SOS Madeleine McCann 29/05/07: Police monitor telephone traffic

SOS Madeleine McCann 29/05/07

29.05.2007

"POLICE CONTROLE TRAFIC TELEPHONIQUE"

"Tout le trafic téléphonique enregistre entre 20h00 et 21h00, le 3 mai, a proximité du complexe touristique Ocean Club, d’ou a été enlevée Madeleine McCann est vérifiée en détail par la Police Judiciaire portugaise. La PJ, qui compte avec l’aide de spécialistes britanniques, prétend ainsi identifier touts les téléphones portables, et leurs respectives propriétaires, présents la nuit de la disparition."

All telephone traffic registered between 20.00 and 21.00, on the 3rd of May, in the vicinity of the tourist complex, the Ocean Club, from where Madeleine McCann was abducted, is verified in detail by the Portuguese Judicial Police. The PJ, who count on the help of British specialists, claim thus to identify all mobile phones, and their respective owners, present on the night of the disappearance.

"Cette recherche est “comparable a la recherche d’une aguille dans une botte de foin”, affirme une source proche des autorités. Mais, avec les nouvelles technologies, on peut déjà localiser et identifier un portable même quand il est éteint, ce que nous aide à identifier les communications effectués dans la région au moment de l’enlèvement."

"This search is like looking for a needle in a haystack," states a source close to the authorities. But with the new technologies, it is already possible to locate and identify a mobile even when it is switched off, that helps us to identify communications in the area at the time of the abduction.

"Cette même localisation a été effectué aux portables de Robert Murat (dans la photo en haut à gauche), le seule inculpe dans ce dossier, et de Sergey Malinka (photo de doite), son ami russe, mais rien d’important est ressortie. La localisation a été effectué avec le système de traceback que permet de savoir d’ou les appels avec un portable on été effectués (quand on fait un appel on utilise l’antenne la plus proche). Malinka, le russe, ne se trouvait pas, à ce moment, dans les environs de l’endroit d’ou Madeleine a été enlevée."

The same localisation has been used for Robert Murat's mobile (in the photo above left), the only suspect in the case, and that of Sergey Malinka (photo on the right) his Russian friend, but nothing of significance emerged. The localisation was done with the traceback system, which allows the user to know where calls from a mobile were made from. (When a call is made the nearest antenna is used), Malinka, the Russina was not, at that time, in the vicinity of the place from which Madeleine was abducted.

"Pour rappel, Robert Murat a loué une voiture le samedi ou Madeleine a célébrée son anniversaire, pour la rendre le lendemain des recherches à sa maison. A la société de location il a dit avoir prêté sa propre voiture à des volontaires dans les recherches de la petite. On ne sait pas vers quel destination il s’est absente mais, avec la localisation d’appels la police cherche aussi à le savoir."

As a reminder, Robert Murat rented a car on the Saturday of Madeleine's birthday, to keep it the day after the searches at his house. At the leasing company he said that he had loaned his own car to volunteers in the search for the little girl. Nobody knows where he went but, with the localisation of calls, the police are seeking also to know this.

(There are several more paragraphs in this bog post. One is about the police monitoring maritime traffic from Algarve ports and nothing unusual being discovered. The only unknown was a Dutch boat, which arrived two days before Madeleine disappeared and left early on the evening of May 3rd. Another paragraph is about renewed interest in micro chipping children, an idea put forward after the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. There is also mention of a report in The Sun, that a source close to the investigation had informed The Sun that links to pornographic sites had been found on robert Murat's computer. )