May 2007
Updated on February 24, 2020.
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This picture shows a close-up of Madeleine McCann when she was younger and before she went missing on May 3rd 2007.
As can be seen very clearly Madeleine McCann has a tadpole-shaped pupil in her right eye.
This tadpole-shaped pupil is a distinctive mark of Madeleine.
For sure Madeleine must have been the only child in the whole Portuguese Algarve with such a clear and beautiful shaped tadpole pupil.
On the Internet there can hardly be found a more perfect and more beautiful tadpole-shaped pupil than the one from Madeleine Beth McCann.
An eye physician, no matter where on this planet, would have a hard time finding a patient with a tadpole-shaped pupil that is as clear and beautiful as the one from Madeleine McCann.
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The paper quotes a police source as saying: "When Kate tucked Madeleine up in bed earlier in the evening she had the toy tightly in her arms as she did every night (read the whole article in the Daily Mail).
One knows about Cuddle Cat if one kept a good observation of the McCanns during their holiday.
Often Madeleine would take Cuddle Cat with her to the resort's playing grounds.
Gerry told in one of the first news articles that Madeleine fell quite badly during their stay in the resort of Praia da Luz but Madeleine did not cry because she very much looked forward to this holiday. Madeleine wanted Cuddle Cat to also experience this holiday.
Madeleine took Cuddle Cat often with her while shopping.
There were shops where Cuddle Cat was not allowed to go into because Madeleine thought it was too dangerous.
Cuddle Cat was never put in a backpack or shopping bag when the McCanns went out for groceries.
Cuddle Cat was sometimes placed on the counter when the McCanns were in a shop.
In some shops Cuddle Cat did attract a lot of attention.
The mental state one would need to take Cuddle Cat and gently place it somewhere outside Madeleine's reach, on the ledge.
Prior to the Portuguese holiday Cuddle Cat was safely located in Madeleine's bed at the McCann's home in England.
Madeleine left Cuddle Cat more at home when doing e.g. grocery shopping compared to the holiday in Praia da Luz.
Madeleine never lost her Cuddle Cat before the Praia da Luz holiday.
Cuddle Cat was also taken to e.g. dinner when the McCanns dined in a restaurant.
A better way to follow the McCanns is by installing a track and trace device in Cuddle Cat.
Pick the best location to install a track and trace device in Cuddle Cat before McCanns went on holiday to Praia da Luz.
Installing a track and trace device on Cuddle Cat will put one at risk because it takes a lot of time to do it properly.
It will be easier to simply swap Madeleine's Cuddle Cat with a track and trace preinstalled cuddle cat.
Airport security scanners might detect Cuddle Cat with an installed track and trace device.
Cuddle Cat was held by Madeleine when they were on the airplane to Praia da Luz.
Madeleine always held Cuddle Cat in such a way that she would be easily recognized on the streets.
Cuddle Cat is popular in Praia da Luz. Other British children who were in Praia da Luz also had a similar cuddle cat.
At times Cuddle Cat was the only cuddle in Praia da Luz during the holiday of the McCanns.
Cuddle Cat is such a cuddle cat that makes sounds when it is touched.
Cuddle Cat is famous, or at least well known, in the town where the McCanns live.
The McCanns bought Cuddle Cat at a store specialized in cuddles.
Cuddle Cat was not given to Madeleine during the Greece holiday.
During the time Cuddle Cat was bought there were many cuddle cats present in the shop.
The details one needs to think of to successfully abduct a child.
The child's clothes matter during an abduction.
One would also take care in all those things that one has seen during one's observation of Madeleine, i.e. Cuddle Cat.
Having experience in abducting children one would never have forgotten to also take the child's cuddle. This to put the abducted child at ease.
It can also be that one would not need to take Cuddle Cat because one already bought new cuddles before the abduction.
A young child's behaviour when one dresses the child with clothes that aren't the child's own clothes.
A young child's behaviour when one puts the child in new surroundings with new toys.
A young child's behaviour if one gives the child new cuddles instead of the child's familiar cuddle.
It would stand out too much if one abducts a child and takes her cuddle to.
If one can lift Madeleine from her bed then the twins could also easily have been taken instead of Madeleine.
As a new parent one does not want to have anything to do with clothes Madeleine's parents bought for her.
Recently in Chad a hundred or so children were largely abducted for adoption in the West.
One could have had good reasons not to take any belongings of Madeleine when perform the abduction.
No other personal things of Madeleine were taken during the abduction.
As an abductor one will not take any of the belongings of Madeleine because it enlarges the risk to getting caught.
It can be one did not gave Cuddle Cat any thought or one simply forgot to take it.
Abducting a child is a risky thing, especially from a holiday apartment. The child's toys are not exactly high upon one's list. Not getting caught is.
Taking Cuddle Cat would only bring extra risk.
Imagine a young child in a strange environment with only strangers surrounding her. Young children hold their cuddle when they are going through stressful times.
Even adults hold on to something when finding oneself in a stressful situation.
If one is there only to take Madeleine from the McCann's holiday apartment, as a middle man so to say, it is logical that Cuddle Cat was not taken.
Madeleine will be easily recognized by her cuddle when playing in the park.
Children in the neighbourhood will ask their parents also for a cuddle as the one the abducted Madeleine is holding.
Anything from Madeleine's original home will make Madeleine remember her real parents, brother and sister. An unwanted situation.
Children adjust quickly to a new situation. Children are very resilient, even more so when they can hold on to their favourite cuddle.
At some point in time nothing will help anymore to make an abducted child feel at ease.
Cuddle Cat is not needed because one's own child will give Madeleine enough cuddles.
It could help to make abducted children feel more at ease when there are other children around to play with. Yet, not too many. Rather one or two than a whole bunch.
The chance that one of the new brothers or sisters of Madeleine will start to talk about Madeleine at school is quite high.
It depends on the environment whether children, who do not know each other, start playing with each other. IKEA and McDonald's have a good environment.
There is no IKEA in Praia da Luz.
The IKEA closest to Praia da Luz lies 50 km away.
Local government playing grounds in Portugal, however, make excellent paying grounds.
Hospitals also have good ways to make children forget about their problems for a while and let them have a good time.
In Portugal there are companies who visit children at home and make them feel happy.
Cuddle Cat is not taken simply because it was never thought off.
Not being present during all the observations of the McCanns, Cuddle Cat was not on everyone's mind.
Cuddle Cat might raise suspicion when one would carry a child out of the resort area.
One could not take Cuddle Cat because people who work in the resort would recognize the child as being Madeleine when they see Cuddle Cat.
Cuddle Cat is too big to put in one's pockets.
One would not risk one's escape path being discovered by the police by Cuddle Cat falling out of one's pocket during the abduction.
Cuddle Cat will be easily recognizable on CCTV footage watched by the police.
Cuddle Cat is not taken so Madeleine's parents have something to hold on to.
Cuddle Cat was used to put the twins, who were awoken, back to sleep.
Cuddle Cat is not taken because the abduction is not about Madeleine but about the McCanns.
This case being not about Madeleine but about the McCanns themselves, that would change the whole appearance of this case.
If it is about the McCanns themselves then there is already a moment planned when Madeleine would be returned.
That moment would be when Kate and Gerry would not be so bloody proud getting the winning seat of the quiz that was held the evening of the abduction.
Second place on quiz night is just not what the McCanns opted for.
During quiz night the McCanns cheered a lot when they had the correct answer.
The quiz was already going on before the evening of the abduction.
Some of the quiz questions will trigger one to abduct Madeleine.
Cheering a lot, the McCanns and their friends were drawing quite some attention to themselves that evening in the tapas bar.
The McCanns and their friends being so loud made it easy to look at them without raising suspicion.
A quiz, then there must have been a loudspeaker somewhere near the tapas bar.
The McCanns asked to lower the volume because of their children being asleep just 120 meters away.
None of the other tourists asked to lower the volume because of their children sleeping.
The hotel kept the quiz information in their safe.
If the McCanns and their friends were in the picture that evening, it did look weird to other tourist attending the quiz that one of the group always left and came back again.
It could have been that the thought with the other tourists occurred that there might be foul play from the McCann's group.
The quiz masters did not give it much thought about one of the group always leaving and coming back.
The McCann's holiday apartment entrance was not to be seen from the tapas bar where they were sitting.
There is no spot at the tapas bar at all from where one could keep an eye on the entrance of the McCann's holiday apartment.
If one is about to abduct Madeleine one would want to know when it is safe to enter the apartment.
The only people who can catch one in the act are the McCanns and their friends.
One needs to keep a good lookout on them to make sure when it is safe to enter and safe to leave with Madeleine.
If the McCanns and their friends really were checking on regular times it would be easy to perform the abduction when one of the group were just returning from checking with the children.
One needs to be certain that the time interval given is enough to perform the abduction.
It would be of importance for a successful abduction that one knows that one can always hide in the apartment itself when another check by one of the group is made.
One must know that the time interval given is enough to work on the lock of the McCann's holiday apartment door.
One way to enter the McCann's holiday apartment without making noise is simply by using the key of their apartment.
Having a shop making a replica of an apartment key can easily be done in Praia da Luz. That goes for almost any city.
One must make sure one does not run into an adult who is coming to check while one is holding Madeleine.
The best opportunity to enter the apartment was the moment the quiz ended at 21.30h and the quiz master herself, Najova Chekaya, was invited by Gerry to join the group.
It is not difficult that one must be around the McCann's holiday apartment quite frequently to see when their apartment can be entered.
Always make sure one cannot be seen through the apartment windows when performing the abduction.
Determining what the best moment is to exit the McCann's holiday apartment with Madeleine, a tricky thing.
If one performs the abduction alone, opening the shutters is a good way to make sure to check if it is safe to exit the apartment with Madeleine.
Operating the shutters and holding Madeleine at the same time requires some practise.
Luckily, opening the shutters does not produce any sound.
Since opening the shutters will cause a reflection, opening the shutters must be done slowly.
One can also put Madeleine down on the couch in the living room for a moment so one has one's hands free to open the shutters.
When one exits the McCann's holiday apartment, while holding Madeleine, one will walk fast enough to make a quick getaway and slow enough for Madeleine not to be awaken.
The McCann's holiday apartment has a couple of floors so one first needs to find the room Madeleine is sleeping in.
If one has no idea where in the McCann's holiday apartment Madeleine is sleeping, having a companion would make the search go quicker.
Being alone in the McCann's holiday apartment, one must signal one's companion that one has found Madeleine.
A companion on the watch outside the McCann's holiday apartment will allow for a much safer exit while holding Madeleine.
If this companion is located outside the apartment is it necessary for one to open the shutters to see if all is safe to exit the apartment.
As always there is a risk that the companion himself will get noticed by people on the street.
Leaving the shutters closed, a cell phone is also a good tool to communicate.
Police patrolling the area of the McCann's holiday apartment will not find it suspicious if the companion is using his cell phone.
Near the front door of the McCann's holiday apartment is the best place for one's companion to wait. Walking 500 meters with a sleeping Madeleine McCann across the street to the companion's car must be avoided.
While walking the street holding a sleeping Madeleine always has a risk of people getting suspicious.
The best clothes for any abductor to wear is tourist clothing.
The police are patrolling on such intervals that one does not have to worry of getting caught.
A bicycle is the least good option to transport Madeleine away from the apartment.
Transporting Madeleine away from the apartment in an oversized pizza delivery box is an original and safe way to do so. No one will suspect anything.
People will not be troubled if you walk to the McCann's holiday apartment dressed as a pizza delivery boy.
No one would pay you more than two seconds of their attention if you walk around the McCann's holiday apartment dressed as a pizza delivery boy.
People will find it troubling if you would exit the apartment with a sleeping Madeleine and you are dressed as a pizza delivery boy.
Besides pizza deliveries also Chinese deliveries are carried out in Praia da Luz.
Your companion cannot stand on his spot too long without people starting to ask questions.
The twin brother and sister of Madeleine can even be put in a smaller box than Madeleine can.
All boxes have still some space left to put Cuddle Cat in.
One approaching the McCann's apartment dressed as a policeman would attract a lot of attention. Pizza delivery outfit is the way to go.
Exiting the apartment with a sleeping Madeleine and one being dressed as a policeman.
There are British policemen in resorts abroad where a lot of British tourists are present.
British facilities abroad, of course, also has British policemen.
While being in Praia da Luz the McCanns did not visit any British facility.
In Praia da Luz there are British facilities that are also present in Greece near the resort area where the McCanns stayed.
During the night of the abduction there was no fire truck parked in front of the McCann's apartment.
One can easily enter the McCann's holiday apartment as a plumber while parking one's car in front of the McCann's apartment.
Being disguised as a plumber the van one is driving in should have Portuguese text on the side, not British text.
Entering the McCann's holiday apartment as a plumber will not raise any suspicion. Exiting the apartment as a plumber holding Madeleine might be a different case.
Exit the apartment as plumber while one's companion will carry a sleeping Madeleine.
If not as a plumber, a lock fixer would perhaps be a better one. One meets one's companion in front of the McCann's holiday apartment and let the lock fixing companion handle the lock of the front door.
Around 9 or 9.30 PM, the time of the abduction, it is not super dark yet in Praia da Luz.
It would have been much darker at 10.00 PM.
A lot of taxis drove around in the area of the McCann's holiday apartment during the time of the abduction.
Being sure one can enter the McCann's holiday apartment without being seen by the McCanns, or any of their group, it does not matter whether if it is dark or dusk.
A successful abduction of Madeleine only requires knowing where the adults are.
Never mind the locked apartment doors. The locks can be easily opened.
Near the McCann's holiday apartment there are not so many apartments that are situated in such a way that one can abduct a child from those apartments.
The McCann's holiday apartment is a bit unique in being the only apartment in this part of the resort that is situated in such a way that it can be entered without being seen.
The McCann's holiday apartment is a bit unpopular because when you are on the balcony you are too far away from where the action is.
Tourists have requested another apartment after they have been given the McCann's holiday apartment.
Not so many families with young children have stayed in that apartment before the McCann's arrival.
Some guests have stayed more than once in the McCann's holiday apartment before the arrival of the McCanns.
The layout of the McCann's holiday apartment is a different than the other apartments.
The history of the McCann's holiday apartment is a normal one.
Local people know the McCann's holiday apartment.
The McCann's holiday apartment has seen a few break-ins over the years.
There are hotels in the resort area that have apartments that had break-ins before.
There are apartments situated near the McCann's holiday apartment that had break-ins without the lock being broken or damaged.
The break-ins have occurred prior to the McCann's arrival in Praia da Luz.
Imagine the surprise of one entering the McCann's holiday apartment and found that the front door of the apartment is unlocked.
It is logical for one to exit and enter through the same door that one found to be unlocked.
There is no need to check if any windows are unlocked. Madeleine does not fit through a window, at least not when one wants her to stay asleep.
The type of lock determines which door of the McCann's holiday apartment will be used to enter.
The most logical door to leave unlocked for easy access to the McCann's holiday apartment are the patio doors. Easy access when approaching from the tapas bar.
From the outside it is easy to spot if the patio doors are unlocked.
Some doors in the McCann's holiday apartment make a bit of a noise when it is unlocked.
All patio doors in the resort are alike.
At the resort's reception there is a master key that opens all patio doors.
Madeleine can open the unlocked patio door.
Madeleine is not capable of opening one of the apartment's windows.
The shutters of the McCann's holiday apartment are not opened automatically. Would be a fun system for kids to play with.
Accessing the McCann's holiday apartment through the windows once the shutters are closed is not an easy thing.
The McCanns usually used the patio doors to get in and out of the apartment.
Madeleine was accustomed to enter and exit the apartment through the patio doors.
When the McCanns went out for a daytrip there was a place near the patio doors where Cuddle Cat was always placed.
The patio doors allow a good view of what is happening inside the apartment.
The characteristics of the McCann's holiday apartment is what one will study on as part of planning the abduction.
As soon as one knows which apartment the McCanns are staying in one can start studying that apartment.
When, at some point in time, only the resort the McCann's are going to is known one can already start planning some points of the abduction plan.
If one is planning to take Madeleine by force in front of her family, only the getaway is important to study on.
If one plans to get hold of Madeleine by force then doing it in the McCann's holiday apartment is still a good spot to do it, unseen from the public eye.
A trip of the McCanns in the countryside also provides a good opportunity to do it by force, can also be quite unseen.
Having found some good places to do it unseen one would then only need to follow the McCanns.
Tanking Madeleine by force will require a team. It is simply not a one-man job.
Doing it all by oneself creates some significant risk of failing.
One planning the abduction one needs to know when the McCanns will return to England.
The abduction of Madeleine would have been different and less puzzling had Madeleine been abducted in her hometown, Rothley, Leicestershire.
Most abductions usually take place in the hometown of the person being abducted.
Many children just end up being reported missing instead of it being known that they are abducted.
The amount of study that one must do depends on what the aim of Madeleine's abduction is.
It would really be much of a help if one willing to perform the abduction of Madeleine has contacts in the area the abduction will take place.
Installing a webcam in the McCann's holiday apartment would be much of a help.
Knowing the resort in Praia da Luz well allows to entirely focus on the McCanns themselves.
Similar, knowing how the tourist industry in Praia da Luz works provides solid ground under one's feed.
A job in the tourist industry of Praia da Luz will allow one to gather all the information about the McCanns that one needs to know.
Knowing the tourist industry in Praia da Luz well, one must have had earlier opportunities to abduct children.
Something happened in the time the McCanns were at the resort that made one decide to perform the abduction of Madeleine.
If one is skilled enough to abduct a sleeping child from a holiday apartment, one can make a comfortable living of being a skilled thief.
If a hotel is known by tourists as belongings of tourist being stolen from, one can kiss one's resort business goodbye.
Praia da Luz has many people from outside the city itself who are only working there during the holiday season, like many other tourist locations around the World.
Those outside workers can be blackmailed to provide information about tourists who are not watchful over their children.
Planning the abduction one must know where Madeleine is and where the McCanns and their friends are.
Logical reasoning the night of the abduction: if Madeleine is not in the tapas bar with her parents and their friends, and she is also not in the baby-sit facility of the resort, then for sure she is in the McCann's holiday apartment.
Knowledge of one of the babysitters, or any of the staff, might have not knowingly travelled to the ears of people who are looking for a child to abduct.
The places one would you go to abduct a child.
The moment an abduction became an option was when one heard about tourists leaving their children alone and asleep in their apartments.
Ransom would be a much safer way to profit from any abduction than trading the child.
The things one must think of when planning for the abduction of a child from overseas in a tourist area, instead of abducting a local child.
Money decides whether the abducted child is a child from overseas or a local child.
Of all the apartments in Praia da Luz that are suited for child abduction, the McCann's were the only family at that time that were staying in such an apartment.
Potential child abduction holiday apartments and a good getaway, the McCann's holiday apartment had it all.
The ability to hide inside the apartment is a must-have for any successful child abduction.
luckily nowadays the layout of many holiday apartments can be found on the resort's website. If additional information is needed simply call the reception of the resort and ask.
Local people in the resort know which apartments are not recommendable.
The maintenance history of holiday apartments does tell a story.
The name of the building that stood on the ground of the McCann's holiday apartment before the resort was build is not known.
It is not about Madeleine but about the owner of the resort where the McCanns were staying.
It is about giving the resort a bad name for competitive reasons.
The competition between the resorts in Praia da Luz is much more than 10 years ago.
The prospect of the resort business in Praia da Luz is a flourishing one.
The resort's nearest competition mostly comes from towns 50 km away.
It was not about Madeleine but about the act of abducting a foreign child from a hotel room in the resort area of Praia da Luz.
Most apartments in Praia da Luz have outdoor lights that automatically switch on when someone is approaching the door.
Security in the resort the McCanns were staying in was up to date.
In almost all apartments where non-Portuguese families staying.
Few of those families had young children with them.
Few of these children were of the same age as Madeleine.
Among these children there were more boys than girls.
On the evening of May 3rd 2007 Madeleine and the twins were one of the few children left alone in the apartments.
The larger the abduction team the more complex abductions can be carried out.
The difference between abducting a sleeping child from an apartment and steeling an artefact from a museum is the complexity of the alarm system.
It is more difficult to abduct a goat from a barn than a young child from a holiday apartment.
A goat can be transported a lot easier than a young child.
Keeping the goat from making noise is a bit harder than with a young child.
A sleeping child can be more easily sedated.
There is certainly no space left to also take Cuddle Cat with oneself when looked to the sketch that is made by the FBI of the possible abductor.
If the abduction is about Madeleine becoming one's own child then Cuddle Cat would not have been left behind in the McCann's holiday apartment.
It is really a bit of a surprise that Cuddle Cat was not taken.
It is said by eyewitnesses that the suspect carried a young child across the street and that the child was only dressed in her pyjamas.
If Madeleine was abducted with that state of mind, not bothering to put a coat over her, then for sure taking Cuddle Cat also to comfort Madeleine was never an option.
Wrapping Madeleine in the blanket of her bed was the least and the most effortless option there was.
If one does not care about Madeleine then for sure one would even care less about Cuddle Cat.
If one would care about Madeleine then it is strange not to have wrapped her in a blanket before taking her out on the street. Cuddle Cat is one, but a blanket is another.
Perhaps the blanket available in the McCann's holiday apartment would raise suspicion.
The blanket of Madeleine's bed had signs and colours which would catch the eye of people on street.
A blanket that can be used to wrap an abducted child in is limited in its dimensions.
One could also have brought a blanket with oneself when entering the McCann's holiday apartment. No problem there.
Another easy option was to take off one's jacket and wrap Madeleine in that.
Madeleine was not wrapped in a blanket because one suddenly had to exit the McCann's holiday apartment urgently. No time to think about Cuddle Cat anymore.
If a blanket is in one's plan, one could have brought one in a small travel bag.
The same small travel bag could be used to pack some of Madeleine's clothes and her beloved Cuddle Cat.
Let's say one is a parent. One has placed the cuddle of one's child on a ledge out of reach of the child on other occasions.
One places the cuddle automatically on that place were other cuddles are also located.
One's body size determines were one puts Cuddle Cat.
The ledge is the most likely place to put Cuddle Cat because it is on the same height as one's face.
Usually Cuddle Cat can only be seen when the blanket that covers Madeleine is pulled back.
The cuddles of the twins were never placed on the ledge where Cuddle Cat was placed.
The McCanns have three young children. There must have been a lot of cuddles in their holiday apartment.
Is was also an option to put Cuddle Cat with all the other cuddles instead on the ledge.
Among all the cuddles in the McCann's holiday apartment, Cuddle Cat is unique.
On the evening of May 3rd 2007 a sleeping Madeleine McCann is approached inside the McCann's holiday's apartment. Cuddle Cat is also there.
On the evening of May 3rd 2007 Cuddle Cat is held in the arms of Madeleine.
Kate and Gerry have experienced that Cuddle Cat was fallen from Madeleine's bed while on holiday in Praia da Luz.
Sometimes they found Cuddle Cat under the blanket near Madeleine's feet.
Usually when Madeleine is sleeping she is holding on to Cuddle Cat with two arms.
The one who removed Cuddle Cat the night of the abduction was treated to a nice warm and soft Cuddle Cat. Madeleine knows how to put love in her Cuddle Cat, even when she sleeps.
Standing in the room where Madeleine is sleeping one only just have to turn one's head to see the twins sleeping.
When picking up Cuddle Cat it does not make any noise, apparently.
One has a bit of extra luck that May 3rd 2007 when Cuddle Cat, while one picks it up, makes no noise. Cuddles nowadays can produce some serious sound blaster sounds.
There is a little space left in Madeleine's bed where Cuddle Cat can be placed, but that is not what one choses to do.
On May 3rd 2007 a sleeping Madeleine keeps holding on to Cuddle Cat while one takes it from her arms.
Cuddle Cat fell from Madeleine's arms when she was lifted her from her bed. It takes decency for one to pick up fallen Cuddle Cat and place it on the ledge.
Pulling away Madeleine's the blanket that Madeleine is tucked in with is the first action that is done. Not removing Cuddle Cat.
During the removal of the Madeleine's blanket it can hardly be that Cuddle Cat fell to the floor.
Moments away from lifting Madeleine from her bed and start the abduction and yet one has the concentration to gently pick up Cuddle Cat and place it on neatly on the ledge.
One is about to take a three-year-old girl away from her parents and still cares about placing the child's cuddle on a ledge.
Cuddle Cat being placed on the ledge clearly tells that one could not simply bypass Cuddle Cat while getting one's hands on Madeleine.
Lifting a sleeping child from its bed, without waking the child: one really must know how to do that when one is not a parent.
The only eyes that saw the person who took Madeleine that evening are those of Cuddle Cat.
While approaching a sleeping Madeleine one could clearly see Cuddle Cat lying close to Madeleine.
Since Cuddle Cat was the only cuddle which was placed on the ledge it can be concluded Madeleine was not tucked in with more than one cuddle.
Cuddle Cat being the only object that was misplaced. There was no mentioning of clothes or bedtime story books being displaced.
Madeleine had her first day of tennis on May 3rd 2007. Not even this special tennis ball was misplaced, only Cuddle Cat.
Abducting a child means that one must act quickly. One still has time to put Cuddle Cat on the ledge speaks of professionalism and character.
Looking at the layout of the room where Madeleine slept it would have been easier to leave Cuddle Cat on the bed of the twins instead of on the ledge.
Placing Cuddle Cat in one of the drawers would have been too much of a task.
The space next to Madeleine's pillow is a sweet spot to place Cuddle Cat. Much easier than the ledge, unless one was standing while removing Cuddle Cat from Madeleine.
It can never be that the ledge was the only spot in the room that was illuminated by the dimmed light in the children's bedroom.
The ledge is better in sight of the one who took Madeleine than the space next to Madeleine's pillow, even with the light that was on.
Most likely Cuddle Cat was clearly visible in the light that was on in the children's bedroom.
To make the abduction a success on must move quickly. Routine.
The position Cuddle Cat had when it was found on the ledge tells about with what mentality it was placed there.
If you place a cuddle on a ledge one would place the cuddle in such a way that it is not facing the wall.
A person does not need to be tall to place Cuddle Cat on that ledge without making any stretched movements.
Apparently, the ledge was so well illuminated that Cuddle Cat could be placed on it without risking pushing other things of the ledge.
Had the ledge contained a couple of drinking glasses then Cuddle Cat would never have been placed on the ledge. Too risky, a glass falling off.
The ledge is the best spot to temporarily place Cuddle Cat if you plan to also take Cuddle Cat with you.
Cuddle Cat contained a little bit of moisture from Madeleine's mouth and body the moment Cuddle Cat was taken away from Madeleine.
Cuddle Cat has certain spots that allow for easy grabbing for adults who need to remove Cuddle Cat from a child.
The ears of Cuddle Cat are too weak for them to be used to lift it from Madeleine's bed.
Not many times have Kate or Gerry placed Cuddle Cat on the ledge.
The friends of the McCanns have used the ledge to put Cuddle Cat on it.
On the day of the abduction, earlier that day, Cuddle Cat could be seen sitting on the ledge.
Anyone entering the children's bedroom could clearly see Cuddle Cat on the ledge earlier that day.
In the days before the abduction the twins would sometimes point out to Cuddle Cat while it was sitting on the ledge.
When Madeleine was being punished Cuddle Cat was moved to the ledge.
Letting Madeleine sleep without Cuddle Cat has always been too much of a punishment.
Even at Madeleine's school, taking away a child's cuddle was never practised.
At Madeleine's school there can be found a similar ledge as the one in Madeleine's bedroom in Praia da Luz.
Even at the McCann's home in Rothley Leicestershire they have such a ledge.
When standing in front of the McCann's home in Rothley Leicestershire it is possible to see Cuddle Cat sitting on this ledge.
The ledge in the McCann's holiday apartment has a standard thickness.
The weight of Cuddle Cat is not that different than those of other cuddles of that size.
A night cabin would have been the first place to put things one does not want on the bed.
A night cabin for children of Madeleine's age is most of the time not used because they do not have added value yet. The children are simply too young to make use of a night cabin.
The ledge is an excellent spot to put Cuddle Cat to signal to any companion outside that things are OK.
The layout of Madeleine's bedroom in their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz is roughly the same as it is at the McCann's home in Rothley, Leicestershire.
The beds in the McCann's holiday apartment are aligned the same way as they are at the McCann's home in Rothley, Leicestershire.
The McCanns arranged the beds in their holiday apartment in the exact same order in the as it is at home in England. Children sleep better in that way.
No one advised the McCanns on how to overcome any difficulty with putting the children to bed in an environment that is new and strange to the children.
The alignment of the beds in the McCanns holiday apartment makes it easier to lift Madeleine from her bed while she is asleep. The same goes for the twins.
It is the way Madeleine's bed is aligned in the holiday apartment that makes it logical to place Cuddle Cat on the ledge.
Had one been pacing in the room for a moment or two while holding Cuddle Cat, Cuddle Cat would have never been placed on the ledge.
Lifting a sleeping child from her bed requires practice, especially during an abduction. There is no second chance, once the child is awake it complicates things.
When one is practicing lifting a sleeping Madeleine from her bed most likely the practice starts with removing the blanket that is covering Madeleine.
If one faces Madeleine and picks up Cuddle Cat, one cannot simply toss it to somewhere on Madeleine's bed.
Besides Madeleine's bed, those of the twins and the ledge there are no other logical spots where Cuddle Cat can be placed.
Had Cuddle Cat not been near Madeleine, before she was lifted from her bed, there would not have been no reason to even touch Cuddle Cat.
Leaving Cuddle Cat on Madeleine's bed does not make lifting Madeleine from her bed more complicated.
It would have showed less care if Cuddle Cat was placed in the far end corner of Madeleine's bed, instead of the ledge.
Cuddle Cat placed neatly placed on the ledge, for sure the blankets of Madeleine were also neatly removed.
Nothing on the ledge had to be moved to put Cuddle Cat on the shelf.
One who is familiar with Cuddle Cat would treat it differently than one who is unfamiliar with Cuddle Cat.
When one enters a holiday apartment for the first time everything is unfamiliar, and all unfamiliar things stand out.
Entering a holiday apartment to abduct a three-year-old child, unfamiliar things will consume a part of that person's concentration.
It is possible to stand beside Madeleine's bed and, without moving a single step, take Cuddle Cat from her arms and put it on the ledge.
There is only one place at Madeleine's bed from where it is possible to put Cuddle Cat on the ledge and lifting Madeleine up without having to make any steps.
Standing near Madeleine's bed, the ledge is clearly visible.
A ledge in a holiday apartment always serves a general purpose.
Parents who do not put their kids cuddles on a ledge at home certainly will also not do that while being on holiday.
There are plenty of hotels in Praia da Luz that can say that parents use the ledge in the children's room to place cuddles on it.
The local people in Praia da Luz have other purposes for such a ledge than tourists do.
It is for local people very unusual to put their kids' cuddles on such a ledge.
The position of the ledge in Madeleine's room is not related to also being able to have a good lookout on the patio doors of the holiday apartment.
Gerry has never pointed out to their friends that they could use the ledge to put Cuddle Cat on it.
The ledge in Madeleine's room can be found throughout the McCann's holiday apartment.
Being in the McCann's holiday apartment, the ledges will catch one's eye.
Walking through the McCann's holiday apartment one can easily be triggered to put Cuddle Cat on the ledge.
The other items on the ledge had nothing in common with Cuddle Cat.
It needs to be in one's character to unconsciously understand that Cuddle Cat will match the other items on the ledge, and so, is not blocked from doing so.
Cuddle Cat does not have any magnets in its body.
Ever did babysitting at a friend's house? Recall how you handled the kids' toys: always with a certain respect.
Most cuddles kids have are simply too big to fit in one's pocket. Cuddle Cat was one of such cuddles.
The McCann's holiday apartment is no different, there simply were no cuddles present that could fit in one's pocket.
It is the nature of a cuddle to be huggable and that means it has got to have a huggable size.
The light in the McCann's holiday apartment on the evening of May 3rd 2007 was good enough to determine what other items were placed on the ledge.
None of the objects placed on the ledge needed to be moved prior to placing Cuddle Cat on the ledge.
Sometimes objects that are placed on a ledge seem a bit unstable.
Had the ledge been empty it would not have triggered one to put Cuddle Cat on the ledge. Empty ledges are unattractive.
Of course Cuddle Cat could also have been moved to the ledge after one already had lifted Madeleine from her bed and one noticing that Madeleine still held on to Cuddle Cat.
One being accustomed to children makes it easy to lift a sleeping child up together with the child's cuddle, in one go so to say.
On May 3rd 2007 it is fair to say that Madeleine was lifted from her bed by an adult and not by a teenager.
When sleeping children hold on to their cuddle in a tight way it is best to first lift the child up together with the child's cuddle. Lifting the child up will loosen the child's tight grip on the cuddle.
One's primary concern when lifting Madeleine up from her bed is making sure Madeleine's head does not swing backwards too much, not Madeleine's cuddle.
There is no different handling involved between lifting one's own sleeping children from their bed and lifting a sleeping child from its bed for abduction purposes.
Women and men can be equal skilled in lifting sleeping children from their beds.
Perhaps women are equipped with a bit better sensors, by nature, to perform a better child abduction than men.
Madeleine was already strong enough to carry one of the twins for a couple of seconds.
One who has drugged oneself to enhance one's awareness would have noticed Cuddle Cat and placed it on the ledge.
A drug to enhance one's skills to perform a successful abduction of Madeleine. Drugs are used widely by people who are under pressure to perform and have little or no margin for error, from students to lawyers and doctors.
The ledges in the children's day care centre of the resort where the McCanns were staying are like the ledges used in the resort's apartments.
In Praia da Luz almost all children's day care centres have similar ledges as the one in the McCann's holiday apartment.
The ledges in the children's day care centres are especially constructed in such a way that children are not able to reach it.
Even in a child friendly resort, like the one the McCanns stayed in, things like ledges need to be constructed for parents being able to put things out of reach for children. Child safety.
In a child friendly resort a ledge also serves as a spot where diapers and tissues can be placed.
As any parent would do the McCanns also informed about facilities that where present in the holiday apartments before making the reservation at the resort in Praia da Luz.
On booking the McCanns did not request for any particular facility to be present in the holiday apartment.
The McCanns did ask for the ledge in Madeleine's room to be constructed upon arrival at the resort.
People who work at facilities such as hotels and resorts sometimes know best how to improve the safety of the facility they work at.
Those who are studying the opportunities for breaking in most of times have a good feeling about what can and cannot be done.
Cuddle Cat was placed on the ledge and the obvious option of leaving Cuddle Cat on Madeleine's bed was not used.
Cuddle Cat was placed on the ledge because the person who took Madeleine has it in his system to put cuddles on a ledge when the cuddle is not needed for a moment.
Cuddle Cat was put on the ledge because Madeleine requested it.
In case of a ransom request, Cuddle Cat would be an excellent reminder and motivation for the parents to quickly arrange the ransom.
Cuddle Cat was placed on the ledge because one's companion played around with it and when it was time to leave the McCann's holiday apartment placed it on the ledge.
Cuddle Cat was placed on the ledge because it was too risky for one to take it with oneself.
It takes guts for one to be seen walking around with a pink cuddle on the streets of Praia da Luz.
Normally any adult carrying a pink cuddle with oneself is asking for one's reputation to be ruined.
Only adult mental patients can be seen carrying cuddles with them.
leaving Cuddle Cat on the ledge is the difference between a professional performing the abduction and an amateur.
It is a professional choice not to take one of the twins but Madeleine instead.
In a similar way there is a professional difference between abducting Madeleine instead of abducting Kate or Gerry.
The view on the abduction of Madeleine would not change that much knowing that not one but two people were inside the McCann's holiday apartment performing the abduction.
Abducting a young girl who is on holiday in a foreign land: a display of pure professionalism and skill.
Madeleine not being abducted in her hometown of Rothley Leicestershire but Praia da Luz instead. An abduction of Madeleine in Rothley Leicestershire sounds more difficult.
Decency and keeping a cool head resulted in Cuddle Cat being placed on the ledge.
In an article of the Daily Mail it is said that the McCanns and their friends devised a plan during their holiday in Greece to leave their children asleep and alone while they have dinner nearby.
Somehow it came up to create such a plan.
Something happened during their holiday in Greece that they needed a devised plan.
It would have been better to go the police when they knew or felt their children were preyed upon, instead of making a devised plan.
The McCanns been on holiday before with the friends that they were on holiday with in Greece.
Often have the McCanns been on holiday with their children, before they went to Greece.
Those holidays usually took place within England. Children too young to travel.
A holiday in the England, no need for a devised plan.
The need for a devised plan could have come from the McCanns and from their friends whom were with them during these holidays.
When the McCanns were alone on holiday they had no possibilities to execute a devised plan.
Not so often did it came up to think of a devised plan. Too much stress, holidays are for relaxation.
Many different situations that the McCanns faced during other holidays could have triggered them to think of a devised plan.
Holiday situations with liquor stimulate creativity, and so, the quality of the devised plan.
Quite familiar, situations when one who has children wants to party a bit without their children while on holiday.
When one is on holiday with one's children in a holiday area where a lot of people who do not have children are enjoying themselves, one also feels the need to party without their children being present.
The intensity one would feel to join those party people, and just leave their children alone (in safety of course), can be strong.
The children of the McCanns are very young. The McCanns have visited holiday resorts before that were less suitable for children.
They also visited holiday resorts that were suitable for children but were also close to resort areas were people without children celebrated their holiday.
Such places are also attractive to someone who is looking for a child to abduct. Meaning, because parents are less on the lookout for their children simply because they also want to enjoy themselves while being on holiday.
Different kind of tourists come to Praia da Luz.
Praia da Luz is not famous for having a gay scene.
Praia da Luz is famous for activities that suit families with young children.
The resort the McCanns stayed in in Praia da Luz is the same as the resort they used during the Greece holiday.
The resort in Praia da Luz suits the devised plan the McCanns and their friends made up during their stay in Greece.
The devised plan was original. The McCanns and their friends designed the whole plan themselves, no help whatsoever.
During holidays, before the Greece holiday, the McCanns saw how other parents were executing their self-made plans.
The McCanns talked with those parents about their own devised plan.
Some of those parents received help from hotel staff to create a devised plan.
There are agencies located in the resorts that the McCanns visited, before the Greece holiday, that can help creating a devised plan.
The McCanns have been asked by people, who were strange to them, if they had interest in a nanny who would watch over their children while they went out.
A commercial folder was dropped at the McCann's holiday apartment about leaving their children at a nearby nursery.
The names of the nurseries in Portugal differ to those used in England.
There are reasons other than money for the owner of a nursery in a resort area to run his business. Child safety.
Nurseries can be found in almost all resort areas.
There are holiday areas near Praia da Luz that the McCanns used prior to going on holiday to Praia da Luz.
There are holiday areas in Spain that the McCanns used prior to going on holiday to Praia da Luz.
The hotel the McCanns stayed in at Praia da Luz matches the description of the resort mentioned in the devised plan.
The area of Praia da Luz matches the description in the devised plan.
Leaving a door unlocked suits the devised plan.
The devised plan tells about not leaving candles burning.
At least two lights are to be left on at all times according the devised plan.
The minimum number of adults that need to participate to execute the devised plan is four.
It is allowed for recently met friends to participate in the devised plan.
Hotel staff is allowed to participate in the devised plan.
Informing hotel staff that the children are asleep and alone in the holiday apartment is a feature of the devised plan.
In the devised plan are described the phone numbers that are to be called in case of an emergency: police, ambulance, fire department and hotel staff.
The maximum number of children that can participate in the devised plan are five. Seven is just too much.
The measures the adults must take is influenced by the age of the children involved. The younger the children the more frequently checks must be made.
Windows should be left open when it is warm in the holiday apartment.
It is said that the apartment the McCanns stayed in is close to a busy road. Busy roads mean less windows should be left open. Too noisy.
In resort areas it can be quite noisy till late in the evening.
The people who used the busy road near the McCann's holiday apartment caused a lot of noise the evening of the abduction.
It became clear for the McCanns and their friends that the people on the busy road would not require adjusting the devised plan.
The devised plan is suitable for daytime as well as night-time.
There are actions that hotel staff only performs during night-time because it does not cause obstruction or inconveniency for the tourists.
None of those actions have anything to do with washing the windows.
Window repair is saved for daytime.
In the maintenance log are listed the actions that have been performed at the McCann's holiday apartment three days after the McCanns arrived at the resort in Praia da Luz.
There were maintenance actions planned after it was known to hotel staff what the departure date of the McCanns was.
The devised plan is also active during daytime when the twins take a nap and the parents are having high noon tea.
No actions made by hotel staff and external workers made the McCanns decide that the devised plan needed some adjustments.
No actions of hotel staff and external workers made anyone feel uneasy. The McCanns only make use of quality resorts.
Never did the McCanns think the devised plan would not be sufficient when they witnessed the actions performed by external workers.
The McCanns checked the notification board at the reception daily.
Hotel management sometimes uses folders, which would be dropped off at each holiday apartment, to notify the guests of any actions that were to be taken by external workers.
If not dropped off at their holiday apartment, the folder was left at the mailbox of each guest.
The McCanns did not receive any personal letter during their stay at the resort.
The McCanns never expressed any uneasiness about the devised plan not being sufficient for the resort area.
The devised plan was not revised to make it suitable for the resort area in Praia da Luz.
None of the McCann's friends would have thought the McCanns were overreacting had the McCanns expressed their uneasiness of the devised plan not being suitable for the resort area.
Had one of the McCann's friend thought that the McCanns were overreacting, in case of the McCanns wanting to enhance the devised plan, then this friend most likely only cared about his own interest.
A friend with such an attitude can cause quite some stress within the group.
Before the abduction there never was a quarrel between the McCanns and any of their friends regarding Madeleine and the twins.
Imagine yourself being single and on holiday with the McCanns and not feeling obstructed in enjoying yourself in Praia da Luz.
There are times when being on holiday that, although one is on holiday with a group of friends, one simply needs moments to be alone without caring for someone's children.
One goes on holiday to enjoy oneself, not to babysit one's children.
At the beginning of a holiday one can easily not feel obstructed taking care of Madeleine and the twins, but as holiday time passes such attitude can easily change.
The devised plan takes into account the wellbeing of the children, e.g. checking if they are still tucked in properly, if they seem thirsty, or that Madeleine's cuddle cat has not fallen on the ground.
Also, checking the wellbeing of the children after they've been given medication, e.g. Madeleine was given some medicine because she had a small fever.
If you have children of your own you would check quite a few times upon them when you are enjoying yourselves downstairs.
Electronic tools can be used if you want to keep track of what is exactly going on in the children's bedroom.
With electronic tools one can even go to the neighbours' party and leave the children alone and asleep at home. Especially when you as a parent feel that the environment is safe.
The things that one knows of one's neighbourhood can sometimes be shocking. Even local police would not know such details.
A threat regarding your children can also be created by yourself by leaving them alone and asleep at home while you visit the neighbour's party.
Really knowing one's neighbourhood well enough to leave one's children alone and asleep at home can be a challenging thing.
It is confidence and a feeling of safety that you will still go to the neighbour's party while your children are alone and asleep at home.
The things that come to mind about the wellbeing of your children when you let them stay over at a good friend who is living in another town.
When one lets one's children stay over at a friend's house, and that friend has children of their own, one's mind would be more at ease.
Had Madeleine not gone missing, none of us would have reconsidered all of this.
Being on holiday in Praia da Luz we all would have left our children asleep and alone in our apartments and go to the hotel bar to have a drink. The resort is safe.
All holidays have it: in the beginning, you feel unfamiliar about the environment of the resort, but after a few days those feelings are gone.
It is realistic to think that the McCanns had to check upon the twins to make sure the twins did not start eating the chocolate that was on the table, after they had suddenly woken up.
It is realistic to think that the McCanns had to check upon Madeleine to make sure she did not start eating the candy bar that was in the jar next to her bed.
Madeleine liked many different types of Portuguese candy.
The McCanns bought Madeleine's favourite candy in the city centre of Praia da Luz.
It was in the beginning that Madeleine had to stay at the hotel while her mother went for candy shopping, because Madeleine was difficult to handle in the candy store.
Madeleine had to stay home because her mother felt uneasy during candy shopping.
Checking the children being awoken by mosquitoes is something Portuguese parents do regularly.
Mosquitoes interfere with everything, even with the devised plan of the McCanns and their friends.
Some of the McCann's friends were so bothered by mosquitoes that they went to the McCann's holiday apartment more frequently than the devised plan dictated.
One of the friends of the McCanns stated "...we drunk, so what, we were on holiday...".
There is a test about a race car driver who has not had anything to drink and letting him perform evasive action in a car. Without having drunk anything he performs excellent. They let him drink and let him perform the same evasive actions in the car. He completely fails. Afterwards they asked how he felt during the drunk drive and he answered he clearly felt he had everything under control.
The devised plan said nothing about a task that could only been carried out by a certain adult.
The devised plan does not dictate about the maximum amount an adult can drink.
Adults and children sometimes do not go well. It's almost similar as the relationship between some colleagues.
Kate said that when they called Madeleine "Maddie", Madeleine would look at them and say "my name is Madeleine".
The drop that flowed the bucket.
In some cases Madeleine showed rather sensitive about the name Maddie more than usual.
When the McCanns went to the beach they jelled out loud the name "Maddie" often.
The reports from eyewitnesses say that Madeleine did not want to go to sleep and therefore Madeleine hid for quite a long time in the resorts garden.
The abductor could easily witness Madeleine's bedtime ceremony of not wanting to sleep and her mother chasing her.
Witnessing Madeleine's bedtime ceremony: a friendly abduction is not an uncommon thought.
Madeleine mastered hiding in the garden well and this could be seen from the busy street near the McCann's holiday apartment.
Madeleine can trust a stranger quickly when she is in distress or angry at her parents.
The devised plans the McCanns used at home in England are not that different as the ones used on their holidays.
None of the devised plans are executable with only two parents.
It was during the holiday season at school that the devised plans allowed for a parent of one of Madeleine's classmates to participate in the devised plan.
Devised plans are also useful when parent meetings are held at Madeleine's school.
Kate would be present most the times during parent meetings at Madeleine's school.
One of the things parents talk about at these gatherings is what arrangements they made for getting a babysitter for their children.
It can be a matter of prestige which parent could come up with the most ingenious plan to safeguard their children while the parents were out.
The McCanns come from a high society working class.
There are cases among other parents the McCanns know where prestige was involved.
Besides sports, a prestige quest between parents can take place on many aspects of life in a high society working class.
Madeleine's classmates do practices multiple sports.
None of Madeleine's classmates have a twin brother and sister.
When a prestige matter isn't solved in one's hometown, it moves on to the holiday resort.
Portugal is a popular place for other parents of Madeleine's school.
These parents also have used a devised plan when they were on holiday.
The devised plan of the McCanns, or better said, the idea of using a devised plan on holiday originates from one of these parents.
Saving money can be a reason for parents to use a devised plan while being on holiday.
Trusting hotel staff is usually never a problem.
At Madeleine's school, if there was no discussion between the parents about a devised plan then usually the talk was about the type of resort.
Nothing ever happened to these parents' children when they were on holiday.
The McCanns use one of the parent's babysitters to watch over their children while Gerry and Kate go out.
Many babysitters have been on a job interview at the McCann's.
Madeleine enjoyed being present at those job interviews.
Few men are among potential babysitters and even less are from foreign descent.
The McCanns went to other places before the holiday to Portugal.
Looking at their hometown in England, getting information about constructing a devised plan to safeguard their children while they were on holiday is easily to come by.
In their hometown the McCanns could have (not knowingly) set the abduction of their daughter Madeleine in motion.
If you want to take Madeleine from the hotel apartment in Praia da Luz when she is a sleep and the parents are nearby dining with friends, it would be convenient for anyone to know when it is safe for one to enter the McCann's holiday apartment and take Madeleine.
Compare how easy it would be for one to take Madeleine from her room when one knows the details of the devised plan, against not knowing those details.
Knowing the area of the resort not much information about the children being checked upon, the evening Madeleine was taken, was needed.
There are cases were one does not need any details of the devised plan to successfully take Madeleine from the McCann's holiday apartment.
The McCanns like Portuguese food a lot.
They knew what the food in Praia da Luz would be before they went there.
If one has children and one goes to a holiday resort in a foreign country one can be sure that one's young children are going to like the food, if one tried the food in a hometown restaurant first.
Making sure that none of one's young children get some sort of allergic reaction to the food that is served in the resort one is going to. One way to do so is to cook the Portuguese food at home oneself.
The know-how to prepare the Portuguese food in the same perfect way the chef of the resort is going to prepare it. Attend cooking lessons.
Even if one can cook well it would be more fun to go out to a real Portuguese restaurant and enjoy real Portuguese food.
The McCanns considered the children going to have difficulty eating Portuguese food.
The McCanns, like any parent would, tried if Madeleine and the twins were going to like Portuguese food prior to starting their holiday.
They checked the market in their hometown regarding Portuguese food.
There are restaurants the McCanns visited with their children a couple of times to see if the children would like Portuguese food.
Many of these times the McCanns took one of their friends to this restaurant.
At times the McCanns did not went out to a restaurant but cooked Portuguese food at home.
It is not strange to attend cooking lessons and telling the instructor where you are going on a holiday with your children. It happens naturally, no harm done.
If one gets along with someone you have only just met and the chatter really goes in a nice flow, many things are being talked about easily.
Quite easily the talk about food can shift to arranging a babysitter for the children in the resort you are going to.
Talking about the devised plan during cooking sessions while waiting for the water to boil.
It was not only in England that the McCanns talked innocently about the devised plan to others. One of those other places was a Portuguese restaurant while being on holiday in Greece.
Where ever one goes McDonald's food is the same in each holiday resort.
The quality of the wraps which are sold in the resort itself are of good quality.
Madeleine understood the details of the devised plan which the adults discussed during the Greece holiday.
Young children are not dumb they understand far more than adults think they do.
Madeleine had trouble falling asleep in Praia da Luz. These sleeping difficulties also occurred in the Greek resort.
Madeleine insisted she wanted to sit with the rest of group when she had trouble sleeping.
Madeleine listened carefully when the adults talked about the devised plan.
One detail that Kate told Madeleine was that one of their friends would come and check on her if she would be asleep.
Madeleine was upset when this was told. She experienced it as a punishment.
Madeleine did not allow any of the friends to put her to bed when Kate had told her about this part of the devised plan.
There were no drawings about the devised plan present on the table, nor any maps of the resort area of Praia da Luz.
At night people of more sinister character start to arrive and mix among the tourist, regardless of the type of holiday resort.
At night-time the environment can influence the kind of dark thoughts that can come to one's mind.
Details of the devised plan might have been known to others other than the McCanns and their friends.
Apparently, Madeleine could not be taken while the McCanns were on their holiday in Greece.
Let's say that one has the skill to take Madeleine from her parents in the presence of her mother and father. No need to bother about gathering information about the devised plan.
There are tools that allow eavesdropping the McCanns and their friends while they are seated in a restaurant on their holiday.
The recording quality of such a device is well enough for it to pick up sounds through the wall of the McCann's holiday apartment.
The best way to eavesdrop the McCanns without raising any suspicion would be from outside their holiday apartment.
Eavesdropping via the ventilation shafts of the hotel is not uncommon. The people who rented the room next to the McCann's holiday apartment in Greece will concur.
The odds that someone with bad intentions from the McCann's Greece holiday area have contacts in Praia da Luz.
It is important to familiarize the resort's staff with one's teammate before the McCanns arrive.
It is important to familiarize oneself and one's team with the current state of the resort before the McCann's arrive.
Arriving earlier than the McCanns allows to test if the dish-like eavesdrop device does not pick up too much noise from the environment.
It could be that the person who took Madeleine had no interest in Madeleine but was provided with a good opportunity when one got notice of the McCann's devised plan.
- The purpose of these contemplations was to trigger new insight to locate Madeleine.
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