Where was the VW Westfalia campervan of Christian B. at the time of the abduction of Madeleine McCann?

Information from Operation Grange and Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) indicates that Christian B. was living in the campervan at the time of the abduction.

 

In 2013, I had written in this blog: "Where was the abductor going to? [...] If we draw a vector, with origin in the sighting of Jane Tanner [very close to apartment 5A], and end in the Smith family sightings, we may infer, though not with absolute certainty, where the abductor was going to. What is in that area? A small house almost deserted, some apartments, a makeshift campsite for camping vehicles, the southeastern part of the small hill, many manholes, some rubbish bins, the Mata Porcas plant for treating wastewater, the sea." 

 

" ...a makeshift campsite for camping vehicles ..."

 

 

The yellow vector has its origin in apartmen 5A and its end at the location of the Smith family sighting 

A indicates the Dolphin restaurant, B to C is the camping area (all the basic maps are provided by Google).

 

Was Christian B.'s campervan parked in that zone (B to C)? It was a free parking area. If so, neighbours or tourists  maybe have seen it. Even maybe they have pictures of it. 

 

 

Madeleine McCann: Novedades (News) 2007-jun-11

Hans Christian Wolters, Braunschweig state prosecutor, said that they are convinced that the 43-year-old suspect [Christian B.] is the murderer of Madeleine McCann.

Hans Christian Wolters, fiscal del estado de Braunschweig, dijo que ellos están convencidos de que el sospechoso de 43 años [Christian B.] es el asesino de Madeleine McCann.

 Source (fuente): The Sun 

 

A year ago I had written in this blog: "Madeleine McCann case is solved in the sense that we know what happened. There were two burglaries which occurred 7 and 17 days before the night Madeleine was abducted. The two burglaries were in the same block of apartments where Madeleine was spending her holidays. One in 5G, and the another in 5L (Madeleine was in 5A)."

Hace un año había escrito en este blog: "El caso de Madeleine McCann está resuelto en el sentido de que sabemos qué ocurrió. Dos hurtos ocurrieron 7 y 17 días antes de la noche que Madeleine fue secuestrada. Los dos hurtos fueron en el mismo bloque de apartamentos donde Madeleine pasaba sus vacaciones. Uno en el 5G, y el otro en el 5L (Madeleine estaba en el 5A)."

"We also have the location of another burglary near the 5A. Not in the same block but only 55 meters from 5A front door. It happened in "Casa María" in February 2007, some three months before the abduction, and a window was opened from outside, like in Madeleine case and the other two burglaries."

"Tenemos también la ubicación de otro hurto cerca del 5A. No es en el mismo bloque, pero está sólo a 55 metros de la puerta principal del 5A. Pasó en "Casa María" en febrero, más o menos tres meses antes del secuestro, y una ventana fue abierta desde el exterior, como en el caso de Madeleine y los otros dos hurtos."

 "A local thief entered 5A apartment on May 3, 2007, through a window, and abducted Madeleine. The Polícia Judiciária and Scotland Yard must locate him." 

 "Un ladrón de la localidad entró al apartamento 5A el 3 de mayo de 2007, a través de una ventana, y secuestró a Madeleine. La Polícia Judiciária y Scotland Yard deben localizarlo."

Portuguese Polícia Judiciária and British Scotland Yard were unable to locate him, it was the German Bundeskriminalamt.

La Policía Judiciária portuguesa y la británica Scotland Yard no han podido localizarlo. Lo ha hecho la Bundeskriminalamt alemana.

Source (fuente): MADELEINE MCCANN CASE SOLVED 

Madeleine McCann police is urged to search house of Christian B. after evidence that the VW white van was there days after the abduction

Breaking News

I have just been told that the police are aware now that the van which is shown in the satellite picture is a Renault which belonged to a neighbour’s friend and was there until August 2007.

If that is truth, then the picture says nothing about Christian B. movements or Madeleine McCann abduction.

Original post

For the last five days I was looking for evidence concerning the houses and vehicles belonging to Madeleine McCann's crime new suspect Christian B., following Scotland Yard Operation Grange and German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) appeals.

I found a NASA satellite photograph taken days after the abduction of Madeleine (in June, 2007). It shows one of the houses where Christian B. lived, and an image totally congruent with the dimensions and colour of the VW Westfalia van that the suspect were using at that time.

 

Picture of the house made public by Bundeskriminalamt

I have passed this information to Operation Grange and German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) yesterday. BKA has showed interest in this evidence.

If Christian B. is involved in Madeleine McCann abduction, as the police appeals and the media suggested, maybe he carried her to that place, and some evidence or her remains were hidden in that location. Will the police search that house and the field around, including the wells?

Here is the screenshot:

NOVEDADES EN EL SECUESTRO DE MADELEINE MCCANN

7 de junio

A pesar de lo que dicen los medios periodísticos, todo indica que todavía la policía no tiene evidencias sólidas para "situar" a Christian B. , el principal sospechoso por el momento del secuestro de Madeleine McCann, en Praia da Luz, a la hora del crimen.

Mi interés en este sospechoso se basa principalmente en que habría entrado a robar en apartamentos de Praia da Luz, y que quien haya entrado en el apartamento 5L en el mismo edificio donde se hospedaba Madeleine, 17 días antes del secuestro, debía haber sido un hombre joven, alto y delgado, por las características de la entrada a través de la ventana. Christian B. tiene es un hombre alto y delgado, y de 30 años en esas fechas.

6 de junio

Mucha de la información dada por los medios periodísticos contiene errores, producto de los apresuramientos por lograr una primicia.

Veremos si la policía logra "situar" al sospechoso en Praia da Luz el 3 de mayo por la noche, porque no estoy seguro que puedan probar que el número 912730680 le pertenecía y lo utilizaba él.

5 de junio

Las tres policías implicadas en la investigación (portuguesa, inglesa, y alemana) están tratando de localizar a la persona que realizó una llamada desde el móvil de Portugal número 916510683 hacia el móvil de Portugal ubicado en Praia da Luz número 912730680, el día 3 de mayo de 2007, con una duración de media hora (desde las 19:32 hasta las 20:02). Ver abajo datos proporcionados por Scotland Yard.

4 de junio

Información de la Operation Grange de Scotland Yard Metropolitan Police

Detectives leading enquiries into the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann have made a new public appeal for information.

It is now 13 years since Madeleine was reported missing during a family holiday in Portugal and the team of officers leading the Met’s investigation, known as Operation Grange, made a public appeal on Wednesday, 3 June, linked to a significant new line of enquiry. 

Met detectives working with German authorities have identified a man currently imprisoned in Germany as a suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.

This man is white and in 2007 is believed to have had short blond hair, possibly fair. He was about 6ft in height with a slim build. He is 43-yearsold, but in 2007 may have looked between 25 to early 30s.

We have established that he lived on and off in the Algarve between 1995 and 2007. He is connected to the area of Praia da Luz and surrounding regions, and spent some short spells in Germany.

This individual, who we will not identify, is currently in prison in Germany for an unrelated matter. 

The Operation Grange team is revealing details of two vehicles which the suspect is known to have had access to and used around the time of Madeleine’s disappearance.

The first vehicle is a distinctive VW T3 Westfalia campervan. It is an early 1980s model, with two tone markings, a white upper body and a yellow skirting. It had a Portuguese registration plate. 

The suspect had access to this van from at least April 2007 until sometime after May 2007. It was used in and around the area of Praia da Luz.

We believe he was living in this van for days, possibly weeks, and may have been using it on 3 May 2007. 

We are appealing for anyone who may have seen it in or around Praia da Luz on 3 May, the night Madeleine went missing, the days before, or weeks following the disappearance.

The second vehicle is a 1993 British Jaguar, model XJR 6, with a German number plate and registered in Germany.

This car is believed to have been in the Praia da Luz and surrounding areas in 2006 and 2007. The car was originally registered in the suspect’s name. On 4 May 2007, the day after Madeleine’s disappearance, the car was reregistered to someone else in Germany.

To re-register the car in Germany you don’t have to have the car in the country or region. We believe the car was still in Portugal and would like information if you saw it.

The Met is asking if anyone saw these cars together or individually during the spring and summer of 2007. Both of these vehicles are now held by the German authorities. 

Detectives are also appealing for information about two mobile phone numbers, one of which is believed to have been used by the suspect on the day of Madeleine’s disappearance. 

The first number is +351 912 730 680. Extensive enquiries have led investigators to believe the suspect was using this number and received a call, starting at 7.32pm and finishing at 8.02pm on 3 May 2007. This call was received in the area of Praia da Luz. 

The second mobile number is +351 916 510 683. This number is the phone number that made this call. We know the person was not in the area of Praia da Luz.

Investigators believe the person who made this call is a highly significant witness and are appealing for them to get in touch.

The Operation Grange team is also asking anyone if they recognise these numbers. Did you ever call them? Do you have them in your phone, an old phone or your electronic contacts?

MADELEINE MCCANN CASE SOLVED

RESUELTO EL CASO DE MADELEINE MCCANN

Madeleine McCann case is solved in the sense that we know what happened. There were two burglaries which occurred 7 and 17 days before the night Madeleine was abducted. The two burglaries were in the same block of apartments where Madeleine was spending her holidays. One in 5G, and the another in 5L (Madeleine was in 5A).

El caso de Madeleine McCann está resuelto en el sentido de que sabemos qué ocurrió. Dos hurtos ocurrieron 7 y 17 días antes de la noche que Madeleine fue secuestrada. Los dos hurtos fueron en el mismo bloque de apartamentos donde Madeleine pasaba sus vacaciones. Uno en el 5G, y el otro en el 5L (Madeleine estaba en el 5A).

We also have the location of another burglary near the 5A. Not in the same block but only 55 meters from 5A front door. It happened in "Casa María" in February 2007, some three months before the abduction, and a window was opened from outside, like in Madeleine case and the other two burglaries.

Tenemos también la ubicación de otro hurto cerca del 5A. No es en el mismo bloque, pero está sólo a 55 metros de la puerta principal del 5A. Pasó en "Casa María" en febrero, más o menos tres meses antes del secuestro, y una ventana fue abierta desde el exterior, como en el caso de Madeleine y los otros dos hurtos.

A local thief entered 5A apartment on May 3, 2007, through a window, and abducted Madeleine. The Polícia Judiciária and Scotland Yard must locate him. 

Un ladrón de la localidad entró al apartamento 5A el 3 de mayo de 2007, a través de una ventana, y secuestró a Madeleine. La Polícia Judiciária y Scotland Yard deben localizarlo.

THE ABDUCTION OF MADELEINE MCCANN: MY CONCLUSIONS, DECEMBER 2017

My up to date hyphotesis about Madeleine McCann case:

- The offender opened a window from the outside with the intention to steal values such as money, mobile phones, credit cards, or jewelry, approximately at 21:45/21:50 (there were two burglaries, one week and 17 days before the abduction of Madeleine, respectively, in the same block of apartments, and with the same modus operandi).

- Jane Tanner saw the abductor carrying Madeleine in arms,  close to 5A apartment, approximately at 21:50/21:55.

- The Smith family saw the abductor carrying Madeleine in arms, some 500 meters from 5A apartment, at approximately 22:00/22:05.

- The offender walked between 6 and 10 minutes with Madeleine in arms through the streets. He had no car.

- The abductor lived and/or worked in the area of Praia da Luz. He knew quite well the zone.

- He commited his crime alone, or at most had only an accomplice, being of total confidence. 

Meanwhile Scotland Yard Operation Grange officially said in April 2017 that "[i]n 2013 the team identified four individuals  [including J.C. and R.] they declared to be suspects in the case. This led to interviews at a police station in Faro facilitated by the local Policia Judiciária, and the search of a large area of wasteland which is close to Madeleine's apartment in Praia Da Luz. The enquiries did not find any evidence to further implicate the individuals in the disappearance and so they are no longer subject of further investigation" (Mark Rowley).

Portuguese Polícia Judiciária officially said in May 2017: "We never saw or looked at those people [including J.C. and R.] as suspects of the crime" (Pedro do Carmo).

Why two police forces had such a different view on the same subject? While the Portuguese police never considered them suspects, the British police kept them as suspects for more than three years, investing a lot of money in their investigation.

Why J.C. and R. were discarded as suspects?

Were J.C. and R. the "charity collectors" who visited the house of I. and R. at 16:00, asking for money, the very same day of Madeleine abduction? It was at I. and R.'s home, which is very close to Madeleine's apartment 5A.

There remains a lot of questions. For example: was Madeleine McCann carried to this place immediately after been abducted? Was this place searched thoroughly? Who were working at this place on May 3, 2007?

THE MADELEINE MCCANN'S ABDUCTION: THE TRUE MYSTERY

EL RAPTO DE MADELEINE MCCANN: EL VERDADERO MISTERIO

Scotland Yard Operation Grange officially said in April 2017 that "[i]n 2013 the team identified four individuals [including JC and R] they declared to be suspects in the case. This led to interviews at a police station in Faro facilitated by the local Policia Judiciária, and the search of a large area of wasteland which is close to Madeleine's apartment in Praia Da Luz. The enquiries did not find any evidence to further implicate the individuals in the disappearance and so they are no longer subject of further investigation" (Mark Rowley).

La Operación Grange de Scotland Yard oficialmente dijo en abril de 2017: "[e]n 2013 el equipo identificó cuatro individuos [incluyendo a JC y R] que fueron declarados sospechosos en el caso. Esto llevó a entrevistarlos en la estación policial de Faro, facilitada por la Polícia Judiciária local, y a la búsqueda en una gran área de terreno baldío que se encuentra próxima al apartamento de Madeleine en Praia da Luz. Las diligencias no encontraron ninguna evidencia para implicar a estos individuos en la desaparición, así que ellos no son más sujetos de la investigación" (Mark Rowley).

Portuguese Polícia Judiciária officially said in May 2017: "We never saw or looked at those people [JC and R] as suspects of the crime" (Pedro do Carmo).

La Polícia Judiciária de Portugal dijo oficialmente en mayo de 2017: "Nosotros nunca vimos o miramos a esa gente [JC y R] como sospechosos del crimen" (Pedro do Carmo).

This is the true mystery in Madeleine McCann's abduction: why two police forces have such a different view on the same subject? Why the Portuguese police never considered them suspects? Why the British police keep them as suspects for more than three years, investing a lot of money in their investigation? How can it be explained? Can the Portuguese and British police ever explain it? They should explain it.

Este es el verdadero misterio en el rapto de Madeleine McCann: ¿Por qué dos fuerzas policiales tienen tal diferente visión en el mismo tema? ¿Por qué la policía portuguesa nunca los consideró sospechosos? ¿Por qué la policía británica los mantuvo como sospechosos por más de tres años, invirtiendo un montón de dinero en su investigación? ¿Cómo puede explicarse esto? ¿Podrán las policías portuguesa e inglesa explicarlo alguna vez? Deberían explicarlo.

And more questions: Why do not JC and R want to talk about the case? When will the Portuguese police and British police close the investigation, and give broad explanations about the case? What did they? How did they proceed? How did they discard all the followed clues?  And so on ...

Y más preguntas: ¿Por qué JC y R no quieren hablar del caso? ¿Cuándo la policía portuguesa y la policía británica cerrarán la investigación, y darán amplias explicaciones sobre el caso? ¿Qué hicieron? ¿Cómo procedieron? ¿Cómo descartaron todas las pistas seguidas? Etcétera ...