Secret Video of Maddie Suspect

6 March 2011
Secret Video of Maddie Suspect
News of the World (paper edition)

Madeleine McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett said his wife would “go mental” if she was asked about the missing girl in a dramatic video recorded before his death.

[Photo of Hewlett -from video- wearing oxygen mask. Caption ‘Worried….Hewlett’]

Convicted paedophile Hewlett was tracked down to a German hospital by a British couple who met him on holiday in Portugal.

In a tense video, the couple confront Hewlett and tell him they know of his paedo past - and ask him if he was involved in Madeleine’s disappearance from an apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve in May 2007. He replies: “You’re joking. How would I know about that?”

Hewlett then launches into a rambling alibi, during which he claims he was at a market with German wife Mariana Schmuecker on the day Madeleine vanished - except the market is held on Saturdays and the little girl went missing on a Thursday.

Terrified the couple are going to speak to his wife, Hewlett adds: “I mean, you going… going to repeat all this to Mariana about this, about this kid? She‘ll go mental.”


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Continue Reading... Labels: Alan Thompson, Cindy Thompson, Madeleine McCann, Peter Verran, Raymond Hewlett

Kate plea to perv's widow

Kate plea to perv's widow
27 February 2011
News of the World
Matthew Drake
Mum to Mum.. Please Tell

Heartbroken Kate McCann is pleading with the widow of a dead paedophile to break her silence in the hunt for snatched daughter Madeleine.

But Mariana Schmuecker – herself a mother of six -has snubbed FOUR requests to reveal secrets about her husband, convicted child rapist Raymond Hewlett

Detectives believe what she knows could hold the vital key to their investigation

When the News of the World confronted her the callous German just snarled: “Clear off! I’m sick to death of hearing about Maddie McCann!”

FLAWED

Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry desperately want Mariana to shed light on Hewlett’s links with child-sex perverts in Portugal’s Algarve, where three-year-old Maddie vanished in May 2007.

Ex-fairground worker Hewlett bore a striking resemblence to the straggly-haired man seen lurking near the McCann’ holiday apartment.

His previous conviction included the rape of a 12-year-old girl he lured into his car then drugged with paint stripper. And he was bragged how gipsies had offered him “good money” for his own blonde-haired daughter aged two.

But Mariana, who suddenly shipped off to Morocco with Hewlett just three weeks after Maddie’s disappearance, has stayed tight- lipped – even about her partner’s flawed alibi.

Hewlett claimed that on the Thursday Madeleine was abducted he was with his family at a market up the coast in Fuzets. But that market is only held on Saturdays.

A source close to the McCanns told us:

“Through detectives Kate has begged Mariana to speak out and hopes she will do the right thing. As a mother herself you’d think she’d want to help.” 

Mariana lives with her kids in the German city of Aachen, in the same flat she shared with Hewlett before he died two years ago of throat cancer at 64.

A source close to the investigation said:

“Our detectives are pretty certain Mariana knows a lot about Hewlett’s background and activities. That would open up doors to paedophile networks in the Algarve.

“We were never able to rule Hewlett out as a suspect. He’d have had useful information and we’re convinced Mariana is more than able to fill in the gaps. But she just tells us to go away or puts the phone down.”

“We want to know WHO she knows, and WHAT she’s heard about possible routes to spirit a child out of the country.”

“She and Hewlett left Portugal at a rate of knots because he feared being associated with Madeleine’s disappearance.”

“We wanted to know about the six children Mariana and Hewlett had because none of them had any official birth documents. And there was a seventh child who died in mysterious circumstances.”

“They never explained how they could move from country to country with the children despite having no passports.” 

[BLOGGER NOTE: Mariana and Raymond Hewlett had 6 children at the time of Madeleine McCann's disappearance. David (deceased) Michael (born in Germany) Anya (born in Germany) Jobe  (born in Germany) Yanina (born in Portugal) and Paul (born in Portugal). Their youngest son, Daniel was born in Spain, after the Hewletts  left Portugal. David died in December 2008, after falling out of the family van as they drove through Spain en route to Germany.]

  

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett

I know who took Maddie

1 September 2010
The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri and Andy Crick

Madeleine McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett confessed on his deathbed that he KNEW what happened to the little girl, The Sun can reveal.

In a letter to his estranged son Wayne, he denied having anything to do with Maddie's disappearance.

But he said he knew she had been stolen to order by a gipsy gang who kidnap children for wealthy couples unable to have kids or adopt.

Hewlett, a serial paedophile seen near the spot where Maddie was snatched in Portugal, said they had a "shopping list" of potential targets - such as a little girl with blonde hair like Maddie.

Private detectives working for Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry are "extremely interested" in Hewlett's claims.

A source close to their ongoing investigation said:

"What he says fits the No1 theory, which is that she was stolen to order."

Hewlett died of throat cancer in April, aged 62, after persistently refusing to meet the McCanns' detectives.

He became a suspect because of his appalling record of rape and abduction of children.

And he was living as a nomad in Portugal with his second family when Maddie vanished from the McCanns' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007.

Hewlett's letter to builder Wayne, 40, was delivered to the son by a mystery man - thought to be a solicitor or a private eye - a week after he died.

Most of it was an apology for how his vile crimes had affected his first wife Susan and Wayne.

But then he went on to write about Maddie, who was nearly four when she went missing.

Wayne, of Telford, Shropshire, said:

    "It was a bolt from the blue and I shook when I read it.

    "He stated he didn't want to go to his grave with us thinking he had done such a horrible thing.

    "He said he had had nothing to do with taking Maddie but did know who had.

    "He said a very good gipsy friend he knew in Portugal had got drunk and 'let it out' that he had stolen Maddie to order as part of a gang.

    "My dad said this gang had been operating for a long time and had snatched children before for couples who couldn't have children of their own.

    "Maddie had been targeted. They took photos of children and sent them to the people they were acting for. And they said Yes or No.

    "Dad said the man told him it was nothing to do with snatching children for a paedophile gang or for a sexual reason.

    "He said there were huge sums of money involved. And he totally believed what this man was saying."

The account fits with others surrounding the Maddie mystery.

Several strange men were seen taking photos of children around the Ocean Club resort in the days before she vanished. And The Sun revealed earlier this year that a British expat thought he had seen Maddie in a white van driven by a gipsy couple the day after she was lost.

Wayne, who had no contact with Hewlett for nearly 20 years, said his father's letter seemed "very genuine".

He added:

    "I don't know if this is what happened to Maddie or not, but it does make sense. I can't believe he'd go to those lengths to make up some elaborate lie when he was so weak and ill."

Wayne said he considered going to Kate and Gerry with the letter but was worried it could cause them more heartache if it gave them false hope.

He added:

    "I actually burned it because it unnerved me so much.

    "To have a letter from someone you hated for so long was just mind-blowing. I couldn't deal with it."

Wayne did not contact The Sun about the message. We learned of its existence through a friend.

But now he intends to sit down with the Maddie detectives to tell them everything he knows.

The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night:

    "We are extremely grateful to Wayne for coming forward with this information and the detective team will be interviewing him as a matter of priority."

 

  

Continue Reading... Labels: Clarence Mitchell, Madeleine McCann, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, Wayne Hewlett

'I know who took Madeleine McCann'

Deathbed letter from paedophile suspect makes abduction clue claim
1 September 2010
Daily Mail


A paedophile suspected of being involved in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann 'confessed' to knowing what happened to the little girl on his deathbed, it has been claimed.

Raymond Hewlett wrote to his estranged son denying he played a part in the three-year-old’s abduction, but claimed he knew she had been ‘stolen to order’ by a gypsy gang.

Detectives working for Kate and Gerry McCann (pictured) are said to be 'extremely interested' in Hewlett's claims and are said to be preparing to interview his son Wayne about the letter

Detectives working for Kate and Gerry McCann (pictured) are said to be 'extremely interested' in Hewlett's claims and are said to be preparing to interview his son Wayne about the letter

But he vowed only to reveal where he was the night she went missing if he was paid thousands of pounds.

Kate and Gerry McCann’s private detectives refused the request.

Today his son Wayne claimed to the Sun that the letter was delivered to him by a mystery man a week after he died in April.

Wayne, who has had no contact with his father for 20 years, claimed his father insisted he had nothing to do with Madeleine’s disappearance – but that he knew who did.

He said: ‘He said a very good gipsy friend he knew in Portugal had got drunk and “let it out” that he had stolen Maddie to order as part of a gang.

‘My dad said this gang had been operating for a long time and had snatched children before for couples who couldn’t have children of their own.

‘Maddie had been targeted. They took photos of children and send them to the people they were acting for. And they said Yes or No.’

Private detectives working for the McCanns are said to be ‘extremely interested’ in the claims and are preparing to interview Wayne.

Wayne, 40, says he burned the letter because it ‘unnerved’ him so much.

The Sun reported they learned of the existence of the note through another source and confirmed they had not been approached by Wayne originally.

Madeleine went missing from The Ocean Club Hotel in Praia da Luz in the Portuguese Algarve while her parents dined at a restaurant on the resort.

Hewlett was living with his family on a campsite an hour’s drive away at the time.

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Wayne Hewlett

Madeleine suspect knows who took her

1 September 2010
UK Parent's Lounge



Raymond Hewlett became a key suspect in the hunt for Madeleine McCann when it was revealed that the convicted paedophile was close to the McCann family in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Investigators searching for Madeleine wanted to talk to Hewlett, who was in hospital dying of cancer, but he did not wish to speak to them.

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Wayne Hewlett

Telford paedophile in deathbed Madeleine McCann confession

1 September 2010 
Telford paedophile in deathbed Madeleine McCann confession 
Shropshire Star
Andy Richardson 

A paedophile from Telford allegedly made a deathbed confession that Madeleine McCann was kidnapped to order.

Raymond Hewlett, who was a suspect in the case, reportedly wrote to his son, Wayne, who lives in Telford, with details.

Hewlett, who died from throat cancer in April, aged 62, had persistently refused to meet detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine from the McCann's holiday flat in Praia da Luz in May 2007. He had been a suspect in the case because of his long record of rape and abduction of children.

His letter to his son, a builder, was delivered by an intermediary and is believed to have caused Wayne so much shock that he burned it.

Wayne reportedly said:

"It was a bolt from the blue and I shook when I read it. "He said he had had nothing to do with taking Madie but did know who had. He said a very good gipsy friend he had in Portugal had got drunk and 'let it out' that he had stolen Maddie to order as part of a gang.

"My dad said this gang had been operating for a long time and had snatched children before for couples who couldn't have children of their own. "Maddie had been targeted. They took photos of children and sent them to the people they were acting for. And they said Yes or No.

 "Dad said the man told him it was nothing to do with snatching children for a paedophile gang or for a sexual reason "He said there were huge sums of money involved. And he totally believed what this man was saying. 

"I actually burned it (the letter) because it unnerved me so much. To have a letter from someone you hated for so long was just mind-blowing. I couldn't deal with it." 

The account fits with other theories regarding Maddie's disappearance, with witnesses saying several strange men were seen taking photographs of children around the Ocean Club resort prior to her disappearance.

Wayne added: "I can't believe he'd go to those lengths to make up some elaborate lie when he was so weak and ill." 

   

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Wayne Hewlett

One time Molseed suspect dies

24 April 2010
Todmorden News

Former Todmorden man once suspected of abducting and murdering an 11-year-old school girl in 1975 has died.

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, Stefan Kiszko

Former suspect in Lesley Molseed murder dies

17 April 2010
Rochdale Observer

Raymond Hewlett in Aachen Germany 2009

The one-time prime suspect in the abduction and murder of 11-year-old Rochdale schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in 1975 has died.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, Stefan Kiszko

Todmorden paedophile dies, aged 64

16 April 2010
Lancashire Telegraph

A convicted paedophile, who lived in Todmorden in the 1970s, and was investigated in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has died.

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, Peter Verran, Raymond Hewlett

A pauper’s funeral for convicted paedophile

16 April 2010
Manchester Evening News
Neal Keeling

A convicted paedophile wrongly believed to have abducted and killed 11-year-old Rochdale schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in 1975 has died.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Rochdale, Stefan Kiszko

Blackpool Maddie suspect dies

12 April 2010
Blackpool Gazette

A Blackpool paedophile, who was a prime suspect in the hunt for Madeleine McCann, has died.

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Scots Guard, Stefan Kiszko

'Maddie perv' Raymond Hewlett dies with his secrets

10 April 2010
The Sun
Neil Syson

A PAEDOPHILE who was a prime suspect in the hunt for Madeleine McCann has died - taking any secrets he had to the grave.

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett

Raymond Hewlett did not abduct Maddie...

It is, however, very possible that he may have murdered Lesley Molseed.

Continue Reading... Labels: Christopher Coverdale, Dick Holland, DNA, FSS, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Ronald Outteridge, Stefan Kiszko

Raymond Hewlett - Background Information

RAYMOND HEWLETT

"Broken, frail, with only weeks to live, Raymond Hewlett is the man the McCanns fear could take the secrets of their daughter's disappearance to the grave."

HEWLETT - BACKGROUND

Continue Reading... Labels: Alan Thompson, Cindy Thompson, Donegal, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Rosalee Dolan, Rosalie Dolan, Scots Guard, West Yorkshire Police

TIMELINE: Hewlett, Molseed, Kiszko, Castree, McCann

TIMELINE

Raymond Hewlett, Lesley Molseed, Stefan Kiszko, Ronald Castree, Madeleine McCann

Continue Reading... Labels: Donegal, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Ronald Outteridge, Rosalee Dolan, Rosalie Dolan, Scots Guard, Stefan Kiszko, West Yorkshire Police

Hewlett alibi in McCann case - 15 year old girl? Email to reporter.

In regard to the Sun article "He's evil enough to have snatched Maddie", published 23 May 2009 and written by Rhodri Phillips and Robin Perrie, I have sent the following email:

Continue Reading... Labels: Bette Balfour, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett, Rosalee Dolan

What came first? The chicken or the egg?

Thank you to "Ironside" for your recent comments/insights.

"There was a sketch of the 'abductor' then when things started hotting up a picture was released of Hewlett. The two descriptions were very much alike. Too much alike. I am now wondering if the sketch for the Mccanns was copied from the photo of Hewlett..very possible."  (Please use "read more" tab for photos and more info.)

Continue Reading... Labels: Gail Cooper, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett

Setting the stage, perhaps?

Tell all before you die, Maddie suspect urged
Allan Hall in Berlin
9 December 2009
The Daily Express

A convicted paedophile wanted for questioning by detectives working for Madeleine McCann's parents is close to death, it was revealed yesterday. Sex fiend Raymond Hewlett, 64, can no longer speak because of throat cancer and lives in a council flat he shares with his partner in Aachen, Germany.

Continue Reading... Labels: David Edgar, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, paedophiles, Peter Verran, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Scots Guard, Stefan Kiszko

Det Chief Supt Max McLean & Raymond Hewlett

Articles re: Det Chief Supt Max McLean and the Lesley Molseed murder investigation.

As you will see, McLean stated many times and over many years that Raymond Hewlett was the prime suspect in 11 year old Lesley's brutal killing.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Stefan Kiszko, West Yorkshire Police

Not the first time YOU don't have a right to know

The murder of Lesley Molseed was also exempt from the public's RIGHT TO KNOW. The Mirror submitted an FOI request for the police files to be released in 2007. The request was denied. Note that Max McLean is also in the news regarding the McCann case. He traveled to Germany to interview Raymond Hewlett.

Continue Reading... Labels: Dick Holland, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Outteridge, Stefan Kiszko