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LISBON
(AFP) - The parents of a missing toddler Madeleine McCann, on Thursday
criticised a Dutch newspaper for giving details of an anonymous letter which
claimed to know where she was buried near a Portuguese village.
Portuguese police scoured remote ground for the body of Madeleine McCann
following the tipoff which was handed over by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
"We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter
in The Telegraaf (Netherlands) claiming to know where
Madeleine is buried," said the girl's father, Gerry McCann writing on a
website devoted to the search for Madeleine.
"We were very upset that the credibility of this letter had not been
examined and, more importantly, published before the Portuguese police had an
opportunity to investigate the claim, and search the area if appropriate
without massive media attention.
"We feel strongly that this was an irresponsible piece of journalism and
even if it were true is insensitive and cruel.
"One can imagine how upsetting it is for Kate and I
to hear of such claims through the media and if every piece of information was
published like this there would be nothing else in the newspapers."
About a dozen investigators searched the scrubland near the southern village of Odiaxere,
police spokesman Olegario de Sousa said.
The spot could correspond to that marked on a map which accompanied the
anonymous letter.
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf said Wednesday it had
received the anonymous letter giving details of where to find the body of the
missing four-year-old British girl.
Madeleine vanished from the hotel room where she and her two-year-old twin
siblings were sleeping in the southern resort town of Praia da Luz on May
3 while her parents were dining at a nearby restaurant.
According to the letter, the girl's body is hidden about 15 kilometres (nine
miles) north of Praia da Luz "under trees and
rocks, five or six metres from the road", in barren ground.
The daily said the letter was similar to one it received last year which had
indicated with some accuracy the site where two missing Belgian girls' bodies
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