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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2015 13:43:14 GMT
Will the search for Madeleine McCann ever be successful? The missing child’s parents have reportedly been notified by authorities that the search for their daughter may only last for another stretch of six months, which could mean hope for finding her is dwindling to an all-time low. The Daily Express reports that police have been granted a chunk of money to “solve” the disappearance of the British girl.  However, a stipulation apparently hangs over the £2 million British pounds granted to investigators. The search for Madeleine McCann is expected to wrap up in approximately six months. While the parents of the missing child are happy that the search will continue, it’s apparent that the search will cease operations as early as spring of 2016. Over the course of more than a decade, the search for little Maddie has cost British taxpayers an estimated £10.1 million. This fact has lead to numerous people calling for the closure of this unsolved cold case. Meanwhile, others are calling for justice for Madeleine, who many believe never made it out of her parents’ apartment alive the night she vanished. At one point, the McCann parents have been reportedly declared suspects in their daughter’s disappearance by Portuguese officials.  Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007 while with her parents on a vacation in Portugal. BBC News shares the timeline of the child’s disappearance, acknowledging that Kate and Gerry McCann had left the toddler unsupervised with two infant children while they dined at a nearby tapas bar with friends. This detail is the reason why many people want the McCanns to be prosecuted for child negligence. Their story has been used as a warning to other parents who have exhibited similar behavior. A Queensland judge lectured a mother who abandoned her young daughter in exchange for a night of drunken debauchery. The judge referenced the Madeleine McCann disappearance. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2015 13:52:39 GMT
 Goncalo Amaral was ordered to pay £357,000 in libel damages to Kate and Gerry McCann after claiming that they covered up their daughter's death. But now he has been told the court of appeal will hear his case.  Mr Amaral headed the initial investigation ![]() [/img] into the disappearance of Madeleine, then aged three, in Portugal in 2007. The latest twist means the McCanns, of Rothley, Leics, may have to return to Portugal to give evidence again.  A source close to the couple said last night: "Kate and Gerry are exasperated by this. "It just drags on and on and causes them even more anguish." Last night it was revealed Scotland Yard had made a new request to the Portuguese authorities for further cooperation in the case. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2015 13:06:08 GMT
 Madeleine McCann's parents support the campaign to find Ben Needham and there is no "spat" between the two campaigns, their spokesman has said. Clarence Mitchell commented after the official Twitter account backing the search for Madeleine was deleted due to "abusive comments" on social media.  The Find Madeleine webmaster said "hatred and sheer viciousness" had been directed at Kate and Gerry McCann. The Twitter account was deleted with the McCanns' consent. Mr Mitchell said: "Kate and Gerry McCann have always supported the campaign to find Ben Needham, indeed they have promoted it on their Find Madeleine Campaign social media platforms.  "However, it is a great pity that due to continued, ill-informed and abusive comments by some social media users, the decision has been taken to discontinue the Find Madeleine Twitter account." In a statement on Facebook, the Find Madeleine webmaster said "deleting our Twitter account is the only option left to protect ourselves and the search for Madeleine". "At times, it has had me in tears," the statement said. "It is hard to accept that some people can be so cruel to a family that has already experienced the worst pain imaginable." |
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Post by Admin on Oct 19, 2015 13:59:02 GMT
 A sixteen-year-old girl was told she couldn’t board a flight to Portugal alone "because of the Madeleine McCann case ". Eilidh Strathie was all set to travel to Faro from Edinburgh to stay with her grandparents on the Algarve but was stopped at the gate by ground staff from Jet2.  They said that Eilidh - who is old enough to get married, join the army and ride a motorbike - needed a letter of consent from her parents and details of who would be collecting her in Portugal. Although the British airline "allows persons aged 14 or over to travel alone", staff said rules in Portugal have tightened up as a result of the high-profile McCann abduction case.  Eilidh said: "My mum and dad took me to the airport and waited until I was through security. I went to the gate when boarding was called, but when I got to the desk the woman took me out of the queue and said I could not fly as I didn't have a letter giving my parents' consent and saying who was picking me up at the other end. It was really embarrassing." |
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2015 13:48:34 GMT
A child whose decomposed body found in a suitcase in southern Australia roused the suspicions of police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been identified as the daughter of a woman whose skeletal remains were found in a forest 750 miles (1,207km) away. The identities of both bodies had long baffled police in two states until they received a tip on a crime prevention hotline two weeks ago. The caller suggested the girl in the suitcase might be a missing two-year-old named Khandalyce Pearce, South Australia state police said.  Police had sifted through dozens of missing persons profiles to try to identify the child's remains - even receiving a call from British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family holiday in Portugal. DNA tests confirmed the remains were Khandalyce's and police then used blood samples from the medical records of Khandalyce's mother, Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, to confirm that a skeleton found in a New South Wales state forest in 2010 belonged to the 20 year old.  Khandalyce's body was discovered in July after a driver spotted the suitcase dumped on the side of a main road near the small South Australia town of Wynarka. Meanwhile, New South Wales police had been working for years to determine the identity of a woman whose bones were spotted by cyclists in 2010 in the Belanglo State Forest, about 90 miles south of Sydney.  The forest is infamous for being a dumping ground for victims of Australia's most notorious serial killer, Ivan Milat, who was convicted in 1996 of murdering seven backpackers. An examination of the bones indicated the woman had suffered a violent death. Investigators dubbed her "Angel" after finding a shirt bearing an angelic motif near her remains. |
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