Portuguese Detectives Launch New Search At Madeleine McCann Apartment
October 9, 2007 | Filed under News
It has been reported that Portuguese detectives have launched new searches at the apartment where Madeleine McCann disappeared. This is the first time the detectives have returned to the scene since late July. The seven officers entered the house at 7am today and remained inside until the early afternoon as they continued their attempt to build a case against suspects Gerry and Kate McCann.
Among the officers was Chief Inspector Tavares Almeida, the officer who recently asked to be taken off the case on unpaid leave after interviewing Mrs McCann. In the eyes of the Portuguese police, the apartment in Praia da Luz “holds the key” to solving the case of missing Madeleine.
There were also new searches at the beach and DNA samples from the flat and the McCann’s hire care are still being processed every week.
Lawyers acting for the parents have hired their own forensic experts to repudiate the DNA evidence which allegedly links the parents to the four-year-old’s disappearance.
Gerry and Kate McCann insist that all the allegations made against them can be made innocently and have gone “on the front foot” in making sure they have a defence case to clear them of their suspect status.
What do you think of the new investigation being carried out by Portuguese police?
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Hi I do not think it is a very good investigation at all did not look into it properly at the beginning - they should have looked at Kate and Gerry and Friends straight away and then it would not be going along these lines. I feel strongly Kate and Gerry are not involved in the CRIME - mind u they should not have left little ones in the flat alone a big no no.
Err…It looks to me like Paulo Rebelo is being professional and is just doing a hand over as you do when starting a new job don’t you think? Only this time Mr Rebelo is doing a better job…and by that I mean he’s doing what Mr Amaral and Tavares Almeida should have done in the first place! Unidentified DNA and fingerprints were recovered during a series of earlier searches! And the police were unable to trace a number of mobile telephone calls made on the night Madeleine was taken! I feel sorry for the McCann family : ((
I am glad that the new man is leading the ongoing investigation into the vanishing of little Madeleine. I approve of the new plan, to search the apartment where she was sleeping at the time she vanished. It seems to me that the Police have the best chance of solving this case if they do this. If her mother killed her accidentally in the apartment, they are most likely to ascertain that by searching there, the beach nearby, and so forth; along with seeing what the DNA tests finally reveal. If Madeleine wandered off and died, it is also best that Police search nearby.
Although I think it is good practice, generally, for Police to continue to look for a living child who has been abducted; in this case, I think that enough publicity has been given, worldwide, for this child’s safe return. Not much indicates she is actually alive. For this reason, I think the Police will do best to be extremely thorough in their search of the Algarve and its surroundings.
Hi, I say let the police work their bit. As far as giving personal opinions everybody should wait until everything is uncovered. I think there is still much to be discovered. I think many people will change their minds in a near future.
It’s not that clear the events that happenned and led to the disapearance of the little toddler. But we shouldn’t say bad words about the family or the police until all is resolved! I think things will be resolved and the mystery uncovered.
I think the mom has somethink to do with it not in a nasty selfish way but who can tell. 1 fact: WHY would they leave 3 children in the house and WHY would the kiddnapper not take all three of them but they only took madeline. kate mcann THINK