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Post by Admin on Apr 28, 2014 21:38:14 GMT
 Saturday marks seven years since the little girl vanished. And on Thursday her mum Kate will relive the torment in a television interview with Lorraine Kelly. Ahead of that an age progression expert has produced an image of how a ten-year-old Madeleine may look. Jovey Mae Hayes, a forensic computer age progression expert, used the same techniques she has employed in numerous kidnapping and missing persons cases for police forces across America.  She said: “ Madeleine would be much taller than her parents remember and, because girls begin to physically mature before boys, she would appear to them to have put on a little weight and her shoulders would appear broader. Her face would also be more filled out and it’s interesting to note from original photos that she has her mother’s eyes and father’s mouth. Her lips would look fuller now than they did when she was little and, at almost 11, her eyebrows would have begun to look more pronounced.”  She said Madeleine’s jawline would also be more defined and her nose would appear more elongated and a little wider. She added: “The whole world remembers a little girl about to turn four from those posters. But she isn’t a little girl any more, although even not-so-close friends and relatives would probably recognise her from the likenesses to her parents that are still extremely evident.” |
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Post by Admin on May 1, 2014 6:08:43 GMT
 Kate McCann has revealed how she desperately wants to know what’s happened to missing daughter Madeleine - even if there is a tragic end to the mystery. Kate, 46, said she still longed for the return of her daughter nearly seven years to the day after Madeleine went missing while on holiday with her family in Portugal. But in an interview with The Sun last night, she said: "I just want to know if she's alive or dead.  "We obviously want Madeleine back number one — but we do want an answer, whatever. I have spent days thinking, ‘What would you rather? Not know, or find out something you didn't want to hear?’ Obviously our ultimate hope is that we find Madeleine and she comes home and we re-establish her into our family and spend the next few years of her life getting it all as good as it can be." She added: "I'm not underestimating the blow of hearing bad news that your child had been killed, because obviously you're not going to go, ‘OK at least we know’. But I've spent hours thinking about that and, each time, I still come up thinking we need to know. Regardless, we need to know." Kate was speaking three days ahead of the seventh anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance to promote the launch of the Child Rescue Alert system. The system sends out texts and emails if a child is kidnapped, or missing and thought to be in danger. |
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Post by Admin on May 1, 2014 21:29:58 GMT
Kate McCann says she is desperate to know whether her daughter is still alive, as she backs the new Child Rescue Alert. The mother of missing Madeleine McCann has said she needs to know what happened to her daughter even if the answer turns out to be the "worst case scenario". Nearly seven years since the youngster vanished while on holiday in Portugal with her family, Kate McCann told Sky News: "Madeleine's either alive or she isn't and we can't change that.  "If we can find her we can bring her home and make things right. Obviously our hope is that she's alive and being well looked after but regardless of the outcome, we need to know. We all need to know." In a separate interview with The Sun newspaper, she added: "The worst case scenario has always been a possibility and anyone who thinks we're blinkered doesn't know us."  Last week, it emerged police are investigating five new cases in which young British girls were sexually abused during holiday home break-ins in the Algarve. It followed a fresh appeal for information by detectives at Scotland Yard, which led to hundreds of calls. Madeleine's father, Gerry McCann, said in the Sky News interview: "The crime needs to be solved. "Ultimately, there is someone out there, or people out there, who have stolen a child and it may be linked to other crimes, it may not." |
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Post by Admin on May 2, 2014 23:54:33 GMT
The parents of Madeleine McCann have told the BBC they are frustrated there is no joint British and Portuguese police inquiry into her disappearance. Her mother, Kate McCann, said she also finds the slowness of the Portuguese investigation "distressing". Mrs McCann said she walks in that area every year to feel closer to Madeleine. Madeleine's bedroom at the family home in Rothley, Leicestershire, has been kept exactly as it was when she went missing, her mother said. "She might want to change it a bit now she's a bit older," Mrs McCann said. "It's absolutely the same."  The mother of missing Madeleine McCann has given her backing to a revamped child rescue system, designed to alert millions of people when a child is abducted or goes missing. A Child Rescue Alert can be triggered when a child's life is in danger. Kate McCann is urging people to sign up to receive the alerts. The system will go live on 25 May.  Mrs McCann said: "When a child is abducted, families are devastated and entire communities are torn apart. The agony of not knowing where your child is is almost impossible to imagine. The helplessness is at times overwhelming. "But there is now something we can all do to help. Please sign up to receive alerts - you could save a child's life." Mrs McCann's visits to Praia da Luz take place once or twice a year, with the most recent being in April 2013. "That's obviously the last place we were with Madeleine," she said. "I'll still walk those streets and I guess try to look for answers. It helps me, most of the time." She admitted she went "quietly" so as not to generate publicity which some local people "resent". A Child Rescue Alert is a mechanism to centralise possible clues and leads from the public. An alert can be triggered by any British police force - but only when a case matches three criteria: - The child must be under 18 - There is a "reasonable belief" that the child is in imminent danger of serious harm - There is sufficient information for the public to be able to help the police investigation |
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Post by Admin on May 3, 2014 22:36:40 GMT
 Kate McCann is often still “paralysed” by sadness over the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine, who vanished seven years ago tomorrow. The sad milestone will be marked by Kate, husband Gerry and close family praying for the girl’s return. Kate, 46, said: “Our situation seems as unbelievable as it did that very first night without Madeleine. “Whenever I find myself becoming paralysed with disbelief, unease, frustration or sadness, I have to refocus my mind on the positives.” Kate, a former GP, singled out Scotland Yard’s investigation for making “encouraging progress.” She also made a veiled attack on the Portuguese police who have so far stalled in committing to join forces with British detectives. But she said UK police were “cautiously optimistic” of starting inquiries on the ground in Portugal very soon. Kate added: “The passing of further weeks and months as a result of unnecessary delays and barriers are not only frustrating they are distressing. “Each day without Madeleine and each day of not knowing is another day too many.” |
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