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Family Made Fatal Errors - Police

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Original Source: SKY: 17 JUNE 2007
Updated: 21:42, Sunday June 17, 2007
 
Vital evidence in the Madeleine McCann investigation was destroyed by her family and well-wishers in the hours after her abduction, police say.

More than 20 people crammed into the holiday apartment where she was snatched in the chaotic hours after her disappearance.

Officers in Portugal say the well-meaning actions which may have destroyed forensic evidence could prove "fatal".

A friend of Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate said the comments were "very unhelpful" even if they were true.

The couple were said to be "dismayed" by the remarks.

The source said: "It's insensitive at the very least. Of course the family are going to search the apartment.

"If your child goes missing, you search under the beds, in the wardrobes, behind the doors, everywhere.

"It's inevitable that there were people in the bedroom. Even if what the police are saying is true, it's very unhelpful to say it publicly."

Among those in the apartment were friends, family, other holidaymakers and staff from the Ocean Club resort who touched furniture and opened and closed doors.

Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said: "The presence of so many people - especially in the room where the little girl slept with her brother and sister - could have at least complicated the work of the forensic team.

"At the very worst they would have destroyed all the evidence. This could prove to be fatal for the investigation."

It is now 45 days since four-year-old Madeleine was snatched from her family's apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.

Despite a mass of publicity there has been no sign of her since, but her parents say they still believe she is alive.

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