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Police Launch New Search for Maddy
Police Launch New Search
for Maddy
Oct 15, 2007 3:38 AM CDT

Police Launch New Search for Maddy

Bloody footprint discovered outside bedroom

(Newser) - Investigators are launching a fresh, extensive search for missing toddler Madeleine McCann, London newspapers are reporting. The search will focus within a 9-mile radius of the Portuguese resort where the toddler disappeared on vacation, including coastline, isolated villas, forests and a reservoir. Police have also revealed they discovered evidence of...

Brit Tourists' DNA Sought in Maddy Case

Investigators aim to match evidence to possible kidnapper

(Newser) - British tourists staying at the same resort where toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared have been told to provide fingerprints and DNA samples to aid the ongoing investigation by Portuguese police, reports the London Times. The move is an attempt to help investigators identify evidence found in the McCann's Portugal apartment that...

Maddy DNA Evidence Found on Beach
Maddy DNA Evidence
Found on Beach
Oct 7, 2007 8:17 AM CDT

Maddy DNA Evidence Found on Beach

Discovery indicates toddler may have been buried or taken by boat

(Newser) - A retired South African police superintendent who has helped find several missing children has discovered DNA evidence of toddler Madeleine McCann on the beach near the resort where she disappeared, reports the Guardian. The evidence indicates Madeleine may have been buried there at some point—or taken to sea by...

Maddy Cop Yanked off Case After Blasting Brits

Bobbies doing what parents say, he claims

(Newser) - A Portuguese detective has been yanked off the investigation into toddler Madeleine McCann’s disappearance after he openly attacked his British counterparts in a newspaper interview. He accused investigators of following only leads suggested by Madeleine's parents, including one accusing a former maid of the resort where the McCanns stayed....

Maddy Probe Points to Maid at Resort

Investigators pursue tip about recently fired employee

(Newser) - A maid who had recently been fired from the Portuguese resort where Madeleine McCann and her family were staying when the girl disappeared is the latest person to come under investigators' scrutiny. Police learned the maid's identity from an email tip sent from somewhere on the Iberian peninsula to Prince...

Morocco Lead Is False Alarm in Maddy Search

Photographed local girl is not missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann

(Newser) - The resemblance between missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann and the girl in a photograph taken by vacationers in Morocco is just that: a resemblance. Journalist Rashid Razaq flew to Morocco and tracked down the girl, Sky News reports. “She has got a resemblance to Madeleine," Razaq said, “but...

Possible Maddy Photo Surfaces
Possible Maddy Photo Surfaces
Sep 26, 2007 8:23 AM CDT

Possible Maddy Photo Surfaces

Tourist in Morocco snapped pic of blonde girl resembling the missing child

(Newser) - A Spaniard on holiday in Morocco has introduced the latest twist in the Madeleine McCann case: A blurry photo in which a similar-looking blond girl peeks around the woman carrying her on her back, almost as if to say "Help me." The photo, snapped at about 200 meters...

McCann Prosecutor: No Body, No Case
McCann Prosecutor:
No Body, No Case
Sep 25, 2007 3:36 AM CDT

McCann Prosecutor: No Body, No Case

'Extremely complicated' to move forward, says prosecutor

(Newser) - A Portuguese prosecutor has announced that unless the body of Madeleine McCann is found, it would be nearly impossible to convict her parents of her murder. Suspects Kate and Gerry McCann vowed to continue to search for their daughter, who disappeared on vacation from her bedroom while her parents were...

McCanns' Own Request Led to Questioning

Maddy's parents asked for the sniffer dogs that implicated them

(Newser) - Kate and Gerry McCann's request that Portuguese police go back over evidence in the case of their daughter's disappearance led investigators to suspect them, reports the Guardian. The sniffer dogs brought in detected the "scent of death" on Kate's clothes, and new DNA evidence seemed to indicate that Madeleine's...

Case Against Maddy's Parents May Be Faltering

Police find 'no new evidence' as DNA is called into question

(Newser) - Since making the parents of Madeleine McCann suspects in her May 3 disappearance, Portuguese police have found "no new evidence" to support their case, reports the Daily Mail. A senior prosecutor hasn't asked a judge to bring charges and detectives have not scheduled new interviews with Kate and Gerry...

Cops Head to England With Questions for McCanns

Maddy's parents offer explanation

(Newser) - Portuguese investigators headed to England to question Madeleine McCann's parents just hours after the couple announced they have "perfectly innocent" explanations for how their missing daughter's DNA wound up in the trunk of their rental car. The detectives are expected to hand a list of 40 questions to British...

Branson Starts Legal Fund for Maddy's Parents

Virgin chair donates $200K to couple's defense, seeks donors

(Newser) - Colorful Virgin chair Richard Branson has donated $200,000 to help Maddy's parents plead their case. He had already contributed to a $2 million fund to help find their daughter,  Madeleine, who disappeared in Portugal on May 3. Branson stepped up his support when he heard that the couple...

Maddy Cops: We Goofed
Maddy Cops:
We Goofed
Sep 16, 2007 8:32 AM CDT

Maddy Cops: We Goofed

Early mistakes will make case against parents nearly impossible: source

(Newser) - Portuguese police believe that early mistakes in the Madeleine McCann case have crippled their investigation, a source has told the Observer. Police are now unified in suspecting Maddy's parents in her disappearance, but it will be nearly impossible to bring charges against them due to lack of evidence. Part of...

Maddy's Family Plans Ad Blitz
Maddy's Family Plans Ad Blitz
Sep 15, 2007 1:06 PM CDT

Maddy's Family Plans Ad Blitz

Campaign will 'remind everyone that Madeleine is still missing'

(Newser) - Madeleine's McCann's family will launch an aggressive advertising campaign to boost the search for the missing 4 year old, even as investigators have turned their attention to her parents themselves. Ads will run in newspapers and on billboards and TV in Portugal, Spain, and other European sites. The blitz, slated...

Affleck Flick Won't Run in UK
Affleck Flick Won't Run in UK
Sep 14, 2007 5:59 PM CDT

Affleck Flick Won't Run in UK

Gone Baby Gone plot closely resembles story of missing Madeleine McCann

(Newser) - Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, won't open in the UK because of eerie similarities between the film and the disappearance of British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, Variety reports. Affleck said it has been withheld out of concern for the McCann connection. A film release, he noted, "is just...

Car Evidence Shows Maddy OD'd on Pills: Report

Portuguese judge orders seizure of mom's diary on 'hyperactive' kids

(Newser) - Portuguese police claim they discovered evidence in the family's rental car that missing Madeleine McCann died of an overdose of sleeping pills, reports the Daily Mail, quoting a French investigative reporter. In a related development, a Portuguese judge has instructed British police to seize mother Kate McCann's diary, in which...

Maddy's Parents Back Home
Maddy's Parents Back Home
Sep 9, 2007 8:50 AM CDT

Maddy's Parents Back Home

Couple flies to England after they're named as suspects in daughter's disappearance

(Newser) - The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann flew home to England today after being named as suspects in their daughter's disappearance by Portuguese police. "While it is heartbreaking to return to the UK without Madeleine, it does not mean we are giving up the search for her," said...

Both McCanns Now Suspects in Maddy Case

Police pursuing accidental death and cover-up scenario

(Newser) - Portuguese police added Gerry McCann as a suspect in his daughter Madeleine's disappearance yesterday, 12 hours after naming his wife. No charges have been brought against the couple, who were questioned separately over 24 hours, and released. Authorities offered Kate McCann a plea bargain, saying she would serve just two...

Mother of Missing Girl Named Suspect

Police investigating whether Maddy was killed accidentally

(Newser) - Portuguese police named the mother of a missing British girl a suspect in her disappearance today and are investigating whether she accidentally killed her daughter. After a marathon interview yesterday, police again questioned Kate McCann, who was booed by onlookers as she entered the precinct, the London Times reports. McCann...

Cops Will Name Me as Suspect: Maddy's Mom

Missing toddler's mother expects to be named a suspect

(Newser) - The mother of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, grilled for 11 hours by Portuguese police yesterday, expects to be named a suspect in her daughter's disappearance, according to a family spokesman. Kate McCann is "shocked and surprised" by the turn of events, said the friend. Her husband was expected...

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