Daily Express Headline; says: 'NEW evidence emerged yesterday to support Kate and Gerry McCann’s theory that Madeleine was abducted and not killed in her room, as suggested by Portuguese police. Her Cuddle Cat – her favourite comfort toy – was taken while she slept and placed on a shelf in the room, which only an adult would have been able to reach. Madeleine’s mother, Kate McCann, has regularly been photographed clutching the soft pink toy since her four-year-old daughter disappeared. Mrs McCann has refused to say publicly where she found the toy when she returned to the villa in Praia da Luz at 10pm on May 3 to find her daughter’s bed empty. However, she has indicated that the room was left in such a way that she knew almost instantly that Madeleine had been abducted. A police source said yesterday: “When Kate tucked Madeleine up in bed earlier in the evening, she had the toy tightly in her arms, as she did every night. Police have found no fingerprints or DNA on the stuffed toy, which suggests that the intruder wore gloves. The toy has helped Mrs McCann feel close to her missing daughter, though she recently revealed that she can no longer smell her daughter’s scent on it.
In an interview with Woman’s Own magazine, Mrs McCann said of the Cuddle Cat: “In a way I wish they’d taken this with her. It would be a comfort to know Madeleine had something she loved, wherever she is.”
There is an obvious duality here with the choice of the photograph of Kate for this article being the same photograph as the one I used in an posting published earlier. Coincidence or paranoia? I've noted this synchronicity on a number of occasions before .... earlier on the trail.
