Madeleine McCann's suspected kidnapper took a risky route putting him just feet away from her parents

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kidnapper took a risky route putting him just feet away from her parents
16 Oct 2013 00:00

Chief reporter Andy Lines retraces the man's journey from Maddie's apartment to the main road in just over four minutes - but believes more people must have seen him
Appeal: Chief reporter Andly Lines retraced the path of the prime suspect revealed by police in Monday's Crimewatch reconstruction Appeal: Chief reporter Andly Lines retraced the path of the prime suspect revealed by police in Monday's Crimewatch reconstruction
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The route the new Madeleine McCann suspect would have taken passed yards from where her parents were dining.

Just a wall would have separated Gerry and Kate, sitting with their friends, from their daughter being carried towards the beach.

I traced the route yesterday starting from apartment 5A where Maddie was sleeping.

It went right through the middle of the village down to the junction of the Rua Das Escadinhas and the Rua 25 da Abril where the mystery man was spotted.

If this was the man who kidnapped Maddie it’s impossible to believe it was a well-planned operation.

He would have taken huge risks to take her into the village centre when he could have easily headed north towards the bypass.

I walked the route in 4 minutes 15 seconds – but it would undoubtedly have taken longer for a man carrying a three-year-old.

From the apartment the alleged abductor would have been most likely to take Madeleine out through the back gate.

He would have carried her 40 yards behind a 12ft white wall, out of sight of her parents, down a slight incline before turning right off the main road.

He would have walked past the tennis courts where Maddie had earlier been ball-girl.

He would have climbed down 11 steps then up six more to the main road, passing the Paragem No 4 route bus stop before walking down Rua Joaquim Teixeira.

After passing the Spar supermarket and the Restaurant Aquario he would have walked past a large area of fenced-off scrubland.

The route then goes down the Rua Ema Vieira Alvenaz and between two large blocks of flats.

The suspect would then have crossed the main road where Martin Smith saw him.

Though it was around 10pm it’s hard to believe more people wouldn’t have seen him.

"If this was the man who kidnapped Maddie it’s impossible to believe it was a well-planned operation."

Oh no, he must be wrong. It was pre-planned, just ask Deadwood! Maddie was snatched to order, bypassing the younger, blonder twins. Why get a toddler when you can have a nearly 4-year-old?

If abduction is the illegal removal of a child from its parents, then what's it called when a child's body is illegally removed from its parents in a pre-planned kind of a way?

It's great to read people questioning things after crimewatch. They wanted a crimewatch reconstruction and they got it. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for......

jinvta wrote:"If this was the man who kidnapped Maddie it’s impossible to believe it was a well-planned operation."

Oh no, he must be wrong. It was pre-planned, just ask Deadwood! Maddie was snatched to order, bypassing the younger, blonder twins. Why get a toddler when you can have a nearly 4-year-old?

I could be wrong but i thought Redwood said one reading of the evidence was pre-planned abduction. Not that it was a pre-planned abduction.

chrissie wrote:It's great to read people questioning things after crimewatch.  They wanted a crimewatch reconstruction and they got it.  As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for......

They were crying out for such a reconstruction with actors in the early days and now they've had it! I'm hoping all their chookies are now coming home to roost!