Another South African “Madeleine Finder” arrives in Portugal

For many months of this year, a South African – Martin van Wyk has been corresponding to this website to explain that he knows where Madeleine McCann is buried and how she died.

He allegedly visited Praia da Luz in October 2007 after selling all his possessions to finance the trip there. He sent me several photos from that trip and most were the typical photos we’ve all seen before. Photos of the outside of apartment 5A, the car park and rear of the apartment, the beach, and some photos of what look like random apartments in other places in the town.

Apparently, Martin was involved with South African TV show Carte Blanche some years ago where they explored a missing person. Mr van Wyk never said so in his letters but research shows that the same TV programme also featured Danie Krugel.

Martin van Wyk’s theory (or moreover, the theory of the psychic working with van Wyk) is that Madeleine wandered off on the night of May 3 as she looked for her parents. He then goes on to say that a local man found her and took her in to his own home. In the following hours when people were out searching for and calling Madeleine’s name, she shouted out but the man who took her in got scared and put his hand on her mouth and suffocated her, only to subsequently bury her in his garden.

This theory ties in nicely with Mark Williams-Thomas’ theory that she wandered off and was taken by a predatory paedophile.

It also ties in nicely with the abduction theory.

But today the story turned decidedly murky.

For most of the year and more recently a couple of weeks ago, van Wyk and his sister had been virtually begging people to finance van Wyk’s return to Portugal to find Madeleine. He allegedly required money to go there and more importantly, a Portuguese national was necessary to sponsor his visa application.

Madeleine McCann:THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED

Madeline Mc Cann - awoke in a vaguely familiar holiday apartment, all alone.

Alone, tired, scared and disillusioned, the 3 year old set out to do what most 3 year olds would do under the same circumstances,

SHE WENT LOOKING FOR HER MOTHER.

An elderly gentleman found the scared little girl, crying, lost and bewildered.

Small town, no vehicle, no police station and not even a fuelling station. As it was very late, he decided to take her home, the next morning he would take her to the authorities.

However, next morning, ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!!

The entire world descends upon the small town of Praia Da Luz. Everybody is running, looking, calling, shouting, searching, screaming and enquiring.

Little Madeleine would certainly have heard her name, she would have tried to respond, she would have tried to call back, the man would have panicked, after all, who would believe he found her, they all say she was taken…

Nobody must know, he needs time to think, what to do next,

Madeleine shouts and screams. The man’s tone changes. The calm reassuring gentle voice is replaced with a more urgent, abrupt and threatening tone.

HE PANICS, HE PUTS HIS HAND OVER HER MOUTH, - she must not be found, not now, he needs time to think, she struggles, he is bigger, stronger, he tightens his grip,

SUDDENLY - Madeleine Mc Cann is quiet,

It was an accident, he needed time to think, and he did not mean to hurt her.

What is very clear is that he must get the little girl out of his house, but where to?

The garden, that’s where, but how? In the midst of the biggest manhunt in Portuguese history, you don’t just go around digging up gardens. It will attract suspicion, what will the neighbors think? What if you were to plant a tree, would that seem more acceptable?

Plant a tree, but not only one, plant a couple, to make it look more convincing.

AND SO IT WAS – TREES WERE PLANTED....

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My name is Martin van Wyk, aged 44, ex – Military police investigator, Security company owner and Private investigator for the past 27 years.

October 17th, 2007 I visited Praia Da Luz and started my own investigation on Madeleine Beth Mc Cann. The entire operation was funded by me, with emails, and blessings from the Mc Cann’s via correspondence from Sister Phil Mc Cann.

Arriving in Luz, I booked into the Luz Bay Hotel, and was registered 17/19 and 19 October 2007. (Please feel free to verify)

A source identified a property where trees were recently planted. It is here that I believe the remains of Little Madeleine Mc Cann are hidden, 2 -3 ft underground.

I now want to get in contact with Martin Brunt, please advise, or forward this email to him.

Thank you,

Martin van Wyk, South Africa - Mobile phone 0027 7626 91 704

Email vanwyk.martin@gmail.com

Yes, well December IS the Pantomime Season I suppose.

The Famous Grouse wrote:Yes, well December IS the Pantomime Season I suppose.

Hey Grouse! I thought exactly the same as you...I mean, "An elderly gentleman found the scared little girl, crying, lost and bewildered..." and then decided to take her home for the evening because there was no one around?? Then he murdered her because she cried the next morning???

Pantomime? More like Hammer House Of Horror

While I certainly don't believe Madeleine was taken away by a stranger who found her, I think it's certainly possible that she did leave the apartment through the door conveniently left unlocked for her to do so. There were many dangers outside the apartment - steps, traffic, swimming-pool, etc. Anyone who thought it was safe for a child to go looking for her parents at night in an unfamiliar place with lots of dangers around is completely loopy ... but there you go ... Madeleine could have had an accident, such as a bad fall - no one has ever proved that this couldn't have happened. What happened subsequently, if she really did go outside and come to some harm, is of course as yet unknown.

Dimsie wrote:While I certainly don't believe Madeleine was taken away by a stranger who found her, I think it's certainly possible that she did leave the apartment through the door conveniently left unlocked for her to do so. There were many dangers outside the apartment - steps, traffic, swimming-pool, etc. Anyone who thought it was safe for a child to go looking for her parents at night in an unfamiliar place with lots of dangers around is completely loopy ... but there you go ... Madeleine could have had an accident, such as a bad fall - no one has ever proved that this couldn't have happened. What happened subsequently, if she really did go outside and come to some harm, is of course as yet unknown.

Don't you think her body would've turned up by now?

I really dont believe that the door to the apartment was unlocked. I think it was explained that it was unlocked so that Matthew Oldfield could have been seen to have checked on the kids at 21.30hrs. Albeit that he said he only saw the twins!!

I doubt very much that a child of 3 would wander off into the night in any event. I have a 4 and 3 year old and they would cry but it would be very very doubtful that they would venture outside into the pitch black to find a "parent missing in action". The night before when it was said the kids/madeleine/twins were crying for 1 and half hours they did not get outside then so why presume something different the following evening?

It seems to me that this person who claims he can locate the body, failed to do so on attempt one, and now is assured of his theory, just wants the all elusive visa. Cruel.