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L'Heure du Crime
(Crime Time) of March 18 is
about a possible new track
in the investigation into
the mysterious disappearance
of little Maddie McCann in
2007 in Portugal.
Maddie McCann would be 12
years now. In recent years,
she was spotted all over the
world ... In Spain, Great
Britain, India, Poland ...
All these tracks have so far
led to dead ends, and while
some investigators from
Scotland Yard think she is
still alive, most police
officers with knowledge of
the
files remain convinced
that she died the day she
disappeared in May 2007,
following a domestic
accident disguised as a
kidnapping by parents who
refused to assume their
responsibility.
Since March 8 yet, it seems
that the police of Aregua in
Paraguay have launched a
massive search operation in
this town of 70,000
inhabitants where Maddie was
spotted recently according
to a mysterious private
detective. He appealed for
witnesses, along with a
promise of reward of 2
million euros for any
information leading to her !
Could the case of the little
girl who disappeared in
Portugal in 2007 at the age
of 3 be revived in Paraguay?
The British detective, Miraz
Ullah Ali Isa, revealed in
the Paraguayan newspaper ABC
Color that the girl "lived
for two months in the home
of an unidentified woman in
the city of Aregua." He
advertised the search with
pictures of the girl,
promising a reward of nearly
2 million.
Miraz Ullah Ali Isa has
nevertheless remained very
discreet, not explaining
where he went to Paraguay
nor how he got his
information. An attitude
which questions its
credibility. Interpol
announced the opening of an
investigation to determine
what is the real intention
of the detective.
On 3 May 2007, the McCann
family was on holiday in
Portugal with friends. That
night, the couple dined at
the hotel's restaurant while
children were sleeping in
their bedroom. (1) When Mr
and Mrs McCann returned to
the room, they found that
Madeleine, 3, was no longer
in her bed. They called the
police immediately.(2)
The investigation trampled
over several months, until
September 7 when suspicion
fell upon the little girl's
parents. They were both made
arguidos by the
Portuguese police. (3)
Traces of blood were found
in their car, but the DNA
analysis was inconclusive.
(4)
After many false leads and
sightings of Maddie all
around the world, the
investigation stalled. The
Portuguese authorities
decided to shelve the case
on July 21, 2008. (5)
In July 2013, however, the
English police decided to
resume the investigation.
(6) An age-progression image
of the girl was broadcast
and 38 persons of interest
questioned. But no
breakthrough was produced
and the mystery of the
disappearance remains.
The guests of Jacques Pradel
are Karl Zero, who made a
documentary on the Maddie
case (October 2007) and
referred this case in his
book Missing. What became
of them ? (2014), Marie
Billon, RTL correspondent in
London and George Moreas,
former Police Commissioner,
who's interested in this
case and runs the blog
Police Etcetera.
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