Operation Grange and the 3 opposing theories of what happened to Maddie McCann

So we now have three opposing theories

By retired Police Superintendent PeterMac (facts taken from Official Police files, witness statements and media reports)

ONE:
Madeleine gets out of bed, neatly straightens out the sheets and duvet and plumps up the pillow, and arranges her cuddle cat and blanket on the bed

She then slides open the window, and pulls the strap opening the shutters, after which she makes sure to tuck the curtains back down behind the second bed and behind the wicker chair

She then leaves the bedroom, making sure to leave the door open by a few degrees more than her parents had left it.

After pulling back or ducking behind the full length curtains she opens the patio door, turns, closes the curtains again, then pulls the door shut behind her.

Then she opens the child security gate at the top of the stairs, goes through, and from one step down, closes it and locks it again behind her.

She descends and opens the gate out onto the pavement, which she dutifully closes behind her.

She then wanders off and steps out in front of a car which hits her with sufficient force and at sufficient speed either to kill or to seriously injure her rendering her immediately unconscious.

This is not observed or heard by anyone else.

The driver decides to conceal the event, scoops Madeleine up, places her in the car.

He then clears the road of the debris which falls from under wheel arches in a collision, and ensure there are no traces of blood or ‘scuff marks’, nor tyre skid marks, before driving off.

He disposes of the body, and probably the vehicle, at a later date in unknown locations.

This occurs in the time between any of the Tapas 7 passing or re-passing on their way to and from their checks on their own children.


Or
TWO:
a random burglar, intent on scooping up the vanishingly small amount of valuable items a family takes on holiday tries to enter unheard and unseen through the shuttered window, which cannot be opened fully from outside.

Discovering this he elects to go round to the side of the street lit by several sodium lamps, and enters through the small side gate, up the stairs, through the child safety gate and the unlocked patio doors.

He searched the apartment finding 5 British passports among other sundry items. He ignores these.

He then enters the second bedroom and finds the children.

He decides to kill one for reasons unknown.

He does so silently without disturbing either the child, or the twins, who are sleeping.

He places the body behind the sofa and then shaves, cutting himself, and amuses himself swatting mosquitos on the wall behind the sofa.

After 90 minutes he decides the coast is clear and he leaves by the patio doors, carefully closing the curtains and the door behind him, and carries the body down the stairs, and out onto the road.  He is careful to close all the gates behind him, and even more careful to leave no fingerprints or other forensic trace.

He dodges the members of the group who are passing and re-passing in all directions on a regular basis, only minutes apart on their way to and from checking their children, and is unobserved by anyone else.

He disappears into the night, taking the long way down towards the rock at the western end of the beach, and is seen by only one family.

He disposes of and conceals the body in a place and in a manner unknown, but undetectable to two police forces with International co-operation, and using the most modern scientific equipment.


Or
THREE:
a random paedophile, intent on taking one particular and very special child tries to enter unheard and unseen through the shuttered window, which cannot be opened fully from outside.

Discovering this he elects to go round to the side of the street lit by several sodium lamps, and enters through the small side gate, up the stairs, through the child safety gate and the unlocked patio doors.

He then enters the bedroom and finds the children.

Without putting on the light he identifies the target of his quest, and lifts her out of bed

He does so silently without disturbing either the child, or the twins, who are sleeping.

He then amuses himself swatting mosquitos on the wall behind the sofa.  He also uses 'Cadaverine spray' behind the sofa to confuse police dogs, as a ‘red herring’

Once he decides the coast is clear and he leaves by the patio doors, carefully closing the curtains and the door behind him, and carries the body down the stairs, and out onto the road.  He is careful to close all the gates behind him, and even more careful to leave no fingerprints or other forensic trace.

He dodges the members of the group who are passing and re-passing in all directions on a regular basis, only minutes apart, on their way to and from checking their own children, and is unobserved by anyone else.

He disappears into the night, taking the long way down towards the rock at the western end of the beach, and is seen by only one family.

During all this, the child does not wake.

He returns to his Hellish Lair in the lawless hinterland within 10 miles of the village, and remains there for the next 11 years, caring for the girl and bringing her up as his own.  

His interest in 3 year olds fades with time, and he moves through the phases of paraphilias to adolescents and young adults.  In this he is unique.

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