And she can even be sure what direction she saw him walking in... to within 180 degrees.

Gemma, Leighton Buzzard, UK

Any sane person observing this activity would have called the police. Unbelievable.

Kim Righetti, Upland, Calif. USA

If you know that your child is dead, you do not worry about the child's well being. The "worst thing" is the aftermath: the void, the infinite sadness, the impossible questions from the siblings. I know that from personal experience. But when your child vanishes, I would venture a guess that your focus is on the child, not on your own grief, not the void in the family... the twins asking: "when is she coming back?" could never be "the worst thing", if Kate really believes she is alive. Compared to the devastatation of waking up at 2 am wondering what your baby may be going through at that moment, knowing that you have 0 control over the well being of your child, wondering how she is coping alone, with possible suffering... Everything else would pale in comparison. She speaks as if she knew Maddie is dead. P.S. I was shocked by her statement : "we are not as happy without her". Really? Who would have imagined?? Even if the Brits are "masters of understatements", that is ridiculous.

Theresa M, Salem, Missouri, USA

Sorry, am I the only person to think this 'siting' to be a bit strange.
Jane Tanner says that she didn't attach any importance to the man, but has a detailed description of what he was wearing, the colour and condition of his hair, but no details at all about his face. Also the colour and pattern of the child's pyjamas and the blanket, but not the hair colour.
Is this a red herring, meant to detract from the fact that her partner Dr. O'Brien was one of the people who went into the apartment that night? He claims that he didn't do what he was supposed to be doing, which was checking on all of the children, and says that he didn't check Madeline's room. If not, why not, and why is O'Brien, for this reason alone not considered as much a suspect as the MCCanns, or Murat?

Lynn Rhodes, Leeds, West Yorkshire

This info has been around for some time , three weeks after Madeleine vanished J Tanner described it as a man carrying a bundle two weeks later it was a man carrying what could have been a child in a blanket another few weeks and it was a man carrying off madeleine with her pink pyjamas how can one believe anything this woman says says

helen brown, monklands, scotland

Christina of Essex: this information was made available six months ago! Ms Tanner has simply embellished the 'image'.

DC, Chatham,

Please keep in mind that in Marocco not everybody is very dark and with curly dark hair, (Likewise not all the Britons and Anglosaxons are blond and fair skinned with light eyes!!!) In Marocco as well as Algeria, there are a lot of Kabyle, Berebers (from the Tamaghiz culture) who are indeed light brown and blond (yes ! BLOND) and with quite a fair complexion for the area, and with green eyes....even, grey/blue...So the grannies (fully covered up with their costume, but still could be pale/blond) are carrying some children around (quite normally) ...and all you would see is a blond toddler...looking around curiously...and you would snapp THE PICTURE...but,besides the ethnological misconception: uh ! uh ! why would anyone want some extra child in Marocco, especially in the countyside...or among the "poor" class...Don't you think they have enough with their own ????

N.Beshara, Barcelona, Spain

http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/

there are other people who are missing and to whom we should equally be concerned for.

joseph, london,

if she saw somebody taking Madeline away why didn't she stop them???

christine balstra, Haren,

Yes - the Portuguese police didn't let on what they knew.

Even witnesses aren't allowed to speak about the investigation to the press, so the friend wouldn't want to jeopardise the investigation - or herself - by speaking out.

At this stage the search is are more desperate than ever, and also the maverick G.Amaral is no longer around, so relations with the police seem clearer and better and on a more rational and professional level.

So the witness has now been able to speak to the press. Thank God.

G. Amaral should have made this information available immediately. He has a lot to answer for.

Christina, Essex,

6 months down the line and evidence like this comes up?
Someones not letting on something they know.

Nick, london,