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The purpose of
this site is for information and a record of Gerry McCann's Blog
Archives. As most people will appreciate GM deleted all past blogs
from the official website. Hopefully this Archive will be helpful to
anyone who is interested in Justice for Madeleine Beth McCann. Many
Thanks, Pamalam |
Note: This site does not belong to the McCanns. It belongs to Pamalam. If
you wish to contact the McCanns directly, please use
the contact/email details
campaign@findmadeleine.com
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Operation Grange
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Operation Grange officers working
alongside experts in their field from
around the UK, the Policia Judicial and
the Guarda Nacional Republicana today,
Wednesday 11 June completed an eight day
period of work searching specific areas
of land in Praia da Luz.
At this time no evidence relating to
Madeleine McCann has been identified.
However it has given us an essential
understanding of the activity on and
people that have used this piece of
land.
This was the first phase of this major
investigation which has been agreed with
the Portuguese following the four
International Letters of Request
submitted to date. More activity has
been agreed and we expect that to
commence shortly. In addition further
requests are being compiled and will be
submitted in due course.
The decision to search the “horse shoe”
shaped piece of waste ground to the west
of Praia da Luz and other sites was as a
specific result of the UK’s
investigation work to date.
The total area of land searched and
surveyed was of approximately 60,000 sq
metres and included all utilities,
drainage channels and derelict
buildings. 41 ground anomalies were
identified initially by both aerial
survey and ground analysis which were
then investigated fully. These included
three outside of the original area.
This deployment which was the largest
ever undertaken by UK police overseas in
a case of this type, highlighted the
effective nature of the assistance given
by the Portuguese authorities, for which
the investigation team and family are
very grateful.
The media’s understanding and
co-operation following Assistant
Commissioner Rowley’s pre deployment
briefing has also been noted and
appreciated.
There is still a substantial amount of
work yet to be completed in the coming
weeks and months, which again should be
viewed as no more than normal
operational activity in a case of this
size and complexity. This recent work is
part of ensuring that all lines of
enquiry are progressed in a systematic
manner and covers just the one
hypothesis that she was killed and
buried locally. This is the same as
would be done in the UK for a murder or
high risk missing person enquiry. The
scientific support staff involved were
there to provide the highest level of
assurance that this area was searched to
the highest possible standards. |
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