Monday, Portuguese authorities have made the 17 volume, 30,000 page case file available to journalists who submit a written request, in person. Journalists would need to provide police officials with DVD's on which they with transfer the extensive file. The police were ordered to end their investigation just last month by the Attorney General because they failed to uncover evidence of a crime. If new evidence surfaces then the case will be reopened. Now that the file has been made public, the McCann family has said they are hopeful that the information will help private investigators pursue leads.
Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished over a year ago on May 3rd, while her family was vacationing with several friends in Praia da Luz. The little girls disappearance drew world wide attention and individuals on blog and message boards lined up on both sides of the fence as to whether or not her parents were involved in Madeleine's disappearance. A common opinion is that the McCann's were grossly negligent in leaving their children unattended in an unlocked, ground floor apartment. From my understanding, the McCann's stated the reason they left the sliding doors unlocked was because they were afraid of fire. My first question would be, You were afraid of fire but not of kidnapping or the children waking up and wandering off? And last, Would these children know how to get out of a burning apartment by themselves? If anything, I think the McCann's are guilty of neglect of their children.
Human lie detector "Eyes For Lies" weighed in on the Madeleine case, here.
I don't know if the McCann's were involved in Madeleine's disappearance, but the case sparked a huge public interest that could easily be compared to the JonBenet Ramsey case.
CNN.Crime
Monday, August 4, 2008
Beheading Killer Ate Victim, Tim McLean
Update!
I was in shock reading this latest news. According to the Associated Press, Royal Canadian Mounted Police transmissions were leaked of a police officer at the scene who observed Li (referred to as "Badger" on the tape) removing pieces of his victim and eating them.
From Boston-Herald.com:
"Okay, Badger’s at the back of the bus, hacking off pieces and eating it," he says at the end of the approximately 80-second recording.
Alex McLean, Tim's uncle and family spokesperson read a statement from the family to the press yesterday.
From Sympatico MSN News:
"He made friends effortlessly, disliked no one and accepted everyone for who they were," McLean said.
Canada.com
I was in shock reading this latest news. According to the Associated Press, Royal Canadian Mounted Police transmissions were leaked of a police officer at the scene who observed Li (referred to as "Badger" on the tape) removing pieces of his victim and eating them.
From Boston-Herald.com:
"Okay, Badger’s at the back of the bus, hacking off pieces and eating it," he says at the end of the approximately 80-second recording.
The RCMP issued a statement saying it was aware that portions of the radio transmission had been leaked to the Internet but that it had not given permission to use the tape because they are "operational police communications" that are not meant for public consumption.
I don't know how this story can get any worse.
Update: August 3rd, 2008
There is very little to report other than McLean's family is requesting privacy to grieve (as of Saturday, they had not made a statement) and that Li's next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, August 5th.
Alex McLean, victim's uncle speaks to the media.
Alex McLean, Tim's uncle and family spokesperson read a statement from the family to the press yesterday.
From Sympatico MSN News:
"He made friends effortlessly, disliked no one and accepted everyone for who they were," McLean said.
"Tim spent his life travelling and meeting new people and always saw the good in everyone."
McLean said his nephew was a "stubborn soul and a kind one."
Alex McLean requested of the media, "We are suffering... our loss, it is obviously a most difficult time for us...at this time, we are requesting the media and public to let us grieve with family and friends."Canada.com
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The UK Played A Part In Haut de la Garenne
MP John Hemming has discovered his local city council sent children to Jersey and believes other children from the UK were also placed in care there.
At least five children were illegally placed in care on Jersey by Birmingham social services, which then lost track of them.
Four of the youngsters - who are now adults - are still on the island and have been traced by local police. But the whereabouts of the fifth, a male born in the Fifties, remains unknown.
Hemming also said: 'The Government has refused to order councils to check properly because it does not want to open a can of worms, on the links between abusers in England and Jersey.'
The Birmingham council found it made payments between 1960 and 1990 to Jersey for childcare. It found only one social work file on a single child; no other records exist.
Schools Minister Kevin Brennan has told the Commons that checks are unnecessary because children from the UK cannot be placed in care in Jersey without a court order. Yet the five Birmingham children were sent to Jersey without such orders.
Hemmings has called for all councils to check their records; some have flatly refused!
Key staff members of Islington in North London were from Jersey or had strong ties to Jersey. Islington council told Hemmings it would cost too much money to check its records! Islington suffered it’s own pornography and pedophile scandal.
Liz Davies, the former Islington senior social worker said: 'It is becoming clear that children at Haut de la Garenne were sent on holiday to children's homes in England which were also notorious for abuse, while the children in the English homes they went to were sent to Haut de la Garenne. They literally swapped beds.'
'Children in care are often shipped about, and pedophiles love placing them far from home.'
The Government has refused to the call for councils to check records until after the summer break!
Hemmings said: 'They are stalling because they are embarrassed by the size of the problem, and because it involves English authorities, too.'
Mail On Sunday
At least five children were illegally placed in care on Jersey by Birmingham social services, which then lost track of them.
Four of the youngsters - who are now adults - are still on the island and have been traced by local police. But the whereabouts of the fifth, a male born in the Fifties, remains unknown.
Hemming also said: 'The Government has refused to order councils to check properly because it does not want to open a can of worms, on the links between abusers in England and Jersey.'
The Birmingham council found it made payments between 1960 and 1990 to Jersey for childcare. It found only one social work file on a single child; no other records exist.
Schools Minister Kevin Brennan has told the Commons that checks are unnecessary because children from the UK cannot be placed in care in Jersey without a court order. Yet the five Birmingham children were sent to Jersey without such orders.
Hemmings has called for all councils to check their records; some have flatly refused!
Key staff members of Islington in North London were from Jersey or had strong ties to Jersey. Islington council told Hemmings it would cost too much money to check its records! Islington suffered it’s own pornography and pedophile scandal.
Liz Davies, the former Islington senior social worker said: 'It is becoming clear that children at Haut de la Garenne were sent on holiday to children's homes in England which were also notorious for abuse, while the children in the English homes they went to were sent to Haut de la Garenne. They literally swapped beds.'
'Children in care are often shipped about, and pedophiles love placing them far from home.'
The Government has refused to the call for councils to check records until after the summer break!
Hemmings said: 'They are stalling because they are embarrassed by the size of the problem, and because it involves English authorities, too.'
Mail On Sunday
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