Is It Possible For A Non Professional Investigator To Solve The Case?

[Myster]

I'm almost convinced this is the same "very ugly" man seen loitering in the vicinity of 5A....



The female witness said he was about 5'10" tall, Dutch police said they were looking for someone 1.8m which is almost 5'11"



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/very-ugly-man-is-new-madeleine-suspect-1680510.html

[Vertigo Swirl]

Although I'm confident about my theory/suspects I've already said in posts I can't be sure of the motive.  It could range from altruistic, raise as own, to sinister, Brady/Hindley. 

If raise as own we've already covered that there's no evidence the blemish/mark in MM's eye was an actual Colombo as per her passport etc.  When PJ asked the McCanns about identifying features they refer to a blemish/mark in her eye and some sort of birthmark on a leg.  From memory I don't believe KM's book refers to a Colombo. 

Re childhood memories all the research shows

Most people have no memory prior to three years of age, and few memories between three and six years of age, as verified by analysis of the forgetting curve in adults recalling childhood memories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_memory

If MM was abducted to raise as own and her abductors a) stuck to a story early on 'why her parents parted with her' or how she was 'found' and b) thereafter provided a good home her loyalties will switch to her abductors which she might well have been with for 75% of her life now. 

An anology might be religion whereby a child brought up in a home where religion plays a significant part of daily life will in all probability follow suit.  Conversely a child brought up in a secular home will in all probability follow suit.  The same can often be said for political allegiances too and even football teams!  Beliefs are formed at a young age and shaped by what goes on in the child's environment.  Of course once the child reaches adolescence/adulthood then he/she might challenge their own beliefs but imo this is not the norm.

You can see with KM she has herself down as a Catholic and Everton supporter as this was how she was raised.  In her book she says she did not at any time question her Catholic faith as this was simply how she was raised.   

When you continue to refer to Kate’s “book” in otherwise serious posts, it’s actually hard to take anything you write seriously, IMO.  Is there any need?

[Brietta]

When you continue to refer to Kate’s “book” in otherwise serious posts, it’s actually hard to take anything you write seriously, IMO.  Is there any need?

I couldn't agree more.  I find it not only defining but cringe making.   

[G-Unit]

I'm almost convinced this is the same "very ugly" man seen loitering in the vicinity of 5A....



The female witness said he was about 5'10" tall, Dutch police said they were looking for someone 1.8m which is almost 5'11"



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/very-ugly-man-is-new-madeleine-suspect-1680510.html

I wonder why the unidentified British holidaymaker who saw him waited until 2009 before coming forward?

[Myster]

I wonder why the unidentified British holidaymaker who saw him waited until 2009 before coming forward?

It doesn't say when she came forward.  For all we know her testimony might have been submerged in the plethora of police files 2007 until they got round to examining it further two years later.

[Myster]

It doesn't say when she came forward.  For all we know her testimony might have been submerged in the plethora of police files 2007 until they got round to examining it further two years later.

Plus they were concentrating on people carrying sleeping kids around PdL at night.

[G-Unit]

It doesn't say when she came forward.  For all we know her testimony might have been submerged in the plethora of police files 2007 until they got round to examining it further two years later.

The sighting was first mentioned on the 2nd anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance. There is nothing about it in the PJ files afaik.

[Myster]

The sighting was first mentioned on the 2nd anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance. There is nothing about it in the PJ files afaik.

Who said ALL the PJ files were put out in the public domain?

[Holly Goodhead]

I wonder why the unidentified British holidaymaker who saw him waited until 2009 before coming forward?

Afaik the witness who made this observation was a young mother with a small child who made the observation on two separate occasions.  It formed part of a reconstruction vid and I think its also in KM's book.   

[Holly Goodhead]

I'm almost convinced this is the same "very ugly" man seen loitering in the vicinity of 5A....



The female witness said he was about 5'10" tall, Dutch police said they were looking for someone 1.8m which is almost 5'11"



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/very-ugly-man-is-new-madeleine-suspect-1680510.html

But the witness described the man as having pimples and this character appears to be devoid of pimples.

[Holly Goodhead]

Page 471 - KM's book:

On Sunday 29th April 2007, between 8 and 9 am, this witness noticed a man loitering on Rua do Ramelhete whose appearance unnerved her.  Three days later, in mid-afternoon on Wednesday 2nd May, the witness saw the same man on Rua Dr Gentil Martins, on the opposite side of the road to apartment 5A, near the car park across from the entrance to the Ocean Club's pool and Tapas restaurant area.  The witness said that the man was standing still and looking over in the direction of apartment 5A.

Description:  Male of Portuguese appearance; approximately 5ft 10 ins (1.78m) tall; slim build; 'very ugly - pitted skin with a large nose'.

Clothing: Casual jeans.

Portrait: Sketch number 2 on the penultimate page of pictures.

[Holly Goodhead]

I wonder why he hasn't self-eliminated...

'Hi I think I might be the ugly guy with pimples and a large nose you're looking for.  Yes I'm aesthetically challenged but my hearts in the right place'.

[Myster]

But the witness described the man as having pimples and this character appears to be devoid of pimples.

He's internet savvy, his abandoned laptop was found in a backwoods cabin somewhere. If he'd seen that caricature on the net he probably thought to himself - "Christ!... that looks like me, better grow a beard quick to hide my pock-marked chin".  Besides that sketch was made 10 years ago, so his acne might have cleared up by 2018 either with Clearasil or bathing his beautiful features in unpolluted spring water.

[Holly Goodhead]

Here's the reconstruction vid covering pimply/ugly man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atfDV7imHHY&t=846s

[Myster]

Page 471 - KM's book:

On Sunday 29th April 2007, between 8 and 9 am, this witness noticed a man loitering on Rua do Ramelhete whose appearance unnerved her.  Three days later, in mid-afternoon on Wednesday 2nd May, the witness saw the same man on Rua Dr Gentil Martins, on the opposite side of the road to apartment 5A, near the car park across from the entrance to the Ocean Club's pool and Tapas restaurant area.  The witness said that the man was standing still and looking over in the direction of apartment 5A.

Description:  Male of Portuguese appearance; approximately 5ft 10 ins (1.78m) tall; slim build; 'very ugly - pitted skin with a large nose'.

Clothing: Casual jeans.

Portrait: Sketch number 2 on the penultimate page of pictures.

Thank you!  Portuguese?... well he lived in the open air so sunburn would give a fair-skinned Dutchman a swarthy Mediterranean complexion.