Excellent construction with a great deal that is plausible in context.
Couple of points, also theoretical on the basis of this hypothesis of parental involvement:
It seems a bit weak that GMC would return knowing it was impossible to jemmy the shutters but fail to tell KMC either directly or by phone. HOwever, if he had failed because JW was sticking to him like a limpet, then maybe ROB was delegated to complete the task - but it was he who found out it was impossible to jemmy the shutters. But KMC had already been told to go off as soon as ROB returned, so she did just that before ROB could explain to GMC what had happened. KMC would have begun screaming in about a minute. There was no time really for ROB or GMC to head her off either physically or by phone, once ROB and GMC had had their chat (or maybe they couldn't because of all the people around).
Well thats what I believe...Gerry couldnt do it...ROB tried but after several text messages wasn't able to complete the task...Gerry had told Kate to leave when ROB arrived back...they were so busy trying to sort out what had happened that Kate left before they told her.
Good accidental theory HiDeHo. Covers pretty much everything.
Question: What about the sedative?
Your theory also still has Kate as the accidental perp. Gerry is again the good helpful husband trying to keep himself and Kate (and the situation she finds herself in) out of trouble..but in the mean time he’s setting up a fraudulent fund. That part doesn’t fit.. Wouldn’t it have been better for them not to have drawn too much attention to themselves by laying a little lower?
I’ve always suspected Gerry as being more involved .And for some reason I suspect the PJ do too. I know they suspect him of moving the body etc…but I wonder if they have also suspected him of more. I even wonder if Kate really knows everything that took place. I don’t know why I think Gerry is so secretive and manipulative…I could be completely wrong..but I guess we’re on our way to finding out�?BR>
Looking at the way the PJ are handling the interviews by interviewing the friends first then their main suspects…last…let’s look at the way they interviewed Kate and Gerry when naming them arguidos. Kate was first..and Gerry last.
HiDeHo
Something that has just occured to me is that IF my thoughts are correct and that Maddie was dead before they went to the tapas on 3rd...and Gerry or ROB were testing the shutters...or maybe JT was in the apartment...etc etc...then unless the major crime can be proved then how can they be charged for negligence..for that night anyway....and would they be able to prove it beyond a doubt for the other nights?
Supposing JT was in the apartment for the length of time the McCanns were at the tapas...How could they be charged for negligence?
Its very complicated isnt it?
Kitty
It is a plausible scenario. However, it would mean the whole group would have to agree to neglect their children on the 3rd May so that the McCanns could pretend Madeleine was abducted. Why would they agree to do that? Also, why would Dianne Webster agree to go along with it?
HiDeHo
I classify it as 'manslaughter'
I suggest that the sedatives (on the night of the 3rd at least) was used on the twins so they wouldn't wake up and see ROB or Gerry fixing the shutters..
Like you...I believe Gerry has more behind this than meets the eye, but I used Kate as the 'chosen' one for causing the death for two reasons..
1) The PJ seem to be focussing on her volatile temper...indicating she may 'lose' it very easily.
2) If 'Daddy, daddy daddy' was actually 'Maddie, Maddie Maddie' as heard by Mrs Fenn it would have been obvious if it was a man's voice...which wouldnt be saying what Mrs Fenn thought she heard (Daddy daddy etc)
I think the moment of her death would be when her name would be called out....not if Gerry arrived later....and I felt Kate was back there first on her own partly because she would probably be very resentful to be the one having to leave the bar...but also because if there were two of them I think it may have been 'stopped' before Maddie suffered.
I say again...this is ONLY my thoughts...trying to 'get into the situation' and with a little logic...but many of the things we 'know' about that night (whether true or not) do seem to fit...
I'm curious of other things that are said to have happened that I havent included...whether they 'fit' as well!
I think as far as neglect goes they were not stopped from doing what they had done all week...
I know there were suggestions that all the children were sleeping together but I believe that may have been suggested because witnesses said the 'checks' were only to 5A...Not sure on that though
DW would have probably thought the same as others...that Maddie died accidentally and its no big deal to comment on times..maybe she told the real times...we don't know do we.
annabelle
Quite plausible maybe, who knows, could be close to the truth or a million miles away from it. There are 2 points I would question.
1. Why would they move the body next door before the twins were up and running around when they had a 4 year old daughter next door who would also be running around (and probably more inquisitive)? I would have thought they would have put the bag out of reach, on top of the wardrobe or somewhere.
2. As already mentioned, the shutters is a big question mark for me. Even if they hadn't had time to discuss it before Kate left the table, either Gerry or ROB could easily have ran after her with some excuse about forgetting the key or something, any excuse to say "we couldn't jemmy the shutters" and stop her blowing the whole thing. It would have been too an important thing to ignore and I really don't think it would have happened like that.
nunavut
Cannot accept involvemtent of friends in a cover-up. If friends (Tapas) played no role in the death, they would not be draggd into a cover-up of a death and risk the consequences.
There's friendship and then there's stupidity.
jinvta
I also cannot accept involvement of all of the T7. Way too many people to go along with covering up a death. The only reason I can see why anyone would be dragged into the cover-up is if they or their partner were somehow involved. ROB and JT might would be the most likely to fit into this category.
anne14
1. Why not keep the body in a cool place : church, storage room under the stair ?
2. I think that in their initial plan the shutters could have been "tampered" by hand. To simulate the abduction, ROB had do the job on the shutters while JT, G and JW were checking the streets. He did not managed, so they had to open them from inside. The "jemmied" story would be a B plan, an explanation to keep to the fact that the abductor came in by the window. As the "jemmied" version was also dismissed by the police, they try the "unlocked back door" story. But that was not their initial plan at it made them look bad ...
Banshee
I find it hard too to imagine all the others in the group knew and were willing to keep it secret ... one couple at most is feasible ... but all 7 of them ... I doubt it.
Wherever Maddie's body ended up the person/s who disposed of her did a first class job in leaving no traces ... I've always felt a hunch, for some reason I can't explain, that the big bins or the landfill rubbish tip were not scoured as thoroughly as they could've been.
princess_leia
I cannot accept that all of the T7 were involved in a cover up. At the very most there are 2 others involved, and that would have to be JT and R'Ob. Great OP though!
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