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Mar 16, 2019 · The police based their early drawing off of a description given by Jane Tanner, one of the people who was dining near the McCann apartment on May 3, the evening of McCann’s disappearance, according to the docu-series.
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Police sketches of Madeleine McCann's alleged kidnappers are a perfect match for Tony and John Podesta. One version of the rumor provided an account from a witness claiming that Gerry McCann closely resembled the suspect police had been seeking:
In November 2016, the Pizzagate conspiracy theory grew to encompass many other claims, one of which was that Tony and John Podesta (the latter Hillary Clintons campaign manager, the former his brother) had a connection to the abduction of missing British girl Madeleine McCann:
It is true that some reports referenced the man (singular) as a suspect, but reports also listed a number of other factors that didnt match the Podestas:
John Podesta was 67 in December 2016, mearing he was between 58 and 59 at the time of McCanns disappearance, while the man depicted in the efits was described as being between the ages of 20 and 40. Mistaking a man of 40 for one of 58 is already a stretch, and mistaking a 60-year-old man for a 20-year-old one is exceedingly unlike.
Some versions of the rumor claimed that John Podesta was in Portugal around the time of the incident, but referenced an e-mail about a trip which occurred several months after Madeleine McCann vanished. In another version, Podesta was placed in Portugal at the time of the disappearance by an unnamed law enforcement source, information that was as i...
Such rumors disregarded the fact that law enforcement agents had access to both the sketches they themselves generated as well as to Gerry McCann. More than one or two people claimed that Gerry McCann was the man depicted in police sketches, incredibly suggesting that years of law enforcement work on the case had simply failed to reach that obvious...
A British tabloid published an article about the widespread rumors that McCann and the suspect were one and the same, which kicked up after an October 2013 episode of Crimewatch:
Oct 14, 2013 · October 14, 2013 / 6:39 PM EDT / CBS/AP. Man wanted for questioning in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Metropolitan Police. London Police in London have released...
May 22, 2023 · On 20 January the McCanns release sketches of a suspect, based on a description by a British holidaymaker of a "creepy man" seen at the resort. In April, Portuguese police fly to the UK to...
Oct 22, 2013 · British police are launching a new appeal on television by releasing two composite sketches of a man who was seen the night of Madeleine McCann's disappearance six years ago. CBS News....
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Oct 14, 2013 · LONDON Oct. 14, 2013 -- Scotland Yard have released new computer generated images of several men they believe could have snatched Madeleine McCann in Portugal six years ago. The new leads, described as very significant by police, are featured in a 25 minute long British televised appeal for more witnesses and information.
Oct 14, 2013 · (CBS) - British police investigating the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann have released two new composite drawings of a man they want to question in her suspected...
