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Sunday 24 June 2007

Search for Madeleine McCann in Malta: The Mystery Caller

Police in Malta are investigating three more possible sightings on the island of missing Madeleine McCann, one from a mystery caller that left an anonymous tip. According to the Sunday Express, the caller was probably using a phone box in the village of Bahar-ic-Caghaq. That caller claimed that he saw the abducted four-year-old in the village on Thursday. Search for Madeleine McCann in Malta, Mystery Caller Leaves New Tip. According to the report police believe the mystery caller has vital information that could hold the key to finding Madeleine. They also believe he could have been using the public phone box in Bahar-ic-Caghaq to conceal his identity and location.

So far, police investigations have yielded negative results," a police spokeswoman said. "Nevertheless, the police will continue investigating this case." Detectives in Malta have been looking into other possible sightings of Madeleine since May 27.

A spokesman for the Maltese police said that they were taking the claims very seriously because of the number of reports and would “leave no stone unturned”. He confirmed that they had “stepped-up” security on the north side of the island and said it was virtually impossible for anyone to leave without them knowing. (National Ledger)


**News Headline Update**

Daily Express Headline 'I Saw Maddy On Malta, Claims Mystery Caller':
This is the most recent in a series of 13 alleged sightings of Madeleine on Malta. They have been dotted along a coastal road stretching from the Floriana bus terminus in the capital Valletta to Bahar-ic-Caghaq in the north-east.Last night a spokesman for the Maltese police said that they were taking the claims very seriously because of the number of reports and would “leave no stone unturned”. He confirmed that they had “stepped-up” security on the north side of the island and said it was virtually impossible for anyone to leave without them knowing.

Detectives have now built up a detailed description of a middle-aged white woman and a dark-skinned male in his late thirties who have been spotted with a child fitting Madeleine’s description.

Police believe the mystery caller has vital information that could hold the key to finding Madeleine. They also believe he could have been using the public phone box in Bahar-ic-Caghaq to conceal his identity and location.

If the latest sighting proves to be true, it will give fresh hope to Gerry and Kate McCann that their daughter – snatched 52 days ago from her bed in Praia da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal – will be found alive.


Does this 'mystery caller' link in anyway to the 'insight' received regarding a phone call tip off which was published in a Daily Merlin on Saturday 23rd June 2007?:

"What cannot be talked about? But which can be seen quite clearly? How can someone remain silent when they see it all happening ... but cannot speak of what they know?

All because of a tip off ... a phone call ..." (Daily Merlin Saturday 23rd June 2007 - 'What next?')