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Madeleine McCann - new suspect

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KatherineJaneway · 03/06/2020 19:24

A 43-year-old German prisoner who travelled around Portugal in a camper van is now the focus of Scotland Yard's investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52914016]

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Mnthrowaway20202 · 05/06/2020 20:28

His name, uncensored photographs and details of convictions have all been released in the media now.

I get that this could lead to more information being received - just like it did with Libby Squire’s killer last year. I think publicly stating the dates and locations of where he resided is certainly effective but certain details may be overboard eg the graphic detail of the videos

Or even how the German police stated they know how she was murdered when she hasn’t been found yet. It could be a circumstantial trial if she is never found, so even more important to avoid jury bias

knittingaddict · 05/06/2020 20:30

Do they think Diogo Silver called him to alert him to the parents being out of the apartment?

How would he know? He didn't work at the hotel.

Kilbranan · 05/06/2020 20:30

Seeing photos of that man chills me to the bone. I hope there is enough evidence to convict him and hopefully also to find out what happened to Maddie and to Inga as well. Surely being in the vicinity of 2 young girls who disappear without a trace a few years apart at different locations can’t be a coincidence. It’s a pretty rare thing to happen Sad. Esp when the person in question is a known paedophile and rapist
How the hell did he get away with this for so long? One can only assume either incompetence or corruption on the part of the Portuguese police.

PennyNotSoWise · 05/06/2020 20:31

On Unresolved Mysteries on Reddit, a poster is claiming it's on Belgian news now that the suspect is also being linked to the murder of a 16 year old girl in Belgium.

The victim spent a lot of time with a 17-19 year old German male, who revealed he had spent time in juvenile detention.

They've provided links in the thread, but they're not in English. This is getting worse and worse.

NameChange84 · 05/06/2020 20:34

If it’s the same Diogo Silva people are linking to on social media, and bear in mind this could be someone totally innocent unwittingly dragged into all this, he actually wasn’t working at the Luz cafe at that time based on his CV. He was working for a hotel chain in several locations, including two resorts in Praia Da Luz as a restaurant manager.

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:34

I hope there are no other girls that get discovered. There are already two too many missing.

My heart fell reading about little Inga. How could there be no media coverage on her disappearance?

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:36

Very sad crossed post with Penny Sad

PennyNotSoWise · 05/06/2020 20:37

@IHateCoronavirus

Very sad crossed post with Penny Sad
Sickening isn't it. Just truly heartbreaking.
IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:39

Searching for the Belgium girl I found this about a possible little boy too Sad

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/11795498/madeleine-mccann-suspect-missing-schoolboy/amp/

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:42

It is terrifying. I have lost sight of one of my children for a second and that rush of panic is awful. Now imagine that feeling never going away and getting worse and worse.
Those poor poor families and those poor innocent babies.

NameChange84 · 05/06/2020 20:42

Bloody hell it just gets more upsetting. “Hiding in plain sight” springs to mind.

PennyNotSoWise · 05/06/2020 20:47

[quote IHateCoronavirus]Searching for the Belgium girl I found this about a possible little boy too Sad

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/news/11795498/madeleine-mccann-suspect-missing-schoolboy/amp/[/quote]
A lot of children have been catastrophically failed here if this is the guy. :(

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:48

@NameChange84

Bloody hell it just gets more upsetting. “Hiding in plain sight” springs to mind.
Exactly this. It is just so frightening.
PennyNotSoWise · 05/06/2020 20:51

Carola Titze is the Belgian girls name :( Googling will bring up Belgian reports, you can see his name in the links, but there doesn't seem to be any English reports on it yet.

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:53

Of all the crimes on all of the world, this has to be the most evil. If it is him I hope he confesses to everything, to fill in the blanks, to return those precious children’s bodies to their families so that they can be near them at last.

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 20:57

Carola would be the same age as me now. This has been going on for too long. Too many failures to save these children.

NameChange84 · 05/06/2020 21:11

^“After leaving the bar, he travelled in the opposite direction and reached a set of stairs which gave access to Rua 25 de Abril . On this artery they followed a second street, parallel to Rua 1 de Maio [Rua da Escola Primaria], whose name he does not remember, heading towards the Estrela da Luz complex which is located a little above the street that crosses the primary school. At the beginning of this artery, he saw an individual carrying a child, who was walking normally and who did not seem out of place as it is normal to see people carrying children, especially during the holiday season. This individual was walking the downward path, in the opposite direction to the witness and his companions.”

Peter Smith – “They left the bar, and went up a set of stairs that give access to a road just above. On this road, they walked towards another street (whose name he does not know) and headed for Estrela da Luz. At the beginning of this road, he saw an individual carrying a child. This individual was walking normally although with somewhat quick steps as he was walking downwards. He appeared normal to the witness, as if this were father and daughter. He adds that this individual was coming down the street, in an opposite direction to that of the witness and his companions.”

Aoife Smith – “Upon leaving the bar, they turned right and headed along the road for 40/50 metres. At this point, they again turned to the right and ascended a small street with steps which lead to Rua 25 de Abril. As it was a large group (four adults and five children) they walked in a spaced out manner along the street some walking ahead, some further behind. She does not remember how they were divided. The witness remembers that upon reaching the top of the steps, she looked to her left and saw a man (1) with a girl (2) in his arms, walking along the path Rua 25 de Abril. He was walking in their direction at a distance of, more or less, two metres. The witness crossed to the other side of Rua 25 de Abril and began walking up Rua da Escola Primária, in the direction of the Estrela da Luz complex. She did not see if the individual in question carrying the child descended the Rua das Escadinhas or if he continued along Rua 25 de Abril.”^

Just read this about the “Smith” Sighting of a man carrying a child at 10pm very close to the McCann apartment as Kate McCann was raising the alarm.

The Diogo Silva from Praia De Luz on Linkedin worked at the Estrela da Luz Complex at the time Madeleine went missing.

The efit of the Smith Sighting matches the description too.

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 05/06/2020 21:12

The little girl in Germany went missing on 2nd May 2015.
Madeleine went missing on 3rd May 2007.
If the 2 cases are connected I wonder if the May dates are a coincidence or will be later shown (if there are other linked cases) to be a thing/pattern?
As most serial criminals of such heinous crimes usually have a signature/pattern however tiny that links them & points towards a specific person/people.
Humans are generally creatures of habit even if we think we aren't.

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 05/06/2020 21:22

But then catching up with the rest of the thread & reading about Carola Titze & Rene Hasee, their disappearances were in July & June.
So that kiboshes my theory about the dates being a pattern,

covetingthepreciousthings · 05/06/2020 21:26

May dates are a coincidence or will be later shown (if there are other linked cases) to be a thing/pattern?

I'd wonder if there were other unsolved cases around that area of Europe that he might be responsible for if this is the case.

IHateCoronavirus · 05/06/2020 21:32

Maybe the publicity of Maddie’s case around the May anniversary of her disappearance triggered him to want to do it again? I guess the only person who knows is him.

Alicia870 · 05/06/2020 21:32

I just can't bear it. I feel so sickened and disgusted by anyone in this world who would harm an innocent child. I just can't imagine what the McCanns are going through right now, knowing what this monster has done before. Poor little angels I hope they are now comforted in gods arms

JoesExotic · 05/06/2020 21:32

I'm not overly convinced about the theory this man also took a little boy. All his crimes were perpetrated against females of varying ages.
Criminal profiling suggests when such offenders have a 'type' they rarely, if ever, deviate from their preferences.

That said, I'm sure that isn't ALWAYS the case. Who knows.

NameChange84 · 05/06/2020 21:34

@JoesExotic one of his crimes did involve a young boy apparently.

JoesExotic · 05/06/2020 21:38

Did it? I can't say I've read that anywhere....