NOVEMBER 2010
Day 1280: 03/11/2010
Wednesday. Madeleine Beth McCann
Updates Wednesday, 3rd
November, 2010
It is exactly three and a half years since our daughter Madeleine
was so cruelly taken from us.
Three and a half years without her seeing her brother, her sister, her Mummy,
her Daddy or her best friends.
We are still searching for her. Our small team continues to review
all available information, even though we STILL don't have access to ALL of the
information that the UK
and Portuguese authorities have. Our team has interviewed hundreds of witnesses,
received over 1000 calls, dealt with over 15,000 emails and maintained a
computerised database of all information they have received. Despite the
difficulties resulting from lack of official assistance, they 'follow up' all
new leads to try and get fresh information into the investigation.
It is incredible to think that for the last two years and three
months NO police force has proactively been doing anything to help us find
Madeleine. Crucially, there has been NO formal review of the material held by
the police authorities - which is routine practice in most countries, and
especially when a key piece of the 'jigsaw' may have been overlooked.
We have tried in vain to get the authorities to play their part but
our requests have seemingly fallen on deaf ears. It is simply not acceptable
that they have, to all intents and purposes, given up on Madeleine. We need the
authorities to do more.
However we know we are not alone. We have the tremendous support of
family, friends and of course you the public. A lot of this support comes in
the form of people saying to us 'if there's anything we can do, just let us
know or 'I'd like to help but I don't know how'. To these people, and indeed
yourself, my plea is simple:
We need your support to
continue to lobby the British and Portuguese Governments to undertake a joint
or independent review of Madeleine's case.
How can you do this' Simply visit:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/madeleinemccann_case_review/ today and sign
the petition to call on the UK
and Portuguese authorities to conduct an independent and transparent review of
all information in relation to the disappearance of Madeleine. And in turn,
please spread the word and encourage as many others to do the same. Together we
can, and will pull all of the loose ends of Madeleine's case together and find
her.
Thank you.
Looking for our daughter is not without significant cost.
Another way you can show your support is by continuing to help us
fund the search for Madeleine.
To carry on searching for Madeleine and to ensure that the process
has continued in a meaningful and proactive way, we have been able to utilise
the generous donations paid in to Madeleine's Fund by the general public, libel
damages paid to ourselves and our friends and money raised through a variety of
fund-raising efforts. The fund has allowed;
- Our investigation team of
ex-police officers to operate and conduct enquiries in the UK, Portugal and further afield.
- A Portuguese
assistant/translator.
- A 24 hour telephone line with
translators to receive information from the public
- Media liaison in Portugal and the UK to ensure that we convey
the simple factual messages: there is absolutely no evidence that
Madeleine has been physically harmed; we must keep looking for her and
those who took her.
- Awareness campaigns in Portugal, Spain and further afield.
- Website hosting and
development and social network site campaigns to raise awareness through
the internet
- A part-time campaign
coordinator
If Madeleine's Fund remains as it is, with the current rate of
expenditure, it will run out in Spring 2011. This would essentially mean that
any kind of proactive search for Madeleine would cease. So again we need your
help. If you can,
please consider
donating to Madeleine's fund.
·
£1 pays for the multi-lingual call centre availability for 1 hour
·
£2 per month pays for 12 travel packs that are distributed to
holidaymakers going all over the world
·
£10 pays for 1000 posters that are translated and distributed
across the world.
·
£25 pays for the access to a 24 hour multi-lingual telephone
service for 1 day
·
£50 pays for the running costs of investigation office (and staff)
for 2 hours
·
£420 pays for 10,000 multi-lingual prayer cards for Madeleine, with
photograph and contact details
Someone knows what has happened to Madeleine. We simply need to
reach that person. We need to obtain that key piece of information, that
'missing piece of the jigsaw'. One call may be all we need to find Madeleine
and who took her.
Our little girl is now seven years old; innocent, vulnerable and
waiting to be found. Please, please sign the petition and help us to find her.
On behalf of my family, thank you.
Gerry
