The Madeleine McCann Missing Thread

Do you think Madeleine McCann died in the family's holiday apartment?

  • Yes

    Votes: 116 60.7%

  • No

    Votes: 75 39.3%
  • Total voters
    191
They only have hope if this girl was kidnapped as a foster child for some rich childless couple somewhere. If she was kidnapped by a mentally disturbed individual or some sort of pedophile, then chances for her return are not as good. We obviously hope for the best. Tagging kids with RFID tags when they're a year or so will hopefully be done in the future. That way missing kids can be found immediately.
 
PeterCH said:
Tagging kids with RFID tags when they're a year or so will hopefully be done in the future. That way missing kids can be found immediately.
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Uhuh? And how would that work? Can we extend it to motor cars, 'cos that would put tracker out of business...

/me contemplates an RFID tag for his car keys...
 
PeterCH said:
They only have hope if this girl was kidnapped as a foster child for some rich childless couple somewhere. If she was kidnapped by a mentally disturbed individual or some sort of pedophile, then chances for her return are not as good. We obviously hope for the best. Tagging kids with RFID tags when they're a year or so will hopefully be done in the future. That way missing kids can be found immediately.
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How would that be effective considering the relatively low range of RFID?
 
Syndyre said:
How would that be effective considering the relatively low range of RFID?
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Agree with you 100% but they are working on longer range tags precisely
for the purpose of tracking dangerous persons. I'm not sure if this technology is based exactly on RFID or on shorter wavelengths like say satellite telephony or something else. :) It would be good to implant these into
children and remove them when the kid becomes an adult. Sure
a kidnapper could kill the victim or remove the implant early on but that would
take a little time and would prevent the average-IQ psychopath from
the current success rates they have.
 
Koos Custodiet said:
Uhuh? And how would that work? Can we extend it to motor cars, 'cos that would put tracker out of business...

/me contemplates an RFID tag for his car keys...
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It would be similar tech to the tracker but in a smaller form factor.
Of course we'd have to get past the dangers of possible carcinogenesis
these things may have.
 
PeterCH said:
Agree with you 100% but they are working on longer range tags precisely
for the purpose of tracking dangerous persons. I'm not sure if this technology is based exactly on RFID or on shorter wavelengths like say satellite telephony or something else. :) It would be good to implant these into
children and remove them when the kid becomes an adult. Sure
a kidnapper could kill the victim or remove the implant early on but that would
take a little time and would prevent the average-IQ psychopath from
the current success rates they have.
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Oh ok, saw an article about this actually, seemed like the initial step would be incorporating it into clothing/jewellery which would be easier for people to accept, although not as effective obviously.
 
Kate McCann will be declared a formal suspect in the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine, a family friend has said.
She is said to be "amazed" at the development in the investigation.

Kate to be declared a suspectSky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said: "It's an incredible twist in this long-running story.

"I have spoken to a family friend who said Kate has been told that when she comes back to the police station in a couple of hours she will formally be declared a suspect."

Mrs McCann is expected back at the police station in Portimao at 10.30am.

Sky's correspondent said it doesn't mean that police are close to charging Madeleine's mother.

"The police are doing this so they can ask her a list of 22 questions about the night Madeleine disappeared," Brunt said.

"There are specific questions they need to ask and they can only do that if she is a suspect."

But a family friend said: "They are treating Kate McCann as if she is involved in some way in the death of her daughter."


Madeleine went missing on May 3The McCann family spokesman said: "She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all that such an accusation could be made against her.

"And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine."

Gerry's brother John McCann said the prospect of Kate becoming a suspect was "unbelievable".

He said: "We just want to see exactly what the Portuguese police are saying

"We cannot believe the line that they are going down - we just find it unbelievable."

Mrs McCann expects to be made an "arguido", a formal suspect, when she returns to the police station following nearly 11 hours of questioning yesterday.

An arguido receives more protection under Portuguese law, including the right to remain silent in formal interviews.

Madeleine's father is due to be re-interviewed at 2pm.
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1283158,00.html


Another twist in the tail
 
It is real odd that its taken this long to consider the parents suspects, as its common practice to investigate the people closest to murder victims.

The fact that they left babies unattended is enough to charge them with some culpable homicide.
 
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web said:
the whole story has been fishy from the start,
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Yeah very suspicious.

'Madeleine's Blood Found In Car'

Portuguese police have suggested to Kate McCann that traces of her daughter Madeleine's blood were found in a hire car the family leased 25 days after the girl went missing, a family friend said.
Mrs McCann fears she will be charged today over the death of her daughter, after she returned to face further questions from detectives.

Kate is back at police stationMadeleine's mother is back at a Portuguese police station, where she is expected to be declared a formal suspect in the disappearance of her daughter.

A large crowd whistled and shouted as Kate McCann arrived.

She was driven to the police station in Portimao by her family's spokeswoman Justine McGuinness.

Yesterday, she was taken there by her husband, Gerry McCann.

Mrs McCann was greeted by a huge crowd of journalists, locals and holidaymakers, many of them whistling and shouting at her.

One British tourist shouted: "We believe you, Kate." But there were jeers from other people in the crowd.


Crowd outside the police stationMrs McCann is being questioned again by detectives and expects to be made an "arguido", a formal suspect, in the case.

An arguido receives more protection under Portuguese law, including the right to remain silent in formal interviews.

Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said the move does not mean police are close to bringing charges.

"The police are doing this so they can ask her a list of 22 questions about the night Madeleine disappeared," he said.

"There are specific questions they need to ask and they can only do that if she is a suspect."


Madeleine went missing on May 3But a family friend said: "They are treating Kate as if she is involved in some way in the death of her daughter."

It is thought Mrs McCann will face questions linked to the DNA tests on samples taken from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

Brunt said tests have also been carried out on a car the McCanns hired five weeks after Madeleine's disappearance on May 3..

He added Mrs McCann is "horrified to be under suspicion".

The family friend said: "She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all that such an accusation could be made against her.

"And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine."

Gerry's brother John McCann said the prospect of Kate becoming a suspect was "unbelievable".

Gerry McCann is due to be re-interviewed at 2pm.
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It does seem odd, and leaving kids alone was wrong, even if they were close by and it's a safe place.

But... if they were guilty, either of murder or of covering up an accident, why the huge, attention-seeking campaign? Surely it would have been safer for them to be grief striken, but allow it pass instead of constantly stirring up the media frenzy?
 
Cathryn said:
But... if they were guilty, either of murder or of covering up an accident, why the huge, attention-seeking campaign? Surely it would have been safer for them to be grief striken, but allow it pass instead of constantly stirring up the media frenzy?
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Red herring?
 
This is weird how my father said to us at the dinner table last night while we heard Sky news in the background how he believed one or both of the parents are somehow involved and there was going to be a bad twist to this whole thing.

But just because she is a suspect still does not say or prove anything yet.
 
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