Breaking News: A new police image of Madeleine McCann

Detectives release age progression pic of Madeleine McCann





http://content.met.police.uk/News/Detectives-believe-there-is-a-possibility-that-Madeleine-McCann-is-still-alive/1400008147005/1257246745756

Detectives believe there is a possibility that Madeleine McCann is still alive.


Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Service conducting the investigative review into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are releasing an age progression image of her as we approach her ninth birthday on 12 May.

The image has been created in close collaboration with the family and is being released ahead of the fifth anniversary of her disappearance on 3 May. It shows how we believe Madeleine would look today

The release comes as detectives announce that as a result of evidence uncovered during the review they now believe there is a possibility Madeleine is still alive and are appealing for anyone who is able to provide direct information as to her whereabouts to contact the team.

The investigative review commenced in May 2011 under the leadership of the then commissioner, Sir Paul Stephens. A murder team within the Homicide and Serious Crime Command was tasked to conduct the review and is led by Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood acting to Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell and Commander Simon Foy.

Work of the team involves close collaboration with a senior investigating officer from the Policia Judaria and detectives have been to Portugal several times.

Throughout the course of the review officers have been in close contact with the McCann family who have been assigned a Family Liaison Officer as is standard in accordance with national family liaison policy.

The review team are in a unique position in that their task is to compile and review material from three separate strands - the Portuguese investigation, inquiries by UK law enforcement agencies, and the work of private investigators/agencies.

Officers are now methodically going through that material which they believe amounts to around 40,000 pieces of information equating to approximately 100,000 pages.

The intention is to identify from that material investigative opportunities which we will then present to the Portuguese authorities who retain primacy for the investigation. Officers have so far identified around 195 such opportunities within the historic material, and are also developing what they believe to be genuinely new material.

The objective of the review team is to work with the Portuguese authorities with a view to having the case, which has remained closed since 2008, re-opened in due course.

DCI Andy Redwood said: “From the outset we have approached this review with a completely open mind, placing Madeleine McCann at the heart of everything we do. We are working on the basis of two possibilities here. One is that Madeleine is still alive; and the second that she is sadly dead.

“Based on the former we are releasing the age progression image today with a specific appeal.

“If you know where Madeleine McCann is now or you have new direct information/evidence about what has happened to her then please contact us.

“The second point of appeal today is in relation to those who were at the resort of Praia da Luz between 28 April and 3 May 2007. If you were either on holiday or in residence in the resort during this period, particularly in the vicinity of the Ocean Club, and you have not been spoken to by police either here or in Portugal then please call us on 0800 0961011 if you are within the UK. The number for non-UK residents is +44 2071580 126. Alternatively if you do not want to speak to us directly you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

This image is the best age progression that i have seen. Well done to whoever did it.

A recent one just didn't hit the spot. This one does. The only observation that I would make is that maybe her hair will be a little darker? Fair hair tends to darken as a child ages, but sometimes it doesn't.

This image is really convincing. Her Mum and Dad are there and she looks the right age

Madeleine aged 9


Thanks for posting it Rose

Oh my! Isn't that good! And it's the Met who have released it! That is such good news, they must think there is still a good chance of finding Madeleine alive!

sadie, bb1, I agree with you both.

What splendid news we are getting. Let us hope that DCI. Andy Redwoods more positive inclinations are correct.

So long as Madeleine wasn't left in Leh in India, I believe she is still alive and might be in good spirits. I think it unlikely that the man behind all these abductions is a murderer. Abduction is a very different crime to murder and the penalties are very different too.


Only my thoughts, but based on observations.

Thing is, we don't actually know anything much - and neither should we, that is the job of the police.

I am so, so happy by the news today. It's crystal clear that the Met believe Madeleine is still alive - and what a good age progression that is!

Please note - By police, I do not mean the corrupt incompetent who has done so much harm to Madeleine and her family. I should think the PJ bitterly regret not suspending him on May 4th, 2007, when he was made an arguido.

There was a banner running across the bottom of Sky News a few minutes ago saying,

SY URGE PORTUGUESE TO REOPEN THE MADELEINE CASE

It is no longer running.

How's this for sick hatred from a forker?

Re: SKY/Breaking news
Thistledown Today at 11:00 am

It's not looking good, the met police have tweeted the age progression pics.

Any decent, normal human being thinks it's marvellous news that the Met believe there is a good chance Madeleine can be found alive and well.

The forkers are in meltdown at the very idea that the child they pretend to care so much about is alive.

They really are showing their true colors now.

bb1 wrote:How's this for sick hatred from a forker?

Re: SKY/Breaking news
Thistledown Today at 11:00 am

It's not looking good, the met police have tweeted the age progression pics.

Any decent, normal human being thinks it's marvellous news that the Met believe there is a good chance Madeleine can be found alive and well.

The forkers are in meltdown at the very idea that the child they pretend to care so much about is alive.

They really are showing their true colors now.

YUK!

To the forkeres who behave like this

Sorry, but









Jeez, I cannot believe how this case has affected my previously fairly gentile manners!

Here's another sick freak:

tanszi Today at 11:25

please tell me this isnt true.

Chucky will be tearing the heads off her dollies in a bile-fit

Oh, the fat fraud has surfaced:

Duarte Levy ‏ @DuarteLevy Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Sorry! Same attorney-general… until now RT @skymartinbrunt: #McCann New Portuguese government thought to be more willing to reopen case

He'll be out of a job now. And I wonder if he and Morais are going to be mentioned in a police report, for pumping out lies and propaganda for so long? There must have been something in it for them.

I do hope the PJ are investigating the Gonc fund as part of their action against him.

This might upset a few forkers


Reopen Madeleine case, police urge

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Police have released an age progression image of Madeleine McCann showing how she might look today (Teri Blythe/Metropolitan Police/PA)

Scotland Yard has urged Portuguese authorities to reopen the search for Madeleine McCann as detectives said there are 195 potential leads to finding her alive.
The detective leading the Metropolitan Police review said the case can still be solved before officers released a picture of what she might now look like as a nine-year-old.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood said he believes her disappearance was a stranger abduction, as he said there are 195 "investigative opportunities".

Police refused to say what evidence they had uncovered to suggest Madeleine is alive.

Mr Redwood confirmed that his team of more than 30 officers involved in the case had been out to Portugal seven times, including a visit to the family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz.

It will be five years ago next week since the three-year-old went missing as her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, dined with friends nearby.

A spokesman for the McCanns said the family was pleased with the image.

Mr Redwood said his 37 officers had dealt with 40,000 pieces of information but the "primacy still sits in Portugal" in the attempt to find her.

Commander Simon Foy said: "Most significantly, the message we want to bring to you is that, on the evidence, there is a possibility that she is alive and we desperately need your help today to appeal directly to the public for information to support our investigation."

Mr Redwood said "evidence that she is alive stems from the forensic view of the timeline" that there was the opportunity for her to be taken. Investigations show "there do appear to be gaps", he added.


Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/reopen-madeleine-case-police-urge-16149766.html#ixzz1t35tXhez

newspaper from Brazil, the same update:

http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/scotland-yard-diz-existe-possibilidade-madeleine-mccann-estar-130316327.html

http://acritica.uol.com.br/noticias/Manaus-Amazonas-Amazonia-Scotland-Yard-Madeleine-McCann-atualizada_0_688731129.html

http://www.d24am.com/noticias/mundo/madeleine-mccann-pode-estar-viva-diz-policia-britanica/57026

http://www.jornalstylo.com.br/noticia.php?l=be4f26d00f27f0e5daa84c4612d75f1d

http://www.vnews.com.br/noticia.php?id=119272

http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Mundo/noticia/2012/04/scotland-yard-diz-que-madeleine-mccann-pode-estar-viva.html

http://jconline.ne10.uol.com.br/canal/mundo/internacional/noticia/2012/04/25/scotland-yard-quer-reabrir-caso-de-garota-desaparecida-em-2007-40188.php

http://br.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idBRSPE83O05520120425

http://extra.globo.com/noticias/mundo/desaparecida-ha-cinco-anos-madeleine-mccann-pode-estar-viva-4729327.html

http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/mundo/2012-04-25/madeleine-mccann-pode-estar-viva-diz-policia-britanica.html

http://www.pernambuco.com/ultimas/nota.asp?materia=20120425085023&assunto=18&onde=Mundo

http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/internacional/scotland-yard-diz-que-madeleine-mccann-pode-estar-viva

Portuguese newspapers, magazines:

http://visao.sapo.pt/madeleine-mccann-policia-britanica-encontrou195-novas-oportunidades-de-investigacao=f660760

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hT5549Ioir0fA3x7fE3Dpx53cmsg?docId=CNG.ebd312a0162f39cdc06b3a90fb042cde.3d1

http://expresso.sapo.pt/policia-divulga-retrato-de-maddie-maccan-com-9-anos-de-idade=f721501

http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/scotland-yard-quer-reabrir-o-caso-maddie_143252.html

http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/Lusa/2012/04/25/madeleine-mccann-policia-britanica-encontrou195-novas-oportunidades-de-investigacao

http://www.abola.pt/mundos/ver.aspx?id=327987

http://www.ptjornal.com/201204257278/mundo/policia-britanica-vai-reabrir-o-caso-de-madeleine-mccann.html

Many, many thanks, Pedro. Good to see the story is all over the Portuguese media too. Morais will be beside herself with rage.

Yes, I agree with you bb1, you welcome.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/25/madeleine-mccann-andy-redwood-detective-chief-inspector-kate-and-gerry-mccann-portugal_n_1451159.html

Thank you, Pedro - excellent coverage.

That's excellent, Pedro - and so is the gentleman speaking. He's not afraid to say what he thinks of Gonc and co

ETA, I see there is the usual abuse in the comments from the haters and forkers. What pondlife they are!

He ended it perfectly - Everyone wants to be the hero who finds Madeleine McCann.

So, why don't the pondlife, the police brutality fans, and all the rest of the haters not want a missing child to be found?

Yes bb1, I agree with you.

To the person who created the video inside link above:
well done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yjV0U7wjO8&feature=related

Great video Pedro


The sound of the ordinary man. He might get a couple of minor bits wrong but he has thought about it, is lucid, compassionate ... and he puts it across so well. Straight from the heart.


Thanks for posting it, Pedro

Yes, I agree, you welcome my friend:

"he has thought about it, is lucid, compassionate ... and he puts it across so well. Straight from the heart."