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alp227

(32,026 posts)
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 04:53 PM Jul 2013

Madeleine McCann: police target 38 suspects

Source: The Guardian

British detectives are targeting 38 potential suspects from five countries as they open a fresh criminal investigation into the Madeleine McCann case six years after she went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal.

A formal request for assistance has been sent to the Portuguese authorities as officers from the Metropolitan police pursue what senior detectives involved say are "new theories and new evidence" about what happened to the three-year-old.

Detectives are preparing to be based in Portugal once the authorities there approve, as anticipated, the request to provide assistance to their investigation.

Officers are also working with police and authorities in three other European countries where potential suspects are based, with the aim of asking for their future assistance with inquiries and arrests.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/04/madeleine-mccann-police-target-38-suspects

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Madeleine McCann: police target 38 suspects (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2013 OP
38!? Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #1
it's what's been suspected since nearly the beginning... magical thyme Jul 2013 #3
They fell down because that is what happens when they are connected to government and kickbacks SugarShack Jul 2013 #5
I hope this nightmare ends soon for the parents. Boomerproud Jul 2013 #2
They're not all suspects. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #4
 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
3. it's what's been suspected since nearly the beginning...
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 05:19 PM
Jul 2013

I have a vague memory of reading about a fax of a little blond girl asking something to the effect of "will this one do?" Portugal really fell down on this early on, as I recall. Leads like the above that weren't followed up on immediately.

If she is alive, her life has sadly likely been in hell.

 

SugarShack

(1,635 posts)
5. They fell down because that is what happens when they are connected to government and kickbacks
Fri Jul 5, 2013, 12:12 AM
Jul 2013

Remember the Franklin Cover Up?

Boomerproud

(7,954 posts)
2. I hope this nightmare ends soon for the parents.
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 05:02 PM
Jul 2013

It would be the most joyful news if they find her alive and rescue her, but I hope there is resolution, and justice, either way.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
4. They're not all suspects.
Thu Jul 4, 2013, 05:19 PM
Jul 2013

They are all those previously interviewed by the police some of whom just provided witness statements. This was explained carefully on UK tv news when the officer in charge was interviewed.

None of the 38 are the parents of Madeleine. The police believe the child to be alive.

Nothing changes the fact that the parents should not have left the child alone.

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