Hi Brian
Following your recent post from sign-off “God first, always, Bette G”, you had a previous post on 21st Sept 07, I believe from the same person signing off “God first, Always, B”, text further below (same sign-off), so is useful to view/combine both posts together & there’s a lot of info there, that should be looked into.
In Bette G’s recent post she mentions a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral with 7 spires, in disrepair, round stained glass window in the centre with another to the left & to the right side that have flowers, some statues & linked to a pilgrimage.
And in her previous post she mentions, cathedral Santa Maria & also Santiago.
Most of Bette G’s info, I find, could point to the most famous pilgrimage in Europe ‘Camino de Santiago’ (the way of St James) the routes via France, Portugal etc leading to the cathedral at Santiago Compostela in Galicia, NW Spain, not far from the coast.
“ Avoiding the sea routes and those via the south, most pilgrims entered the Peninsula across the Pyrenees (except those who went along the Basque Coast), channelled down the four main French Routes: the Toulouse way, from Arles to Somport via St. Cernin de Toulouse down the Roman roads of the south; the Puy route, from le Puy, via Conques and Moissac; the Limoges way, leaving Vezelay and going through Limoges and Perigueux, and the Touraine way, through Paris and Tours, the three last mentioned meeting at Ostabat and entering Spain through St Jean Pied de Port and Roncesvalles. “ …
Text above taken from this link (from Brazil - .br) http://www.sandropacheco.adm.br/santiago1.htm giving all details, in English, of routes & history as well as addresses/phone numbers of hospices & shelters for pilgrims and also pilgrims associations in Europe, one being in Düsseldorf, a place that Carol Everett has mentioned in her insights see update of 4 August 07 (written in red) http://www.caroleverett.com/maddy-mccann.htm
There is a Santa Maria cathedral of León in NW Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_León which is close to the final destination (Santiago Compostela) of the famous pilgrimage.
Coincidence re the name of the area, but there is also a cathedral Notre Dame (Our Lady – Mary/Maria) at Laon (sometimes spelt Léon) France, which is on that main route of the pilgrimage & is one of the starting points/stop-offs to Santiago Compostela in NW Spain.
The description that Bette gives sounds very much like this cathedral at Laon (Léon) in France, which is NE of Reims, & apparently is a badly neglected/decayed cathedral & does have 7 spires & the round stained glass rose windows etc.
Good photos here with location map & floor plan (mentions 7 spires, but on other sites says 6 spires :
http://www.abelard.org/france/cathedrals5-laon.php
http://www.webshots.com/search?query=Cathedral+of+Laon+France
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/laon-cathedral.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laon_Cathedral
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C07E6DC1739E13ABC4C53DFBE668383609EDE&oref=slogin – this really old write-up mentions the 7 spires too.
Also, a place called Roncesvalles is on this pilgrimage route to Santiago Compostela & also has a cathedral called Santa Maria.
After my mention of the Galicia area NW Spain above, it reminded me that the Clairvoyant NEO has given an update April 2008 (Jim Brown I think his name is – ex firefighter) :
NEO says: “I have to apologize if I gave the wrong directions regarding Ronsonville(sp) but it is indeed in the NE region rather than the NW.”
Taken from: http://the-missing-still-speak.com/blog.html?pg=1&cnt=5&t=a
I had actually written to you (posted 21st April 08) regarding that place in the NE of Spain (clip below from my post) :
“there is a 2nd Roncesvalles in the region of Orreaga, Spain (Navarre) on the Spanish/French border area.
Regarding the Clairvoyant NEO mentioning 217 being a significant nbr in the area of Roncesvalles, looking back at this place name, the one on the Spanish/French border there is a place called Pamplona close to Roncesvalles, which is famous for the ‘running of the bulls’ which takes place on 7 July. There is a hotel called Gran Hotel La Perla in Pamplona being very famous for Ernest Hemingway staying in room 217.
Could this fit with your usual 217 nbr?
I believe Bette G the same Bette that has done the psychic automatic writing/drawings, that readers have been trying to decipher on your research blog? http://www.briansprediction.com/helpwanted/Madeleine%20McCann.htm & http://madeleine347.proboards66.com/index.cgi?board=psychic&action=display&thread=25&page=1
As well as the most recent drawings sent to you.
In Bette’s text (added below), she mentions a Phillipe, which would normally be spelt Philippe in France/Belgium (in Portuguese mainly spelt with an ‘F’) – which I am wondering if that has any link to the Philippe that you mention in the Riu Pedro case (you said, he was taken by Philippe).
Also its strange that Bette G mentions, an older man limps – this sounds like Matthew James insights a while back where he has also mentioned a few times…. a man that limps.
Kind regards
Z
PS: Both of Bette G’s write-ups below, the recent one first, then the post from 21 September 07, both very interesting :
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Hi Z, thanks, working on some very interesting things, if you're in right now give me a call.
Brian
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HOPE ALL IS WELL--I AM GOING TO FORWARD A FEW THINGS OF INTEREST
I HAVE BEEN DRAWING A CATHEDRAL WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE I
AM DRAWING A FLOOR PLAN OF THE BUILDING. I ALSO DRAW A DOME
CEILING, LARGE CIRCULAR STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH ANOTHER TO THE
LEFT AS WELL AS TO THE RIGHT.
SEVEN SPIRES
NORTH FACADE (MIND YOU, BRIAN, I HAVE NO SENSE OF DIRECTION CLOSED
TO THE PUBLIC
ROOF IS IN DISREPAIR SHINGLES ARE SCATTERED
CENTER ISLE
SUB LEVEL
STATUES/ALTER EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS
NARROW STAIRS BEHIND THE SCAPULAR AREA
CHURCH IS VERY MUCH INVOLVED...
I AM NOT FEELING MADDY HAS PASSED
SHE HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF SHORT DARK HAIR PLAID SKIRT SHCOOL
ATTIRE WITH TIE
PILGRIMAGE
MEDITERRANEAN
#2 COMPOUND
SURROUNDED BY WATER
TUNNELS/CATACOMBS
DEACON
MAGISTRATE
COURTYARD IS PLAY AREA
2 CHILDREN BESIDES MADDY
OLDER MAN LIMPS
CHILD WILL BE SEEN OR TURNED OVER TO THE CHURCH
I AM FEELING THIS CHURCH/CATHEDRAL THROUGH A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE
LOOKING UP, I AM DRAWING ALOT OF STAINED GLASS, FLOWERS, SWIRLS
GOTHIC
BAROQUE
SHE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE...
AUGUST IS A VERY IMPORT MONTH
ON GOING CONSTRUCTION
FLAGS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE WAVING
IRON FENCE SURROUNDS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY
PEOPLE CAN GO TO WORSHIP THE OUTSIDE SHROUD OF THE VIRGIN MARY
CHILDREN ARE TAKEN THERE FOR SPECIAL BLESSINGS.. THE FEAST OF ...
I FEEL MUSIC MARIA, MARIA, SANTA MAIRE, MARIA, MARIA MARIA MARIE...
GOLD AND FILIGREE ADORN THE ALTER AND ARCHWAY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SCROLLS ARE KEPT HERE
THE HIDDEN STAIRWELLS ARE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT
CHAPEL QUARTERS
GUARD HOUSE ON PROPERTY
LARGE FOUNTAIN SURROUNDED BY FOUR WALLS AREA FOR MEDITATION
LORD OF HOSTS
BELL TOWER
GRAND...MARBLE CENTER ISLE
ROSE WINDOW CENTER
PHILLIPE
ANGELIC HOSTS PROCLAIM
FINITE FINITE ( I AM NOT SURE)
I FEEL THIS CATHEDRAL IS A DROP OFF POINT FOR MADDY
THERE WILL BE A SIGHTING OF THE CHILD *THIS TIME IT'S REAL
SHE WILL BE IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER CHILDREN
I ALSO FEEL A STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH A MALE IN A ROBE
IT IS NOT THAT OF JESUS BUT IT IS A STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH
A MALE, POSSIBLY A SAINT
I HAVE HAD A VERY STRONG URGE TO WRITE THE PAST WEEK OR SO,
ENERGY IS VERY STRONG ANOTHER JOURNEY POSSIBLY, DU PAUL?
I WILL FORWARD DRAWINGS AS SOON AS I AM ABLE TO--I NEED HELP
TO DO THIS...IN THE PAST I FAXED TO YOU-I WILL SEND THIS WEEK
GOD FIRST
ALWAYS,
BETTE G
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Thanks Bette.
Brian
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21/9 Dear Brian,
Hope all is well AND I am hoping you will receive this email...
writing for Madeleine She is alive..energy has been incredibly
strong...I have been drawing a cathedral for the past week or more...
I want to be careful because I am also writing alot of "static" could be
garbage...on September 12th I drew a circular church window with
a cross within it...the drawings I am doing are becoming more elaborate
in detail, again, I am more than happy to fax to you if you confirm a number
to me. I think you know by now how much I respect your work, your bravery,
and your honesty no matter what anyone thinks...So! Keep Moving Forward!
Today I write:
(letting you know I only speak English, Brian, but lately I am writing alot of
words, no clue where they are coming from)
regenato sinclair operato sebestio Spain
I google it comes up regenerator sinclair operato sebastian spain
It brings me to Crypt Angel Commentary
Rosslyn Chapel Scotland
and the first picture I see is the church window with the cross as I drew it 9/12
September 19th I write:
valuable message to the pope
Madeleine is inside
tempest temple cathedral chapel tempest
Visitation is unremarkable for over a century
the child is under the secrecy oath and vows
of holiness will not embrace the public pleas
to release this child
Santa Maria
Santa Maria Cathedral
Four women have remained who care for Madeleine
custodians of the secular
monastery
child travels by water, by car at night
*She has been in this location as I continue to draw the same picture over and over
In the pictures I am drawing there are very tall thin steeples not sure this is what they are called
I continue to draw very ornate looking "S" big and small and circular flower patterns...I am inside the cathedral
She stays in the marque maria ....maria marquise la Paul women of the cloth mercy of
perpetual faith...there is no decision to release this child at the present time...
diocese of authority basilica
Madeleine is inside of the cathedral chapel chapel of the angels
inside the formal compartment....inside the host of the mariade gaul chapel (not sure)
this child is protected by the sanctity of the holiest and this child is protected
hierarchy of Spain
nuns of mercy
monks...Madeleine was or will be taken to secret society of monks (this is really what I am writing I am
putting it all out there, Brian, don't know what it means) nuns of mercy will take care of this child as
requested by the hierarchy higherarchy? of spainia silva conquesta...
west driveway entrance turns into the superior underground dorms domes not sure
where the child also stays
Vows of secrecy secrecy vows will not allow the child to be released
maria Santiago festival of the saints September 20th is an important date
The grand appeal has been set forth for the child's release
diocese of authority in the basilica of Spain... must go directly to the Grand Bishop ...
who has the authority to release this bond of secrecy...
Madeleine is inside of the west wing of the chapel behind the statue of the Virgin Mary there are compartments
waiting for permission to gain access to the chapel quarters and rooms that are below
the chapel
I have also been writing secular quite a bit...
I wrote this a few days ago:
ocean view Brighton Beach
Female friend of the Mccanns
Ballet Studio
West Green Street Brighton Glenford England
World Golf Association
Face Painting, body painting
Black Ferrari exotic car show
Solstice Solstice celebration
Nationalist
There are very strong religious ties to Madeleine's disappearance...there are those close to the Mccanns who
do know what has happened to her...this was not by chance...her disappearance was well thought out
and well planned. I also feel 2006 was an important year. World conferences having to do with the
medical field...I also write about a sister to Madeleine...there are very political ties to her situation as
well.
Brian, I do believe Madeleine was in the Ocean Club area for a good while...I also felt and still feel alot
of movement for her with travel.
Thanks, as always, for all you do, take care, Brian, and God Bless!
God First!
Always
B
Hi Brian
Interesting to see that Matthew James insights says that “MM is held somewhere closer to home than can ever be imagined”. And links with Scotland, Ireland or Cornwall that’s on SW coast England. And again he mentions deer in the area & a large estate. “The inlet appears like Scotland but more likely Ireland. There is a large estate nearby with deer seen in the grounds.”
And also the name Donnie/Donald comes up – see below.
Also, it’s quite amazing that MJ has some similar insights to Bette G’ list. They both seem to mention links with, Scotland, a female friend/close friend of the McCann’s that know what’s happened to Madeleine & that it’s a well thought out plan :
PLAID SKIRT SCHOOL ATTIRE WITH TIE – possibly Scottish/Irish plaid skirt (like tartan kilt type skirt perhaps?).
OLDER MAN LIMPS – MJ mentioned few times previously.
THERE WILL BE A SIGHTING OF THE CHILD *THIS TIME IT'S REAL SHE WILL BE IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER CHILDREN – MJ says “Where MM is found – eventually when the ‘powers that be’ decide – she will be found with a group of other children.” & “I sense heat/sun at the locality”
Rosslyn Chapel Scotland – MJ has mentioned previously I believe.
ocean view Brighton Beach – UK connection, Brighton is south-mid coast of England
Female friend of the Mccanns – MJ says “…(possibly the female) who was relatively close to the McCanns. Someone with a ‘double life’ unbeknown to them. Orchestrating the operations.” & “Someone ‘familiar’ to MM carried her to a waiting vehicle. Vehicle to quay/shore.
Ballet Studio & Face Painting, body painting – Is Bette G saying possibly linked to female friend of McCann’s??
West Green Street Brighton Glenford England - UK connection, south-mid coast of England
World Golf Association – MJ mentions “Donnie or Donald could well hold the answer though a flight over the straits of G will herald little.” Maybe nothing but, Donald Trump (mother Scottish) has bought land in Menie Estate, nr Aberdeen, Scotland - “£1billion "world's greatest golf course" Trump will testify on June, 2008, as first witness at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) inquiry (ordered by Scottish ministers) after an Aberdeenshire Council committee denied his plans to build a £1billion golf resort north of Aberdeen, the "world's greatest golf course" at the Menie Estate. Environmental groups and local campaigners opposed the bid, because of the future of the sand dunes but business leaders supported the would-be golf course. Trump announced that: "It will be the greatest golf course anywhere in the world; There'll be nothing even close. The fact is it will be something very special, there won't be anything like it." - Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
There are very strong religious ties to Madeleine's disappearance... – MJ says “followers or practitioners of a ‘religion within a religion” & “Someone may well be the member of an orthodox religion but also a follower of another ‘religion’ or ‘belief’ which the orthodox religion will not accept.”
There are those close to the Mccanns who do know what has happened to her...this was not by chance...her disappearance was well thought out and well planned. – MJ says “Someone with ‘trained intelligence’ was behind the abduction.”
Is it possible that DD6731 (below) is also linked to the Madeleine case? It immediately followed your DD6730 that is definitely linked to Madeleine & it sometimes is the case with your DDs that they follow on / link together.
But I believe moreso because you have drawn the same sort of cross with lines branching off one of the cross points, as you have drawn on another DD 6285 (below) that is linked to the Madeleine case.
I first thought that the 7-digit number on DD6731 could be a phone nbr, but you have underlined by 2-digits showing separation, then you have written the numbers separately on your translation as well - "9 12 16 17 20 22 27 18 26 32".
By the way the 27 you translate is clearly a 37 on your drawing.
The 2-digit nbrs could be a row(s) of house/apt numbers and 22 & 37 & 26 you have mentioned before on other DDs, so are significant. 37 has often linked with RM in your drawings.
Your cross with the extra lines, could be signifying that this is a crossroads, having roads branching off? The other cross could be signifying the church.
Perhaps it is the crossroads at PDL church. Looking at the map below of PDL, the roads appear to be the same shape as your cross drawings.
The actual crossroads would therefore be the roads Rua Primeiro de Maio from north to south, Rua da Calheta leading west & Rua da Poco going east.
Then there is Rua 25 de Abril branching NW & Rua Direita NE.
Check map http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=37.086311,-8.730279&spn=0.003971,0.009356&z=17
& satellite image http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=37.086311,-8.730279&spn=0.003971,0.009356&t=k&z=17
On DD6285, the 4th branch off could be the road Rua Ema Vieira Alvernaz (off Rua Primeiro de Maio – road nbr Estrada 537-1) leading through to Rúa da Escola where the Estrela da Luz apartments are (reception address I think?), that you have drawn a lot, saying she is down below.
The 4 roads that actually surround the Estrela da Luz apartments are : Rúa do Ramalhete, Rúa Benedita da Conceicao Baptista, Rúa Manuel Augusto Alves Catarino & Rúa da Escola (off Rúa Primeiro Maio).
I am wondering if your numbers "9 12 16 17 20 22 27 37 18 26 32" could be houses/apartments in the area of the Estrela da Luz apartments.
You seem to have drawn many times, alongside the Estrela da Luz apartments, a flag post or board sign with ‘8’ or ‘&’ on it and you have a DD somewhere that shows a house with the same flag post/board sign, but I cant seem to find it. It was very similar to the drawing Samuel had done.
I wish I could walk around the area myself to check it out!
DD6731

"9 12 16 17 20 22 27 18 26 32"
DD6285
Also, DD5907 perhaps shows a sort of crossroads / road turn-off’s?
Also, regarding Elaine’s post on singing psychic Fran’s insights seeing Madeleine 1.5 miles North of PDL where there is rubbish & a gate, and Elaine believes it could be on the old road where a caravan is - position shown on the maps sent in as being NE of McCann’s apartment.
You had actually drawn what you call a trailer (caravan) with a satellite dish on this DD6286 http://www.briansprediction.com/dd/6286.htm where some readers thought it may be connected to the Madeleine case, as it mentioned "dish TV, white light, still here, 9", perhaps also because this DD had followed DD6285 that was related to Madeleine.
The only connection that I can see is where you have mentioned before ‘white light’ & ‘still here’, but that could mean it’s for someone else, if the ‘9’ is referring to an age, then it cant be for Madeleine as you’ve normally written a 3 or 4 assuming her age.
But perhaps the ‘9’ refers to the number of the caravan’s address, as it looks more like a mobile home?
What are your feelings on this Brian – do you think this caravan/trailer/mobile home is related to the Madeleine case?
Kind regards
Z
PS. Re you emailing me to say you are working on some very interesting things, I will call you as soon as I can to chat about that. Have to sleep right now. But do you remember our last phone conversation, before you were away, re my recent dream vision on the woman with long straight blond hair, about 25-30yrs old – I see now that Matthew James has also mentioned a long blond-haired woman. Strange. Ive tried drawing this blond woman & every time it ends up looking something like Miss Piggy!! I am no artist for sure. Shame we cant plug in & print our dreams! I don’t know where the Greenpeace dream vision I had comes into anything though – probably not Madeleine related
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Well done as always, and it was nice talking to you again.
Brian
So glad you are back!!! I miss all of you when I can't check in everyday!!! Glad to hear the filming went well and that you met and worked with some amazing folks. Anyhow, I had sent this before. All my best.
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Date: Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Subject: Another Psychic with Similar Thoughts as Bette
Hi Brian
I have so missed yor posts this week, hoping you are feeling better, though. I was looking around today to see if there was any new feelings out there as there is such a media blackout right now and I came across this link on the Psychic Guild Forum. Incase anyone wants to read the whole thing I copied it, but below is what I specifically noticed as similar to Bettes last post.
"I feel a coincidental sighting or worshipping crowd which is related to Mary (mother of Jesus) will bizzarely be connected to the whereabouts of Madeleine being found. Does this connect to the town of Fatima in Portugal I wonder ?"
Anyhow, I thought it might spark soething to other readers if they could read thru some recent thoughts on this site. Hoping you are feeling well :)
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Hi, thanks for this and sorry for the delay...will check out the forum.
Brian
I sent you some photo's of the Rosslyn Chapel (off Bette drawings/info)
Bette told a mounth ago that they where working /renovating the church : look at this .
This is the cottage nearby the church :
I found also this article of the church :
Ghosts in Rosslyn Chapel”
My husband and another couple visited the Rosslyn Chapel in May. We took the bus from Edinburg, and walked to the Chapel.
We wandered on the scaffolding that surrounds the outside of the building before entering the chapel. Although we arrived early a few people started to arrive by the time we entered the chapel. Our guide was a young woman who was very knowledgeable, and projected her voice well.
She was humorous when talking about the ghosts who linger in the chapel basement. She asked us if anyone felt ghosts or an unearthly presence while downstairs to let her know. My friend sometimes feels an unearthly presence. She got that feeling downstairs, but said it wasn't a bad feeling. I told our guide about my friend's feeling. Privately our guide then mentioned that she had been very disbelieving until she also had those kinds of feelings. She mentioned that some staff members had seen ghosts and actually taken pictures of one.
After we had seen enough of the chapel we wandered down the lane past the cemetery and to a bridge that led to the ruins of the Rosslyn castle. A small charming home from the 1600s sits on top of the ruins. We took the path under the bridge to see the back side of the castle. We felt as if we had wandered into Harry Potter land.
After we had something to eat in the small town of Roslin then took the bus back to Edinburg. This trip was one of the highlights of our visit to Scotland
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Foto’s :
http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g551764-w3-Roslin_Midlothian_Scotland.html#17626493
I hope that Bette can help you with the info, and that this little angel can go home.
Katrien
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Thanks Katrien will get this posted.
Brian
6.24.2008
brian sorry to be a pain yet again,have you seen find madeline website? all of a sudden the number of days madeline has missing as gone.odd its always been there
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Hi, not at all....just visited the site, it does seem to be missing.
Brian
6.29.2008
7.1.2008
Hiya Brian,
After weeks of hardly any news about the case, today, the Madeline
case has been all over the news, on tv.It started with the Portuguese
newspapers stating the the case was about to be dropped/shelved, then
from hour to hour it was denied then changed , it was hard to keep up
at one point with what was actually going to happen. Then there was a n
official statement , saying that the case had been refered to the
Public Prosecutor, as all leads had been exhausted. But that the case
would remain open, in case anything of interest came up in the
future.... but there was no mention of the Arguido staus being lifted
or not. And of course CM was on the tv asking that it was lifted, and
the McCanns to see the files so that their own investigators could see
if there was anything that could help them find her.There are several
interesting links, about the case, i have just posted a few links, but
some full stories too, as the links would not work.
Hope this finds you all well, keep up the wonderful work, Take care
God Bless
CY uk
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Thanks for this, I'm in the process of moving images from the private file to this page...an Amusement park in PA is charging $4 admission tomorrow, so we are going.
Also, from what I know the PJ are not dropping the case, it seems like they are up to the same old tricks of confusion and conflicting information...trademarks of organized crime.
rian
http://blogs.news.sky.com/lifeofcrime/Post:956fe8b6-cf6c-4034-9abe-66a5c5c3b69d
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Madeleine-McCann-Case-Robert-Murat-Welcomes-New
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DEATH THREATS MADE TO GERRY AND KATE
BY GARY MITCHELL
10:30 - 23 June 2008
Police are investigating threats made against the parents of Madeleine
McCann, it has been reported.
Gerry and Kate McCann have installed panic alarms and CCTV cameras at
their Rothley home after receiving "menacing letters and e-mails".
The report, in a Sunday newspaper, said the parents have received two
death threats - and one sender suggested an intruder would target the
missing five-year-old's bedroom.
The People quotes a Leicestershire Constabulary spokesman who said:
"Several letters have been passed to us. We are investigating threats
made against the McCanns."
It further quotes a source "close to the couple" as saying: "They have
had threats made against them which they find both very worrying and
upsetting.
"Unfortunately, there are some lunatics out there.
"There have been lots of offensive and vicious letters, with at least
two talking about killing them.
"Security surrounding Kate and Gerry has been reviewed.
"They will not let these people break them down."
Meanwhile, Mr and Mrs McCann are to ask a High Court judge to order the
release of police documents which they hope will step up the search for
their missing daughter, Madeleine, according to reports.
The couple are determined to do everything necessary to search for
their daughter.
The McCanns hope their application to Mrs Justice Hogg will result in
Leicestershire police opening their files on scores of reported
sightings of Madeleine, most of which have been passed on to them by
police in Portugal, where the then four-year-old disappeared in May
last year.
Until now, police have refused the couple's requests for information
about sightings, saying they are bound by the terms of an agreement
with Portuguese police.
But Mr and Mrs McCann, who retain the services of a Spanish-based
detective agency, are anxious to make sure that every possible lead has
been checked out.
It has been widely reported this weekend that Madeleine was made a ward
of court last summer at the request of the McCanns, to empower judges
to act in her best interests in any legal dispute such as the case
which is about to be heard.
Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns' spokesman, told national newspapers: "I
can state that on the instigation of Gerry and Kate McCann, Madeleine
is a ward of the High Court of England and Wales.
"An application has been made on Madeleine's behalf by her parents for
disclosure of certain documents. The hearing is currently scheduled for
July 7 in the High Court in London.
"It has been the stated intention of Gerry and Kate McCann to leave no
stone unturned in doing everything necessary to search for their
daughter, as would any parent.
"This application is just part of their search for Madeleine."
The couple visited Strasbourg, in France, last week to campaign for a
Europe-wide alert system for abducted children.
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g Madeleine case begins to fade
By Alison Roberts
BBC News, Lisbon
Madeleine poster
Thousands of posters were distributed in Portugal - with no result
The news that Portugal's criminal investigation force, the Polícia
Judiciária, has submitted its final report on the Madeleine McCann case
marks the beginning of the end of the country's most high profile
investigation.
The prosecutors who are now poring over the files may ask police to tie
up one or another loose end.
However, local media are reporting that detectives have concluded there
is not sufficient evidence to charge anyone in connection with the
little girl's disappearance in May last year, and that the case should
be closed.
Lawyers for the McCanns and for Robert Murat, the other arguido, or
official suspect, in the case, have said that they have received no
word of a development that would mean the lifting of their suspect
status.
Cautious tone
In a brief statement, the office of Portugal's attorney-general
confirmed that prosecutors had received the final report from police,
but said that it was still “the subject of careful assessment and
consideration”.
Noting that the case files comprise several dozen volumes, it said that
these, too, would be looked at by prosecutors to determine whether
police should be asked to do anything more, or whether “the necessary
and sufficient conditions” existed to close the investigation.
While the prospect of the case being closed was widely covered by the
Portuguese media, within hours, other stories, such as the problems of
the country's national health service, had taken over
But despite the cautious tone, the case looks to be in its final phase.
The blanket of judicial secrecy covering it remains in place until
mid-August (as the attorney-general's statement confirmed) and many
observers believe the prospect of its being lifted is acting as a spur.
As for the McCanns, their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said the
removal of the couple's suspect status would be one welcome consequence
of the case being closed.
Case files
But he argued that if police intend to give up the search for
Madeleine, then it is all the more urgent for the McCanns and their
private investigators to gain access to the case files.
“If they are simply going to archive or drop the case without any more
searching being done, then the information in their files must also be
made available to our private investigators, so the search for
Madeleine can continue,” he said.
It is unusual in Portugal, as in most countries, for an investigation
into a child's disappearance to be wound up before the child is found.
But even before this case took its most dramatic turn last September,
when the McCanns were declared arguidos (official suspects), it was
clear that detectives did not see abduction as being the only crime
that might have been committed.
Coverage of the case in the local media - apparently fed by leaks from
police or former police officers - pointed to detectives being
troubled, to say the least, by aspects of the testimony given by the
McCanns and the friends with whom they were holidaying last May, and
with whom they were dining on the night that Madeleine disappeared.
Crimes
Last month, the only court papers relating to the case to emerge so far
confirmed that police had been looking at several crimes: abduction,
homicide, “exposure to abandonment” (the equivalent of neglect) and
concealment of a corpse.
Meanwhile, British tabloids have continued to criticise Portuguese
police and their methods.
News of the World
The case generated huge headlines at the time, but media interest is
fading
Although some newspapers also turned their fire on the McCanns -
resulting in some cases in legal action and an out-of-court settlement
- the barbs of British commentators against the Polícia Judiciária took
their toll.
The resignations of both the coordinator of criminal investigations in
Portimão, in October, and the PJ's national director, in May this year,
were directly related to the Madeleine case.
With the stakes so high for all involved, relations between the McCanns
and police charged with looking for their daughter have been poor.
In comments today, Clarence Mitchell confirmed that the man
coordinating the investigation for the past eight months, Paulo Rebelo,
had not talked to Madeleine's parents once since taking over.
For well over a year now, this case has dominated the news agenda in
both the UK and Portugal.
But while the prospect of the case being closed was widely covered by
the Portuguese media, within hours, other stories, such as the problems
of the country's national health service, had taken over.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7381452.stm Police haunted by
Madeliene case
7.2.2008
Was wondering if you or any of your readers know what happened to Matthew James site? I cannot seem to access it and I don't understand why? I am hoping he does not now have knowledge of something bad that has happened. Can you let me know....or post this on your site as well.
K
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Hi K, I do not know what's happened, Matthew responded to an email from me about 6 months ago, and I have not visited his site. I can try and find out for you.
Brian
The Maddie detectives must now apologise
Last updated at 1:27 PM on 02nd July 2008
Madeleine McCann, who disappeared 14 months ago
At long last, Kate and Gerry McCann seem set to be cleared of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance.
This should be an occasion for quiet rejoicing, except that Madeleine is still missing.
Her parents, driven half-mad by grief and guilt, were almost deprived of what remained of their sanity by the Portuguese police who were supposed to be helping them.
Now, it seems, the spectacularly incompetent Inspector Cluesnos are ready to admit they have no evidence against the McCanns.
What took them so long? It was obvious to any sane person from Day One that Kate and Gerry had not murdered Madeleine.
Not unless the doctors from Rothley had a cunning sideline as Oscar-winning actors.
Their beloved first child was the product of many desperate years of IVF. As the video of Madeleine in her Snow White costume attested, the three-year-old was the apple of her parents' eye.
I will never forget when Kate spoke for the first time about her little girl and trailed off helplessly: "She's lovely . . ."
Parents don't usually need to put their feelings for their kids into words. Speaking them aloud brought home to Kate what she'd lost.
The McCanns must have thought that was their darkest hour. It was about to get much worse.
Cast your minds back over the past 14 months and you build up a horrifying picture of the Portuguese police's campaign of smears.
Remember the fluid from a dead body, matching Maddie's DNA, that was supposedly found in the boot of her parents' hire car?
Remember the (false) rumour that Kate had previously suffered from depression?
Remember the well-thumbed page of the Bible, with a text about a dead child, which was taken as evidence that Kate had a guilty conscience? (A cheap shot, even by the low standards of the local inspectorate.)
Lower still, the McCanns' fervent attendance at the church in Praia da Luz was turned against them. Aha! They had buried their daughter's body under the floorboards in the chapel.
No, hang on, they had stashed it in the tiny fridge in their holiday apartment. Then they had put it in a binbag and driven it to a reservoir. Of course. Easily done with several thousand telephoto lenses following your every move.
From September 7, Kate and Gerry could not even fight back against this tide of sewage. The stench started to bother even those of us who trusted their story.
Yes, the couple had made a dreadful mistake leaving the children alone when they went out to dinner a few hundred yards away, but no mistake warranted the vitriol that ensued.
As arguidos, the McCanns were forbidden to talk about the case. Not so the police, who hid their shambolic inquiry behind the rules of secrecy while leaking lies like a colander.
Kate revealed she screamed with fury when the cops offered her a deal to 'confess' to her own daughter's murder.
"They are basically saying, if you confess Madeleine had an accident, and that I panicked and hid the body, then got rid of it in a hire car, I'd get two or three years' suspended sentence," she said. "It's the worst nightmare."
It most certainly was. Kate and Gerry, who must have assumed everything was being done to find Madeleine, discovered it was they who were guilty until proven innocent, and no one was bothering to seek the real culprit.
Now, thank heavens, the ordeal of the inquiry is nearing an end. Nothing can make up for the loss of Madeleine, but at least the family can continue their lives without the poisonous cloud of suspicion hanging over them. It's the least they deserve.
As for the Portuguese police who have needlessly added to the McCanns' torment, if they had a shred of decency they would make a full public apology and open their files to private investigators.
And never give up searching for that small girl with the almond eyes whose mother and father, despite everything, still ache for her to come home.
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Thanks, will post this.
Brian
http://madeleine-mccann-blog.blogspot.com/2008/05/authors-note-writing-below-is-reply-to.html
viernes 2 de mayo de 2008
Author's Note: The writing below is a reply to a letter sent by someone at the website located at www.truthformadeleine.com that I suspect is connected with the Portuguese establishment and possibly involved in criminal activity related to child abduction in some way. I suggest that you read the reply and judge for yourself.
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Thank You for responding to my mail regarding the Mc Cann case. I have read your reply with interest and agree on the part related to Gerry and Kate Mc Cann leaving their children unattended. They have already admitted their guilt publicly so there is no need to keep focusing on that anymore. We should focus now on other matters that could provide clues or clear evidence on the real truth, and not rely on the official Portuguese version of what happened to Madeleine Mc Cann.
What interest me in particular is the statement you have made denying the abduction of Madeleine without providing any explanation for your conclusion. You wrote that "there is no evidence of abduction" so I ask: If there was no abduction, then what was it? On what basis do you make the assertion? Your statement is in line with the Portuguese police claim that there was no abduction and that Gerry and Kate Mc Cann killed their daughter even though there was not a shred of evidence to support their tacit criminal accusation.
You wrote also that Portuguese detectives Goncalo Amaral and Paolo Cristovao "are irrelevant to the case." How according to you, these men are "irrelevant" to the case when they were in charge of the so-called "investigation" that wasn't? Goncalo Amaral was the official police leading the "investigation" up until the time when he clashed with members of the British police, who were challenging his charade that didn't really have to do with searching for Madeleine, but instead, accusing the Mc Canns of murder while buying time so that the child could disappear effectively. How can these men be "irrelevant" when it was under the leadership of Amaral, that members of his police staff illegally offered Kate Mc Cann a two year prison term during an interrogation session, if she falsely admitted killing her daughter? How can these men be "irrelevant" when both are now facing a criminal trail for the brutal and savage torture of prisoner Leonor Cipriano, mother of a Portuguese girl who was also abducted and mysteriously disappeared in a small town not very far from Praia da Luz? There are stunning similarities between the two cases, with the difference being that Gerry and Kate are not serving a long prison term because they are not Portuguese, their status as Doctors, and the possible damage that could have caused to State bilateral relations, had they been tortured and falsely imprisoned like in other cases.
How can Paolo Cristovao be "irrelevant" when he has made conclusive written sadistic and callous declarations on the case, even though a Portuguese secrecy law forbids anyone from speaking or writing about a case when it hasn't been resolved? Cristovao is a former police director with an in-depth knowledge on children abduction cases in Portugal, including the case of Joanna Cipriano which he handled in such a way, that her mother ended up in prison after a murder conviction based on confessions made just to avoid greater torture that could have caused her dead. This is part of the criminal background belonging to Cristovao, the same individual who recently told the world that "Madeleine didn't make it and her body was dumped into the Atlantic Ocean and lost forever..." Not only his statement violated the Portuguese secrecy law but suggested also that he does know about the Mc Cann case in ways the rest of us don't. Personally, I strongly suspect that Cristovao knows who abducted Madeleine Mc Cann, where was she taken to, on behalf of whom, and of her whereabouts weather she is dead or alive. His statements are too confident for anyone not to think that he knows what he is writing or talking about. I also suspect that his statement on the child's body being "dumped into the Ocean," is a mirror of the information an eye witness who was wandering on the beach, gave to the Portuguese police on May 5, 2007 describing how two men who handled a child wrapped in blanket, was given to a couple waiting on a speed boat that immediately took off at high speed into the Ocean with the child on board. The witness described the speed boat as similar to the type used by the police to guard Portugal's international waters. The police ignored this information and kept instead on accusing the Mc Canns of killing their daughter.
Neither Goncalo Amaral nor Paolo Cristovao is "irrelevant" in every single detail related to the Madeleine Mc Cann case. These men know what the rest of us don't but they will not tell us, and not because the secrecy law prohibits them from doing it, but because they are protecting the interest of those at elite levels whom they actually represent and work for. World child abduction and trafficking related to paedophilia, has become a very lucrative business controlled by the same folks who control entire governments and corrupted politicians. When you deny that Madeleine Mc Cann was abducted, you are actually taking sides with the people who are responsible for this and other monstrous crimes against innocent children. You are not helping either by having a website called "truth-for-Madeleine" if you deny the truth itself.
The poor, incompetent, and inadequate performance by the Portuguese police since the moment they were told about the disappearance of Madeleine was deliberately done in order to allow the criminal abductors to get away. Whoever did the actual kidnapping was probably doing it on behalf of those who had contracted the order by the "customer" who paid them well. Madeleine could have been taken to a private yacht anchored at high seas owned by a millionaire paedophile to be abused. It is very possible that Cristovao knows about this well and might be the reason why he makes a connection between the Sea and Madeleine in his statements. I suspect that he and Amaral know the truth, but what they know will never be known unless they are interrogated and investigated thoroughly by highly competent powers outside the corrupted Portuguese officialdom.
Paedophilia is deeply entrenched in both Portugal and Spain "cultural" idiosyncrasies to the core of activities related to human sexuality, but this fact is sought to be kept sub rosa from others with different moral and cultural traits or values; this is not to say that paedophilia isn't accepted and practised in other societies or cultures because that's in fact the case, but not in the way it is in Portugal and Spain. Paedophilia in these countries was "institutionalised" religiously and has thriven throughout centuries under the auspices of monarchical or ultra extremist ideologies of authoritarian regimes such as the fascist Franco dictatorship in the case of Spain, and Salazar in Portugal who ruled with an iron fist from the early 1930s to the late 1960s. These two countries are very similar in almost every way but Spain has a sort of an "upper" over Portugal in various historical and cultural elements, including the Portuguese language which is deep rooted in Galicia, Spain. They share very many "cultural values" amongst which hard core paedophilia holds a prominent preference in their depravity condition which they can disguise well. It is possible that most Anglos don't know these and other facts on the Spanish and Portuguese. I know because I am half Spanish myself.
The Mc Cann family better take heed by realising that they are before extremist individuals who with their warped and radical ideologies related to perversion, and combined with great perverted wickedness, fully intended to abduct Madeleine for the purpose of keeping her permanently and impose whatever type of life --or death-- on her according to their plans. I have and will continue to maintain that unless clear evidence beyond any possible doubt shows the contrary, my strong suspicion will keep pointing at the corrupted Portuguese establishment --including the police-- as the culprit responsible for the abduction of Madeleine Mc Cann and other children on behalf of a perverted elite ruling class. All abductions of children in Portugal were a State crime due to their complicity. I base my suspicion on personal knowledge of the Portuguese and Spanish idiosyncrasies, traditions, bloody history, perverted proclivities, criminal mentality, corruption in all areas, and much more. It is based also on the performance by the Portuguese police since the very moment when they were informed about the disappearance of Madeleine. The Portuguese police deliberately failed to perform regular police duties because they already knew about the crime. They have never really searched for the child since they have known all alone what really happened and why.
If the Mc Canns want their daughter back, they should consider seeking the direct involvement of those who have the means, resources and political clout apparently supporting them in the current hell they are now living. In combination with the investigation by private detectives, plus other police agencies unrelated to Portugal, it is possible to discover the truth and find Madeleine.