The Australian "Madeleine McCann" case

This appears to be subscription only, Andrew.

Freedom wrote:This appears to be subscription only, Andrew.

Most odd. It wasn't earlier when I posted it but does appear that way now.

Sorry about that.

Bluebell posted something as well which was visible at first and then wasn't.

Strange things going on Down Under!

http://mobile.news.com.au/national/south-australia/wynarka-child-murder-sa-police-investigation-identifies-256-potential-victims/story-fnii5yv4-1227491335072

...256 potential victims? What...

I take that to include children known to the authorities who might be at risk but are all probably still alive. They just have to be traced and then eliminated.

I would of thought they could be traced and eliminated pretty quickly if that's the case.

All seems very bizarre, but of course very sad.

"And once we come knocking, you'll have some very difficult questions to answer."
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Well said.

Châtelaine wrote:"And once we come knocking, you'll have some very difficult questions to answer."
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Well said.

I would very much like Nicola Wall to say something very similar to that.

I'm rather confident, she will do one day.
Where and when she will knock is the question ...

Châtelaine wrote:I'm rather confident, she will do one day.
Where and when she will knock is the question ...

I can tell her where if that helps..

This was in the Australian news,  so thought would stick it here.. 

http://m.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/madeleine-mccann-case-serves-as-warning-to-qld-mum-20150820-gj4ada.html

I wonder if this ill-informed magistrate thinks that the only thing likely to happen to children left in a locked (?) apartment is that they are in danger of being abducted?

Pigs are more likely to fly.

Wandering around getting up to all sorts of mischief - and possibly coming to grief - is believable though.

Noticed the 'locked' as well.

Seemed a bit odd to use Madeleine for a headline.

Can understand if something similar in England to boost some sales, but a non-story over the other side of the world.. 

Strange.

From what that Wynarka cop says, they still haven`t pinned down the exact DNA profile of this little girl - he says they are still working on it. So I wonder if these 256 `possibles` have more markers matching to what they have identified so far.

If this little girl was never on a data base, I wonder if they could make a close match to any `parental` DNA that might be on a database. He wasn`t very precise about what, if any, DNA markers had been determined so far.

It's subscription only, Andrew.

Not having much luck with these links of late. The article is free to read for anyone but for some strange reason, the link itself hides behind a subscription. 

It was just the latest stuff I could find on this case.

Copied and pasted:

Suitcase girl’s murder: police want to talk to camp-dwellers
THE AUSTRALIAN
AUGUST 31, 2015 12:00AM
Dan Box

The roadside near Wynarka where a girl’s body was found in a suitcase on July 14. Picture: Mike Burton
Detectives pursuing the murder­er of a young girl whose body was dumped in a suitcase beside a South Australian highway want to speak to people living in desolate camps among the surrounding scrub.

The Australian has been asked to provide details of one such camp uncovered while reporting on the girl’s murder last week. South Australia Police want to ensure they have spoken to the camp’s occupants as part of a canvass­ of everybody living within dozens of square kilometres of the town of Wynarka, where the suitcase was found.

The discovery of the skeleton on July 14 has led police to identify more than 250 young girls nation­wide whose names appear in commonwealth records over the past decade, only to then apparently disappear from the files.

They are working through this list in an attempt to confirm the name of the murdered girl, thought to have been between two and four years old and to have been killed since 2007.

“Who is she?” said Detective Inspector Greg Hutchins, who is overseeing the police taskforce. “She was someone’s loving child, someone would have loved her. Now she’s been murdered and the fact she’s dumped by the side of the road, that’s what’s so wrong about this case.”

No one has come forward saying they know who the girl was, leading police to rule out the possibility that she was abducted by a stranger.

“So you have to look potent­ially at a dysfunctional family-type environment,” Inspector Hutchins said.

Those living in the tiny town of Wynarka say the surrounding plains are dotted with rough camps built by people who chose to live outside normal society.


Driving along the dirt tracks that thread through this farming country two hours’ east of Adelaide, The Australian visited one such camp last week and found evidence of several others hidden among the scrub.

“You could drive past and think there’s no one there,” Wynarka resident Barry Edwards said. “There’s people living here becaus­e they want to be alone.”

Detectives are also investig­ating the separate killing of another­ young blonde girl in Wynarka almost 40 years ago, although­ they do not believe the two are linked. That victim, an eight-month-old, disappeared for years with­out authorities realising, before her mother reported her death.

The girl’s parents were later charged with her manslaughter. Her body was never found.

Don't think this article was posted  here ,what I found interesting was Clarence commented and I don't remember another in the case of this girl where he was named?
I personally still would not be surprised if this case provides a shock...........


http://www.inquisitr.com/2290316/madeleine-mccann-found-detectives-contact-australian-police-after-similar-remains-found-in-suitcase/

British officers have contacted Australian police after a body was found in a suitcase in Australia that matched similar traits to Madeleine McCann, who has been missing since 2007.
British authorities contacted their Australian counterparts after the decomposed body of a young girl was found inside a suitcase by the side of a motorway just outside of Wynarka, South Australia. The grisly discovery was made earlier this month.





Australian police have revealed that the girl inside the case was aged between two and four years of age. She had fair hair, and it’s been predicted that she died back in 2007.
The body that was found is believed to have been transported around from one location to another inside the large case. Meanwhile, it was also found with a distinctive quilt that was covered in a variety of images, including pumpkins, sunflowers, camels, and stars, and a Dora the Explorer t-shirt was also found inside.





Madeleine McCann was just three years old back in 2007 when she was taken from Praia da Luz, the holiday resort she was visiting in Portugal with her family.
Australian authorities have already insisted that the body that was discovered in the suitcase isn’t that of McCann. However, a spokesman for Scotland Yard has since stated, “We cannot rule it out.”

A Met officers spokesman admitted that they have already contacted Australian officials, confirming, via the Mirror, “We are aware of reports that the remains of a child having been found in South Australia and we have made contact with the Australian authorities.”
A source close to the Mirror has alleged that Scotland Yard officials will now conduct tests on the corpse that will determine if the body really is that of Madeleine McCann. The insider speculated that either an officer will be sent out to Australia, or a sample will instead be sent to the UK.

However, Grant Stevens, the Police Commissioner who is heading the inquiry in Australia, refused to confirm the body could belong to Madeleine McCann, as he insisted that it was “pure speculation” to suggest the decomposed body was hers.
Meanwhile, Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for the McCann’s, stated, “We continue to refuse to comment on speculative reports.”

Mitchell continued, “This is entirely a matter for the Australian Police to resolve. Commissioner Stevens’ comments speak for themselves. Kate and Gerry will certainly not comment on any speculation. The Yard always keeps them informed when and if necessary.”
[Photo By Dan Kitwood /Getty Images]

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2290316/madeleine-mccann-found-detectives-contact-australian-police-after-similar-remains-found-in-suitcase/#rMVPxLWlHOyT7Juv.99

The latest update on this.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-17/police-sift-through-calls-linked-to-wynarka-murder-case/6781734