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I think it's worth noting that there is cctv footage of Madeleine & family having a snack at 6 / 6.30.
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7.30pm - Madeleine and twins put to bed

8.30pm Gerry & Kate arrive at tapas bar

8.45pm RO'B arrives with M and R Oldfield

8.55pm D&F Payne join the group with Diane Webster

9.05pm Gerry goes to check on the children. He spends about 10 minutes talking to Jeremy Wilkins, in alleyway leading to apartments. Neither sees anyone else

9.10pm Jane Tanner sees a man carrying a child in same alleyway

9.25pm Mr McCann returns. RO'B and MO leave to check on the children

9.30pm MO checks on Mcs apartment but does not enter bedroom

9.35pm MO returns

9.55pm RO'B returns. He says his daughter has been vomiting

10pm - K discovers Madeleine missing

The other day you were all on about Esther mcVey as the dishevelled woman....I remember early on that Murat's mother put a table at the side of the road for people who DID NOT TRUST THE LOCAL POLICE to talk to her. She looked extremely dishevelled...Remember thinking..she could have made an effort !

Maria Rocco runs Auto Rent opposite the church.

Robert Murat hired a car two days after Madeleine vanished. He was in a rush and was aggressive - said Maria Rocco. He told her he needed to hire the car as "the English people" were using his to search for the missing girl.

There was an "issue" with the odometer of the car so there is no record of how many miles he put up on this car.

Friday, May 4/Saturday, May 5

Sniffer dogs are brought in to help the search, border police and airports are alerted and volunteers comb the area.

Madeleine's aunt Philomena McCann criticises Portuguese police for playing down the disappearance and being 'uncommunicative'.

Others condemn "a slow initial response".

Police say they believe Madeleine has been abducted but is still alive, saying they have a sketch of a suspect.

Monday, May 7

Kate McCann makes an emotional plea for her daughter's safe return.

Police, it is revealed, are investigating claims a girl had been seen being dragged towards a marina in nearby Lagos by a man.

They then say they cannot offer reassurance that Madeleine is alive or in the region.

Wednesday, May 9

An internet and poster appeal is launched in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Wednesday, May 9

Police examine CCTV footage from a service station near Praia da Luz which shows a woman with a girl fitting Madeleine's description.

Robert Murat Phones Sergie Malinka at 11.45pm on May 3rd
Immediately after phones his sister in Exeter

Initially said he was sleeping at this time and made no phone calls.

Saturday, May 12

Madeleine's fourth birthday.

Sunday, May 13

A special 'fighting fund' is set up to allow members of the public to make their own financial contribution to the search.

Monday, May 14

Police search a villa just up the road from where Madeleine disappeared - a number of other properties were also searched.

One belongs to Brit Robert Murat who is questioned but not arrested.

Tuesday, May 15

Murat is identified by police as an an 'arguido', or suspect, but claims he is being made a scapegoat.

Wednesday, May 16

Police interview Russian computer expert Sergey Malinka and take a number of items from his property to check.

He is not a suspect and was interviewed as a witness.

Thursday, May 17

It emerges police are investigating phone calls between Murat and Malinka on the night Madeleine disappeared.

A website, findmadeleine.com, is launched to help in the search for the missing girl.

Her parents also set up a public appeal fund.

Thursday, May 24

Madeleine's family releases the last photograph known to have been taken of her before she vanished.


The family snap, taken seven hours before she was abducted, shows her playing at a swimming pool.