The problem with cuddle cat

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Initially we are told it was an early 4th birthday present from her uncle, thus implying she was given it immediately prior or close to the start of their vacation.
It is unlikely then to have been have favorite comforter as those are usually something given from birth or in the early months.
An attachment form between it and the child and never the twain shall part without much tears and tantrums causing parent to resort to sneaky laundering and ad hoc repairs until the child moves on.
From the pictures it would seem that the pink blanket we saw on the bed was in fact her comforter, her favorite must have.

Given cuddlecat was allegedly an early birthday present , when did kate take it into to work with her in the 2 weeks before the vacation, that she dealt with allegedly multiple corpses in her part time work as a locum, why would she then take it out on house calls to certify a dearth and how did cuddlecat come into contact with said corpse?

If as she then tells us it was an old toy and Maddie's favorite, how did she separate Maddie from her favorite toy and comforter, more importantly why? and why did she then take it out on house calls?

Was the removal of Maddie's comforter a form of punishment?
You are naughty you lose your comforter perhaps?
Was it used as a form of control over Maddie?
Good Maddie gets the toy, bad Maddie doesn't?

Neither explains how cadaverine got on it.

Having dealt with many corpses in various states of death from recent to icky to OMG it's a jigsaw puzzle ( trees and no brakes on a steep hill make for an interesting night)
Appropriate clothing is worn, and, if it is a GP certifying a death, most times they will look at the body and it it pretty obvious they are dead or they will look for a pulse wrist , neck , stethoscope on occasion.
Contact with a corpse is minimal , especially if the death is expected.

What they won't be doing is carrying around their child's alleged favorite toy and touching the body with it, especially since their will likely be relatives or medical/nursing/ carers present and they will ask what the heck are you doing with that toy? only probably not as politely.

What is noticeable is, kate has neither confirmed nor denied the claim, probably figuring out if she says nothing then it will eventually be forgotten about.

I would be interested to know what the relative who said this was told by kate, or, if it was an assumption on their part, in which case, surely they would have thought to themselves, who checks a dead body for life with a child's cuddly toy?

If we go with it being the new toy, the early birthday present, then kate is again stuck for an answer in reply to how cadaverine got on it.

Cross contamination won't work if she claims it contaminated her pants and the child's top whilst in the suitcase since, if that were the case, every item in contact with any of those items would have been contaminated and we would be looking at a suitcase full of items, which, as we know, was not the case.

If we go with her wearing the check pants and taking cuddlecat on her rounds as a GP certifying multiple deaths, how does she explain the child's t shirt being indicated for cadaverine?

There is no logical explanation.
It wouldn't fit her, and, wouldn't have been worn by cuddlecat and, who takes a child's t shirt to work and when they are certifying corpses?

What I would like to see done is luminol the whole apartment, even after this time it would/could still indicate any presence of blood and also show what clean up had been done and where.

Blood on the wall and floor can reveal a lot such as low or high velocity spread, direction, position of the body and all sorts.
Also what would show up on their clothing and in the hire car?

Luminol indicating in the hire car is a huge problem for them since it wouldn't show for sweat or meat or fish or any excuse they used.
What would Kate's pants show if she still has them/
The same for any clothing of the twins and Maddie, especially if the room is as it has been kept before the vacation.

Luminol would be very revealing and would cause them huge problems if there is a lot of blood spilt
If it revealed behind the sofa where the dogs indicated then they are in trouble, lifting all the tiles would show any spread, even if not visible to the human eye.

Slightly off topic, regarding the dog bite.
 
What treatment did kate seek given that rabies is found in Portugal although confined to bats mostly, it is still a remote possibility that a dog could be infected (personally if there is rabies in any country i will assume all mammals to be a risk such as cats and dogs, since we may not always see an infected stray cat or dog)
If it broke the skin (which would explain the bloody footprint) then there may be damage to her jogging pants, blood on her trainer and would require cleaning, possibly sutures or butterfly stitches depending on size and depth plus there would be a dressing over it, bruising and possible scarring.
 
No one has mentioned seeing any dressings or bruising on her calf nor commented on it in their rogs, and this is something worth noting, a friend was bitten by a stray dog etc etc.

Kate made no mention of her bruising until we questioned it and then it was initially via one of the tapas group.

I wonder if the tapas 7 realise they could face charges as accessories after the fact as well as perverting the course of justice, obstruction of justice, filing a false police report and lying as witnesses.

They would also be liable to face being sued for any monies they were awarded out of court, not fun if, as they claim, it was all donated to the fund and by default the mccann's pockets.
It's hard to pay back hundreds of thousands when you don't have it and they would have to then sue the mccanns for return of it perhaps claiming they were conned by them, the money was obtained fraudulently by the mccanns or it was to go only on the search etc.
It could get real messy.

Message From The mccans On Their Official Site

Official Find Madeleine Campaign

Why do we continue?
There is absolutely nothing to suggest that Madeleine has been harmed.
Madeleine is still missing and someone needs to be looking for her.
She is young and vulnerable and needs our help.
We love her dearly and miss her beyond words.

We still need your help in finding Madeleine. Thank you for continuing to stand by our side and most of all, for caring so much about Madeleine.

~FM Webmaster

Another open mouth insert feet moment brought to you by the mccanns's, the parents who just keep giving.

Why do we continue? 
Who is the questioned aimed at?
The public or, themselves?


 
There is absolutely nothing to suggest that Madeleine has been harmed. 

On first reading it sounds like a strong statement.however, it isn't.
Qualifiers are words that when removed do not change the meaning of the sentence.

Here we have the addition of the word absolutely which weakens the statement.
A strong statement would be: There is no evidence to suggest Madeleine has been harmed.
Qualifiers weaken the meaning of the sentence.

We know the statement is untrue since we have the reactions of both blood and cadaver dogs, we have body fluids and we also have the fact that Maddie is missing.
What we don't have is evidence of an abduction such as finger, ear or footprints, skin or hair or fibres, DNA from someone unknown to the group.

If a Missing child isn't evidence of harm, then what is their definition of harm?
There is evidence that Maddie has come to harm, unfortunately said evidence indicates a dead Maddie not an abducted live Maddie.

 
Madeleine is still missing and someone needs to be looking for her. 
Notice they say someone needs to be looking for her and not the expected WE need to be looking for her or the stronger yet WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HER. 
Clearly the someone doesn't include her family, the tapas 7 or their friends in general.
Why the need to distance themselves from looking for their child?
This is unexpected in innocent parents and a red flag.
 

She is young and vulnerable and needs our help. 

Yes she is but apparently our help doesn't include her parents actively searching for her from the moment she went missing.

 
We love her dearly and miss her beyond words. 

Not dearly enough to actually go out actively searching for her from the get go.
Not dearly enough for kate to answer the 48 questions.
Not dearly enough to go back and do a police reconstruction then or now.
Not dearly enough to assist the police rather than suing the ex lead detective who actively searched for her and spent many hours, days and weeks trying to find her or those who harmed her.
They love her dearly for the money she brought in.
 

We still need your help in finding Madeleine.  

Why?

When you had the chance to keep the case open you refused to demand it be kept open.

You hired people who were skilled in money laundering and who were involved in drugs.

You hired con artists and bumbling ex coppers who had no idea how to run a basic missing persons case.

You hired anyone except those who were expert in finding missing persons.

You have never looked for your daughter, instead preferring to sit round the pool making merry or going jogging or on world trips, visiting places where Maddie was not sighted and ignoring those possible places where she might have been.

You sat on e-fits for several years because the e-fits looked just like gerry.

You spent only a tiny proportion of the funds on actual searching , with the vast majority going on the mortgage, legal fees (really? If you are innocent why the need for lawyers?) travelling round the world and suing anyone who disagreed with your version of events.

What you should have said is:

 "WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP US IN THE STYLE TO WHICH WE HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED" 


Thank you for continuing to stand by our side and most of all, for caring so much about Madeleine. In statement analysis, order is important.
It tells us what the subject considers as their priority.
Here we have their priority as us standing by their side supporting them followed by caring so much about Madeleine.
They tell us most of all for caring about Madeleine, yet, put caring about her behind standing by the mccanns side.

What is missing from all their statements  and press releases are messages to Maddie telling them we are searching for her and to be brave and strong, we will find her.

Instead all the talk is about them, how they feel, how victimised they feel when pulled up on the language and behavior.

It is all about them rather than about their daughter.

They don't talk to Maddie or reassure her they will find and rescue her because they know she is dead.

They themselves have told us she is long dead.

They don't talk to her because they know she will never see or hear or read it.

Corpses are beyond the reach of communication.