The parents of British girl Madeleine McCann today called for support to ensure that the British and Portuguese governments will jointly review the case and "do more" to find their daughter, three and a half years after her disappearance whilst vacationing with her family in the Algarve Portugal.
In a letter, Kate and Gerry McCann urged people to support the search for "Maddie" by signing a petition seeking to pressure the British and Portuguese authorities to carry out "a transparent and independent review of all information connected with the disappearance of Madeleine".
Please sign their petition here
----------------------------------------------------------------------This is the full text of the letter urging people to support the McCanns’ petition, taken from the Liverpool Echo.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
As I write, it is exactly three and a half years since our daughter Madeleine was so cruelly taken from us.
Three and a half years without her seeing her brother, her sister, her Mummy, her Daddy or her best friends.
We are still searching for her. Our small team continues to review all available information, even though we STILL don’t have access to ALL of the information that the UK and Portugese authorities have. Our team has interviewed hundreds of witnesses, received over 1,000 calls, dealt with over 15,000 emails and maintained a computerised database of all information they have received. Despite the difficulties resulting from lack of official assistance, they "follow up" all new leads to try and get fresh information into the investigation.
It is incredible to think that for the last two years and three months NO police force has proactively been doing anything to help us find Madeleine. Crucially, there has been NO formal review of the material held by the police authorities - which is routine practice in most countries, and especially when a key piece of the "jigsaw" may have been overlooked.
We have tried in vain to get the authorities to play their part but our requests have seemingly fallen on deaf ears. It is simply not acceptable that they have, to all intents and purposes, given up on Madeleine. We need the authorities to do more.
However we know we are not alone. We have the tremendous support of family, friends and of course you the public. A lot of this support comes in the form of people saying to us, "if there’s anything we can do, just let us know" or "I’d like to help but I don’t know how". To these people, and indeed yourself, my plea is simple.
We need your support to continue to lobby the British and Portugese governments to undertake a joint or independent review of Madeleine’s case.
How can you do this?
Simply visit: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/madeleinemccann_case_review/ and sign the petition to call on the UK and Portugese authorities to conduct an independent and transparent review of all information in relation to the disappearance of Madeleine. And in turn, please spread the word and encourage as many others to do the same. Together we can, and will pull all of the loose ends of Madeleine’s case together and find her.
Thank you
3 comments:
I watched the interview with Kate McCann this morning on ITV1 'Daybreak' and wanted to shout at the TV.
Whilst it may be appropriate after this time to review a case, usually the police have managed to gather all the evidence available and they need to check that nothing has been missed.
- The parents and friends have never undertaken a re-enactment.
- Kate McCann refused to answer 48 questions in September 2007.
This case doesn't need a review, it needs re-opening - and all protagonists MADE to cooperate.
I have added my name to this petition and I think that the fact that the petition has currently reached 5892 signatures since it was created on November 1st 2010, speaks for itself. People want to see an independent review of the case. We have seen what has happened in the case of Ben Needham, don't let Madeleine become just another statistic. Cross every t and dot every i in this case. That vital missing piece of the jigsaw needs to be found and this is what the people who have signed the petition are clearly saying.
The signature count as of this time stands at 22,185. I think the results/support speaks for itself. The chant from comment 1 has been around for a long time now and should really be put to bed. The words "broken record" springs to mind in fact. Please move on and support a review of Madeleine's case. This review could lead to re-opening of the case which is what the McCanns want and it really is a pity so see so many lies being spread saying the opposite.
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