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I know you may think it sounds really bad and hurtful but there have been many documented cases where the parent are involved in abduction and sometime murder of their child and hold press conferences to look for them. I am not saying that this is the case with this but both parent were probably questioned already on thisQuote:
Originally Posted by CrazyLea
Madeleine McCann has now been missing for more than a month
Police in Portugal are investigating an anonymous letter and a map claiming to show where missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann's body is buried.
The letter, sent to Dutch paper De Telegraaf, identifies an area 15km (9.3 miles) from where Madeleine vanished.
It strongly resembles another letter sent to the same newspaper last year, accurately pinpointing where two missing Belgian girls were buried.
Ch Insp Olegario de Sousa said officers were "checking the information".
'Everything necessary'
The Madeleine letter pinpoints a dirt track north of Odiaxere in the Algarve, according to De Telegraaf.
The paper said that the letter claims Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, is buried "north of the road under branches and rocks, around six to seven metres off the road".
Beside a cross and two question marks, the sender has written "vermoedelijke vindplaats Madeleine" - the place where Madeleine can probably be found.
Portugal map
Portuguese police would not confirm whether they had begun searching the area.
But Mr Sousa confirmed Portuguese police were aware of the map and were doing "everything necessary".
He said: "There have been exchanges between Dutch police and us.
"The information indicated an area 15km from the place of the disappearance of the little child. It is not far from Praia da Luz. We are checking the information like we check everything in this case for importance."
Asked if a search would include digging, he replied: "If the information gives us a precise location where we can look, we will do it."
Tip-off letter
The BBC's Caroline Hawley said it was difficult to assess the reliability of the map, given that Portuguese detectives had received hundreds of tip-offs which have not proved useful in the course of the investigation.
Officers also reported that the map was vague, she added.
Dutch police are studying similarities between the new letter and one received by De Telegraaf pointing to the whereabouts of Belgian step-sisters Stacey Lemmens, seven, and Nathalie Mahy, 10.
The girls were murdered in June 2006 after they disappeared from a late-night fair in the town of Liege.
On the day that the letter was received, police found their bodies at the spot indicated on an enclosed map.
A convicted paedophile, Abdullah Ait Oud, is now on remand awaiting trial for murder.
The Telegraaf believes the letter comes from the same sender because the phrase "vermoedelijke vindplaats" was also used in the tip-off letter last year about Stacey and Nathalie, BBC correspondent Alix Kroeger added.
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This looks slightly positive, even if it does sound like she's dead. Seems strange that this person knows a lot about the location of the two girls and the possible location of Maddy. If the police have already thoroughly searched the area and people have been watching out for suspicious activity it seems a bit wierd that she could be bured so close to where she was taken. Surely they should have noticed something, a hole or freshly dug earth or something.
some people have a gift to find dead people.. have you ever watched sensing murder??? where physic's can accurately describe a person and where their bodies where found without known anything about it.. Maybe this person is involved or just can sense this.
It would seem strange that the didn't check this but I didn't see the police doing much searching in the area.. When those 2 girls when missing in the Uk, we saw daily images of police and dogs combing every bit of land around their homes... I don't remember seen any of that in Portugal or maybe it wasn't picked up by the media
A person was interviewed on our local news today who claimed that an IRISH Psychic passed details about this same are to Portugese police 4 weeks ago and she said. that the body still showed 'vital signs'.Quote:
Originally Posted by jelly belly
I am a sceptic when it comes to psychics but will keep an open mind on this occasion. Hopefully the police will at least search this area and check these claims out, after all they seem to have precious few leads.
I just hope that one day, the parents get some form of closure. And I hope they do check this area out, especially if there are a couple of psychics that have said the same area.
Police looking for missing Madeleine McCann are expected to search land after claims her body is buried nine miles from where she was abducted.
Detectives in Portugal say they are investigating an anonymous letter and map sent to a Dutch newspaper.
It resembles another letter sent to the same paper last year, pinpointing where two missing Belgian girls were buried.
Ch Insp Olegario de Sousa said police were "checking the information" given about the British four-year-old.
The letter, sent to Dutch paper De Telegraaf, identifies an area of scrubland 15km (9.3 miles) from where Madeleine vanished six weeks ago.
Portuguese police have described the information and map as "vague".
Around eight plain-clothed police officers visited the village of Arao, which is 15km from Praia da Luz, on Wednesday evening.
They spent an hour and 20 minutes looking at fields and the surrounding area ahead of possible searches.
The BBC's Alison Roberts said police have promised to investigate the Dutch lead fully but have not given any details of what kind of resources they have for any ground searches on Thursday.
The area they are focusing on is near a large reservoir whose surroundings were combed in the days after Madeleine's disappearance.
But locals say the country road that police stopped at on Wednesday is in an area which has not been searched before, our correspondent said.
I think its awful if she is found dead but in a way like Jojo said it would allow the parents to start grieving and put closure on the whole tragedy.
I think it's better if she's found dead than not at all. I know that sounds awful, and we all want her to be found alive, but at least her parents can bury her and say a propper goodbye.
Is it too late??? as alan said, this information was giving 4 weeks ago when the woman said there was still vital signs.. why wasn't anything done then? did they dismiss this as a crank call??Quote:
Originally Posted by JoJo
It seems to me - and this is only my opinion - that the Portugese police aren't as concerned as British police would be about finding her. All this secrecy and ignoring information is counterproductive. The e-fit they released a few weeks ago was appalling - how many men in Portugal have bald heads? They have had no major breakthroughs and haven't been doing much that we have seen. If the British police were conducting the investigation they would be releasing press reports every day, even if there was no improvements and doing everything they could to involve the public.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiobhanIs it too late??? as alan said, this information was giving 4 weeks ago when the woman said there was still vital signs.. why wasn't anything done then? did they dismiss this as a crank call??Quote:
Originally Posted by JoJo