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A look at Pat Perkins, a friend of Kate's mother, who was at the Healy's house at the time Kate rang her
mother to tell her that Madeleine had 'gone'.
She is also responsible for instigating the first chain e-mail asking for help to find Madeleine. The e-mail, which clearly
states that Madeleine was 'abducted', was first sent out on Monday 07 May 2007.
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Pat Perkins and the events of 03 May 2007 |
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On 18 May 2007, Portuguese newspaper 'Sol' published the following report:
'Aurelio Guerreiro, the owner of a bar at the marina in Vilamoura, was close to being involved. His testimony to Sol
confuses the McCanns’ time version. Sometime between 0.30 and 1 a.m., Aurelio got a phonecall from an old customer:
Pat Perkins, the human resources director from a public English organism. She calls him, upset: ''She told me the daughter
of british friends of her, who were vacationing close to Lagos, had disappeared over 3 hours ago, that they were completely
alone and that nobody was helping them to search for her''.
Kate McCann had just informed her parents of the tragedy.
Pat, who lives in Liverpool, confirms: ''I was at Kate’s parents’ house at that moment. But I have nothing further
to add''.
Guerreiro tells what he did after Pat called him: ''I understood she wanted me to go meet them, but I was
an hour away from their location, and I could not close the bar, I decided to call the police''. After PJ in Portimao confirmed
to him they already knew about the case, Aurelio phoned Kate, at the number that Pat had given him: ''An English man picked
up. He thanked me, and contrary to what I expected, he didn’t ask me for anything''.
Minutes after this phonecall,
Gerry asks for the priest from the Luz parish to be called for him – but the Ocean Club staff members refused, given
the time it was. At four in the morning, Jane was asking a member of GNR: ''Have you cut off all the roads already?''. Minutes
later, Gerry, given the fact that the priest didn’t appear, asked another element of GNR to show him the way to the
church.'
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Pat Perkins on the McCanns |
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Another friend, Pat Perkins, 61, said: ''Gerry and Kate are fantastic parents and could see the bedroom from the hotel
restaurant.
''Madeleine’s a beautiful little girl. It’s her fourth birthday soon. They were supposed to
be flying home tomorrow to celebrate. We can’t believe what’s happening. We’re sat by the phone waiting
to hear news. We’re all going through hell.''
(Note: The McCanns could not see the bedroom window from the hotel restaurant - it was on the other side of the apartment
block)
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A friend of Kate's parents, Brian and Susan Healey from Liverpool, said they were also beside themselves.
Pat Perkins, 61, said: "We are all absolutely out of our minds with worry.
"Susan can barely speak. We're doing our best to stay positive."
Daily Record 05 May 2007
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Using the internet and e-mails, Telegraph report 12 May 2007 |
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Family hopes the world of the internet can bring the critical breakthrough Telegraph
By Martin Beckford
Last Updated: 2:25am BST 12/05/07
Relatives and friends of Madeleine McCann are using the internet and email to widen the search for the missing three-year-old.
They hope that if enough people across the world hear about her disappearance and see her photograph someone
will come forward with information that could lead to her being found.
Pat Perkins, from Liverpool, a friend of the McCann family, put out an email appeal with a picture of Madeleine
attached on Monday. She sent the message to colleagues in the NHS and asked them to forward it to their friends and contacts.
It has now been seen and sent on by thousands of people worldwide.
This "viral" email technique is regularly used by marketing companies as a way of getting a message to huge
numbers of people quickly and cheaply, as each recipient can forward it to everyone they know as soon as it lands in their
inbox.
In a modern, global version of missing posters being put on lampposts it was used to reunite children and
their parents after the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami in south-east Asia.
Mrs Perkins said: "It's just an amateur way of trying to help. If all the people across the world are aware
of it then maybe they can help."
Madeleine's aunt Philomena McCann has also sent out an email containing a downloadable poster of Madeleine
and a message for anyone with information about her to call Crimestoppers.
This too has been forwarded to thousands worldwide, and more than 23,000 people have already clicked on a
link to the poster which was set up by a news website. Throughout the search, Madeleine's relatives have been ahead of the
authorities in putting out information about her disappearance.
It was her parents who issued the first photographs of her, who made the first public appeal for information
and who gave the first details of what she was wearing. Portuguese police only issued a formal appeal for information on their
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'Help us find Madeleine' e-mail flicks around the world, 14 May
2007
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'Help us find Madeleine' e-mail flicks around the world Timesonline
A message originally sent to 50 people to raise awareness of the four-year-old's disappearance has been read from Kazakhstan
to Kuala Lumpur
Jonathan Richards
May 14, 2007
An e-mail campaign to raise awareness about Madeleine McCann, the four-year-old girl who has been abducted in Portugal,
has flicked around the globe in a matter of days, reaching as far as Kazakhstan, Kuala Lumpur and Azerbaijan.
Messages of support have poured in from all around the world to the original sender Pat Perkins, a friend of Madeleine’s
grandmother, who first sent the e-mail to just over 50 people a week ago in the hope that a recipient may recognise Madeleine
and be able to offer assistance to police.
''Whether you are in the UK, Portugal, Europe or beyond, please forward to all your family, friends, colleagues and business
associates,'' Ms Perkins, who works as a project manager for the NHS in Merseyside, wrote.
''The internet can be a powerful tool in finding Maddy, who is so loved and missed by us all.
''Let's use it positively.''
Since then the e-mail, which contained a picture of Madeleine on a tennis court and a link to the website bringmadeleinehome.com, has criss-crossed the globe, with everyone from a 15-year-old German boy to the manager of a racing club in Dubai offering
their support.
Claire, who runs an estate agent on the Aegean coast in Turkey, replied: ''We’ve removed some of the brochures from
the windows in our agency and replaced them with pictures of Madeleine. It’s only a small act and you don’t know
us however we wanted you to know you have our love and support.''
Grace De Angelis-Petria, from Geneva, Switzerland, wrote: ''We have been heartbroken since we heard the news. We’re
doing what we can by sending the e-mail to the world and putting posters up in elevators.''
Claire Walker, who manages the Dubai Racing Club, said: ''I got your e-mail from a friend in Singapore. I have sent it
to all my contacts and hope it will be widely distributed. Wishing you hope and faith.''
Ms Perkins, who has known Madeleine’s grandmother, Sue Healy, for 30 years, said that she had sent the e-mail out
of ''desperation'' because she felt "so helpless" when Madeleine disappeared from the resort in which her family was staying
in the Algarve 11 days ago.
''We just wanted to get the information out as soon as possible and we’re overwhelmed by the replies. My inbox has
now crashed several times,'' she told Times Online.
She said that messages of support had arrived from, among other countries, Holland, Australia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,
South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore.
Chris Lake, editor of e-consultancy, an internet research group, said: ''These kinds e-mail campaigns have the potential
to reach millions in a very short space of time. Generally whether they work depends on the incentives they provide for forwarding
the e-mail on. Here, obviously, the incentive is enormous.''
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Pat Perkins complete e-mail about Madeleine's 'abduction', 07 May 2007 |
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The e-mail:
Please forward to as many people as you know
On behalf of Kate and Gerry McCann and all the family, please help
us find Madeleine.
Madeleine, age 3, was abducted from her bed in the family holiday apartment, Praia De Luz, Algarve, Portugal on Thursday,
3rd May.
Police and all of Portugal are trying to find her. The Portuguese people, holiday makers and ex pats have been a great
support to the family and continue their efforts.
You, too can help. Please circulate this plea to publicise Madeleine's photo and ask for information, no matter how small
to be passed on to the authorities.
Whether you are in the UK, Portugal, Europe or beyond, please forward to all your family, friends,colleagues and business
associates. Someone out there will have some information that will lead to Maddy's return.
The internet can be a powerful tool in finding Maddy, who is so loved and missed by us all.
Let's use it positively.
Please pray for Madeleine and all the family at this devastating time.
We need your help. We know you won't let Maddy down.
God bless,
Pat Perkins
(Family friend)
Pat Perkins
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Pat Perkins posting on the '1st-Sem' site, 13 May 2007 |
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Pat Perkins posted the following message on the '1st-sem' site on Sunday 13 May 2007 at 8:53am:
Help Find Madeleine McCann 1st-Sem (article now removed)
The search industry is well placed to help spread pictures of little Madeleine McCann. Let’s pull together and
try to help reunite this little girl with her family. Perhaps Google, Yahoo and MS could be encouraged to show pictures
on Madeleine on their home pages, such is their reach.
Madeleine, age 3, was abducted from her bed in the family holiday apartment, Praia De Luz, Algarve, Portugal on Thursday,
3rd May.
Police and all of Portugal are trying to find her. The Portuguese people, holiday makers and ex pats have been a great
support to the family and continue their efforts.
information, no matter how small to be passed on to the authorities.
You, too can help. Please circulate this plea to publicise Madeleine’s photo and ask for information, no matter
how small to be passed on to the authorities.
The international number for Crime stoppers is +44 1883 731 336. People with information about Madeleine can
call anonymously.
Whether you are in the Ireland , the UK , Portugal, Europe or beyond, please forward to all your family, friends,colleagues
and business associates. Someone out there will have some information that will lead to Maddy’s return.
The internet can be a powerful tool in finding Maddy, who is so loved and missed by us all.
Let’s use it positively.
Please pray for Madeleine and all the family at this devastating time.
We need your help. We know you won’t let Maddy down.
God bless,
Pat Perkins
(Family friend)
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Subject: FW: PLEASE FORWARD
ON TO EVERYBODY
PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE AND FORWARD
IT TO EVERYBODY IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK…
Please read this message and pass it on!!!!!!!!! As you are aware my niece, Madeleine, is still missing and I am asking everyone I know to send this as a chain letter
i.e. you send it to everyone you know and ask them to do the same, as the story is only being covered in Britain, Eire and
Portugal. We don't believe that she is in Portugal anymore and need to get her picture and the story across Europe as quickly
as possible. Suggestions are welcome.
Phil McCann
Madeleine's Eye Holds Vital Clue
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It is worth a try!
Please pass this email on to everyone in your address book. They reckon it could cover 80% of the world's
inboxes in 2 weeks.
Madeleine McCann's family believe a new picture of the missing four-year could play a vital role in the search for
her. The photo shows clearly her distinctive right eye where the pupil runs into the blue-green iris.
It is this distinguishing mark that will identify Madeleine to those on the lookout for her, according to aunt and uncle
John and Diane McCann.
They aim to distribute the appeal poster, which features the Crimestoppers telephone number as far afield as they can.
Mrs McCann said: "The purpose of the poster is to highlight the distinction in Madeleine's eye. "We want to make the most
of it, because we know her hair could potentially be cut or dyed."
Mr McCann added: "The poster was designed by a friend of the family and I've begun Emailing it to acquaintances
in different parts of the world.
"I 'm
asking people to circulate it the best they can and make it be seen."
PLEASE HELP US FIND MADELEINE AND FORWARD THIS IMAGE
TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
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