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From: MSN Nicknametin-lizzy  (Original Message)Sent: 2/16/2008 3:42 AM
Visit http://www.mccannfiles.com for the most incrdible site!
 
Everything you need to know about Madeleine!
 
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Visit http://www.mccannfiles.com for the most incrdible site!
 
Everything you need to know about Madeleine!
 
Visit this page on http://www.mccannfiles.com/id9.html  to view with pictures included
 
 
All the key events from May, with video and pictures
May 2007 (Days 1-28)

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Event

Saturday 28 April 2007

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Kate and Gerry McCann touchdown at Faro airport with their children Madeleine, Amelie and Sean for a holiday with friends at nearby Praia da Luz.
 
 
They take the bus to the apartment.
 
 
Mr McCann said Madeleine was used to travelling, having flown to Italy and Amsterdam.
 
"She was excited about going away with the rest of the kids, it was her first time to Portugal. She had her Barbie rucksack... we all had rucksacks - even Sean and Amelie - it was quite funny. And Madeleine was acting like a big girl, she was so excited."

At the start of their holiday the McCanns and their group of friends (who were to become known as the Tapas Nine) hire two cars: A blue jeep and a Nissan Micra. The cars were hired on a day to day basis, for the use of all of the 'Tapas Nine'.
 
It is alleged that the Policia Judiciaria later undertook forensic tests on these vehicles and found residue in the blue jeep that was used by the McCanns.

Thursday 03 May 2007

0

At night, as had become the holiday pattern, Kate and Gerry dine with their friends at the tapas restaurant, whilst their children sleep in the apartment. The tapas restaurant is located within the Mark Warner Ocean Club complex but their apartment, 5A, is outside the boundary wall of the complex.
 
At around 10.00pm, Kate goes to the apartment to check on the children and reports Madeleine missing and one of the most extraordinary cases begins.
 

Friday 04 May 2007

1

Police and locals call off the search at 4.30am. Kate, allegedly, does not leave the apartment after reporting Madeleine missing but is reported to have gone out with Gerry at 6.00am - although this is later contradicted in her BBC interview with Jane Hill in which she states that she never did any physical searching.
 
The McCanns are immediately moved to another apartment in the Ocean Club complex, having been authorised to take just essential items with them. They carry the twins, who it is alleged, do not wake throughout the whole disturbance.
 
Police use sniffer dogs and the Spanish and border police and airports are notified. Volunteer groups continue to search the village resort and beach in efforts to find Madeleine and clues. The forensic team arrive at 13.00pm to begin work on the apartment.
 
It is reported in Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha that sniffer dogs found a scent trail from the McCanns apartment to another apartment in the same holiday complex that had been occupied by Britons.
 
Kate's parents, Susan and Brian Healy, arrive on a flight from Liverpool with Michael Wright, Kate McCanns' brother-in-law.
 
At 10.00pm, as the search for Madeleine continues, her parents issue a statement to say they "cannot describe the anguish and despair" they are feeling at their daughter's disappearance. 
 

Saturday 05 May 2007
2
Police reveal that they believe Madeleine was abducted and that she is still alive and being held in Portugal. They also reveal they have a sketch of a 'suspect' and that Madeleine may have been abducted for sexual abuse.
 
Kate and Gerry keep a low profile, although Gerry does return to the apartment where they had been staying - now a crime scene - to retrieve a suitcase of belongings and a bucket and spade for the couple's two year old twins.
 
At one point they are seen walking hand in hand to the apartment where they are now staying, after dropping off the twins with friends.
 
They later meet with British ambassador John Buck and are joined by three family liaison officers from Leicestershire police.
 
The first reports:
Sunday 06 May 2007
3
Kate and Gerry attend the Mother's Day service at the church in Praia da Luz and make a brief statement afterwards.
 
 
Later, they are driven to the Policia Judiciaria headquarters in Portimao, as it is alleged the inquiry into their Madeleine's disappearance is centred on a group of three - two men and a woman.
 
Two further "couples" aged in their 50s are driven into the back of the PJ building in Portimao by mid afternoon.
 
Questions are raised about the quality of the police's sketch, with one newspaper reporting that the image is based only on the rear view of a man seen with a child in the area.

Monday 07 May 2007
4
Kate makes an appeal for the safe return of Madeleine, from inside their holiday apartment.
 
 
In the first of what will become many 'sightings', police begin investigating a claim that a man was seen dragging a girl towards the marina at Lagos, a short drive from Praia da Luz.
 
Lori Campbell, a Sunday Mirror journalist, reports Robert Murat to Leicestershire police as she believes he has been acting suspiciously.
 
 
Madeleine's aunt, Philomena McCann - a schoolteacher in Ullapool, approaches one of her former pupils, Calum MacRae, to set up a website to help raise awareness of Madeleine's disappearance.
 
Family friend Pat Perkins, sends out a chain e-mail asking for help and information about Madeleine's 'abduction'. See here for e-mail

Tuesday 08 May 2007
5
Police follow up 350 possible sightings and say they have already interviewed more than 100 people.
Wednesday 09 May 2007
6
In Portugal, police examine a CCTV tape from the Galp service station on the east-west motorway, just a few miles outside Praia da Luz, showing a woman with a child fitting Madeleine's description.
 
In Morocco, Norwegian tourist Mari Pollard says she saw a girl who looked like Madeleine with a man at a petrol station in Marrakesh. On the same day, a British holidaymaker saw a youngster outside the Ibis Hotel in Marrakesh.
 
Two child abduction experts arrive from the UK.
 
The official Madeleine McCann website is launched under the domain name www.bringmadeleinehome.com (Note: This is replaced on 16 May 2007 by www.findmadeleine.com)
 
Susan and Brian Healy (Kate's parents) talk to Sky News following their return to the UK Watch video here - (*Note: The Sky News video link doesn't work for this video. You need to enter 'Susan Healy' into the video search box and click on the video '09 May 2007')
 
Thursday 10 May 2007
7
Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa holds a news conference to give more details of the search for Madeleine. He insists that he is doing everything he can to find the little girl, but so far from the ground search "the results are zero". He adds that the ground search for Madeleine is now being wound down.
 
It is also revealed that police are checking several CCTV images. Mr Sousa said "images of video surveillance" had been collected from several locations "in order to check possible leads that may have been recorded".
 
Kate and Gerry are asked to scan CCTV film for a glimpse of their kidnapped daughter. Footage at a garage in Portugal captured an image of three suspects, including a woman, with a girl who matched Madeleine's description. The camera also caught the car’s British number plate and the registration has been circulated by Interpol and British police.
 
The McCanns were driven at speed from their holiday apartment to a police station in Portimao to help officers examine the tapes after Mrs McCann again went to the local church to pray for her daughter. Bill Henderson, the British Consul in the Algarve, was seen leaving the police headquarters while Mr and Mrs McCann were still inside.

Two of the three suspects in the CCTV footage that may show Madeleine have been identified by a man who claimed he caught them photographing his own child two weeks ago. The witness, Portuguese-born Nuno Lourenco who lives in Germany, said the gang attempted to abduct his own young daughter.
 
He told detectives that he saw a man of English appearance photographing his daughter, described as strikingly similar in appearance to Madeleine, on April 30 in Sagres, a town just a few miles from the holiday complex where the McCann family was staying.
 
The witness, who with his German wife has two children aged two and four, said he chased the man, who fled, jumping into a car with a woman and another man before speeding off. Mr Lourenco is believed to have provided the authorities with a photograph taken on his mobile phone. The witness has told officers he was "100 per cent certain" they were the same people caught on CCTV with the girl matching Madeleine's description hours after she went missing.
 
An image of a pair of pyjamas, identical to those which Madeleine had been wearing when she disappeared, is released. 
 
The McCanns spend most of the afternoon and evening being questioned at the police station in Portimao: Kate is questioned for 9 hours and Gerry is questioned for 14 hours, eventually leaving the station at 3.00am in the morning.
 
While the McCanns were at the headquarters, according to local media reports, another British couple were interviewed at the same station. They were not arrested and were driven from the station concealed by a blanket.
 
It is also reported that while the McCanns were being reinterviewed police with dogs were searching the McCanns apartment again. Police say it is the final time they will search the block to look for clues. The wider search in the area will end in the next few days.
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From: MSN Nicknametin-lizzySent: 2/16/2008 3:45 AM
Friday 11 May 2007
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Gerry's 14 hours of questioning, finishing at 3.00am this morning, goes largely unreported in the British media as it coincides with David Beckham's video appeal.
 
 
Scottish businessman Stephen Winyard offers a £1m reward for information.

Saturday 12 May 2007
9
Madeleine's 4th birthday
 
Kate and Gerry attend a mass to mark the day and call for people to redouble their efforts to find her.
 
Robert Murat hires a car from Auto Rent Algarve for the period 12 May - 15 May.
 
Celebrities including JK Rowling, 42, and Sir Philip Green, 55, donate to a £2.5 million reward fund.
 
Gordon Brown offers his sympathy.
 
The Guardian reports that Portuguese newspaper, Diario de Noticias, 'insisted Mr and Mrs McCann were suspects and claimed that on the night Madeleine disappeared they had not checked on her, contrary to what they told police.'
 
Alison Castanheira, a British expat who had helped with the search, said there was resentment among the Portuguese and expat community: "Everybody is angry as everyone is blaming the police for not doing their job, but realistically the parents haven't done theirs."

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Sunday 13 May 2007
10
It emerges London lawyers from the International Family Law Group have flown to Portugal to assist the McCanns, and are setting up a special "fighting fund" to allow members of the public to make their own financial contribution to the search.
 
Monday 14 May 2007
11
At 7.00am, police launch simultaneous raids at Casa Liliana, the home of Robert Murat's mother - situated 150 yards away from the McCann's apartment, Murat's German girlfriend's apartment and several addresses with which Murat is believed to have had a connection.
 
Robert Murat is half British and half Portugese and has been living at Casa Liliana with his mother Jenny.
 
Michaela Walczuch, Murat's girlfriend, and her ex-partner, Luis Antonio, are questioned by police for the first time.
 
Kate and Gerry answer questions from the media for the first time, on the road outside their holiday apartment.
 
Gerry says he is now being helped by two British lawyers from the Family Law Centre on how best to use money pledged to help find Madeleine and give assistance in Portuguese legal processes.
 
He said: "We have felt a burden lifted from our shoulders. It is one less thing to think about. It has allowed us to concentrate more on our own physical and mental wellbeing.
 
"We do need to spend more time focusing on that and with our twins Sean and Amelie. We do wish to keep communicating with the media however as this is essential in the search for Maddy."
 
 
It is reported that around 10 British people, including the McCanns and their friends, have been re-interviewed to clarify their statements in recent days.
 
This week the group are set to appear in court behind closed doors to record their evidence for any future trial before they go back to the UK. The procedure, known as "memory for the future", is similar to a mock trial in which the friends would give evidence as witnesses now against a future defendant.
 
Local lawyer Artur Rego said the procedure was used only in exceptional cases such as this where a large group of witnesses are foreign. He said: "It is recorded by video and kept sealed, then released during the hearing. If somebody is ever charged then this statement can then be unsealed and disclosed for the judge who is going to hear the case. It has the same value as witness statements delivered live in the trial."
 
The McCanns themselves are not expected to be asked to take part.
 

Tuesday 15 May 2007
12
British-born Robert Murat is made an official suspect - or "arguido" - following a search of his mother's villa. Casa Liliana is 150 yards from the apartment where Madeleine went missing.
 
Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa says that no-one has been arrested as the hunt for Madeleine continues.
 
 
 
Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned Limited is registered with Companies House.
 
Wednesday 16 May 2007
13
Madeleine's Fund is launched as a campaign to find the missing youngster and bring her home. In conjunction, the website is relaunched under the new name www.findmadeleine.com
 
Detectives swoop on the home of Russian computer expert Sergei Malinka, 22, who designed a website for Murat.

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From: MSN Nicknametin-lizzySent: 2/16/2008 3:47 AM
Thursday 17 May 2007
14
The official Find Madeleine website receives 10 million hits between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. causing the server to crash.
 
Friday 18 May 2007
15

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Saturday 19 May 2007
16
Kate and Gerry go jogging at 7.00am in the morning, to the monument at the top of the steep cliff that overlooks Praia da Luz. They reach it in 19 minutes.

Sunday 20 May 2007
17
UK
 
Gerry leaves for Faro airport, where he catches a late flight to East Midlands Airport and plans to spend a day in the UK before returning on Tuesday morning. He is making the visit home to deal with "personal matters" as well as to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund.
 
A spokeswoman for the family in Portugal said: "He's very focussed, he is going out there for very practical reasons and he's going to get back here as quickly as he can." It is thought the visit will involve arrangements to allow the couple to stay in Portugal for the foreseeable future.
 
Gerry posts his first blog on the official Find Madeleine site.
 
 
Monday 21 May 2007

18

Gerry visits Rothley, where he sees thousands of tributes from villagers.
 
Later, he is joined by Clarence Mitchell, in his role as Director of the government's Media Monitoring Unit, and they fly back together to Portugal.

Tuesday 22 May 2007

19

Gerry becomes visibly uncomfortable when asked by a reporter 'Did you know Robert Murat?' and refuses to answer the question.
 
 
 

Wednesday 23 May 2007

20

Kate and Gerry visit Portugal's holiest site, the Marian Shrine of Fatima, in Porto. A car and driver are laid on by Mark Warner.
 
 
 
Michaela Walczuch and Luis Antonio are questioned for the second time by police.
 

Thursday 24 May 2007

21

Described by Gerry as a 'relatively quiet day'. Kate and Gerry have a 'productive meeting' with the British Ambassador and the senior British Police Officer who has been working on the case in Portugal.
 
They start to finalise their plans for interviews in parts of Europe where the coverage of Maddie's disappearance has been limited.
 
The 'last' photograph of Madeleine is released showing her sitting with her feet in the Ocean Club pool, with Gerry and Amelie beside.

Friday 25 May 2007

22

Described by Gerry as 'extremely busy and tiring', Kate and Gerry meet with their press officer Clarence Mitchell to discuss strategy for the forthcoming interviews. Their first interviews since Madeleine was 'abducted'
 
They give 10 minute interviews to Sky, BBC, ITV, Portugese TV/radio and one for the press association.
 
Shortly after the interviews are completed, police release the description of the man seen carrying a child on the night of Madeleine's abduction. The man is described as 'white, 35-40 years old, medium build and 5ft 10ins tall.
 
Portuguese police had refused to release details of Ms Tanner’s claims for more than three weeks and only made a public appeal after the McCanns threatened legal action. A senior police source said that they had not released the description because Ms Tanner’s evidence had changed over time and they feared it could hinder their inquiry.
 
 
Kate attends a luncheon in aid of International Missing Child Day, whilst John McCann, Gerry's brother, visits staff and volunteers at the Upper Richmond Road office in London to lend his support for their work.
 

Saturday 26 May 2007

23

Kate and Gerry enjoy a family day with the twins, including a photo-shoot in the morning for the Sunday newspapers.
 
 

Sunday 27 May 2007

24

Kate and Gerry start the day 'with an early morning run to the top of the nearby cliffs'. They attend mass whilst Sean and Amelie, the twins, are put into kids club.
 
In the afternoon, Kate goes to the beach with the twins, Auntie Trish and Anne. Gerry remains in the apartment catching up on e-mails, making calls and liaising with Clarence Mitchell. Gerry remarks in his blog that there are more tourists this week due to half term but less journalists.
 
The 'European Tour' moves towards finalisation with confirmation that they will start in Rome and there is a 'reasonable chance' that Kate and Gerry will meet the Pontiff.
 
In Malta, a woman says she believed she saw Madeleine with a man in the capital Valletta a week earlier.
 

Monday 28 May 2007

25

Kate and Gerry take ownership of a Renault Scenic hire car, which will become a major focus of future investigations and speculation.
 
They also find time to view an 800 sq ft inflatable poster of Madeleine, which has been driven all the way from the West of Scotland by Chris and Les. The billboard will be placed near busy roads/motorways to maintain awareness of Madeleine's disappearance. 
 
In addition, they release two mobile phone film clips, taken by a family friend, showing Madeleine clambering up the steps to the aircraft at East Midlands airport and sitting on a shuttle bus at Faro airport.
 

Tuesday 29 May 2007

26

Rome
 
Kate and Gerry set off from Praia da Luz in the afternoon for their evening flight to Rome. They travel on a private jet supplied by retail tycoon Sir Philip Green, with Clarence Mitchell and a small group of media. The flight takes two and a half hours and touches down at Ciampino airport in the capital.
 
As they step off the plane at Ciampino airport, they are greeted by the British Ambassador to the Holy See, Francis Campbell, and a representative of the Catholic Church, who kissed Mrs McCann on both cheeks.

The couple are then swiftly driven to the British residency in the centre of Rome.

Two year old twins Sean and Amelie remain in Portugal to be looked after by Gerry's sister Trish Cameron and her husband Sandy.
 
 

Wednesday 30 May 2007

27

The McCanns meet Pope Benedict XVI at a 10.30am general audience, at the start of their "European tour" to raise awareness of Madeleine's disappearance.
 
 
Kate and Gerry return to Praia da Luz late in the evening.
 
In Morocco, a Spanish woman sees a girl being dragged across a street by a woman in a headscarf in Zalo.

Thursday 31 May 2007

28

Madrid
 
Kate and Gerry leave Praia da Luz for Madrid, arriving in the Spanish capital 'late at night'.