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
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)That sounds like a pedophile network. For that little girl's sake, I truly hope that isn't the case.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)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)Remember the Franklin Cover Up?
Boomerproud
(7,955 posts)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)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.