Hi Alice, will post this information ASAP.
BUNGLING Portuguese detectives used Robert Murat to translate witness testimonies of the McCanns’ friends – despite having him under surveillance as a potential suspect.
In yet another astonishing police gaffe, the 33-year-old British expat continued to work for the force even though they were about to haul him in for questioning, it was revealed last night.
Suspicions were raised about Murat – one of three suspects in the case along with Gerry and Kate McCann – 48 hours after little Madeleine went missing from the Ocean Club apartment in Praia da Luz, just yards from his villa. But despite ordering a surveillance operation of his movements, the Policia Judiciaria continued to use him as a translator for another week, until he was eventually taken in for questioning on May 14.
Doubts have now been raised over the validity of those translations, some of which were of the vital testimonies provided by the seven friends who dined with the McCanns on the night Madeleine went missing.
Detectives plan to reinterview all the key witnesses, including the so-called “Tapas Nine”, to clarify alleged inconsistencies in their statements.
According to the Portuguese newspaper 24 Hours, detectives are worried that Murat may have manipulated testimonies, which is why so many contradictions exist.
But police sources defended the decision to continue using Murat as a translator, claiming detectives did not want to arouse his suspicion by suddenly dismissing him.
There were growing concerns last night that the witness statements may be worthless in court because of Murat’s involvement in the investigation.
A Policia Judiciaria source said: “In the early days of the investigation there were dozens of statements being given at what was a very confusing time.
“The police acted in good faith in their selection of translators but given all that has been said about the contradictions in the versions of events, detectives are re-examining the possibility that there may have been some problems.”
Francisco Pagarete, Murat’s lawyer, said his client had undertaken the translations in a highly professional manner and the idea that he was responsible for the inconsistencies was nonsense.
He added: “The reports he translated are being considered by the court and they were done under oath. Also he, on the police’s request, participated in various occupations and was directly involved in the investigation. He is sorry the authorities have changed their opinion about him overnight.”
The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “We will not comment on anything that goes to the heart of the investigation. The translation of the statements during Kate and Gerry’s interviews took a long time and it made the process far longer than it would otherwise have been.”
He added: “If the fact the police are re-evaluating this issue now is a sign they are thoroughly reviewing the case, then we would welcome that. Kate and Gerry have always said there are innocent explanations for any alleged inconsistencies in their statements.”
A friend of the couple said: “It was chaos in the early days of the investigation. Kate and Gerry wouldn’t have any idea whether there were errors in the translation, but if there were and they affected the investigation, that would be a serious matter.
“They are encouraged by the way the police are reviewing all of the evidence and hopeful that this will lead to them being cleared.”
Many believe that the McCann's used Murat to help them hide Madeleine's body...if this were true, why would he keep defending the McCann's for so long for something that he had no part of, but could get live in prison if caught? If the police really thought this is what happened, I would expect that Murat would be forced (however they do this) to confess. They have a track record of using force and torture to make people see things their way, this is no secret. But Murat and the some members of the police are partners in crime...this is why he is treated so well...by the PJ and the local Press.
It's also not a secret that child and adult smuggling goes on all the time in Portugal, along with a booming drug trade. If the PJ were hiding something that they did not want to get out, then this news report (which is true) could make sense...especially if Murat was also involved in the child/adult smuggling ring. I believe certain members of the PJ, Murat, his Russian friend, and possibly some hotel staff members are working together, and have been for some time. When the McCann's arrived in PDL, Madeleine caught their eye...also one thing to remember, before Madeleine was taken, no-one had any idea how big of an event this would be to the world...especially the abductor. A child left alone...is the perfect target, as any number of circumstances could explain the disappearance...and the person who took Madeleine knew this...and the hotel very well.
The PJ's main goal is to frame the McCann's for accidental murder without a body. They do not want to have a tourist town with a child smuggler on the loose, nor will they allow themselves to get caught. I believe everything else that's been printed, and will be printed by the Portugal Press, has been leaked for the sole purpose to create confusion and cover-up what's really going on. Find the source of the press leak, and more than likely that person or persons have information that can solve the case.
Again, I believe that Madeleine is alive, and most likely not harmed...and still in PDL...and all it takes is just one hero to come forward with information.
Sadly, I still believe the fox is guarding the henhouse in PDL. This is my own personal opinion, and has been for sometime now...please do not let my opinions affect anyone reading this own point of view, or everyone's work thus far on this case...I will always keep an open mind to any possibility out there.
Hi Brian
Following my previous email below, there is also a district number 217 in Albufeira, so the full postal code with the area code & district code is 8200-217 & the name of that road is rua Sem Nome E1
The last three numbers of Portuguese postal codes sort designated addresses and buildings.
This building should be checked out along with the 272 building below
Kind regards
Z
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Posted Z...out of time for today :)
Brian
Hi Brian
Done a bit of Googling on your 2 most regularly written numbers on your DDs, being 272 & 217:
This could be important.
I checked out the area & district postal codes in the Algarve area of Portugal & the only district with the number 272 is Albufeira, east of Praia da Luz: & Lagos & as per below it shows that the road is rua Almeida Garrett in Albufeira!!
I cant seem to copy the map in from this website http://codigopostal.ciberforma.pt//concelho.asp?dis=08&con=01 but if you type in the area & district code 8200-272 in the search (Procurar) box the map will come up or try this link http://codigopostal.ciberforma.pt//freguesia.asp?dis=08&con=01&fre=01
But I could manage to copy this:
This link could also be useful as its in English & explains how the Portuguese postal numbering system works. http://algarve.angloinfo.com/countries/portugal/postcodes.asp
Googling numbers like 77A 214 217 219 rua Almeida Garrett, 8200-272 Albufeira, we may come up with something. Perhaps some readers could help to check this out.
Keep in mind some of your other numbers that you have written on your DDs:
272 (you have also written as 1-272 & 272 4) & (272 is Castelo Branco telephone area code & I have seen some district code 272 in that area too).
217 (perhaps the district code is 217, so could do a search on the same postal area & district codes) & (you have written 219 + 99 on DD5830)
3
6 (you refer to tennis court in early DDs)
125 (probably the EN125 road)
S box & Sky box 12 (on early DDs - may refer to the the Sky box 12 that I sent you info on a long time ago)
2114
219 4682 (sent you some info on this nr a while back)
468321 (sent you some info on this nr a while back)
77A
770
29
416 (although you translated as 116?)
CCIIV (which came out as 205 on the Roman number converter that I sent to you)
21611111531
214 C
IC1 (I believe this is the road that comes from Silves in the south & goes all the way north past Porto – perhaps that was the route the abductors took to get out of PDL, or even Robert Murat when he hired the car for 3 days?)
1462 on DD5830
There may be some numbers Ive missed.
So far I found this link which has mentions of Doctors, universities & humanitarian volunteers, but unfortunately its in Portuguese so I don’t know if the Portuguese readers could take a look. Perhaps it is nothing at all, as I now cant find your numbers to link?
http://www.riac.gov.pt/bo/Resources/Users/CD/Direc%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Regional%20da%20Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o/Acesso%20ao%20Ensino%20Superior/Deliberacao_%20288-2006.pdf
I dont know if there is anything in this, but Googling 272217, I came across a restaurant / bed & breakfast cottage with the telephone number +44 (0)1503 272217, called The Cottage Restaurant that is in the Cornwall area (SW UK), that sort of resembles Carol Everett’s drawing of a cottage style place (her drawing does look more remote though I must say). http://mweb.visitbritain.co.za/accommodation/detail.aspx?TowPosCd=CORNWALL&Sec=Accommodation&display=list&Cc=CORNWALL&Caption=CORNWALL&advsrch=1&Pid=91234
Also, just as Carol describes, there are woodlands behind The Cottage Restaurant which you can see clearer on this other link http://www.thefunkysite.com/travels/europe/uk/cornwall/pages/SubPage1-14.asp & this place is close to a small port with a cove & a stone bridge with steps up the side, that you can see looking at the other photos on this site.
I do believe that Carol draws a ‘stone’ bridge showing only one arch with steps, so the photos of the iron road bridges in Portugal that have been posted on your Madeleine site area just recently are not that close to Carol’s drawing really.
Brian, would it be worth you sleeping with Carol Everett’s drawing of the cottage etc under your pillow as you do, to see if you could come up with a location or anything? As well as the drawings of the man & woman that Carol draws? Or do you need something like a real photo of someone? Just a thought.
The type of cottage style place with stone walls that Carol has drawn is quite typical of being in some places in the UK & Eire. Which does go along with a lot of Matthew James insights.
What draws me to the SW part of the UK is that there have been a lot of people mentioned in the Madeleine case that are from the SW UK:
Some of the Tapas 9 doctors are from this area.
Sally Everleigh-Vincent (Robert Murat’s aunt) also has property in this area, as well as her being the Fund Raising Manager for an adoption agency in Cornwall, as per the information I sent to you back in July/August, with the mention of her phone number having 272 in it of one of her places in Burgau, that you posted also
Robert Murat had previously been to the SW UK area working on his aunt’s (Sally Everleigh-Vincent) place.
Justine McGuinness being the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Spokesperson from West Dorset SW UK, along with her father Mike McGuiness that is known for his single-handed sailing expertise & a Caroline Payne (any relation to Tapas 9 Payne’s?), all in the same Democrat party, info I sent on this is posted back in August.
I don’t know if the McCann’s did know Robert Murat prior to Madeleine going missing, but in the video clips that Isla from Scotland sent to you, which were very good even though in Portuguese but some clips in English, as Isla says is well worth watching, and I learnt a lot from those 2 video clips, more than what I have read on the English news websites.
But there is a part of the video where Gerry McCann is asked did he know Robert Murat & Gerry very abruptly replies that he will not answer that. I suppose due to being on arguido he cannot answer, or used it as an excuse not to answer maybe?
Regarding the drawing of the suspect abductor, the tall slim chap with the beige trousers & dark shirt hanging out & the ‘dark, greasy, longish hair’ as it was described – how can one of the Tapas 9 say that he resembles Robert Murat & they were so convinced, that they argued saying it was him, when they were confronted along with Robert Murat altogether at the police station a long time back. The drawing doesn’t look like Robert Murat, especially the hair?
I think it would be worth checking out the McCann’s past & who they have known, places they attended like hospitals, universities, linked to Liverpool, Dundee, Melton Mowbray, Rothley, Glasgow, Amsterdam, New Zealand, because Matthew James has mentioned many times that there is someone close to the McCann’s or had known & back on the scene somehow, that should not be trusted by them. Matthew had also mentioned some time ago, that someone around them is involved in carpentry – Gerry’s father who is Irish was a joiner, although I think Matthew was referring to someone working with wood linked with the church.
Here’s 2 links with a bit about the McCann’s past where there’s mention of the above places, family, friends, etc http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1779638.ece and http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/09/14/kate-and-gerry-were-talking-about-a-new-baby-says-kate-s-father-89520-19789157/
On the next link, BBC Leicester site, you can also listen to interviews with some of the people that know the McCann’s
http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2007/05/10/madeleine_mccann_round_up_feature.shtml
Scottish National Newspaper – one of their headlines: “Heretics no more: Vatican finally reveals secrets of the trials of the Knights Templar”
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1707772007 More info www.vatican.va There’s VA again!?
Within the comments of ‘The Scotsman’ on the above article is this link www.scottishknightstemplar.org
Look under the menu to the left side of the site, ‘Membership Requirements’:
One of the Membership Requirements is : Members must be a loyal citizen and be willing to discharge thier duties to God, their family and themself.
Perhaps the police should be looking into family members of the McCann’s, who could be Freemasons/Knights!?
Some of your readers mention the name Wilma & one quotes a reading where Vilma is mentioned. Just to say that Germans pronounce any words, names etc spelt beginning with ‘W’ as a ‘V’, so hearing Vilma would be spelt Wilma. I believe it is the same for the Dutch.
I had already Googled the University of Aberdeen, before reading that the McCann’s attended other universities, but was interested anyway because not only did I discover that the main phone number for the university is 272000, but I found a write up about a Wilma, a retired nursery school manager linked with that university: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mediareleases/archive/2002/pr1076.hti
But this Wilma does not have a surname beginning with ‘S’ or depending on if she goes under her married or single name, and going along with the two initials you had written on your DD5441 “she is with WS & RS”, WS being the female & RS being the male.
The VA, that you had written on the same DD5441, possibly meaning that she is with VA too, as it has been mentioned that there were 3 people, as you had also written a ‘3’, but you had only drawn 2 people, RS & WS & referred to RS (the male) sometimes as being the police. I’ve read recently that the fingerprints found on the shutters were that of a policeman. Could that be RS? Anyone know the policeman’s name?
If VA is not a person, is it possible that the VA could be part of a car plate number, that RS & WS have perhaps.
Looking at car plate numbers in Portugal I found that the letter UA to ZZ relate to the Center of Portugal (Coimbra). More details on car plate numbering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_plates_of_Portugal
Or perhaps you started to write the beginning of the place from which they came from in Portugal & forgot half way through? So here places that start with V: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PO/9/a/V/
Again Googling 272 & 217 and keeping in mind that Matthew James has mentioned that someone behind the scenes of deception is in the medical, hospital & dental line of work, he said possibly a doctor, dentist related too.
Anyway, may be nothing, but I came up with the Vanbreda medical, hospital & dental insurance company, from Vanbreda in Antwerp (borders Belgium / The Netherlands) with the telephone number is 00 32 3 217 57 42 & the fax number is 00 32 3 272 39 69.
What is interesting here is on your DD5441 you write a ‘3’ before your 272. 3 being the area code for Antwerp. Their postbox number is 69, but I believe your 6 your wrote refers to a tennis court number anyway, but was sometimes the 6 was just written inside a box.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:7xac7-Nkx0wJ:unv.nacionesunidas.org.co/documentos/circular%2520van%2520breda.doc+postal+address+272+217&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=160
I found some more 272 & some 770 numbers that may be something re a Marina:
Marina de Lagos – Portugal Fax: +351 282 789 272. Mobile: +351 966 193 431 http://www.pescamar.info/html/pescamar_in_english_-_big_game.html
Marina de Lagos R. Marina Lt. 20, 8600-780 - Lagos. Tel: (+351) 282 770 210.
Marina de Portimão Pcta. Fortaleza Praia Rocha, 8500-000 - Portimao. Tel: (+351) 282 770 210.
Fire-( Bombeiros ) None based in Luz. Dial 112 from any phone box and the operator will connect you. Lagos Fire Station Tel: (+351) 282 770 790.
But having mentioned all that, it seems that these numbers are meant to be more a building number, which is hard to uncover. Or if the Albufeira district code 272 turns out to be something, we may get more from that.
I do agree with K/Kathryn, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack & trying to search for Madeleine in the Rif mountains of Morocco & we should go on what we already have on your DDs, as nothing seems to point to Morocco. So I think I’ll personally leave that to the Metado 3 experts etc to handle that one.
If anyone does want to go that far looking in the desert, why not also look at the Google co-ordinates for 272 & 217 and you just see where that leads us …. in the mountains of central Algeria!
Closest place is named ‘In Salah’ (Arabic: ان صلاح), an oasis town which was once an important trade link of the trans-Saharan caravan route. Estimated population 22,000.
The only reason I looked a little bit further was because of (re what Anna said) a place nearby beginning with ‘E’ named d'El-Menia & also that you had mentioned ‘Menia’ in your DD5558 saying “217, 21, Menia, 36hours, :23, never forget lessons in life” & your drawing of a box/draw cupboard.
But I think I will skip research in Algeria too, because I don’t think that is how you normally write co-ordinates is it? I believe you write them as longer numbers?
I also understand K/Kathryn’s determination at trying to get her emails to you on the very close resemblance of Jose Baptista and Maria Fernandez to Carol Everett’s drawings & if there is any link re the extended family of the Baptista supermarket. The nose of the man, hair parted same way & his eyebrows & one of your DDs said a man had shaved off his moustache. And the drawing of the woman, the hair, shaped chin & nose.
Yes this most certainly should be looked into further, so have forwarded ‘elsewhere’.
I have actually sent info to you a few times before on the Baptista supermarket, re where Madeleine’s scent was lost, photos, most recently where I pointed out the small window on the left of the building that has 3 bars on the window, similar to your many drawings of the bars. Also some time ago I had sent you links to some phone numbers from your DDs (219 4682 & 468321) that you had written on your DDs that linked to possible deliveries at the supermarket.
Going back to your DD5444 you mention “15 miles outside of city limits, the missing child you saw on tv is here, 214, NICA, 21 (or 22?) RR station 21611111531”.
I don’t know if any of the below means anything to anyone? Others stations on http://www.listenlive.eu/portugal.html
106.0 R.Renasenca Lousa 50000
105.8 RR Arrabida 12000 “RR”
105.6 RC Mafra Mafra 1000 “RC MAFRA”
Here’s a local Luz map, that shows a few other/different Ocean Club places, which I hope were also searched by the police, as resort clients can move around the different complexes, amongst other familiar buildings that we have mentioned way back on your site on this map. http://www.luzholiday.com/images/Maps/lagosluz.pdf
This map includes a small map of Burgau too. I was interested in the radio tower shown near the church in Burgau & wondered if it could be the link with the ref. your wrote on your DD5444 being RR 21611111531 and where 3 different RVs from other people had sent in to you with the description of a radio tower that Madeleine could be close to, where I sent info to you some time back too.
Here’s a similar map but of Lagos http://www.timeoffsailing.co.uk/PDF/lagos.pdf
I have to prepare to pack my case quickly & get my plane, so while I’m gone perhaps your readers can look into some of the above, as its possible I cannot get internet connection.
Sooooo sorry that this is so long!
Kind regards
Z
Regarding Zs information regarding numbers, in yesterdays (13th Nov) Daily Merlin from Matthew James, he mentions "thoughts appertaining to 'Al' again," could this be Albufeira?
regards Katie.
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Not sure...but question posted...Brian
11.15.2007
More 'GOOD NEWS', Police have smashed a worldwide child sex network!!!!!
Angie
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Wonderful news, and it's a good start.
Brian
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Police smash worldwide child sex network

AP - Police and prosecutors from across Europe have arrested 92 suspects allegedly linked to a network that produced child abuse videos and sold them to 2500 customers around the world, authorities say.
The videos, ranging from girls in provocative poses to a father raping his young daughters, were sold to clients in 19 countries, including teachers, doctors, lawyers and computer experts, prosecutors said.
The 23 victims, aged nine to 16, were mainly Ukrainian girls duped into performing sex acts with promises of lucrative modelling careers.
The 15-month investigation - code-named Operation Koala - was triggered by the Australian police discovery in July last year of a video depicting a Belgian father raping his daughters, aged nine and 11, said Menno Hagemeijer of the serious crime department of pan-European police organisation Europol.
The huge investigation should "give a really clear signal to everybody that this activity is illegal, unacceptable and revolting", said Belgian prosecutor Michele Coninsx.
"It is touching on the lives and souls of youngsters who cannot speak for themselves."
As of Monday morning, 92 suspects had been arrested, most of them in coordinated raids last month, and nine remained in custody.
The alleged mastermind, Italian Sergio Marzola, and the Belgian suspected of abusing his children, were arrested last year.
Many of those arrested and released have been charged. In France, 20 people have had preliminary charges filed against them, prosecutors there said last week.
In the UK, 46 people have been arrested over the past five months as part of the operation, and Jim Gamble, from the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, said further arrests were expected.
Michael Kennedy, president of Eurojust, a group that coordinates the work of European Union prosecutors, paid tribute to the close co-operation of police and prosecutors across the continent. He said the ongoing investigation was likely to lead to more arrests.
Marzola, 42, allegedly made about 150 videos in Ukraine, the Netherlands and Belgium.
He was arrested last year in Bologna a day before he was due to move permanently to Ukraine, where prosecutors say he ran a studio for producing the abuse films.
Police say he sold the videos online. Customers mainly paid via the internet and were sent links and passwords allowing them to download the films, said Hagemeijer.
Those from countries with slow internet connections sent cash and were mailed DVDs.
When police raided his home, they found 70,000 euros ($A110,000) in cash.
Some of Marzola's customers also sent requests for particular poses and even slips of paper bearing their names for "models" in the videos to hold, said Hagemeijer.
Others sent underwear for them to wear and Marzola allegedly auctioned off the lingerie used in some of his shoots.
Customers paid extra to be present while films were shot, while others sent gifts of poetry and jewellery to their favourite girls, he added.
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Madeleine: McCann friends 'told police that Murat was man who fled apartment with child in his arms'
By VANESSA ALLEN - More by this author » Last updated at 00:55am on 16th November 2007
Two friends of the McCanns told police they saw British expatriate Robert Murat carrying a child away from the couple's apartment the night Madeleine vanished, it was claimed yesterday.
Russell O'Brien and Jane Tanner allegedly identified Mr Murat, 33, during a face-to-face meeting between him, the McCanns and the rest of the so-called Tapas Nine in May, before he was named as an official suspect, Portuguese daily 24 horas claimed.
The McCanns' spokesman dismissed the report as "laughable".
The couple have said they do not remember ever meeting Mr Murat, who denies any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance.
Miss Tanner, 37, has told police she saw a man carrying a child away from the apartment, but never saw his face. Her partner Dr O'Brien, 36, has never claimed he saw a man carrying a child that night.
But an insider told the paper: "They were all placed in the same room and two people that left the restaurant pointed to Robert Murat.
"They said he was the person they saw next to the apartment where Madeleine was sleeping around the time the alarm was raised about her disappearance."
The tabloid added: "24 horas has learnt that the friends who accused Murat are Jane Tanner and Russell O'Brien.
"They clearly stated, during the face-to-face meeting, they thought it was him who was carrying a child in his arms.
"This is the same couple said to have indicated to Portuguese public prosecutors they intend altering their statements after it was made public that they could become official suspects."
Quoting a separate source, 24 horas added: "We know that Robert Murat was next to the apartment, he was pointed out by two witnesses and he is a friend of the McCanns."
Last night Francisco Pagarete, Murat's lawyer dismissed the claims as rubbish.
He said: "They are lies. "My client doesn't know the McCanns and the day Madeleine disappeared, he was at home with his mum.
"We are going to prove this is the case." Criticising Portuguese authorities over their decision not to clear Murat immediately and making him wait until next May to see the case files against him, he added:
"We're unhappy that we'll only be able to see the files next May and be in a position to defend ourselves."
Mystery has surrounded the identity of the two McCann holiday pals alleged to want to change statements they gave police soon after Madeleine disappeared.
Respected Spanish newspaper El Mundo, which made the initial claims, carried quotes from an unnamed lawyer for one of the Tapas Nine this week complaining his client was terrified about speaking out because of the political support for the McCanns.
Portuguese police believe the McCanns and their friends are hiding the truth and fear they may never solve the case if they do not break an alleged pact of silence.
The claim Jane Tanner and her partner fingered Murat early on in the investigation - and now want to change their statements - will fuel further speculation he is being made a scapegoat.
Jane Tanner helped police produce an E-fit of a man she claimed to have seen runhing away from their Ocean Club holiday complex with a child in a blanket.
Today's claim that she identified Murat as that man comes amid reports police are preparing to make her and three other members of the Tapas Nine official suspects because of inconsistencies in their original statements.
Murat has always protested his innocence and police have found no DNA evidence linking him to Madeleine's disappearance despite searching the home in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz he shares with mum Jennifer and digging up their garden.
The McCanns have rubbished suggestions they are pressuring their friends into lying and claims any of the Tapas Nine want to change their statements.
They insist Madeleine was kidnapped by an intruder and possibly taken across the border into Spain by someone working to the orders of a paedophile gang.
Police allegedly failed to send blankets, pillows and mattresses from the McCanns' apartment in Praia da Luz for forensic testing.
A source at Portugal's National Institute of Legal Medicine said: "We were only sent a few forensic traces for DNA testing.
"It would have been good if they had sent us the blankets, pillows and even the mattress where the girl was sleeping.
"We might have found some important clues on them and not just hairs, which was what was sent to the institute.
"Speaking hypothetically, there could have been fibres belonging to an abductor, or even a fingerprint." Several items in the apartment are thought to have been cleaned by staff at the Ocean Club days after Maddie's disappearance.
The McCanns and their friends are also believed to have damaged vital evidence when they were walking round the crime scene before police arrived.
A police source said: "When we returned to the apartment more than 24 hours after the girl vanished, half of the evidence had already disappeared."
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Yes, I believe they have stated this many times before, and Murat did see Madeleine before she went missing, and so did his friend.
I also believe that Murat did know the McCann's before Madeleine was taken.
Brian
Brian, this sort of reminded me of Everett's drawing of the bridge, ironically, it is in Bosnia, and the town symbol looks alot like one of your dream drawings. See what you think.
Susan
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Thanks Susan, not sure, but I do not think so.
Brian
Hi Brian,
I know you are extremely busy working on different missing peoples cases, but please can you do another dream on Madeleine see if we can pinpoint an exact location. She been missing far too long now, we need her home for christmas with her family. I can imagine you inundated with emails about this case.
Many thanks and best Wishes
Stacey T xx
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Thanks Stacey...I will try again...I'm not perfect at this, but I still believe she is in PDL, and most likely at Murat's house.
PDL is not that large of a town, and I hope every area has been searched...the map I have posted may be of some help too.
Brian
Dear Brian
I am reading on your page very often about the Madeleine case.
I think you are doing a real fine job, also about other missing children.
Sorry for my bad english, I am from Denmark.
I saw some days ago on page 18 Carol Everetts drawings compared with the
foto of Jose Fernandes and his girlfriend. I think this is very important
and want to hear if you know if theese pictures of the waiter and his
girlfriend ond Carols drawings have been send to the police?
Best Wishes to you and your family
I. Nielsen, Denmark
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Hi, thanks for reading...I think Carol's drawings need to be taken seriously...the police have copies of them...but that may not be enough.
Brian
Hi Brian , hope you and your family are well.
I wonder if the 'Al' in 'thoughts appertaining to 'Al' again,' which you have recently posted, could be Algeciras. I live on the border of Spain and Gibraltar and have a little blond haired girl of very similar appearance to Madeleine (altough she is five). For the last two days the border police in Spain have checked my daughters passport and even asked me if I was the mother. This has never happened before and I pass through every day. I wonder if the Spanish police have had some tip off?
Also I wonder ifyou have seen this article
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/21117/MADDIE-NEW-THEORY/
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Thanks...everyone is fine...posted...not sure, but I hope they find her...and no I have not seen it.
Brian
MADELEINE McCann’s parents could remain suspects for the rest of their lives.
And the reason is that politicians have stopped the truth coming out, a lawyer claimed last night.
A solicitor reportedly acting for one of the couple’s holiday pals – who wants to change their story – claimed the police inquiry has been hampered by “political interventions’’.
He alleged Gerry and Kate, both 39, have received “far beyond normal’’ help from the UK Government, including calls from PM Gordon Brown, since Maddie vanished from their Praia da Luz apartment on May 3.
I find it astonishing the way news articles which I read are always 'old news' to me having already read discussions about the subject on your site! As soon as I read this I thought of Isla of Scotland's posting. Perhaps this has come as aresult of her passing the document on to someone 'in the know!'
Also I feel that the sighting in Bosnia has also been hushed up, how are we to know if the police have not simply found another girl who looks similar in order to stop focus on their country? I did a google search on Medjugorje Mafia and came up with a site which claimed that the shrine was simply a front for Croation Mafia to raise funds for arms etc and was a hotbed of traffiking and paedophilia. Curiously there was a statement that said they were in contention with the shrine at Fatima
Medjugorje, once a tiny Yugoslavian village, 17 years into a disobedient propaganda campaign, has become a mecca for vision-chasers and money-makers the world over Since June 24th, 1981, the demonic 'apparitions' of a fallen spirit calling itself the'Gospa' to six unenlightened 'seers' has been a Communistic ploy to systematically destroy the Faith through redundant, meaningless 'messages' intended to supplant the enviable SILENCE of the true Mother of GOD.
To date, while the self-proclaimed 'seers' continue to receive Satanic 'Visions on Demand'... rebellious Franciscans administer the 'Sacraments' without any priestly faculties... some among them have illicit sex with women pilgrims... while pedophile 'priests' go after young boys and girls... unapproved religious communities fraudulently collect money and build houses in their own name... American promoters illegally smuggle tens of thousands of dollars to their crony counterparts based in Medjugorje... 'visionaries' from Medjugorje crop up all over the world... every word that comes from the Church condemning this hoax is ridiculed and perverted... and the courageous who oppose this nonsense receive death threats... countless families continue to be destroyed by the false 'fruits' of this unholy town.
at the bottom of the page this curious reference is made:
As promised by Our Lady of Fatima, this battle will be won by her genuine followers, the true lovers of Christ, who stand up for GOD, ever-ready to oppose lies disguised as truth.
Join the battle for the Church on earth.
All of these reports / links yet again make one feel that there is definately another agenda going on at a far higher level.
I hope you receive this Brian and I thank you for the daily work you have done on this sad case.
Best Regards K
11.16.2007
Hi Brian and family,how's little Alison,i bet she's really big now.
I just want to let you know there is a program coming on Saturday 10pm CBS news 48 hours Here is the Web address
Its about Madeleine and the 48 hours have hired a private detective one of the best, who lived at the Mcanns resort(its weird though because what about Portuguese law saying knowone is allowed to investigate a crime and everyone is hiring private detectives).
The program has Jane tanner the Mcanns friend being interviewed and saying what she saw and what happened that night(but what about knowone being allowed to talk about the case but everyone is doing that aswell now.It should cast some light on what Jane Tanner saw as she is suppose to talk about the man she saw carrying a child,so at least we will hear it from the horses mouth what she saw.
I don't know if its just me but is there something odd about Jane Tanner and Russel O'Brien,i don't know what it is but i don't trust them and had a weird feeling about them as soon as i saw them.I believe they know Murat as Russel O'Brien went to the same university as him and lived in the same English town called Exeter.Whats the chances of that happening,going on holiday to Portugal and someone who stayed in the same English town as you and was in that same English town 2 weeks before you went on this holiday and went to the same University as you and they just happened to live beside the resort that your are staying in on your holiday and you just happened to don't know each other and have never met,YEAH RIGHT! what a load of bull.There is something wrong there,they must be involved.What do you think Brian have you had any negative feeling about the Jane Tanner and Russel O'Brien and have any of your dreams said Madeleine will be found.
Your work is fantastic,you should be in charge of the investigation and Madeleine would prob be found by now.
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Thanks Jennifer, will try and watch this program...and I'm not sure.
Brian
how are all your family doing,hope you are all well.
I was looking on the Internet after Anna contacted you about 1 of her dreams.
She said Madeleine was in Morocco in a place that starts with the letter E.
Anna also said she was in a big house with Red bricks and was with an old man
and a lady and said the man was some the of Priest.
I found a site of someone who had taken holiday pictures in Morocco and the Place
was called Essaouria and Anna mentioned Madeleine was in a place in Morocco
The web address is
Anna also mentioned that Madeleine has been observed in Marrakesh and on the
site i was looking at the person had also taken pictures of there trip from the
mountains of Marrakesh to the Sahara,i mention this because i feel it could
be the place Anna dreamed of because also in their photos they walk
through the village and take pictures of the small street and there is a big
Essaouria also has a fishing port,which has lots of little boats and loads of nets
boxes,but there is also a big Red boat or ship which the psychic Matthew also
mentioned he thought Madeleine had been taken on,maybe you are all right
and Madeleine is being moved about on a boat which would be so much easier not
to be seen than moving her into a car.
Brian maybe am wrong but due to Madeleine being so well known now i cant see
why whoever has her would risk taking her out in the street for everybody to see.
If the little girl that the witness who is called Naoual who lives in Morocco
saw was Madeleine which she claims had the mark in her right eye
which Madeleine has in her eye,then why would she not call the police straight
away as know-one has seen a little girl with that mark and i have never known
anyone with that unusual mark in their eye so why if you were 100% sure that it
Madeleine and you also saw the mark she has in her eye then why would you let
The women that the witness saw with the girl she thought was Madeleine also said
its very common for people to share taxis in the place she was in and the African
would not share a taxi and pulled the little girl away and tried to hide her face and
She also said the little girl had a haircut more like a boys and she said the little
girl had a big bruise on her head and did not look happy at all.
The witness took one of the taxi driver’s business cards. She phoned him and he revealed he drove them 300km to the north Moroccan port of Al Hoceima. Naoual tipped off Spanish police, who passed on the information to the Portuguese detectives hunting Madeleine who have also said that they have not got enough evidence and will be closing the case in about 7 weeks so fat lot of use they are.
Brian i just don't see why whoever has Madeleine would risk being caught by taking her out in full public view but if the person who has her feels they live in a remote place full of mountains then its a possibility isn't it.
Maybe i am being harsh by saying that if the witness was 100% sure it was Madeleine then she should of not let the women go but if it was me and i was in Morocco and saw an African women
with a little fair skinned child with the mark which Madeleine has and remember she said she was 100% sure it was her and saw the mark in her right eye not just the mark but in her right eye the same as Madeleine then i would of said "excuse me am extremely sorry if i am wrong and don't want to offend you but the child that is with you well looks like the missing girl Madeleine and she has the mark Madeleine has and its in her right eye" then i would say "i hope you don't mind me asking you but considering she resembles Madeleine and has her mark in the same eye well do you mind if i call the police as i would not be able to get it out of my head if i didn't ask you"
I know if i was the women and it was my little girl i would be a bit annoyed and would properly want to tell the person who asked me to **** off,so maybe this is why the witness did not ask but if you were 100% sure why would you care if you thought Madeleine was standing right in front of you.
Brian what do you think,do you think the little girl was Madeleine?
Hi Brian and family,hope you are all keeping well.
I was looking up Albuferia (Portugal) scenery and came across a church which has a symbol on the top of the church which looks exactly like the symbol you had drawn which is a Russian tattoo.I think the symbol on top of the church looks so much like the symbol you have drawn,so could your drawing actually be the symbol on top of this church.If you look to the left side of the picture,it has a white building with straight bars on the window like you have also drawn before.You should take a look at the picture you might recognise it.
Could Madeleine be there!
Hope this helps.
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Hi, do you have a link to this?
Brian
Hi Brian,
There are people on your site interested in the "seeing eye" and the dollar bill. The seeing eye can be found everywhere from CBS logo to the dollar bill to many other companies. It is the secret society’s inside joke (there is nothing funny about it) telling those who know, who exactly is in power. They are The Illuminati, originally the Free Masons (Gerry McCann).
Your readers need to read or what as much info as they can about this group. They are involved in much illegal activity including pedophilia. Here is some a clip from a guy who used to be a member and now speaks out against them. He explains the link between Freemasons and child abuse among other things.
If people don’t believe those in power are part of this group, here is a clip of George Bush Jr and John Kerry admitting (more like not denying) they are in the division called Skull & Bones (a lot of members are from Yale University). Their allegiance is first to the group and then to other things. But because they swear to the society first, all other oaths (including the Presidential oath of office) are then meaningless. So what are they hiding? What is their agenda?
If people know what they are doing and we bring them to light (‘illuminating’ them, how ironic is that!), they will ultimately lose power and stop the evil work they are doing. So people need to watch this stuff so they know...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3905823038152752833&q=bush+kerry+meet+the+press+skull+and+bones&total=37&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134284036772812990&q=Illuminati+Bill+Schnoebelen&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6968701728290963918&q=illuminati&total=10188&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gch2zhgBF0U
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7373201783240489827&q=illuminati&total=10188&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3
Hope you will post this,
Thanks, Keep up your amazing work. I think your site is changing the world.
Janis
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Thanks Janis, will post this information...Brian
The Mail traces three-year-old in Bosnia who witness thought was Madeleine
By NEIL SEARS - More by this author » Last updated at 21:40pm on 14th November 2007
Hopes that Madeleine McCann had been found in Bosnia have been dashed after police tracked down the local girl behind the apparent sighting.
Tea Dedic, three, was found by detectives after the Daily Mail provided them with the number plate of the car she was apparently seen being bundled into.
The blow to Madeleine's parents follows similar disappointments in June when there were reported sightings of her in Malta and in Belgium.

Likeness: Missing Madeleine McCann and Bosnian Tea Dedic
Then in August a Spanish tourist took a photograph of a blonde child in Morocco.The child was later identified as Bouchra Benaissa, a three-year-old local girl.
Madeleine's family said at the weekend they were treating the Bosnia sighting, by an Irish tourist, as credible.
He said he believed he had seen her outside a church in the town of Medugorje in southern Bosnia, a Roman Catholic shrine.
He claimed that she shouted "I want my daddy" in English as she was pushed into the back of a Bosnian-registered VW Golf by a couple who appeared to be locals, the tourist added.
But he said police showed no interest in what he reported. After returning home to Fermanagh in Northern Ireland he contacted the Find Madeleine campaign.
At the beginning of the week Bosnian detectives insisted no report had been made to them - but when the Mail passed on the registration number, they acted and traced the car to an address in Ljubuski, a town seven miles from Medugorje.
Tea's father, dentist Slavko Dedic, said he and his wife had gone shopping in Medugorje and had put Tea in their car and driven home when she threw a tantrum.

Wrong girl: Bouchra Binaissa was also mistaken for Madeleine, right, in Morocco in September
Officers said they were satisfied with the explanation.
They said Tea did not speak English, and suggested that the Irish tourist, who has remained anonymous, must have simply been mistaken.
A police source told the Daily Mail: "After being given the car registration plate by the Daily Mail, Bosnian police went within the hour to an address in Ljubuski - and found the VW Golf.
"Tea is very blonde. Without a doubt that is the child. The family are happy to issue a picture of Tea to make perfectly clear she is not Madeleine McCann."
Spokesman for Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate, Clarence Mitchell, thanked the Daily Mail for helping to trace the car.
There have been a string of possible sightings of Maddie, but none has proved positive and some have been established as total red herrings.
In June, there were reported sightings of her first in Malta and then in Belgium - all proved false leads.

Kate and Gerry McCann: Private detectives employed by the couple followed the lead to Bosnia
In May, September and earlier this month a number of people claimed to have seen the little girl in Morocco.
A Spanish tourist took a photograph of a blonde girl with a group near the northern town of Zinat just south of Tangiers on August 31.
The child was later identified as Bouchra Benaissa, a three-year-old living with her family in an area so remote that they had not heard of the Madeleine case.
Earlier this month the spotlight again returned to Moroco when a Spanish doctor said she had seen Maddie in the coastal town of Fnideq.
Last week the hunt switched to Bosnia and the McCanns' private detectives followed the sighting to investigate.
• Gerry and Kate McCann will have to wait until next year to learn what evidence police have gathered about the case, lawyers warned.
There had been hopes that secret files could be opened this week, because a six-month deadline under Portuguese law has now passed since Robert Murat was named as the first official suspect in the case.
Those hopes have been dashed by the decision to give the case 'special complexity' status.
The McCanns will have to wait to learn why they were named official suspects and what evidence the police have against them.
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Sorry to hear this...Brian
11.17.2007
Now the problem is that the girl in Bosnia was determined not to be maddie.
Brian, thanks for being who you are.
Susan
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Thanks Susan...and that's easy enough to do :)
Brian
Hi Brian hope you and family are well, been following this case on your site from the start. I too feel Madeleine is in PDL , but if she has been moved with these recent sightings I really think who ever has her is not goiing to venture out in public with her! I think she probably has not moved far from where she was taken. I cannot understand why NO local search has been done there. I am going to the Agarve in a few weeks , we are visiting most area`s so if there is any photo`s or video footage you want from any pacific area I will do it for you.
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Thanks MaryJoe...I'm not sure either...but I hope it does happen soon. Can you take a few pics of Murats house as well as the surrounding drainage area's and water utilities.
Brian
Hi Brian,
Just been looking over some photo's I have acquired off of the internet and found some interesting things!
To start with, in the picture of the church in Praia da luz, if you blow the picture up to 3 x the size, just behind the large cross you can see a small archway with what looks like bars going down and a square underneath the bars (could this be the 272 archway you drew in one of your pictures ?). Also this would reflect your drawings saying she is next to the cross!!
RM could also mean Reverend Minister ?
My suggestion is for someone to go to the church and take a better picture of this, maybe with a 8-10 mega-pixel camera!! The picture would then be so much more clearer.
The other picture is from exposay.com
In this picture, if you look behind Tuck Price, you see a man wearing a tee-shirt with a butterfly on it.
This could be related to your butterfly drawings!
Also if you blow up the picture 3 x and join the butterfly wings together, you get the picture of an 'Eye'!!!!
End of the day, I still think she is in Murats basement!
Regards, Paul,
Dorset UK
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Hi Paul, not able to research this right now, but will post what you have...and thanks.
Brian


Hi Brian, Have you any further news on Madeleine?
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Hi, from what I know it's possible that missing person Joana Cipriano may have been taken by the same people who took Madeleine, and we may know something soon.
Brian
Didn't you draw this appartment in one of your dreams re madeleine-is this a clue to where she is?
(on your site page 18 message from Tara re Murat's house)
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Thanks Alex...yes I did...Brian
Thank you SO MUCH Brian!!! I have been frantically trying to get this into the public for over two weeks now! I am convinced that this may be vital to the investigation but that none of the authorities are even concentrating on Portugal or outsiders – so nothing may EVER be done to look into these two!
I just hope that someone can follow it up and I pray it leads to something.
One of the things that I found the most interesting about this article was the fact that if they did take / were involved in the abduction it is quite appalling that Jose Baptiste would be prepared to throw guilt on the family which could lead to them losing their other two children!! (This type of character would have to be pretty heartless if he was involved).
Yet Maria Fernandez whilst she poses for a picture only mentions what a beautiful and lovely little girl Madeleine was and I think may have even been wearing one of the “Find Madeleine” bracelets. Anyone who is a woman and maternal – whilst she may be prepared to take a child would probably find it “too much” to then “frame up” the family. (If they are involved she is the one to “crack” - she has a conscience and I really believe that she knows something).
In a nutshell, what interested me most was simply the fact that this couple – were not necessarily “united” in their criticism of the family and Maria had pretty much nothing to say plus I don’t even believe she was “on duty” the night of the incident and yet Jose Fernandez wanted her there with him – to pose for pictures to show a “united front”.
I am sure a criminal psychologist may see more in this.
Anyway I just hope that sniffer dogs are brought in to check out their car and their apartment and that all their phone lines etc are checked on the night in question. (My gut instinct tells me that if they if this couple is involved - – I don’t think Madeleine necessarily did leave Portugal and that she may very easily be in a slightly “rural” location just out of Praia da Luz with one of their older relatives).
Lastly, on Friday I read in one of the newspapers that one of the two waiters on duty that night – had come forward saying Kate had screamed “they have taken her, they have taken her” from the balcony of the apartment – if this waiter was Jose Baptista it completely contradicts his “story” in his interview – because he claims that he only emerged from the restaurant when everyone except the older women had already left the table and that he missed all the commotion.
I am sorry to harp on about these two – but I will not feel at peace until I know that this avenue has been checked out. If in years to come we learn that they were involved I would never forgive myself for not doing more!
Thank you again for posting these images and for your site and please God bring this baby girl home!
xK
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No problem...thanks for caring.
Brian
Things are heating up, it looks like this case is about to be solved!!!!
ANGIE
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This is wonderful news...and when she is located, I hope it never happens again.
Brian
'We know who's got Maddie'
By Dan Wootton
DETECTIVES hired by Maddie McCann's parents are CERTAIN she's still alive and they are close to finding her.
The Spanish-based Metodo 3 agency also believe they know the identity of the missing four-year-old's kidnappers and say they are on the verge of solving the entire case.
Boss Francisco Marco told us: "We're 100 PER CENT sure Maddie is alive. We're sure she was abducted and we are very, very close to finding those responsible."
The investigators, who have never failed to find a missing child, are working on the theory that THREE people were involved in the snatch after a new witness came forward.
The witness claims she saw Maddie being bundled into a van by a man and a woman in central Portugal TWO DAYS after she was taken.
The news comes as Maddie's troubled dad Gerry has told how he is certain she was taken by "a predator" who had watched the family for DAYS.
In an emotional home video diary recorded some months ago, Gerry says he believes the abductor hid in the dark outside their Portuguese holiday apartment before grabbing Maddie from her bed.
On the video, to be screened by the BBC tomorrow night, doctor Gerry reveals: "I've no doubt Madeleine was targeted.
"That makes us sick to the core—to think that someone was watching us and our daughter."
Until now Gerry has been banned from discussing the investigation under Portuguese law. But he is captured on the private video saying he thinks the kidnapper was HIDING at the front of the flat in Praia da Luz as he checked on his children that fateful evening.
He added: "We were looking at the back of the apartment and maybe the weak spots were at the front. It's a corner flat with trees overlooking it. Somebody could be hiding there watching out of view.
"I've absolutely no doubt they've watched me go in, come back out and then they've thought, ‘That's the window of opportunity to get in and get back out'." Gerry's theory backs our front page story last month that Metodo 3 believed Maddie was snatched to order in a paedophile plot.
On the video, filmed by friend John Corner, Gerry reveals he desperately wishes he could turn back time. "Looking back could destroy you, eat away at you." he says.
"We have very much tried to focus on what more could be done now, not what we could have done before, because we didn't do it.
"If we could turn back the clock, we'd just rewind as fast as we could."
The video also shatters police theories that the McCanns could have dumped Maddie's body during a trip to Spain.
It shows the boot of their hired Renault Scenic, where cops suspect the body was hidden, was actually full of missing posters and yellow armbands on that day in August. Pictures taken from the video also show Gerry sitting at his computer working on posters, and Kate hanging out washing.
On video Kate, 39, reveals her regret at leaving her children that night. She says: "There is not a day goes by I'm not thinking, ‘Why did I think that was OK?' "
Gerry, also 39, added: "Clearly at the time we felt what we were doing was quite responsible. We talked earlier on about how rare it is for a foreign child to be abducted and of course Praia du Luz is such a quiet place it was the furthest thing from our minds.
"We were dining very close to the children and we were checking on them very, very regularly. We are very responsible parents and we love our children so much."
The site below had text earlier today and is now blank, at least on my computer.
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Hi, same for me, but will post this.
Brian
Murat's girlfriend 'spotted with Madeleine two days after she ...
The German girlfriend of Robert Murat, who was the first suspect to emerge in the investigation for missing four-year-old Madeleine mccann, ...
www.briansprediction.com/pages/live/articles/ news/news.html?in_article_id=494770&in_page_id=1770 - 3 hours ago - Similar pages
(I checked...this article was removed for some reason)
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http://www.24dash.com/communities/20638.htm
"It is understood that Ms Walczuch is Mr Murat's girlfriend although she still lives with Mr Antonio, her estranged husband. Both were later released.
Mr Murat was also released, but police revealed that - for the first time in this investigation - they were treating one of the three as an "arguido".............
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DAILY MAIL 18.11.07
Murat's girlfriend 'spotted with Madeleine two days after she vanished'
Last updated at 11:21am on 18th November 2007
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The girlfriend of Robert Murat, who was the first suspect to emerge in the investigation for missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann, has been embroiled in the mysterious disappearance.
Private detctives who have been hired by the McCanns claim Michaela Walczuch was spotted with the youngster two days after she vanished.
According to reports, a new witness has said she saw the missing four-year-old in a car with Frau Walczuch in central Portugal on May 5.[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/387/walczuchl1811468x828tr0.jpg[/img][/url]
It is alleged that the female witness positively identified the 33-year-old Jehovah's Witness after being shown photos of women seen in the area around the time that the little girl disappeared.
The Spanish Metodo 3 detective agency is now scouring the undisclosed location for other witnesses who could help reveal what happened to Madeleine.
The agency says it believes a man and a woman were involved in the abduction.
A spokesman for the detective firm will reveal the sighting on BBC1's Panorama programme tomorrow.
But, it won't name Frau Walczuch.
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I also revisited some earlier (May 2007) articles and found this to be full of potentially significant facts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=455223&in_page_id=1770
Luis Antonio and Michaela Walczuch

Hi Brian,
Please see the latest very detailed info on Metodo 3 detectives finding Madeleine!
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Thanks, yes...I'm assuming that if they are 100% certain she is alive, then they either have her, or have seen her...which is great news.
From what I'm told this Metodo 3 is a very reputable PI agency and would not say such things without proof...let's hope this is true.
Brian
MADELEINE ALIVE? WE'RE 100% CERTAIN
EXCLUSIVE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE DAY 199 Detectives reveal that they are closing in on Maddy kidnapper And new witness tells of seeing her with TWO suspects in van
By Lori Campbell 7

Detectives hunting for Madeleine McCann last night said they were closing in on her kidnapper in a dramatic breakthrough in the case.
Francisco Marco, head of private detective agency Metodo 3 - hired to track the missing four-year-old by the McCanns - said: "We're 100 per cent sure she is alive. We are sure she was abducted. We are very, very close to finding the kidnapper."
He said a woman had come forward with vital new information.
The member of the public claims she saw a little girl matching Madeleine's description inside a stationary van in central Portugal two days after she was snatched.
The girl was sitting next to a woman while a man stood outside the vehicle, at a spot about 90 miles from where Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
The witness then picked out the woman suspect from photographs shown to her by investigators at the Spanish firm Metodo 3 as the woman had already been linked to the case. The man seen by the van has the same description as the suspect the McCanns' friend Jane Tanner saw carrying Madeleine away from their apartment on May 3.
And it's believed a THIRD man was also involved, acting as a spotter who watched the McCanns' routine of checking on their children during their week-long holiday.
Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry were last night praying the sighting on May 5 would help bring their daughter back.
A friend said: "They're encouraged by what investigators are saying and have been given new hope."
Mr Marco and his 40-strong expert team were hired by the McCanns two months ago as they became frustrated by the bungled Portuguese police investigation.
He believes Madeleine was abducted in a carefully planned operation, says he knows the area she is being held and insists the agency is close to discovering exactly what happened to her.
Marco, 45, refuses to say which country they think Madeleine is in, although Kate and Gerry have always been convinced it is Morocco.
The Sunday Mirror has been told the identities of all three suspects but has chosen not to print them so as not to jeopardise the inquiry.
A source inside Metodo 3 said: "We believe the sighting is the breakthrough we've been waiting for. The witness was able to give a detailed description of the man and woman to investigators.
"They showed her photographs, and she was able to pick out the woman with no hesitation.
"Detectives believe the kidnapper was helped by a third person who watched the apartment for days."
The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: "Gerry and Kate will not comment on specific sightings, but are continuing to work closely with and have every confidence in Metodo 3."
The development comes as Gerry told of his belief Madeleine was snatched by a "predator" after the family was watched for days.
In a video diary to be screened on BBC1's Panorama, he says: "I've no doubt Madeleine was targeted and that makes us sick to the core to think someone was watching us and our daughter, then targeted her. I think the true word is a predator."
Kate and Gerry, both 39, left Madeleine and two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie sleeping in their apartment every night while they ate at a Tapas bar from which they could see the back of the flats.
Gerry believes the kidnapper lay beneath the children's bedroom window, hidden by a high wall.
In the film - shot by family friend John Corner as suspicion began to fall on them in August - he says: "We were looking at the back of the apartment and maybe the weak spots were at the front.
"It's a corner flat with trees overlooking it. Somebody could be hiding there watching out of view."
He adds: "I've absolutely no doubt that they've watched me go in, come back out, and then they've thought, 'That's the window of opportunity'.
"And you know a minute or two either side, and obviously one other witness saw him carrying a child away, but not realising it was Madeleine - that could have been a matter of 20 or 30 seconds and that's very frustrating."
A us documentary will also claim Portuguese police no longer believe Kate and Gerry - who are still official suspects - were involved in their daughter's disappearance and that DNA evidence is inconclusive.
Panorama: The Mystery of Madeleine McCann, tomorrow BBC1 9pm.
Greetz,
CC
Murat's girlfriend 'spotted with Madeleine' two days after she vanished
18.11.07
Police hunting for Madeleine McCann are investigating a new sighting of a child spotted with the girlfriend of official suspect Robert Murat.
A new witness has told detectives they saw Madeleine in Portugal two days after her disappearance, with a man and a woman.
The witness is believed to have identified the woman as Mr Murat's German-born girlfriend Michaela Walczuch.

Michaela Walczuch: A witness says she spotted her with Madeleine two days after the little girl went missing

Robert Murat: Named as an 'arguido'
Kate and Gerry McCann's private detective agency were contacted about the May 5 sighting and the witness told them the pair were behaving suspiciously.
The witness - whose identity has been kept secret - said they saw the woman in a van with a child who looked like Madeleine. A man was standing nearby and the witness said the pair appeared to be trying to hide the child from view.
It happened at an undisclosed location in central Portugal, said to be about 100 miles from the resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished on May 3.
Detectives at the Spanish agency Metodo 3 are taking the sighting seriously and have passed the information on to Portuguese police.
They are linking it to a sighting made by the McCanns' friend Jane Tanner, who saw a man carrying a child away from the couple's apartment. He is said to match the new witness's description of the man standing by the van.
Detectives said the new sighting supported their belief that Madeleine is still alive, and the McCanns were said to be "extremely encouraged".
Head of Metodo 3 Francisco Marco told the BBC: "We are 100 per cent sure that she is alive. We are sure she was abducted. We are very, very close to finding the kidnapper."
Some details of the new sighting are to be revealed in a Panorama documentary to be screened tomorrow, on the 200th day since Madeleine disappeared.

Anguish: The McCanns (above and below) in scenes from the video diary of their hunt for Madeleine, to be shown on Panorama

The new witness said neither the man nor the woman looked Portuguese and they are believed to have identified Ms Walczuch, 34, from photographs.
The German-born mother-of-one was interviewed by police after Mr Murat, 33, was named as an official suspect in the case in May but she was never made an arguida.
Her estranged husband Luis Antonio was also questioned. The pair still live together in Lagos, about five miles away from Praia da Luz, but Ms Walczuch has been in a relationship with Mr Murat for almost two years since they worked together in an estate agent in Lagos.
They later set up their own property business under the name Romigen. Neighbours have said Mr Murat was a regular guest at the flat Ms Walczuch and Mr Antonio share with their eight-year-old daughter.
British ex-pat Mr Murat remains an official suspect in the case but has always denied any involvement.

Madeleine McCann has been missing since May 3rd
Ms Walczuch was unavailable for comment today. Her flat in Lagos was empty and she failed to answer phone calls. There were no signs the flat was being kept under police surveillance.
Mr Marco said he believed Madeleine was abducted in a carefully planned operation but insisted detectives were close to discovering what happened to her.
He has refused to say where he believes she has been taken, although the McCanns have spoken of their belief that she was transported to Morocco.
McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Naturally we are extremely encouraged by any indication by our investigators that things are going well.
"But there have been a number of leads that have come to nothing and Kate and Gerry remain cautious."
The McCanns hired Metodo 3 two months ago after they were named as official suspects in the investigation, amid frustration that Portuguese police were not investigating other leads.
In video footage to be shown in tomorrow's documentary, Mr McCann spoke of his fears that an abductor watched the family for days before Madeleine was snatched and struck while the couple ate nearby.
"We were looking at the back of the apartment and maybe the weak spots were at the front. It's a corner flat with trees overlooking it."
He added: "I've no doubt that Madeleine was targeted and that makes us sick to the core to think that someone was watching us and our daughter.
In the intimate video diary, filmed by a family friend in August, Mr McCann relived how he went to check on his children.
"I've got absolutely no doubt that they watched me go in and come back out and then they've thought, 'That's the window of opportunity to get in and get back out'."
The McCanns have always insisted Madeleine was abducted.
The head of the Portuguese police, Alipio Ribeiro, said in a newspaper interview this weekend that he still did not know if there would be any arrests in the case.
But a source told the Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas that detectives now believed they had abandoned the abduction theory too quickly in favour of investigating the McCanns.
The source said: "The initial suspicions pointed towards the little girl having been abducted by a sexual predator.
"We don't know exactly why that line of investigation was totally abandoned without there being concrete data which could incriminate the McCann couple."
Hi Brian
Hope this email finds you well.
I found this on one of the UK tabloid newspaper sites. Although I want it to be true, I do find it odd that a private detective agency would leak such information. Unless of course they are trying to let other suspects know they are ‘safe’, when in fact they are not?!
What do you think? Did you get anything from your dreams on Michaela and Luis? I know the name Luis came up in one of your dd’s.
Keep up the good work – you’re great!
Sally J
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=494747&in_page_id=1770&ct=5#StartComments
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Hi Sally...me too, but they did say this on the CBS TV show 48 hours, and millions of people in the US were watching, so I do not think any psyop tactics were used in this case.
I'm not sure yet about Michaela yet, will have to go back and look. However, it does seem that I was wrong, and Madeleine is not at Murat's house...I felt so certain that she was there and he was the one that took her...anyway, her being alive is really all that matters, and congratulations to the people at Metodo 3...wonderful work...keep it up.
Brian
11.19.2007
Brian It's not often you are wrong but I feel you are right again here you have said all along that Murats house was involved
Sorry Brian pressed the send key on the other email before I had finished :((((
If you remember they found some of maddies DNA in the way of hair at Murats house and his lawyer put it down to him being in the apartment as a translator and probably picking up the hair then on his clothes. I do hope they find her soon. We haven't heard much about Murats girlfriend, does she look like the woman in your DD, I bet she does and that the tweo people you did the drawing of is Murat and this girlfriend
Take Care
Diane
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Hi Diane, I'm wrong all the time :)
But, I do think Murat's house was involved...and Murat himself...along with several members of the PJ. I still feel she is in there, but the PI's seem to say otherwise.
If the PI's say that they are 100% sure she is alive, then they must have seen her...otherwise how could they be 100% sure she is alive. And if they did see her, I do not think they were looking in Murat's moms window. I'm guessing the only reason for the delay now would be police notification and involvement, and making sure the arrests are 100% legal.
I'm not sure who looks like who now...actually I'm confused. I'm going to do a separate RV or really LD (lucid dream) on all on them in the morning...should really have done this months ago.
Brian
Look at this!! Looks like our investigation on Mr Robert Murat and his many friends has been right all along!
This evidence along with your dd's and the links and info that he had on Madeleine in his website are all finally revealing the truth!!
Angie....
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Hi Angie...we will see...I just want to her found safe and now.
Brian
Murat's girlfriend 'spotted with Madeleine' two days after she vanished
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23421681-details/Murat's%20girlfriend%20'spotted%20with%20Madeleine'%20two%20days%20after%20she%20vanished/article.do#readerComments
How close in location is the finding of the bag of clothes possibly related to Madeleine and the sighting of the couple on the side of the road trying to conceal the female child?
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Hi, not sure, but will post your question.
Brian
HERE'S ANOTHER ARTICLE FOR YOU TO SEE BRIAN!!!
YOU GUESSED IT!! MR MURAT'S MUM IS DEFENDING HIM!! CLAIMS HE WAS IN ALL NIGHT!! UNLESS SHE SLEEPS NEXT TO HIM HOW WOULD SHE NO?? IF TEENAGERS ARE CAPABLE OF SNEAKING OUT, THEN MY GUESS IS THAT A GROWN MAN WOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE WHAT SO EVER.. (MAYBE SHE SLEEPS WITH ONE EYE OPEN??) WHERE WAS SHE WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO SERGEY MALINKA???
I FEEL THAT SHE IS EITHER VERY GULLABLE OR IS INVOLVED~!!!
P.S ROBERT MURAT ALSO CLAIMS THAT HE DID NOT NO ABOUT MADDIE TILL THE NEXT MORNING?? IF THAT IS THE CASE THEN WHY WOULD HE BE DISCUSSING 'THE LITTLE BLONDE ENGLISH GIRL' WITH SERGEY THAT NIGHT??, AND DIDN'T HE CALL HIS DAUGHTER THAT SAME NIGHT IN TEARS?? ALSO HOW COULD YOU NOT HEAR EVERYONE SCREAMING OUT MADELEINES NAME ON THE NIGHT THAT SHE WAS TAKEN?? IF THEY HAVE TWO DOGS YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE DOGS WOULD OF BEEN BARKING AT ALL THE PEOPLE SEARCHING AND SCREAMING OUT HER NAME.. WOULDN'T YOU???
P.S I STILL THINK (V.A) IS SHORT FOR VILLA ALICE???? MURAT'S MUM'S OTHER HOME, I THINK IT WAS LOCATED IN SPAIN!!??
ANGIE....
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Not sure, I would hope she would not be involved, or at the least suspicious but not aware.
Brian
Do you ever take a day off in these missing persons cases?
Jed
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Hi, I only take off when I think it would benefit my dreams or family...everyday is a workday for a missing person's family.
Brian
what is going on????
Brian,
Here's another update.. Have I missed something?? the portuguese still think that Maddie is dead, and the pi's are saying she is alive and that they no who took her?? Why haven't they arrested anybody?? where is Maddie?? do you know what is going on??
Angie
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Hi Angie, I'm hoping they already have...if the PI's say she is alive then I would assume that they know where she is. What have the McCann's said about this?
Brian
MADDIE COPS DIG UP GRAVES
ABOVE: Kate with Maddie
20th November 2007
By Jerry Lawton
POLICE hunting Maddie McCann have secretly searched the church and its graveyard where her parents prayed for her safe return.
They have also questioned the Catholic priest the McCanns confided in after their daughter disappeared.
Father Jose Pacheco, 46, who gave the couple the keys to his church so they could worship round the clock, has since admitted he felt “deceived’’ by them.
Despite claims by the McCanns’ private eyes that Madeleine was abducted, detectives still believe she died in an accident inside the family’s apartment.
They think her GP mum Kate and heart consultant dad Gerry disposed of her body to mask their negligence after leaving her while they dined with pals in a nearby tapas bar.
As the Daily Star revealed four months ago police believe the body may have been temporarily hidden in the church near the holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, from which the little girl vanished on May 3.
But police had never searched it until now, fearing the move could upset worshippers.
The new detective in charge of the investigation Paulo Rebelo insisted the operation was carried out as part of his “root and branch’’ review of the probe. He got special permission from Catholic leaders for a search team to scour the church and an old cemetery outside, which is now a garden.
The operation – led by Rebelo himself – was carried out “informally and with maximum discretion’’ to avoid distressing local churchgoers.
A source close to the investigation said: “Police have spoken several times to the priest in Praia da Luz since Madeleine disappeared.’’
They want to know what relationship he had with the McCanns while they remained in Portugal after their daughter vanished. The McCanns, of Rothley, Leicestershire, strongly deny all the allegations against them and insist that Madeleine was abducted.
Yesterday Kate’s mum Susan Healy, 62, insisted that any evidence police claim to have found incriminating her daughter must have been planted.
Private detectives employed by the McCanns say they are convinced Madeleine was snatched.
And they claim that they are “very, very close’’ to identifying the culprit. They are probing claims that the girlfriend of 33-year-old expat Brit estate agent Robert Murat – the only other suspect in the case – was seen handing over a child to a mystery man two days after Madeleine vanished.
A witness has reported that after passing the child over German divorcee Michaela Walczuch, 39, and the man left in different cars in opposite directions.
Walczuch, who has twice been questioned by police and released without being named a suspect, declined to comment last night.
She called police to remove journalists from outside her home in Lagos, five miles from the resort where Maddie vanished.
The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said yesterday: “We continue to work very closely with the private investigators.
“We are encouraged by any developments they feel are significant.‘’
Hi Brian, I suggest that you might like to follow the link to watch the latest program on Maddie and thankyou so much for all your help in trying to find this little girl. Good luck.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/panorama/default.stm
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Thanks Julie, if the PI's are 100% sure Madeleine is alive, then they must have know where she is...and this information more than likely was passed to the McCann's and the British Police.
I certainly hope after all this time, the PI's would just make up this information. Oh, and I was unable to get the video to work.
Brian
11.19.2007
Hi Brian
Hope all is well with you & family.
I believe this is related to the Madeleine case
Re your DD6183 below of 16/11, this very much resembles the basement that you say that Madeleine is in, with the light & crack on the wall & you mention W S & 6 that have been mentioned on other DDs.
The detailed drawing of that basement is further below & I have tried to send to you many times so that other readers can see that drawing as there has been mention that readers cannot find it.
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Hi Z, I will post the entire contents of your email and link to that DD.
Brian

Hi Brian
1. One of your readers was asking where your DD was of your detailed description of the basement, which I have now found amongst a lot of text around 19th July and it is not entered in your DD numbered area at the top of each page. There are a lot of other DDs & RVs that are not number or posted on your usual area. Anyway, here it is (make it larger if you want to) :

I really do suggest that readers go over what has been posted since the beginning, as there are so many things that never were covered.
2. Looking at your recent reply to someone …
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Hi, I still think she is in PDL, and if she was moved not sure how they were able to do it without being noticed.
Wherever she is, whoever has her, I think it's about time she was returned...and I'm sure there are still ways to do this while remaining anonymous.
Brian”
… dont forget your DD from mid July (no nr.) that mentioned the Sky Box 12, being a cargo car roof box & you had posted my info on that back in July (see below) – that could have been one way that Madeleine could have been moved out of PDL, hidden inside the Sky Box 12. Probably the ‘S box’ that you had previously mentioned right from May.
“Hi Brian
You have mention ‘6’ & ‘tennis court’ a lot, in DD5441, in another DD5527, RV 23/5/07 & again a ‘6’ in RV 25/5/07 & others I think.
I’ve just looked again at the website of Mark Warner Ocean Club Summer Beach Resort (MW OCSBR tel.nr. 770 4227) & notice on the resort map that ‘6’ is the key on the map to the ‘Mini & Toddler 2’s Club’ which Madeleine probably went to during the day, her being 3yrs old at the time & it’s located right near the tennis courts – see bottom of page on link http://www.markwarner.co.uk/sun/portugal/ocean-club#item3
You also mention in DD5527 ‘tell them about the S box’ (think EC tells you this). And the ‘S’ is mentioned again in DD5551 & other DDs I think. This has been puzzling me for months!!
Then lookng again at the below drawing (no DD nr or date but was around mid July), says Sky Box 12. I quite thought that would be something to do with a Sky television digital box, but then I just thought this has something to do with the ‘S box’ mentioned before.
Googled Sky Box 12 & it is a cargo box for the roof of a car see links http://www.yakima.com/Product.aspx?id=183 & http://www.orsracksdirect.com/yakima-skybox-12-cargo-roof-box-7160.html - is this something to do with how Madeleine can be transported around without being seen, or being hidden inside?

On DD5441, you write ‘she is with RS & WS’ & you have mentioned that they want to give Madeleine back.
On RV 10/5/07 you refer to RS as police, works for a hotel but perhaps has some links with the police & church/religion.
On your 2nd RV of 5/7/07 you say RS is the husband & WS you say is the wife that runs a child network. And that police are paid to cover up.
You then say again that RS & WS want to return child, but look…. you have put the date of ‘19/8/07, no media’. Let’s hope you are right Brian!!
Is your drawing above WS that perhaps works at the Mini & Toddler 2’s Club??? Perhaps this is the child network you refer to?
Kind regards
Z”
Or perhaps your drawing of the female is meant to be Murat’s girlfriend
Kind regards
Z
sorry brian but forgot to tell you, someone posted madelines bedroom on your site have a look at the would it be chair or highchair and look at the top of the chair and may be you can see madelines face, i did have the original picture but mistakenly deleted it. take care
leigh
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Hi, I see it, could be a flyer.
Brian

Hi Brian,
Just found a profile on the hi5 site that Robert Murat is on.
Take a look at www.alexandrabailarina.hi5.com
Might be someone goofing around or might be genuine.
And yes it does have Madellines mark in her eye.
Regards, Paul
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Hi Paul, it seems to be taken down...Brian
agree, Brian. Let's keep our minds open. Just for the record, though, don't ever feel that anyone is dismissing the possibility that she is in PDL. I believe that there must be a strong connection between her and Murat's house in order for your dreams to still keep taking you there. Is it possible that she had been there and something of hers was left behind? It could be her energy, or her thoughts could be going back there from whereever she is now. OR....She COULD still be there...
One thing is certain...she is out there....somewhere. We must remain focused on locating her...wherever she is...and bringing her home. That is all that matters.
Stacy
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Good point Stacy...Brian
hi brian,i too have been following your site about madeline,its very
sad for everyone and i wish to god she was found.
brian i was doing some checking and here is what i found out,you
remember some short time ago one spanish woman said that she had seen
madeline being pulled into a taxi in a town called fnideq in northern
morocco,
one of your readers said that she was convinced that madeline was
being kept in some sort of an old telegraph station in northern
morocco.so i googled (old telegraph staions and the search came up
with ceuta telefunken.i accidentally i came on another site about
ceuta being on the border to fnideq,there were many pictures of people
selling and buying various different things.the site also said things
about the corruption of police on the border.
i am not sure exactly what i am trying to say but i just have a
feeling that maybe if it is this easy to pass from ceuta on the
spanish border then maybe madeline was taken through this route and
maybe she is in this place fnideq where the spanish waoman claims that
she has seen her.i have attatched a picture of this place for you it
just looks as the sort of place one could move through very
easily.brian i dont know if this makes any connection or not but its
better to send it if i think it means something.
please dont print my e-mail address.thank you
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Hi...and will do...and thanks for this.
I'm still hoping the PI's were telling the truth, and this will all be over soon...at least for Madeleine.
Brian

HERES ANOTHER ARTICLE- SHE DOESN'T LOOK VERY HAPPY DOES SHE???...
MADDIE: MURAT'S LOVER ACCUSED!
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No she does not, but please tell me this is not the only evidence Metodo 3 has to confirm Madeleine is definitively alive...they have to know more.
Brian
Couple ... Murat and girlfriend Walczuch together in Portugal
By VERONICA LORRAINE
in Praia da Luz
and ANTONELLA LAZZERI
THE girlfriend of Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat was yesterday accused of handing over the youngster to a man two days after she disappeared.
Metodo 3, the detective agency hired by parents Gerry and Kate to find their daughter, found a witness who had seen the exchange in central Portugal on May 5.
The witness is sure the child being put into a car was Maddie.
Church ... Kate and Gerry
Although Metodo 3 has not named the woman, a source close to the detective agency claimed last night that she is German divorcee Michaela Walczuch, 34.
She was yesterday unavailable for comment at her flat in Lagos, a few miles from where Maddie went missing in Praia da Luz.
A source said last night: “This new evidence has not come from the McCanns, but from the agency they hired last month.
“A new witness, whose name has not been released, identified Michaela as the woman they saw handing a child to another man in central Portugal on May 5.
“They believe a man and a woman are involved in Maddie’s abduction, and that there was a vehicle involved.”
Talking about four-year-old Maddie, Metodo 3 boss Francisco Marco told American channel CBS: “We are 100 per cent sure she is alive. We know the kidnapper. We know who he is and we know how he has done it.”
Mr Marco said he has handed the information to cops.
Murat, 33, was dating mum-of-one Walczuch while she was still living in her marital home with Portuguese hubby Luis Antonio.
The trio even shared the flat for six months.
The affair was blamed for the breakdown of Murat’s 11-year marriage to wife Dawn, 41.
She returned to the UK with their daughter Sofia, four, when she discovered Murat was cheating on her.
Undercover cops kept the love triangle trio under surveillance for a week before taking them for questioning on May 14.
That was the day Murat was named as a suspect, or arguido.
Walczuch and pool-cleaner Antonio, 47, were quizzed a second time on May 24, but later released without charge.
The McCanns are paying for Metodo 3 — which boasts a 100 per cent success rate — through donations by benefactors.
But Murat’s mother Jenny insists her son is totally innocent.
The 71-year-old told a Panorama special, to be screened on BBC1 tonight, that he was with her throughout the evening of May 3.
She accused pals of the McCanns — who claim they saw him that night — of lying.
The programme also reveals how Kate reacted in fury when cops told her she would escape with only two years in jail if she admitted manslaughter.
She repeatedly screamed: “No.”
Kate and Gerry, both 39, attended mass near their home in Rothley, Leics, yesterday.
MADELEINE SUSPECT'S VILE KIDDIE PORN
May 28 2007 By Mark Mcgivern
Kidnap cops find sick images on computer
COPS hunting missing Madeleine McCann found vile child porn on the computer of their only suspect, it was claimed yesterday.
Police who seized equipment from Robert Murat's villa found links to depraved websites featuring children and other shocking images.
Murat, left, was named as the police's only formal suspect two weeks ago and the investigation has focused on the 33-year-old.
He denies that he was the man spotted carrying a child away from Gerry and Kate McCann's flat on the night Madeleine disappeared.
The sighting - by a female friend of the McCanns who was on holiday with them - was reported to police within hours of the abduction but was only made public on Friday.
Kate and Gerry, both 38, are convinced the child was Madeleine and their friend has been able to tell them the girl was wearing pink pyjamas and was wrapped in a blanket.
Gerry, of Rothley, Leicestershire, has been told what detectives found on Murat's computer but asked not to be given details.
Police said Kate had been "shielded" from the nature of the web links, which include bestiality.
Property dealer Murat and his ex-wife Dawn have been questioned about their sex life and have denied to police that he regularly used porn.
It is understood his girlfriend, Michaela Walczuch, has faced similar questions during police interviews.
Dawn, who lives with the couple's daughter Sofia in Norfolk, said: "They asked me about Rob's state of mind, did he ever watch pornography with me or did I ever catch him watching it.
"They wanted to know if he was under any stress and did I have any fears about him. I told them I never caught him watching porn."
Murat has told police he had dinner with his mother Jenny, 71, on the night Madeleine vanished and said he only learned of the abduction hours later.
But police found a series of phone calls between him and Russian computer ace Sergey Malinka that night, starting about 30 minutes after the child was snatched.
The child seen on the night of the abduction was wearing pyjamas similar to Madeleine's, it emerged yesterday.
Despite the family's conviction that the abductor had been spotted close to the flat at the Mark Warner Ocean Club resort, in Praia da Luz, on the Algarve, police took three weeks to issue a description to the public.
Kate and Gerry had threatened legal action. But, after a meeting between the couple and senior Portuguese officials, the police relented.
Leicestershire Police treated the woman as an important witness but said Portuguese police did not seem interested and "just filed it away", according to a source.
They only acted after pressure mounted from Glasgow-born Gerry and Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown, who has kept in touch with the investigation in a series of phone calls to the family.
Despite Gerry and Kate publicly praising the police for their work since four-year-old Madeleine's disappearance on May 3, they are said to be frustrated and exasperated at the slowness of investigators to process and reveal key information.
A police source said: "The woman gave a statement to police in Portugal but it was felt they never gave her information top priority.
"The view of the family, having put the timeline together, was that Madeleine had been taken. As a result they do not blame the woman, but she feels terrible guilt."
The source added: "The McCanns are resolute in not wanting to fall out with the Portuguese police but they have found it very difficult at times."
The white man spotted was aged about 35 to 40, of medium build, 5ft 10in tall, and wearing a blue jacket and beige trousers
Despite the description of the suspect being issued, the finger of suspicion still points at key suspect Murat, who police have refused to formally clear of the offence.
Last night, he repeated his claim that he has nothing to do with the abduction.
Murat said: "It isn't me. But the description is so vague that it won't put me out of the picture.
"I hope that I will soon be in a position to clear my name."
Doctors Gerry and Kate now intend to set off on a European tour to raise the profile of their hunt for their daughter.
Yesterday, it was revealed their travels will first take them to Seville, in Spain, before heading for Berlin and Amsterdam, where Gerry studied medicine for two years.
They have been offered the use of a private jet and hope to meet David Beckham and the Pope.
Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the distraught parents cannot bear to be away from their two-year-old twins, Amelie and Sean, for a second.
More than £320,000 has been donated to the Find Madeleine fund and the website has had more than 128million hits.
why hasnt this guy been locked up yet
leigh
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Hi, good question, we have been asking that question for a long time...it does not seem to be too serious of a crime there...where Murat's Russian friend is from, possession of child pornography is not even a crime.
Brian
Brian, You wrote
"I'm not sure yet about Michaela yet, will have to go back and look. However, it does seem that I was wrong, and Madeleine is not at Murat's house...I felt so certain that she was there and he was the one that took her...anyway, her being alive is really all that matters, and congratulations to the people at Metodo 3...wonderful work...keep it up."
If Michaela is involved, then most likely Murat is too, and his house is even getting hotter as a place where Madeleine may be or have been for a significant time. That hidden basement would have been the perfect place to hide Madeleine for the intitial two days, before the world knew there was a hidden room.
As to the private detective agency making such a public statement about being 100% sure Madeleine is alive and announcing they are closing in on the abductor, maybe they do have Madeleine safe and they have the abductor cornered already.
Would that not be the best news!
Regine
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Hi Regine...yes it would, I'm still waiting for a picture of that room...and I hope the PI's know what they're doing.
Brian
11.20.2007
Goodnight...Brian
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