They had also stepped on a couple of branches, breaking them. The men who had done this all wore moccasins, but they didn’t walk like Indians they walked like what they were: white men. But after only a hasty look-around, Bodine knew it was not. This act of torture was supposed to look like the work of Indians. He smoked and pondered the situation, not liking any of it. Then the man squatted down and pulled the makings out of his vest pocket and rolled a smoke, licking the tube tight and lighting up. Had there been more people around, the animals would not be so careless.īodine walked back to his horse and picked up the reins where he’d ground-reined the big line-back dun stallion and tied the reins to a low branch. A squirrel came down the side of a tree and began searching the ground for food. The bird began preening itself and Bodine relaxed. He watched as a bird flew in and landed on a branch. One look at the expression frozen on his dead face told him that the man had died long and hard.īodine stood up and carefully swept his surroundings with his eyes, missing nothing. The man’s bare feet were still in the smoldering fire. Madeleine was aged three when she disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3 2007.The body was still warm, and Matt Bodine’s eyes did not linger long on the hideously tortured flesh of the man. “I cannot hold you, yet I do: please let me hold you in my head and where you are now, hold me too.” Part of the poem reads: “The absence contradicts itself: the missing conjures what we miss.
The couple, of Rothley, Leicestershire, also posted a poem named The Contradiction, written by Clare Pollard, which they said resonates strongly as they mark the anniversary. Thank you to everyone for your support – it really helps.” “The police investigation continues, and we await a breakthrough. “It is hard to find the words to convey how we feel. In a short statement on the official Find Madeleine Campaign website, Kate and Gerry McCann said: “Today marks the 16th anniversary of Madeleine’s abduction. The parents of Madeleine McCann have marked the 16th anniversary of her disappearance by thanking well-wishers and saying she is “still very much missed”.
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