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Sunday 3 June 2007

Was Madeleine snatched in a ransom plot that went wrong?

"Who would dare ask for money for this child when her image is going around the world?"

Daily Mail Headline, says:
A kidnapper may have snatched Madeleine McCann with the intention of demanding a ransom, it has emerged. The enormous amount of publicity about the missing four-year-old might have panicked the abductor into making no contact, police said. The theory raises the possibility that a kidnapper may be keeping Madeleine prisoner until media attention subsides, making it safe to ask for money. The possibility of an abduction for money was canvassed in detail by Portuguese police for the first time in public yesterday. Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said: "We continue to investigate the possibility that whoever took this child could have done it for money, and hasn't asked for a ransom because they've panicked with the headlines the case has generated.

"Who would dare ask for money for this child when her image is going around the world?" He added: "A kidnapper could easily have a child hidden, possibly close by."


I'm drawn to the image above; the sense of concern which emanates from Gerry McCann is overwhelming. It's almost as if he was pre-disposed with some worry or problem which was going on at the time. He's ill at ease and tense. Remember, when this photograph was taken ... the McCanns were on holiday. I'm not implicating Gerry McCann -- I'm just suspicious there was more going on at the time than has been made public.