# Timeline 3rd May

The heart of the miracle is the timeline of the things happened on the 3rd May 2007 at the Oceans Club. A good ressource for the very first and early timelines can be found at McCannFiles:

1. →PJ Files: Timeline for 03/04 May 2007
2. →The First Searches, 03/04 May 2007
3. →Timeline and press reports for Thursday 04 May 2007
4. →Key events in the search for missing Madeleine McCann, 03 May to 6 September 2007

The original of the last timeline can be found at →dailymail.co.uk. Also a good source for timeline/events is →HiDeHo

The statements of dependent and independent witnesses differ at crucial points.

The last independent Sighting of Maddie:

Maddie stayed until 17:30 in the Kids Mini Club. This is testified by a signed list and the Nannies of the creche.

The last dependent Sighting of Maddie:

This depends on the partly contradicting statements of Gerry McCann and David Payne. If statements are correct, then it was David Payne who was the last, apart the McCann's, who saw Maddie in the time between 18:30 and 19:00.

The Alarm:

The most crucial point is the question at what time exactly the Alarm was raised by Kate McCann?

- There are eight independent Witnesses who state that this happened somewhere before 22:00, average: 21:37.

- The Tapas 7 and the McCann's but agreed by a finalized list (3-May-2007, list given to the PJ) on exactly 22:00 for the Alarm.

- One week later (10-May-2007, in his second interview) Gerry McCann corrected and alleged even more now the Alarm happened about 22:13.

The disturbing fact is: The Sighting of the Smith Family of the main suspect occured around 22:00 in the vicinity of Apartment 5A. This but became known to PJ first on 26-May-2007. By what reason where the Tapas 9 eager to shift timeline by about half an hour into the future on May 3rd?

Between the average time from independent witnesses to the Tapas 9 written timeline there is a gap of 23 minutes. In his second interview on 10th May Gerry McCann even altered his time up to around 22:13 for the alarm (signed by the large X in graphics), which enlarges the gap to minimum 36 minutes.

→Timeline-Graphics and Mind-Map Source