McCann's cleaner's daughter who saw the family outside their apartment on Sunday lunchtime.
If something DID happen to Madeleine earlier in the week it would account for many of the curiosites (eg no DNA in apartment..Gerry McCann had to return to England to obtain a pillowcase with Madeleines DNA on it)
Whether earlier in the week or not, a CADAVER dog alerted to several places in the McCann's apartment (end July) and with an undetermined amount of time for the odour to develop (some believe up to 90 minutes) there would not have been time from the time the McCanns left the apartment (8.30pm) until the time Kate checked and found Madeleine missing (10.00pm)
My belief is that they DID check on the childen but once it was deterined to create a faked abduction they NEEDED to claim they left the children alone to allow for the possibility of an 'abductor' to get into the apartment.
That night was not about checking the children it was about creating the simulated'abduction'
Many people suggest they were afraid of being charged with 'neglect', but all the apartments were close and at least one of the group most (if not every) night did not go to the restaurant and could have easily claimed they were watching the chidren...but they didn't...and one has to ask WHY?
This video may explain how Gerry INSISTS they didn't check the children often!
McCann McMinute: No Neglect = No Abduction! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3eAJnjiD6gThats probably enough for now
