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MCCANNS ARE STILL THE MAIN SUSPECTS |
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Original Source:
22 NOVEMBER 2007 |
Thursday November 22,2007
By Nick Fagge in Praia da
Luz |
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PORTUGUESE police are preparing to halt their investigation into the
disappearance of Madeleine McCann - despite insisting her parents remain the
prime suspects.
Detectives led by one of Portugal’s
most senior policemen Paulo Rebelo are preparing to pack up and return to the
capital Lisbon.
National Director of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) Alipio
Ribeiro is also said to be considering dismantling the team created especially
to investigate the disappearance of the four-year-old youngster from Praia da Luz on 3 May.
Portuguese police are still waiting for the full results of forensic tests on
Gerry and Kate McCann’s hire car and holiday flat which led detectives to
implicate the couple in the disappearance of their own daughter. But whatever
the outcome the findings are not expected to alter the detectives’ belief that
Madeleine is dead or that their parents played a role.
One police source said: “We are practically back where we started. “The parents
are still the prime suspects in hiding their daughter’s body, not of her death
which was probably accidental, but there is no firm proof. “Detectives are
getting ready to pack their bags.
“Given the current state of the investigation, police chiefs are considering
demobilising the team sent specifically to investigate the case and are even
planning on moving Paulo Rebelo, the head of the investigation, onto tasks of
greater responsibility.”
Another polide source quoted in Portuguese daily 24 Horas added: “No proof has been collected up until now that
incriminates anybody. “The laboratory results received up until now do not
allow us to reach any conclusions.” Sources close the PJ also claimed that
detectives plan to close the case by Christmas “unless a new piece of evidence
falls out of the sky”.
Officers believe Madeleine will never be found and that it is right that the
shadow of suspicion should continue to hang over the McCanns. Pulling
investigating officers out of the Algarve
and returning them to Lisbon
will be a highly controversial as Mr Rebelo only took over the investigation
from disgraced former chief investigator Goncalo Amaral seven weeks ago.
The new team - said to be among Portugal’s
best detectives - has so far failed to turn up any new leads on the whereabouts
of the missing girl. Mr Ribeiro has recently admitted that there may never be
arrests over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.
He said in an interview: “I still don’t know if there are going to be any
arrests. A criminal investigation cannot produce miracles. We still do not have
the solution.” Portuguese police are still thought to be waiting for UK mobile phone
operators to provide them with a list of calls made by the McCanns on May 3 as
well as the full DNA test results.
The suggestion the Madeleine McCann inquiry is about to be shelved will come as
a devastating blow to her parents - and risks leaving them suspects for life.
Last night the McCann’s spokesman urged the Portuguese police not to abandon
their search for the missing four-year-old.
Clarence Mitchell said: “We hope that the Portuguese police are continuing
their investigations thoroughly and will not stop until they have established
the truth in Madeleine’s disappearance.
“We want her returned as soon as possible and our own private investigators
continue to work closely with the Portuguese police and hope they will maintain
whatever level of manpower necessary to ensure she is returned safe and well.”
News that the official hunt for the missing youngster may soon be over was also
described as the “worst-case scenario” by the family. A family friend said:
“The worst thing that could happen is for the case to close and Gerry and Kate
to remain official suspects.” Robert Murat, the third arguido or official
suspect alongside Gerry and Kate, would also be left in limbo.
Earlier this month it was claimed that police had scaled back their
investigation because they were running out of money. The six month
investigation is known to have put immense financial pressure on the Judicial
Police.
The McCanns have brought in their own private investigators after lawyers
claimed leads were not being properly followed up.
And it has been reported that the McCanns would have a legal case to sue the
Portuguese police for up to £1 million for failing to find their daughter and
for bungling the investigation. The couple believe a string of policing errors
in the early stages of the probe allowed Madeleine’s abductor to escape.
The McCanns firmly believe their daughter was snatched by an abductor from her
bed at the Ocean Club holiday apartment. However Portuguese police are
convinced Madeleine is dead and her parents were involved in hiding her body,
possibly with help from their friends.
Detectives named Kate and Gerry as arguido or formal suspects in September
after sniffer dogs reportedly discovered the scent of death in the couple’s
hire car and microscopic traces of blood were found at their holiday apartment.
The McCanns and their friends all strenuously deny any involvement in Madeleines disappearance. |
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