Did the jailed Madeleine suspect take my little boy Yeremi too
Sunday Express
From James Murray IN GRAN CANARIA
28 June 2009
A MURDER suspect that Madeleine McCann investigators want to quiz worked in a shop near where a boy of seven disappeared, we reveal today.
Heartbroken Spanish single mum Ithaisa Suarez, above, now says the man Madeleine private investigators w ant to question should also be asked about the disappearance of her son Yeremi Vargus in the Canary Islands, The British man is on remand in a UK prison awaiting trial for the alleged murder of a British woman and cannot be identified for legal reasons.
Private investigators are building up a picture of his movements in the Iberian peninsular and are trying to establish if he was in Praia da Luz on Portugal's Algarve coast when Maddie w as snatched in May 2007.
Retired detective inspector Dave Edgar says he is among seven "persons of interest" to their investigation and he wants to know if Madeleine's disappearance is in any way linked to the abduction of Yeremi Vargus on Gran Canaria on March 10, 2007.
Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express Ithaisa said: "This is a very complicated story and very mysterious but just maybe we are getting closer to the truth. Every day I pray for answers, so I hope at last we finally know what happened."
Her shy and softly spoken son vanished while playing on rough ground next to his villa home in the town of Vecindario, 20 miles down the coast from the island's capital, Los Palmas.
"Yeremi was playing by himself with his little yellow bucket, " she said, brushing away a tear.
"He was only on his own for four minutes. It is very safe around here and I know all the neighbours. All the children play together in the street.
"I was just about to call him in for lunch but when I went outside he was gone. There was just his yellow bucket lying there on the ground.
"I called out his name, but nothing.
It was in the middle of the day but someone just came along and scooped him in their arms and took him away. I think they must have used a vehicle, a car or a van. One minute he was there, the next he went into thin air. Everyone in the town searched for him.
"Later the police told me the detectives from Los Palmas told them they were interested in a British man."
The island police had been alerted because the man had served a lengthy prison sentence in Britain for serious offences against children.
Ithaisa added: "They told me he first worked in a shop not far from my home and then went to live in the south of the island and apparently did cleaning work. He seemed to move about a lot.
"When poor Madeleine vanished in Portugal I wrote to her parents, Mr and Mrs McCann as I wanted to show sympathy. I wondered then and still wonder if the person who took Yeremi also took Madeleine. These are unusual crimes for anyone to commit. You have to be a certain type of person.
