How did Robert Murat do it?

Question

... and what did he do?
A man answering his description was seen by locals around the Ocean Club that night. The last check on the apartment was at 9.15pm. The abductor was seen carrying Madeleine by a woman at 9.30pm. The disappearance was noted at between 10pm and 10.10pm. Two female witnesses have identified Murat as being around the Club at 11.45pm. A man has identified Murat around the Club at 1am. Murat and his mum say he never left the house. He did take a phone call from the Russian at 10.30pm in his house. Off you go, then.

I love the zs, folks. But perhaps you didn't realise this is Current Events qs.

Answer 1

I am late into this argument , in fact the whole Madeleine thing. But it's clear there will be big problems when and if Murat is brought to a trial. So many inconsistencies, so much confusion.
And there is no sign of the child at all. Not a single hair. With all the coverage, all the arguing, where on earth is that child? Where could she be? Do they think Murat has her? Has he passed her on? How and when do the police think that happened? I can't see how at all, even if he is a liar.

Answer 2

People are just trying to pin the whole thing on him now as they want the case over and done with. If he really had done it then why have they taken so long to put him behind bars? If they had any evidence they would have done it long ago. Lets face it. The guy is innocent and everyone just wants a scapegoat now so that they can pretend that the case has been solved and go back to their lives as usual. A guy walking around with the same description as Murat isn't exactly hard evidence seeing as he looks pretty average. And if some of these witnesses saw him why haven't they identified him in a line up and put him behind bars. Personally I think the whole thing is a load of tripe.

Answer 3

The latest Sol report says this "The contacts and the investigations of the PJ have managed to contact several witnesses, the majority (nearby)residents of PDL, who confirm having seen a man resembling Robert Murat outside the apartment where Maddy disappeared. "

Notice it says "resembling" him.. Yet he,s very well known by the locals...wouldnt they "know" if it was him they saw?

The other 2 men questioned BOTH "resemble" Murat, especially from a distance and in the dark. This is Louis Antonio, the Husband of Murats girlrfiend.
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1539357.jpg

This is ALSO Louis Antonio..although wrongly identified as being Murat by the press (they now admit this). If the press can make a mistake with this, imagine the mistakes that can be made IN THE DARK, at a fair distance, by people who have already had it planted into their minds that Murat was there?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=madeleine--british-man-is-suspect&method=full&objectid=19104619&siteid=89520-name_page.html

This is Malinka (whose apparently gone missing).
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_01/Malinka_228x338.jpg
They both resemble Murat..

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00166/mc6_166845a.jpg

Answer 4

I'm not sure that he did anything, I think he could be the scapegoat.
It's strange how the female friend of the McCanns first say's that she saw a man carrying "what could be a child" then the statement changed to a man "carrying a child" and she was even able to describe the childs pyjama's!
I think the guy is being set up and I think the police need to look very closely at the McCanns and all the friends that were with them that night.

Answer 5

They scoured Murats mothers house for evidence, no DNA has been found, has it? How could she have been taken by Murat, yet not a shred of DNA connecting him, appears?
I cant see how he could be getting away with what seems like the "perfect" crime, whilst being under this constant scrutiny.

Answer 6

No, there are all sorts of discrepancies about the timings, some reports say the last check was at 9.30 and some of the staff say that the children were never checked at all. The woman who is saying she saw someone with a child is a friend of the Mccanns, no one else saw this man, even a man called Jeremy Wilkins who was in the area, walking with his own child at about 9.30. He states that if there was someone there, he would have seen them, but he didnt

Answer 7

Firstly Murat was not seen carrying Maddie, he was supposedly seen carrying a child of her description, I personally don't think he has much to do with this, he is being used either as a cover while they investigate other people or a scapegoat.. We will have to wait and see the outcome...

Answer 8

No idea if he did or didn't - the person who snatches a child is usually local though so may be. She could have just wandered off and drowned in the sea for all the parents know - useless pair of eejits

Answer 9

I am very sceptical about all this. If Murat is guilty then he must have had an accomplice. I would have thought that, after the hours of questioning, he would have cracked and named the accomplice. Why should he martyr himself?

Answer 10

I wouldn't be so presumptuous so as to accuse someone of such a horrific crime without concrete evidence against him.

However, IF Murat is guilty, he could've snatched Madeleine at 9:30pm & passed her onto an accomplice in a vehicle & turned up back at the Club at 11:45. He could've also easily have arranged to answer his phone at 10:30pm in his Mother's place during that time to back his alibi.

Alternatively, he could've just as easily been watching the moon's reflection on the waters by the Club that night & then popped in to visit his Mum & joined her for a nice hot home cooked dinner during which he was interrupted by a call from his old friend from Russia, heard of Madeleine's abduction from the maid who came to clear the table & off he went to offer his help.

Alternatively, it could also have been another guest at the Resort who resembled him.