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"Between
approximately a quarter past nine and half past nine, Ocean Club
guest S.C. and his wife left the Tapas bar to go home: "We
walked across the MW reception area, crossed the road and a semi
circular path to return to the apartment, were we put the
children to bed and a short while later did the same ourselves.
I do not remember seeing or hearing anyone during our return to
the apartment. When I crossed the road outside the MW reception
I remember there were cars parked, I remember taking some time
to see if I could cross the road because there were cars parked
to my left and I was carrying I****. They were about six metres
away from me and i calculate that some (inaudible) metres from
the back of Gerry's apartment, I do not remember anything about
these cars, it was normal for cars to be parked there and in the
morning they were no longer there. My wife mentioned on the
following day that she vaguely remembered someone calling
"Madeleine, Madeleine", this was after we had crossed the road
from the MW reception and before entering our apartment. She
does not remember where the sound came from or whether it was in
an urgent tone, not paying any more attention to it and only
remembered the following day when we heard about Madeleine's
disappearance".
At 21H20, Executive Chef A. E. G. F. P. heard some clamour,
which made him leave toward the restaurant, a few meters away,
and was then informed that a child had disappeared.
At around 21:40, he left the restaurant passing through the same
esplanade where moments before, he had seen the same table
occupied by the three couples, empty, who had left in the
meanwhile various items, principally clothing. He was told by
his colleagues that the child who had disappeared was a child of
one of those couples;
Property manager B. J. J. W. heard about the news being
investigated on the evening of 3rd May at about 21.30 - 21.40
from P.B., a Dutchman and owner of the Atlantico restaurant, who
passed by the witness near the Baptista supermarket, in P da L
and who asked for his help in searching for Madeleine. He then
went to the place where the events occurred which was at about
21.45 - 21.50. At this time various local people and MW staff
were present. When questioned he said that the police had not
yet arrived and that about 5 minutes had passed.
Dinner finished at around 21H45 and some minutes passed where
waiter R. A.E D. L. O. looked towards the table but saw no
one - his colleague told him that all the guests of that table
left rapidly and abruptly. He remembers having heard shouts in
the direction of the McCann apartment;
Between 21.30 and 22: Fitness instructor/Waiter J. R. S. went
over to the table and joked with (Diane Webster): "They've left
you alone?" She responded more of less with these words: "No,
they went to see if the little girl was there." I responded that
I hoped they would find her somewhere in the apartment. At
saying this, I saw the man. Who I knew later to be Madeleine's
father, running to the pool and to the children's play area in
the Tapas zone as if looking for someone. It immediately hit me
that after talking to the older woman, that the little girl had
not been found. I offered to alert the workers at the Millennium
Restaurant and the man agreed. He then left again running to
continue searching. I believe that this was between 21H30 and
22H00 but do not remember with certainty.
Approx. 21.55 pm The Smith Family, (4 adults and 5 children) are
returning from 'Kelly's Bar', heading north, all spread out
along the street and they pass a man walking down the middle of
the street, carrying a child, with the head against his left
shoulder and the arms hanging down alongside the body, in light
colored or pink pyjamas, bare feet, pale skin typical of British
and blond, shoulder-length hair; the girl is about 3-4 years
old, about 1 metre tall. - The man is not dressed like a
tourist; he's wearing cream or beige trousers, classic cut, of
linen or cotton. He is white, 30-35 yrs, 1.70-1.80 meters tall,
average build, physically fit, short, brown hair, with a face
that looks tanned. (GA)
M. M. M. d. S. declares that on the night 03-05-07, she left the
apartment at around 21H58 - she remembers the exact time because
she asked her friend the time and she responded after checking
this on the telephone in the lounge;
. They left the building and the deponent and her boyfriend took
the Opel Frontera, previously indicated, which was parked out
front of the apartment, in the private parking area of Block 6
where her friend's apartment was located;
. She declares that the night was good with a breeze, and that
it was dark;
. After leaving Block 6, they turned right and after left,
passing in front of the block occupied by the McCanns. She
states that she saw no movement of people, and that in the
immediate areas of the blocks she saw no vehicle with the
exception of a small car, that appeared to her grey in colour,
parked close to the window of the McCann apartment;
She declares further that she mentioned this fact to her
boyfriend and that it wasn't yet summer given the movement on
the roads, and at that hour movement was nill;
. States that she looked at the exit of the apartment and that
from the flat above the McCanns, she saw light, and also in from
of the apartment, but she could not define, concretely, where
she saw the light when she passed the McCann apartment;
. Next to the tree, she did not detect any movement of people or
vehicles, and nothing struck her as abnormal in that zone that
would have raised her suspicions;
Receptionist Ocean Club H. J. S. L. was on duty and was
contacted by a member of staff from the Tapas Restaurant between
21.30 and 22.00 who informed him that the daughter of some
guests who were dining there had disappeared. He immediately
contacted the GNR in Lagos, shortly after this the child's
father and John Hill arrived at the reception and he phoned the
GNR again.
Bar chef M. J. d. S. R. heard about it on that night at about
22.00 when an English tourist arrived at the Millennium
restaurant to ask whether anyone had seen a lost little girl.
After 22:00 R. R. S. B. and his wife were still sitting on the
veranda in the B. family apartment. They heard noises downstairs
and afterwards found out that a child had disappeared. Gerald
was seen and spoken to by N.B. and R.R.S.B. They heard him
calling for Madeleine when they were sitting on N.B.'s balcony,
not far from the McCann's apartment. They both went down to talk
to Gerald and helped in the search.
Between 22H00 and 22H30, waiter J. J. M. B. was in the kitchen,
and was alerted, by a colleague, to the fact that a guest
entered the restaurant screaming, and at this point, the entire
group left in a panic; his colleague proceeded to tell him that
the (screaming) individual indicated that a child had gone
missing.
About 22.15 Owner of "Duque de Holanda" Bar J. O. W. was working
in her bar when some employee who she cannot identify (but whom
she knows works for Mark Warner) informed them that a girl had
disappeared from the OC.
At about 22.17 Hotel manager E. L. K. received a call from L.J.,
the Crêche Manager, informing her that the girl had gone
missing. She met L.J. and the Service Manager, A.T., near to the
Tapas Bar and they initiated the "Mark Warner procedures for the
search of a missing child".
Tennis coach D. J. S. knew about the disappearance of little MBM
that same night, about 22h20, because he was contacted by a
resort worker having attended and partcipated in the searches.
Tennis coach G.L.J. knew about the disappearance of little MBM
that same night, about 22h20, because she lives in the same
house as another OC worker and (s)he told her.
22.28 Manager J.H. gets a phone call from L.J., head of the
child care service, who told him about a female child staying at
the resort who had disappeared. This phone call was made to his
mobile phone at about 22.28 on 03-05-2007. About 5 minutes later
J.H presented himself at the resort. Upon arriving at the scene
he saw about 100 people, employees, guests and residents
searching the grounds, the beach and adjoining areas calling out
the child's name.
Head of Maintenance J. C. S. B. was informed about 22.30 by
phone by the OC administrator, who had contacted his wife, S.B..
Manager G. R. C. arrived at 22H25 and there found J.H. and other
functionaries, S.B., J.B., the former who is employee manager
and the latter maintenance; when he arrived at the Ocean Club,
he went to the entry of the pool and the restaurant (Tapas)
areas of said establishment, having there come across various
individuals in the local, all of which were participating in the
search for the lost child, and was made up of guests and other
people;
At around 22h30, after having left the apartment where she is
living, close to the establishment mentioned, together with two
more colleagues, also residents there, whose name are Leanne and
Sarah, nanny K. M. found her colleague Amy. That during their
discussion she was informed that Madeleine McCann had
disappeared and that they were looking for her. For this reason,
together with her colleagues, they also began searching for
Madeleine McCann.
Millennium waitress A. N. d. . heard about the events on the
same day at about 22.30 when she was at the restaurant bar where
she works, relaxing with her mother and sister. At that moment,
a British individual, a tennis instructor entered the
restaurant, and told them what had happened, and headed towards
the interior of the space where the pool are, looking for the
girl. She says that because she had had some alcoholic drinks,
she was not in a condition to participate in the searches.
However, her sister did take part in the searches, together with
her boyfriend.
Just after 22.30 upstairs neighbor Mrs. F. heard the hysterical
shouts from a female person, calling out "we have let her down"
which she repeated several times, quite upset. Mrs Fenn then saw
that it was the mother of little Madeleine who was shouting
furiously. Upon leaning over the terrace, after having seen the
mother, Mrs. F. asked the father, Gerry, what was happening to
which he replied that a small girl had been abducted. When
asked, she replied that she did not leave her apartment, just
spoke to Gerry from her balcony, which had a view over the
terrace of the floor below. She found it strange that Gerry when
said that a girl had been abducted, he did not mention that it
was his daughter and that he did not mention any other
scenarios. At that moment she offered Gerry help, saying that he
could use her phone to contact the authorities, to which he
replied that this had already been done. It was just after
22.30.
Millennium restaurant employee D. J. A. V. d. S. stated that an
individual, tall and of British nationality, appeared in the
restaurant at about 22.30/22.45, who asked him whether he had
seen a little girl who had disappeared, describing her as blonde
and three years old and that she was probably wearing pyjamas.
The witness and his colleague, M.d.F., replied that they hadn't,
upon which the individual ran out.
Millennium waiter G. C. C. C. says that when the events occurred
he was working in the restaurant and heard about the
disappearance at about 22.30 - 23.00 from a Mark Warner employee
(he doesn't know his name, but he is of English nationality)
who, at that moment asked to use a telephone in the bar to make
a call as he had received information about the disappearance of
the girl on his mobile. He does not know the concrete terms of
the conversation but he is clear that something had happened.
The employee then left the bar/restaurant. When his shift ended
he joined in the searched with his colleague Nelson. He searched
until 03.00 AM.
Around 22H45, nanny S. B. O. was in the bar known as 'Mirage'
together with her colleagues, whose names are Emma, Shinead,
Najoua, Hayley and Stacy, which is situated close to the
perimeter of the aforementioned resort. After returning from the
bathroom, she was informed by her colleague Hayley that a child,
of about 3 years of age, and whom was staying at the Ocean Club,
had disappeared; she immediately, together with her colleagues,
went to the area of a restaurant (Millennium) in the
establishment in question near to the bar they were at and began
searching for the missing child; during the search, she
realised, together with her colleagues of the Ocean Club, others
(tourists/owners) were also participating in the search;
22.45/22.50 Manager J. H. went to the apartment being used by
the McCanns, where he saw that both members of the couple were
in a panic and were shouting that the child had been taken. He
always saw the McCanns together in the apartment they were
occupying at the time, with the exception of an episode when
Gerry went to the main 24 hour reception, with the purpose of
speaking to a GNR officer
22.50 pm - First call to GNR Lagos precinct (Guarda Nacional
Republicana, rural police); The first call to Police Precinct of
GNR (Portuguese Rural Police) in Lagos, reporting a missing
child and asking for Police help was made at 10.50pm and a
patrol was sent, arriving at Ocean Club 12/15 minutes later,
according to Lieutenant-Colonel Costa Cabral, Head of Public
Relations of GNR.
About 22.55/23.00 manager E. L. K. went to the McCann's
apartment to obtain the girl's description and of the clothes
she was wearing when she disappeared. When she arrived at the
apartment, there was a lady on the terrace, whom she now know to
be Kate McCann, accompanied by the wife of one of her friends,
David Payne. Kate could not say a word, looked very upset and
about to cry. It was Mrs Payne who provided her with the details
that she needed.
Head of Maintenance J. C. S. B. arrived at about 23.00 and
immediately began to search the resort and the beach area,
searching in all the places where the child might be. The
searches were carried out by employees from the Tapas and the
restaurant who had just finished their shifts and by some local
people.
Accountant J. D. N. d. O. N. notes that on May 03, 2007,
(Thursday), at around 23H00, at home, in Ramalhete, Casa ***,
Praia da Luz, Luz, Lagos, situated close to the OC resort, he
noticed "much movement and traffic that was out of the
ordinary," outside (vehicles and individuals passing by
frequently) for that time of night. For this reason, he went to
look out of his window. Whilst this was happening, he noticed a
colleague, J.C.B. (Head of Maintenance at the resort) standing
next to his house, who told him what had happened. J.C.B. told
him that a child staying at the tourist complex had disappeared.
About 23.00 hrs, OC guest G. McK. approached the McCann's
apartment from the bushes at the rear of the apartment. He was
searching the gardens. He did not know it was the McCann's
apartment. He saw Mr Gerry McCann standing alone in the doorway
at the rear of the apartment talking on his mobile telephone. Mr
McCann was looking over the swimming pool and did not see Mr
McKenzie. Mr McCann was absolutely distraught telling the person
receiving the call that he feared "she (Madeleine McCann) had
been taken by paedophiles". He does not know who the person
receiving the calls was but presumes it to be a family member:
"I worked my way around the area, eventually coming around the
back of the tennis courts and up towards what I now know to be
the McCanns apartment a couple of hours later. I was looking in
the little gardens on the poolside of that block, I was in the
end garden when I heard a male voice, he sounded distraught his
voice cracking with emotion. I looked to see who I now know to
be Gerry McCann stood above me on the balcony/patio about 3
metres away speaking on a mobile phone. I cannot recall his
exact words but I got the impression that he was speaking to
perhaps a family member or someone he was very close to due to
the nature of his conversation. He said something along the
lines of there being Paedophile gangs in Portugal and that they
had abducted Madeleine. I was so shocked by this, having
originally thought that she had just wandered off."
After she arrived about 23.00 S.B. went immediately to the
apartment A5 where she found several people inside the apartment
and outside of it. She entered in the flat but soon left without
having spoken with anyone, because she was informed that
elements of the GNR were in the principal reception. She went
there to meet them.
When she came close to the elements of the GNR she found that
behind her was Gerry, Madeleine's father, accompanied by another
man whose identity she doesn't remember. Then Gerry kneeled
down, hit the floor with both hands, positioning himself as if
he were a praying Arab, and screamed twice of anger, what he
said being impossible to understand. Then Gerry stand up and
accompanied her (the witness) and the other man in the car of
the GNR to the apartment A5. S.B. walked Gerry to the GNR car,
so he could deliver the requested documents. She states that she
carried out these diligences, and other diligences, at the
request of the GNR Commander as they used the deponent's
knowledge of the English language to translate the questions
that were asked from the missing person's family members, and
the answers that were given. She remembers that Gerry gave the
GNR Commander several photographs of the missing person. These
were postcard-type photographs, taking their size and shape into
account. They were actually photographs of the size and shape of
a postcard, and they seemed to be all similar to her.
23.00/23.05 pm - A GNR patrol arrives at Ocean Club (two men);
When they arrived they saw the girl's father, a friend whom GNR
Officer N. F. P. d. C. describes as tall and blond, an OC
employee and a translator who was also an OC employee, named S.B..
He found it notable that when they were still at the main
reception, the father kneeled down, laying his head on the
ground and crying, at the same time as making an expression
which GNR Officer N. F. P. d. C. did not understand.
Estimated time around 23.10 pm Both David Payne and Matthew
Oldfield were seen by E.L.K. when she was on her way to the
beach, the search area to which she was assigned by L. J. (child
care director and search coordinator).
23:14 Gerry calls Kate (8 seconds)
23:17 Gerry calls Kate (31 seconds)
Estimated time 23.15 - After hearing about the circumstances of
the disappearance (from the father with the help of translation)
GNR Officer N. F. P. d. C. does not remember whether the word
abduction was mentioned, and he went in his police car, to the
apartment, accompanied by the father, the friend and the
translator.
After hearing about the circumstances of the disappearance (from
the father with the help of translation) at a determined moment
GNR Officer J. M. B. R. thinks it was the father who told the
translator that it was an abduction, at least this is how it was
translated. He then went to the apartment, accompanied by his
colleague, the father and friend as well as the translator. When
he arrived at the apartment he saw the mother there, who opened
the wooden door, now referred to as the main door. When he
entered, apart from the mother, there were three individuals,
one female and two male, whom he cannot identify.
After the search, GNR Officer J. M. B. R. noticed a situation
that seemed unusual to him, when at a determined moment, the
girl's parents kneeled down on the floor of their bedroom and
placed their heads on the bed, crying. He did not notice any
comments or expression from them, just crying. He says that at
the main reception the father also knelt down, placing his head
on the floor and crying. He did not hear the father say
anything.
After the search of the interior, GNR Officer J. M. B. R. went
to check the area around the apartments and the Tapas Bar, while
GNR Officer N. F. P. d. C. remained next the apartment, just
outside it. At that moment a female individual, he does not know
whether she was a member of the group of friends, who was in the
neighbouring apartment, said that she saw an individual carrying
a child, running, and that because of the pyjamas she was
wearing it could have been Madeleine. It was in these
circumstances that abduction began to be talked about. He made a
report about this situation and sent it to the police. This
sighting did not seem to him to be very credible, because when
he asked her about the physical characteristics of the
individual, she said it was very dark, however she saw the
pyjamas clearly.
S.B. translated the deposition from one of the ladies that
belonged to the group of English people, namely one that she
indicates as being a brunette. This lady told the GNR officers,
and S.B. translated, that she had seen a man crossing the road,
possibly carrying a child. S.B. found that situation strange
because she was convinced that when she saw this man, the lady
was positioned in a spot that has no viewing angle to the
location where she had seen the man. She doesn't know exactly
where the lady was positioned when she saw the man passing by,
but she knows that she indicated that she saw him passing on the
street that lies in front of the window to the bedroom where
Madeleine was, walking into the direction of the street that
leads to the Baptista supermarket.
GNR Officer J. M. B. R. found the parents to be nervous and
anxious, he did not see any tears from either of them although
they produced noises identical to crying. He did not feel that
this was an abduction, although this was the line indicated by
the father.
S.B. also realised that from the very first moment on, both
Gerry and the rest of the group members insisted in stating that
Madeleine had been abducted, all of them using the word
"abducted" instead of missing, and they all showed great
interest in informing the press about the situation.
S.B. further recalls that she entered the room where Madeleine
had been sleeping. She now remembers that the door was closed.
The inside of the room was dark. The shutters were down, and
light entered only through its holes. The windows were closed
and the curtains slightly open. Gerry, who accompanied S.B.
during this visit, with the GNR officers also present, said that
it had been him who had closed the window because the babies
were still sleeping inside, which S.B. could verify as true.
Gerry mentioned that when he noticed that Madeleine was missing,
he had found the window and shutters open, and the curtains
fluttering.
S.B. recalls that the cots that were used by the babies were
placed in the middle of the room and aligned, and therefore she
found it strange that someone could have taken Madeleine from
the bed where she was sleeping up to the window, because there
was no space to get through. S.B. opened the bedroom's wardrobe
to check if eventually Madeleine was hiding inside. Then they
all left the room, and someone closed its door again. The
deponent remained in the living room for a while, with the GNR
officers, Gerry and the other group members that were there in a
frenzy, going in and out and speaking on their mobile phones.
She noticed that none of the group members, including the
child's mother and father, were busy looking for her. The mother
was sitting on the master bedroom's bed, the father accompanied
S.B. and the GNR officers and the other group members walked in
and out and spoke on the phone, apparently concerned about
informing the press about the event.
She thought that the child's mother was downbeat with the
situation, the father showed his concern and also asked both for
the press to be alerted and for dogs to be brought in for the
search. Concerning the others, she can only recall that Fiona
and her husband, Payne, were hysterical about the situation.
At about 23.30 a white fair haired man aged about 30, one of the
friends of the McCann group was seen by V. K. and her family
when he asked them if they had seen Madeleine. They were near to
the chapel.
23.20/23.30 Manager J.H. asked hotel manager E. L. K. to go to
the apartment the girl had disappeared from and, on behalf of
Mark Warner, provide all the help the family might need. She
went to the McCann's apartment, entered by the patio doors and
introduced herself to Kate and Mrs Payne. She entered the
apartment living room and Kate and Mrs Payne stayed in the main
bedroom, from where she could hear them both crying.
The twins were still asleep in the children's bedroom and the
door was half open.
A short while later, Gerry returned to the apartment accompanied
by Russell. They also entered by the patio doors. She doesn't
remember the exact sequence of events at this time, but she does
remember that she phoned John, who informed her that the police
were on their way.
23.30/23.40 A CID team leaves from Portimão to Praia da Luz.
John McCann stated on MSNBC that at 'twenty to twelve' 23.40 pm
Gerry calls his brother John: "I've got crying for help from my
brother and I'm stuck couple of thousand miles away from him. I
can't do anything concrete. And then eventually he just said, "I
don't know what to think. I think some paedophile or some other
swine has taken Madeleine".
23.40 Gerry calls Trish Cameron (11.13 minutes)
"It was my younger brother Gerry distraught on the phone,
breaking his heart. He said: 'Madeleine is abducted, she's been
abducted'. 'They kept going back to check the kids every half
hour. The restaurant was only 40 yards away. He went back at 9
o'clock to check the children. They were all sound asleep,
windows shut, shutters shut'.
Kate then went over to the two-bedroom ground-floor apartment
and 'came out screaming', said Mrs. Cameron. 'The door was lying
open, the window in the bedroom and the shutters had been
jimmied open'. "They think someone must have come in the window
and gone out of the front door with Madeleine." (timesonline 6
may)
Sandy Cameron statement: "On the night of Thursday, May 3, 2007,
Patricia received a telephone call from Gerry informing us of
the disappearance of Madeleine. Gerry manifested all those
emotions one expects from a father who has lost a child in the
circumstances. He was distraught and spoke at the same time he
cried. He seemed frustrated with the slowness of the searches in
Portugal, with the fact that the borders had not been closed,
and with the fact that sniffer dogs were not being used.
Patricia and I contacted the British Embassy to try and help in
this regard."
Hotel owner P. R. W. arrived at the scene of the events at about
23.45, there were already many people and police officers.
23.52 Gerry calls Brian and Janet Kennedy (2.30 minutes)
Barman Millennium Restaurant L. M. d. S. B. was dining with his
wife, son and friends in a restaurant in Praia da Luz, before
24.00 he received a call to his mobile from the fixed network
phone in the Millennium restaurant, informing him about the
disappearance. It was his colleague Nelson who contacted. He was
not asked anything in particular, just informed, however he felt
that he should go to the resort, which he did immediately,
making himself available for whatever was needed. He remembered
that there was great panic amongst all the people looking for
Madeleine. He helped search, remaining at the OC until 05.00,
searching the entire resort. They did not find anything to help
locate the child.
At about 24.00, A. T. was at her desk at the Tapas bar, inside
the resort, when at a certain time, one of the friends of the
McCann couple, Russell, asked for a USB memory stick reader, in
order to print photographs of Madeleine. Immediately the
deponent replied that she did not have an USB reader, but that
she had a printer with this hardware, which could read from
memory sticks. She went to her room and returned to the Tapas
with the printer where she printed out 20 to 30 photographs of
the girl, using her own paper, in 10x15 format mentioned
previously. The memory stick containing the photos belonged to
the McCann couple, and came from their camera.
Between 00.00 and 00.30, the police arrived, entered by the main
door and went to the kitchen with Gerry. Hotel manager E. L. K.
went to the bedroom where Kate and Mrs Payne were. Kate was
still upset, crying and calling Madeleine's name, shouting
"where is she?" She also banged on the headboard. At that moment
Hotel manager E. L. K. went to check on the twins in their room
and they were ok. She remembers being in the main bedroom with
Kate, Mrs Payne, Gerry, Russell and David who were sitting on
the bed and she sat on the floor. At that moment David suggested
that the press should be contacted. Russell disagreed, saying
they should keep calm and let the police take care of the
situation.
At that moment Kate appeared to lose control, crying and
constantly asking "where is she?" whilst banging on the bed.
Gerry remained calm throughout. On one occasion Kate and Gerry
both went to the main bedroom and Hotel manager E. L. K. could
hear both of them crying.
0.00.27 am Kate calls Sue and Brian Healy (128 seconds)
0.05.00 am Gerry calls Brian and Janet Kennedy (3 seconds)
0.05.45 am Gerry calls Trish Cameron (3 seconds)
0.06.15 am Gerry calls Brian and Janet Kennedy (2.47 minutes)
0.13.14 am Gerry calls Trish Cameron (3 seconds)
0.13.50 am Kate calls Sue and Brian Healy (407 seconds)
0.21.36 am Gerry calls Trish Cameron (23 seconds)
0.23.12 am Gerry calls .... (3.55 minutes)
0.27.07 am Trish Cameron calls Gerry (2.28 minutes)
0.29.37 am Angela Morado at UK Consulate calls Gerry (4.53
minutes)
0.36.21 am Kate calls ... (31 seconds)
0.37.05 am voicemail calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
0.38.40 am ... calls Gerry (6.40 minutes)
0.39.58 am Kate calls voicemail (34 seconds)
0.40.50 am voicemail calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
0.45.15 am Brian and Janet Kennedy call Gerry (1.18 minutes)
0.45.49 am Kate calls voicemail (31 seconds)
0.47.23 am Aurélio Guerreiro calls Kate (2.39 minutes) to offer
help, at the request of Pat Perkins. A man answers the phone.
0.47.41 am Angela Morado at UK Consulate calls Gerry (2.15
minutes)
0.53.08 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
PJ Officer V. M. M. arrived on the scene at about 00.40/00.50.
At the scene, there were already some elements from the GNR and
some people walking around the OC grounds, searching for the
child.
In the apartment where the family was staying, there were
different persons, including the friends of the girl's parents,
who were immediately invited to leave the apartment, in order to
preserve the scene. Inside the room that was indicated as being
that of the missing girl, there were two children, babies, who
appeared to sleeping in two cots placed in the middle of the
room.
A request was made to the OC services director for the family to
be re-allocated and accordingly the babies were taken out of the
room, so that the site could be searched. The OC services
manager introduced him to the missing girl's parents, who looked
quite tired and anguished, particularly the mother who appeared
more upset and was therefore less receptive to conversation,
which led the witness to converse only with the girl's father.
After the site had been isolated, he proceeded to make an
inspection, together with the inspection and photographic report
carried out by Deputy Specialist J.B..
Deputy Specialist J. B. arrived about 00.40/00.50.
When they arrived at the scene, which they immediately
identified due to the presence of GNR officers, as well as quite
a lot of people who were walking around the street searching for
the child, they immediately went to the apartment in question,
where they found several people, including some GNR officers, as
well as the head of the Lagos GNR station.
He states that the people inside the apartment and close to it,
entered and left the building and circulated in the whole
apartment, completely freely, in other words, without there
being any restriction or care in preserving the scene.
He said that these people were the friends of the parents of the
missing girl and a lady responsible for the resort called S.B..
He was shown the room the child had disappeared from, having
noticed that people also entered and left that room without any
care in the sense of preserving traces. Inside this room there
were two children, babies, sleeping in two cots placed in the
middle of the room.
It was requested that the babies were moved, which was done
accordingly, the witness having subsequently put his gloves on
to begin the on-site inspection.
At that moment one of the GNR officers told the witness that
they had already searched for the girl in the wardrobes and
other places in the apartment without having taken any care as
to leaving their own traces or for destroying or adulterating
any traces that might be of interest to the investigation. The
witness states that, at a given moment, the father of the
missing girl led him to understand that he had already contacted
the Sky News TV station and informed them of the situation.
As much the father as the girl's mother looked quite worried
with the situation and he can even confirm that the mother was
very agitated and out of control, crying a lot and shouting in
an uncontrolled manner, saying in English "They have taken her".
He remembers that he remained on the scene until about 04.00.
Estimated time between 00.30 and 1.00 am Two timelines written
by Russel O'Brien on the covers ripped off Madeleine's
stickerbook are provided to the GNR officers.
Sometime between 00.30 and 1.00 a.m Kate calls her parents: "I
had a phone call from Kate asking me to contact Father P.S. He's
a friend of Kate and Gerry's. Paul married Kate and Gerry and
baptised Madeleine and she needed to speak to him".
Sometime between 00.30 and 1.00 am, A.G., the owner of a bar at
the marina in Vilamoura got a phonecall from an old customer:
P.P., the human resources director from a public English
organism. She calls him, upset: "She told me the daughter of
British friends of her, who were vacationing close to Lagos, had
disappeared over 3 hours ago, that they were completely alone
and that nobody was helping them to search for her". P.P.
confirms she was at Kate's parents house at the time.
At about 01.00 Matthew Oldfield was with J. H. (resort manager)
when they knocked on Jeremy Wilkins's door to ask if he had seen
anything. It was them who told what had happened. Jez did not
take part in any searches. He offered his help but was told it
was not necessary.
1.02.08 am Aurélio Guerreiro calls Kate (2.23 minutes) to offer
help, at the request of Pat Perkins. A man answers the phone.
1.16.11 am Gerry calls A. M. UK Consulate(1.57 minutes)
1.29.58 am Phil McCann calls Gerry (3.36 minutes)
At about 1.30 that morning Kate called Father P. S. in a state
of great agitation. He tried to calm her as well as he could
saying that Madeleine could have had a bout of sleepwalking and
that she would be all right. He remembesr that Kate was worried
by the fact that Madeleine was wearing short sleeved pyjamas and
that she could catch a cold. He felt that only a mother could
think like that and say such a thing. He could perceive the
trauma that Kate was experiencing from her voice. He led with
prayers and other situations in his role as priest.
Gerry phoned him on the same night and he also seemed to me to
be quite traumatised and at the same time very upset and angry.
His Scottish accent, which was normally very slight, became so
heavy that his sentences were almost incomprehensible
1.43.55 am ... calls Gerry (3.29 minutes)
Estimated time: between 1.30 and 2.00 am Hotel manager E. L. K.
remembers the police asking everyone to leave the apartment. She
received a call from John informing her that he had arranged for
another apartment for the McCanns. She went to reception and
helped Lyndsey to move the two cots to the new apartment
The McCanns went to the new apartment and she remembers seeing
Kate and Mrs Payne seated on the sofa, each holding one of the
twins.
S. B. states that right after the PJ's elements arrived, the
child's parents removed the twins from the cots where they still
slept, and took them into the apartment on the first floor. At
Kate's request, the deponent removed the soft toys and a blanket
from the cots, and also took them to the first floor. The
babies' cots were left only with the mattresses.
2.07.03 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
2.18.29 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
2.20.03 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
2.21.12 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
2.23.27 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
2.27.28 am Kate calls ... (27 seconds)
Before 2.30 am (the time he left the scene) GNR Officer J. M. B.
R. refers to a situation when he was searching outside, near the
pool, that someone from the OC whom he cannot identify, passed
him a mobile phone, as a British Consulate employee who spoke in
Portuguese, wanted to talk to the authorities. Upon speaking to
him, he told him that the investigation and subsequent actions
were under the responsibility of the PJ.
About 02.00/02.30, as the child had not been found, PJ Inspector
M. J. P. d. L. Q. decided to contact SEF at Faro airport with
the aim of alerting them in case anyone would board accompanied
by some child, whoever she was and those accompanying her should
be duly identified, however the various calls made were not
attended. In the face of this situation he contacted the Faro
Station from the police and told them what was going on and
asked them to alert the SEF.
He also decided to alert the GNR in Lagos so that they would
send out a warning so that the car and foot patrols that were
out on the ground would pay attention and identify cars with
people out driving at that time who were accompanied by a child
(children).
2.38.58 am Lynda and Mark call Kate (9.45 minutes)
"On the morning of 4 May 2007 the mother of Kate telephoned my
mother who, in turn, telephoned me. My mother told me that
something terrible had happened, that somebody had taken
Madeleine. I later sent a text message to Kate that same night
and I spoke with her on the telephone. She was hysterical,
saying only that she wanted to be able to hug Madeleine. She was
worried by the fact that there were only two police officers in
the place and thought that the police were not helping her with
anything. She continued to speak about Madeleine, of the cold
that she could feel since she was dressed only in pyjamas and
continued to look at the situation from the perspective of
Madeleine. She told me that Gerry was outside to find the girl
and during the following day we spoke on the telephone and we
frequently sent messages [to each other]."
2.53.49 am Kate calls Michelle and Jon (16 seconds)
GNR Officer N. F. P. d. C. refers to a situation at about 02.00
or 03.00, that the parents asked for a priest and his colleague
had tried to contact one on his mobile, but did not manage to
find one.
Hotel Manager E. L. K. remembers that on the night Madeleine
disappeared, Kate wanted to contact the local priest, but it was
not possible to reach him by phone.
S. B. mentions that at around 3.00 a.m. Madeleine's parents
asked for the presence of a priest on location. They didn't
explain the reason why they wanted a priest, but the deponent
found the fact strange as there were no indications that the
little girl was dead, and that's the circumstance under which
usually the presence of a priest is requested.
3.05.03 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
3.06.17 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
3.06.54 am Kate calls Michelle and Jon (5 seconds)
3.07.38 am Kate calls Jon Corner (3 seconds)
3.07.57 am Kate calls Michelle's cellphone (3 seconds)
3.08.33 am Kate calls Michelle and Jon (3 seconds)
3.09.05 am Kate calls Michelle and Jon (4 seconds)
3.10.29 am Kate calls ... (10 seconds)
3.20.21 am Kate calls Michelle and Jon (14 seconds)
3.23.28 am Jon Corner calls Kate (184 seconds)
3.28.46 am Jon Corner calls Kate (416 seconds)
Michelle Thompson statement: "Kate must have tried Jon's mobile
once as we stirred when it rang at about 03h20. Jon spoke
briefly with Kate and then called her around 03h30. I knew that
Kate and Gerry were on holidays in Portugal. Kate was very
anguished and on the telephone and told me that she had checked
on the children every half-hour. It was around 22h00, and when
she went to check on the children she found that someone had
entered the apartment and taken Madeleine from where she slept;
that Madeleine had been abducted. The person must have entered,
passed by the twins and taken her.
Kate continued that when she entered the apartment via the patio
doors, a breeze hit her in the face as if a door or window was
open. When she entered the children's room, the window was open,
the blind had been forced and Madeleine had disappeared. Kate
urged me to call all the close family and to ask them to pray
for Madeleine. My family is catholic and Kate knew this. Even
though I am catholic, I have to admit that Kate has more faith
than I. I did not speak to Gerry that night."
3.31.13 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
3.55.21 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
3.55.56 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
4.03.44 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
4.05.40 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
4.12.33 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
4.14.41 am Gerry calls ... (01 seconds) SMS
4.15.23 am Gerry calls ... (01 seconds) SMS
4.15.43 am Gerry calls ... (01 seconds) SMS
4.19.02 am Sue and Brian Healy call Gerry (01 seconds) SMS
4.20.34 am John McCann calls Gerry (01 seconds) SMS
4.22.12 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
Hotel manager E. L. K. left the new apartment at 04.30 in the
morning after instructions from J.H. She was the last to leave,
the police had already left, but she left her number saying that
she was available for anything that might be needed.
4.31.30 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
4.31.41 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
4.36.30 am ... calls Kate (17.27 minutes)
4.52.16 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
4.55.54 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
During the early morning in question PJ Inspector M. J. P. d. L.
Q. received some telephone calls from people whom, with the
exception of one, expressed themselves in Portuguese to ask
whether an English girl had really disappeared in Lagos and
about what was being done with relation to this and he informed
them that this was true and that inquiries were being made in
order to find her. One of these calls, from the person who did
not express themselves in Portuguese but in English and which
was received between 04.30 and 05.30, was made by someone who
identified themselves as being from the Sky News TV chain and
who requested the same information mentioned earlier.
6.02.08 am Mum mob calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.04.11 am Kate calls Mum mob (0 seconds) SMS
6.05.29 am Kate calls Amanda home (7.02 minutes)
6.08.17 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.18.17 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
6.34.53 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.35.23 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
6.39.38 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
6.47.42 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.47.54 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.48.05 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.59.12 am Jon Corner calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
6.59.44 am Kate calls Jon Corner (0 seconds) SMS
07.00 am GNR Officer P. J. F. N. saw the McCann couple at about
07.00 alone in the street next to the site where they were
stationed.
7.06.06 am Sue and Brian Healy call Gerry (01 seconds) SMS
7.09.04 am John McCann calls Gerry (3.26 minutes)
7.15.19 am Gerry calls Angela Morado UK Consulate (4.51 minutes)
7.23.20 am ... calls Gerry (5.53 minutes)
7.41.14 am Jill mob calls Kate (3.30 minutes)
7.44.48 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
7.46.36 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
7.48.12 am ... calls Kate (373 seconds)
7.51.14 am ... calls Kate (1.26 minutes)
8.06.14 am mum mob calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
8.07.52 am Kate calls mum mob (0 seconds) SMS
8.11.35 am Jill mob calls Kate (1.56 minutes)
8.21.21 am Jill mob calls Kate (153 seconds)
8.27.26 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
8.28.30 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
8.29.56 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
8.31.00 am Kate calls Michelle mob (3 seconds)
8.31.21 am Jill mob calls Kate (2.33 minutes)
8.34.09 am Kate calls ... (32 seconds)
8.34.19 am Kate calls Jon Corner (61 seconds)
8.34.59 am voicemail calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
8.35.15 am Gerry calls Angela Morado, UK consulate (1.43
minutes)
8.35.21 am Kate calls voicemail (20 seconds)
8.36.03 am Kate calls voicemail (37 seconds)
8.45.20 am Kate calls ... (136 seconds)
8.50.27 am Gerry calls Angela Morado, UK consulate (4.47
minutes)
8.51.42 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
8.52.41 am Kate calls Jon Corner (73 seconds)
8.56.15 am Kate calls Nuala (47 seconds)
8.57.17 am Jill mob calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.01.55 am ... calls Gerry (1.46 minutes)
9.04.16 am ... calls Gerry (1.28 minutes)
9.05.38 am anonymous number calls Gerry (2.12 minutes)
9.09.32 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.09.44 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.09.56 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.10.39 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
9.12.04 am Geteesha mob calls Kate (262 seconds)
9.14.28 am UK consulate in Portugal calls Gerry (3.58 minutes)
9.16.07 am ... calls Gerry (1 second)
9.25.51 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.26.03 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.29.18 am Jill mob calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.33.11 am Michelle & Jon call Kate (5.35 minutes)
9.34.42 am Voicemail calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.45.21 am Fiona & Richard call Kate (1.45 minutes)
Estimated time 9.45 am Social worker Y. M. met the McCann couple
next to the apartment from where the child had disappeared,
accompanied by a third person, a male, who seemed quite familiar
to her.
- This third person of the group appeared to be an intimate
(friend) of the family as he was the one who, when the media
arrived, began to explain what was happening and answering
questions, thereby saving the couple from this upset.
Afterwards, she further confirmed his closeness to the family
when she saw him taking care of the couple's twins, also small
children.
- She identified herself and presented her credentials and
immediately began talking to the mother of the missing child as
she was visibly upset with the situation.
- During the conversation the mother told her that she did not
understand why a couple had abducted her daughter.
Because she found it strange that Kate told her that her
daughter had been taken by a couple, she tried to separate her
from the other two individuals so that she could speak to her
with more privacy, suggesting to Kate that they (Y and K) should
enter the apartment, Kate aggressively rejected this idea and
told her that they could speak on the street.
The witness then asked whether anyone from the Medical Centre
had been with Kate as she was very agitated and needed some
support, she was told they hadn't.
At this point, Kate told her that her daughter had disappeared
13 hours ago. It was about 10.00 in the morning.
- However, the third individual overheard this conversation and
interrupted Ms. Martin and took the McCann couple away from her.
- This same individual came shortly afterwards to tell her that
the couple did not want to talk to her any further and did not
require her help - an action that appeared quite strange to her.
- Meanwhile, she heard comments next to the complex reception
that the British Consul was coming to the site and she decided
to wait for this person in order to offer her help.
- During this time, she saw the third individual two more times.
Firstly, when he was accompanying an older woman and the McCann
twins, demonstrating in this way, the trust that the couple had
in him by letting him take care of their two children. On the
second occasion, he accompanied what appeared to her to be plain
clothed police officers.
--YVONNE describes the third individual as follows:
Aged about 35 years
Of about 1,80 metres in height
Of normal physical appearance
Having short, dark hair
Using graduated glasses of small dimensions with rectangular
lenses
Having a round face
Presenting a scar above his eyebrow and on his left cheek
Speaking with a Southern English accent
Wearing light trousers, cream or beige coloured, and a dark polo
shirt.
- When she was back home, following the case on English
television, she saw the same individual and this time, her
initial doubt faded and she concluded that she had seen the face
in the course of her professional activity in child protection,
not being able to discern if he was a suspect/arguido or witness
- She clarifies that she is capable of making a photographic
identification of the individual, and emphasises that with the
identified photo it is possible to access the database of the
British Police and ascertain whether the individual is related
to any crimes involving children
9.46.24 am Jill mob calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.47.48 am Kate calls voicemail (58 seconds).
9.49.50 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.50.23 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.50.38 am Kate calls ... (0 seconds) SMS
9.58.53 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.59.20 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
9.59.31 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
10.01.06 am ... calls Kate (0 seconds) SMS
10.00 am, 12 hours after the disappearance, the British Consul
from Portimão arrives. PJ tell him all that is going on. He is
not satisfied and is heard talking on the phone saying the "PJ
are doing nothing. " (GA)
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On 4 May, the parents authorized the police to look at their
cellphones to check for calls made and received:
Kate's phone: no calls made from 27April to 4 May; she received
no calls from 11h22 on 2 May until 23h17 on 3 May
Gerry's phone: nothing prior to 00h15 on 4 May
However, inside Kate's phone there is a record of a call
received from Gerry at 11h17, 3 May. But no record of the call
on Gerry's phone. It had been erased. (GA). |
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May 02, 2009
Tapas Nine Timeline: 21.00 to 22.00 pm |
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THANKS TO KAZLUX |
What happened on May 3rd, 2007 between 21.00 and 22.00 pm,
according to witness statements given to the Policia Judiciaria
on May 4th and 11th, 2007.
20.55 - 21.00
David Payne 4/5/07 Concerning yesterday evening, he states that
he, his wife and his mother-in-law arrived at the restaurant at
around 8.55pm. According to what he remembers, when they
arrived, all the members of the group were present, apart from
the children, who were in bed.
Rachael Oldfield 11/5/07 it would be around 20H55, the PAYNE
family - David, Fiona and DIANE - arrived. About a minute before
the PAYNEs arrived, her husband MATTHEW got up from the table
and said he was going to go, taking the opportunity "to listen"
to the children. She states that, according to those what they
[the Paynes] told her, MATTHEW passed them on his way out.
Diane Webster 11/5/07 they only managed to get to Restaurant
around 21.00.
- Asked, she adds that she went to the restaurant in the company
of her daughter and son-in-law.
- Asked directly if someone had gone to her apartment to call
them (herself and the PAYNE couple) for dinner the witness said
no.
- Asked if there was the possibility of having crossed paths
with someone during the journey between her apartment and
restaurant, the witness said no.
- That night she judges to have arrived at the restaurant close
to 21:00, in the company of the PAYNE couple.
- That, at that time, the whole group were at the restaurant.
The witness did not recall, but thinks that perhaps Gerald and
MATT had not been in the restaurant along with the other members
of the group.
- In this regard, asked specifically whether, on the journey to
the restaurant, if they had passed either of the two individuals
described in the preceding paragraph, she answered categorically
not.
21.00 - 21.05
Kate McCann 4/5/07 Thus, at around 9pm, her husband went to the
apartment to make sure the twins, as well as Madeleine, were OK,
then he went back to the restaurant. Her husband said that the
children were doing well and that he had bumped into the person
with whom he had played tennis, a person who has two children.
At the same time, one of the group of friends, Russell, went to
see his children, without checking on the interviewee's
children.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 That the last to arrive at the
restaurant was the couple David and Fiona. That the latter
arrived at the restaurant at around 9pm.
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 Her husband Matthew, went to look for
David Payne and Fiona Payne. At around 9pm, the couple arrived
two or three minutes after Matthew.
Jane Tanner 4/5/07 Around 9pm, her husband (Russell O'Brien)
arrived at the restaurant. He had succeeded in getting **** to
sleep. Because of the late arrival of David Payne, Fiona Payne
and Diane Webster, the meal booked for 8.30pm, did not start
until 9pm, when the Payne family arrived.
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At around 9pm, they had all ordered their
meals. (..)He recalls that Matthew Oldfield left the restaurant
at shortly after 9pm to check the children.
21.05 - 21.10
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 Thus, at 9.05pm, the interviewee entered the
room (apartment?) using his key, the door being locked, and went
to the children's room and noted that the twins and Madeleine
were OK. He then took several minutes going to the toilet. He
left the apartment and bumped into someone with whom he had
played tennis and had a brief conversation. He then returned to
the Tapas.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 That around 9.05pm, he went to the area
of the apartments. Notably to the area near the windows of all
the children's bedrooms. That he did not hear any noise. That he
considered that all the children were sleeping. That all the
children's bedroom windows were closed, notably the windows that
gave access to the fourth apartment, that occupied by Madeleine.
That after this check, he returned to the restaurant, saying
that all the children were asleep.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 At 21H05 MATTHEW returned, the time at
which the deponent left the table to go to check how his
children were.
21.10 - 21.15
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 However, Gerry, Madeleine's father, went
to the area of the apartments to check for himself if the
children were asleep. That Gerry allegedly went into his
apartment and that he checked to make sure that Madeleine and
the twins were sleeping in their bedroom, where it was quite
dark. The bedroom door was half-open. That five minutes later,
Gerry came back to the group in the restaurant.
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 It is noted that when one of the members of
the group, JANE, went to her apartment to see her children, at
around 9.10/9.15, at a distance of about 50 metres, in the road
leading to the club, she saw a person carrying a child in
pyjamas.
Jane Tanner 4/5/07 The interviewee recall that, around 9.10pm,
Gerald McCann left the restaurant to go to the apartment to see
the children.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 Following on, he returned to the TAPAS
between 21h10 and 21h15 the dinner having gone as normal.
21.15 - 21.20
Jane Tanner 4/5/07 Five minutes later the interviewee left, in
her turn, to go to her own apartment to check on her children.
She saw Gerald McCann talking to a British citizen named Jez.
She spotted a man who was going along at a fair speed with a
child in his arms with the child in pyjamas without a blanket,
which attracted her attention. The interviewee only saw the man
from the side with the child in his arms. She noticed this
person exactly at the moment when she walked past Gerald and
Jez[Jeremy Wilkins].
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 After placing their orders, at around
9.15pm, Gerry McCann went to check, only his apartment. He was
held up for nearly 10 minutes because, he said, he had been
chatting with Jes about tennis. Today there was a tournament
which they both had to compete in. During Gerry's absence, the
waiters started to bring the food. Jane was also absent to check
her apartment. Gerry returned shortly after Jane.
Kate McCann 4/5/07 Later, a member of the group, Russell's
partner Jane, saw, when she went to her apartment at around
9.15pm, about 50 metres away, on the perimeter road of the club,
a long-haired person with a child in his arms, walking very
quickly.
21.20 - 21.25
Rachael Oldfield 11/5/07 At 21H20 they began to dine.
21.25 - 21.30
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 Then Gerry came back at around 9.25/9.30
and they started to eat the main course.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 At around 9.25pm, the interviewee went
into his apartment and Madeleine's apartment to check on the
children. He states that the door of the fourth apartment
(room?), that was occupied by Madeleine and the twins, was
half-open and that there was enough light in the bedroom for him
to see the twins in their cots. That he couldn't see the bed
occupied by Madeleine, but as it was all quiet, he deduced that
she was sleeping. That the light in question was from an
artificial source but not inside the bedroom, rather from
outside through the bedroom window. That it seemed to him that
the shutters of the bedroom window were open without knowing if
the window was also open.
Matthew Oldfield 11/5/07 The question asked, he relates that he
thinks he returned to Tapas between 21h25 and 21h30, telling the
others in the group that he found everything within normality in
the residential block.
21.30 - 21.35
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 As normal, dinner began at 9.30pm.
Kate McCann 4/5/07 Around 9.30pm was the time the interviewee
should have gone to see her children, but her friend Matt (a
member of the group) had just done a check in his apartment then
gone to the interviewee's. He had gone into the apartment
through a glass door at the side and once inside had not gone
into the children's bedroom. He only looked through the door,
and did not hear any noise. He went back to the restaurant and
said that everything was fine.
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 At 9.30pm, a friend, MATT, (a member of the
group) went to his apartment where his own children were, and he
went through the interviewee's apartment, going in through a
patio door at the side of the building, which was always open.
He went into the apartment. He saw the twins and he checked if
Madeleine was OK. Everything was normal, the shutters closed and
the bedroom door half-open as usual.Then MATT went back to the
restaurant.
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 Between the starters and the main
course, at around 9.30pm, her husband Matthew Oldfield and
Russell O'Brien both went to check on the children. Kate was
also planning to go and see the children, but they told her it
was no trouble, that they would go and check. Kate, therefore,
stayed at the restaurant. Four or five minutes later the
interviewee's husband came back after having checked his
apartment. He also checked the one where Madeleine was.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 At 21h30 he drew KATE's attention to the
fact that it was time for her to go to see the children, MATTHEW
having immediately volunteered to substitute given that she was
talking. Three to four minutes later MATHEW returned saying only
"it is all calm", he having entered by the rear door, given that
he did not have the key and it was usual for them to enter in
that way.
21.35 - 21.40
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At around 9.35/9.40, taking advantage of
the lull between two courses, the informant left the restaurant
with Matthew to check the children.
21.40 - 21.45
Rachael Oldfield 11/5/07 By 21H40/21H45, when they were at
dinner, Jane said that he was going to replace RUSSELL so that
he could eat, since she had already eaten. About five minutes
later RUSSELL returned to the table saying that his daughter
E**e was sick and had vomited, [he] starting to dine afterwards.
21.45 - 21.50
21.50 - 21.55
Matthew Oldfield 11/5/07 he clarifies that that news had been
communicated to all the friends who were in the Tapas by Kate
McCann subsequent to her having personally been to her flat to
check that her children were well. The question asked, he
relates that she had gone there alone to do that at 21:50.
21.55 - 22.00
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At around 9.55, he went back to the
restaurant where his food had been waiting for 5 or 10 minutes.
All the other adults had finished.
22.00 - 22.05
Kate McCann 4/5/07 At around 10pm, the interviewee went to check
on the children. She went into the apartment by the side door,
which was closed. She noticed that the door to her children's
bedroom was completely open, the window was also open, the
shutters raised and the curtains open, while she was certain of
having closed them all as she always did.
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 At 10pm, Kate went to check on the children.
She went into the apartment, using her key and saw that the
bedroom door was completely open, the window was also open, the
shutters raised and the curtains open. The doors were locked
except the one at the back as already noted above.
David Payne 4/5/07 Towards 10pm, Kate went to her apartment, and
less than 5 minutes later, she came back to the restaurant,
breaking down, reporting that Madeleine had disappeared.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 At around 10pm, Kate, Madeleine's
mother, went to her apartment to check on her children. She came
back totally shocked, shouting, saying that Madeleine was no
longer in her bedroom. At that time all the adults were in the
restaurant.
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 At around 10pm, Kate McCann went on her
own to check her children. She came back to the restaurant in
tears and told us that Madeleine had disappeared.
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At a round 10pm, Kate Healy went out to
check her children in her apartment. When she came back, she
came towards our table, shouting that Madeleine had disappeared.
Diane Webster 11/5/07 Therefore, she can only say with precision
that, at 22.00 Kate McCann returned to the restaurant, seemingly
in panic, communicating to others the fact that of Madeleine's
disappearance.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 Half and hour later, without anything to
signal [with no way to tell the time], it being 22h03, he turned
to alert KATE that it was time for her to go to see the
children. She immediately made her way to the apartment by the
usual path, she having entered by the rear door. About 10
minutes later, he started to worry about her lateness and, at
the moment he prepared to stand and to go to see the reason for
her lateness, KATE appeared running, completely distraught and
crying, saying that MADELEINE had disappeared and that she was
sure because she had looked throughout the house. |
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Tapas Timeline revisited. |
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THANKS TO KAZLUX |
What happened on May 3rd, 2007 between 20.30 and 22.00 pm,
according to witness statements given to the Policia Judiciaria.
20.35 - 20.45
Ricardo Oliveira (waiter) 7/9/07 On the day of the
disappearance, all were seated at the table between 20H35 and
20H45. He remembers them arriving as usual. Had they arrived
late, this would have been noted by the staff.
The 'stickerbook' timelines both have 8.45 as starting point
also:
8.45 'All assembled at poolside for food'
8.45 'Pool'
20.45 - 20.50 (estimated time)
Ricardo Oliveira (waiter) 7/9/07 Clarifies that on that night
when he took the dinner orders, the entire group was seated. He
remembers that there were nine adults-four men and five women.
He did not notice any strange behaviour on their part.
(...)When they were all together, the group sat at the table, he
took their orders, including the starters. As already mentioned,
on this occasion, he would immediately take two white and two
red bottles of wine and one bottle of water to the table. Their
main courses would normally be ready 25 to 30 minutes after
their order-a time they used to consume the starters. After
starters, the group would normally spend about 15 minutes
finishing the main course.
20.55 - 21.00
David Payne 4/5/07 Concerning yesterday evening, he states that
he, his wife and his mother-in-law arrived at the restaurant at
around 8.55pm. According to what he remembers, when they
arrived, all the members of the group were present, apart from
the children, who were in bed.
Rachael Oldfield 11/5/07 it would be around 20H55, the PAYNE
family - David, Fiona and DIANE - arrived. About a minute before
the PAYNEs arrived, her husband MATTHEW got up from the table
and said he was going to go, taking the opportunity "to listen"
to the children. She states that, according to those what they
[the Paynes] told her, MATTHEW passed them on his way out.
Diane Webster 11/5/07 they only managed to get to Restaurant
around 21.00.
- Asked, she adds that she went to the restaurant in the company
of her daughter and son-in-law.
- Asked directly if someone had gone to her apartment to call
them (herself and the PAYNE couple) for dinner the witness said
no.
- Asked if there was the possibility of having crossed paths
with someone during the journey between her apartment and
restaurant, the witness said no.
- That night she judges to have arrived at the restaurant close
to 21:00, in the company of the PAYNE couple.
- That, at that time, the whole group were at the restaurant.
The witness did not recall, but thinks that perhaps Gerald and
MATT had not been in the restaurant along with the other members
of the group.
- In this regard, asked specifically whether, on the journey to
the restaurant, if they had passed either of the two individuals
described in the preceding paragraph, she answered categorically
not.
21.00 - 21.05
Kate McCann 4/5/07 Thus, at around 9pm, her husband went to the
apartment to make sure the twins, as well as Madeleine, were OK,
then he went back to the restaurant. Her husband said that the
children were doing well and that he had bumped into the person
with whom he had played tennis, a person who has two children.
At the same time, one of the group of friends, Russell, went to
see his children, without checking on the interviewee's
children.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 That the last to arrive at the
restaurant was the couple David and Fiona. That the latter
arrived at the restaurant at around 9pm.
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 Her husband Matthew, went to look for
David Payne and Fiona Payne. At around 9pm, the couple arrived
two or three minutes after Matthew.
Jane Tanner 4/5/07 Around 9pm, her husband (Russell O'Brien)
arrived at the restaurant. He had succeeded in getting **** to
sleep. Because of the late arrival of David Payne, Fiona Payne
and Diane Webster, the meal booked for 8.30pm, did not start
until 9pm, when the Payne family arrived.
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At around 9pm, they had all ordered their
meals. (..)He recalls that Matthew Oldfield left the restaurant
at shortly after 9pm to check the children.
21.05 - 21.10
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 Thus, at 9.05pm, the interviewee entered the
room (apartment?) using his key, the door being locked, and went
to the children's room and noted that the twins and Madeleine
were OK. He then took several minutes going to the toilet. He
left the apartment and bumped into someone with whom he had
played tennis and had a brief conversation. He then returned to
the Tapas.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 That around 9.05pm, he went to the area
of the apartments. Notably to the area near the windows of all
the children's bedrooms. That he did not hear any noise. That he
considered that all the children were sleeping. That all the
children's bedroom windows were closed, notably the windows that
gave access to the fourth apartment, that occupied by Madeleine.
That after this check, he returned to the restaurant, saying
that all the children were asleep.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 At 21H05 MATTHEW returned, the time at
which the deponent left the table to go to check how his
children were.
21.10 - 21.15
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 However, Gerry, Madeleine's father, went
to the area of the apartments to check for himself if the
children were asleep. That Gerry allegedly went into his
apartment and that he checked to make sure that Madeleine and
the twins were sleeping in their bedroom, where it was quite
dark. The bedroom door was half-open. That five minutes later,
Gerry came back to the group in the restaurant.
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 It is noted that when one of the members of
the group, JANE, went to her apartment to see her children, at
around 9.10/9.15, at a distance of about 50 metres, in the road
leading to the club, she saw a person carrying a child in
pyjamas.
Jane Tanner 4/5/07 The interviewee recall that, around 9.10pm,
Gerald McCann left the restaurant to go to the apartment to see
the children.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 Following on, he returned to the TAPAS
between 21h10 and 21h15 the dinner having gone as normal.
Ricardo Oliveira (waiter) 7/9/07
(estimated time) After 25 to 30 minutes, it was the witness who
served the main dishes. He remembers that at this moment, the
taller male, whom he now knows to be Russell, had left the
table.
21.15 - 21.20
Jane Tanner 4/5/07 Five minutes later the interviewee left, in
her turn, to go to her own apartment to check on her children.
She saw Gerald McCann talking to a British citizen named Jez.
She spotted a man who was going along at a fair speed with a
child in his arms with the child in pyjamas without a blanket,
which attracted her attention. The interviewee only saw the man
from the side with the child in his arms. She noticed this
person exactly at the moment when she walked past Gerald and
Jez[Jeremy Wilkins].
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 After placing their orders, at around
9.15pm, Gerry McCann went to check, only his apartment. He was
held up for nearly 10 minutes because, he said, he had been
chatting with Jes about tennis. Today there was a tournament
which they both had to compete in. During Gerry's absence, the
waiters started to bring the food. Jane was also absent to check
her apartment. Gerry returned shortly after Jane.
Kate McCann 4/5/07 Later, a member of the group, Russell's
partner Jane, saw, when she went to her apartment at around
9.15pm, about 50 metres away, on the perimeter road of the club,
a long-haired person with a child in his arms, walking very
quickly.
21.20 - 21.25
Rachael Oldfield 11/5/07 At 21H20 they began to dine.
21.25 - 21.30
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 Then Gerry came back at around 9.25/9.30
and they started to eat the main course.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 At around 9.25pm, the interviewee went
into his apartment and Madeleine's apartment to check on the
children. He states that the door of the fourth apartment
(room?), that was occupied by Madeleine and the twins, was
half-open and that there was enough light in the bedroom for him
to see the twins in their cots. That he couldn't see the bed
occupied by Madeleine, but as it was all quiet, he deduced that
she was sleeping. That the light in question was from an
artificial source but not inside the bedroom, rather from
outside through the bedroom window. That it seemed to him that
the shutters of the bedroom window were open without knowing if
the window was also open.
Matthew Oldfield 11/5/07 The question asked, he relates that he
thinks he returned to Tapas between 21h25 and 21h30, telling the
others in the group that he found everything within normality in
the residential block.
21.30 Ricardo Oliveira (waiter)
7/9/07 (estimated time) After starters, the group would normally
spend about 15 minutes finishing the main course.
(...)After a certain amount of time (he is not able to be exact),
he was asked to serve Russell, who had returned to the table. He
remembers that the rest of the group had practically finished
their main courses.
21.30 - 21.35
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 As normal, dinner began at 9.30pm.
Kate McCann 4/5/07 Around 9.30pm was the time the interviewee
should have gone to see her children, but her friend Matt (a
member of the group) had just done a check in his apartment then
gone to the interviewee's. He had gone into the apartment
through a glass door at the side and once inside had not gone
into the children's bedroom. He only looked through the door,
and did not hear any noise. He went back to the restaurant and
said that everything was fine.
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 At 9.30pm, a friend, MATT, (a member of the
group) went to his apartment where his own children were, and he
went through the interviewee's apartment, going in through a
patio door at the side of the building, which was always open.
He went into the apartment. He saw the twins and he checked if
Madeleine was OK. Everything was normal, the shutters closed and
the bedroom door half-open as usual.Then MATT went back to the
restaurant.
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 Between the starters and the main
course, at around 9.30pm, her husband Matthew Oldfield and
Russell O'Brien both went to check on the children. Kate was
also planning to go and see the children, but they told her it
was no trouble, that they would go and check. Kate, therefore,
stayed at the restaurant. Four or five minutes later the
interviewee's husband came back after having checked his
apartment. He also checked the one where Madeleine was.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 At 21h30 he drew KATE's attention to the
fact that it was time for her to go to see the children, MATTHEW
having immediately volunteered to substitute given that she was
talking. Three to four minutes later MATHEW returned saying only
"it is all calm", he having entered by the rear door, given that
he did not have the key and it was usual for them to enter in
that way.
21.35 - 21.40
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At around 9.35/9.40, taking advantage of
the lull between two courses, the informant left the restaurant
with Matthew to check the children.
21.40 - 21.45
Rachael Oldfield 11/5/07 By 21H40/21H45, when they were at
dinner, Jane said that he was going to replace RUSSELL so that
he could eat, since she had already eaten. About five minutes
later RUSSELL returned to the table saying that his daughter
E**e was sick and had vomited, [he] starting to dine afterwards.
21.30 Ricardo Oliveira (waiter)
7/9/07 (estimated time) He served Russell and shortly
thereafter, he was alerted to strange movements in the
restaurant perimeters. He refers to the movements of two men
from said group-David Payne and Matthew, who appeared to be
searching the gardens the areas near the bar. The witness went
to the esplanade zone and saw that the table that had previously
been occupied by nine adults was now occupied only by the older
woman, called Dianne Webster. It was also at this time that he
saw that Russell's food was only half eaten and that the others
had all finished their dinner. David Payne and Matthew were
nervously searching the area. The witness went to them, he does
not remember which one, and asked what was happening. One of
them responded to the witness in English stating "GIRL IS
MISSING"-that a child had gone missing.
21.45 - 21.50
Ricardo Oliveira (waiter) 7/9/07
(estimated time) After a few moments, around 5 or 10 minutes, he
heard screaming from the apartment zone and saw a woman on the
balcony of 5 A. He did not understand what she was saying. As it
was night, and given the distance from the Tapas bar to the
apartment, he was not able to determine if there was someone
else next to the woman on the balcony.
21.50 - 21.55
Matthew Oldfield 11/5/07 he clarifies that that news had been
communicated to all the friends who were in the Tapas by Kate
McCann subsequent to her having personally been to her flat to
check that her children were well. The question asked, he
relates that she had gone there alone to do that at 21:50.
21.55 - 22.00
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At around 9.55, he went back to the
restaurant where his food had been waiting for 5 or 10 minutes.
All the other adults had finished.
22.00 - 22.05
Kate McCann 4/5/07 At around 10pm, the interviewee went to check
on the children. She went into the apartment by the side door,
which was closed. She noticed that the door to her children's
bedroom was completely open, the window was also open, the
shutters raised and the curtains open, while she was certain of
having closed them all as she always did.
Gerry McCann 4/5/07 At 10pm, Kate went to check on the children.
She went into the apartment, using her key and saw that the
bedroom door was completely open, the window was also open, the
shutters raised and the curtains open. The doors were locked
except the one at the back as already noted above.
David Payne 4/5/07 Towards 10pm, Kate went to her apartment, and
less than 5 minutes later, she came back to the restaurant,
breaking down, reporting that Madeleine had disappeared.
Matthew Oldfield 4/5/07 At around 10pm, Kate, Madeleine's
mother, went to her apartment to check on her children. She came
back totally shocked, shouting, saying that Madeleine was no
longer in her bedroom. At that time all the adults were in the
restaurant.
Rachael Oldfield 4/5/07 At around 10pm, Kate McCann went on her
own to check her children. She came back to the restaurant in
tears and told us that Madeleine had disappeared.
Russell O'Brien 4/5/07 At a round 10pm, Kate Healy went out to
check her children in her apartment. When she came back, she
came towards our table, shouting that Madeleine had disappeared.
Diane Webster 11/5/07 Therefore, she can only say with precision
that, at 22.00 Kate McCann returned to the restaurant, seemingly
in panic, communicating to others the fact that of Madeleine's
disappearance.
Gerry McCann 11/5/07 Half and hour later, without anything to
signal [with no way to tell the time], it being 22h03, he turned
to alert KATE that it was time for her to go to see the
children. She immediately made her way to the apartment by the
usual path, she having entered by the rear door. About 10
minutes later, he started to worry about her lateness and, at
the moment he prepared to stand and to go to see the reason for
her lateness, KATE appeared running, completely distraught and
crying, saying that MADELEINE had disappeared and that she was
sure because she had looked throughout the house. |
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