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Madeleine McCann parents give an interview to Spanish newspaper El Mundo
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By h.b. - Aug 22, 2007 - 8:31 AM
Kate and Gerry McCann on one of their many trips in search of their daughter - Archive Photo EFE
Kate and Gerry McCann on one of their many trips in search of their daughter - Archive Photo EFE
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They told the paper that they think their daughter is still alive and could be in Spain

The parents of missing British youngster, Madeleine McCann, who went missing on the Algarve in Portugal 111 days ago, say they think their daughter is still alive and in Spain.

Kate and Gerry Mc Cann told the El Mundo newspaper in a telephone interview that they still believe that there is a real chance of finding the child alive.

‘If someone has a car’, they observed, ‘it’s evident that they could cross into Spain – there is no control on the frontier’.
‘We don’t have the smallest doubt’, the said, ‘we completely trust our friends’, and they insisted that Madeleine would not become just another statistic.

It’s understood the couple got in touch with the Spanish newspaper as part of their continuing strategy of keeping the story alive in the world’s media.

The couple said they had received a lot of support from the Spanish people and that they had treated Madeleine’s disappearance as if she was a Spanish child.
Meanwhile in a separate case, two teenage girls, aged 15 and 13 from Pontevedra, who disappeared on Sunday, have been found safe and well.

Patricia Rodríguez and Joana Couto were found to be in the company of a 25 year old local man, known as ‘El Ermitaño –The Hermit’.

He has been arrested and is believed to have shared a flat with the older sisters of the missing girls.


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Readers' comments:
hugh
08 Sep 2007, 09:05
Of course I would not want to be in their shoes, but Wow!- is that an executive jet they are on in the picture?
Not attacking them, but they seem to have been incredibly efficient in setting up their search and fundraising.
Mike
08 Sep 2007, 16:13
They are suspects. Of course. Come on, what an incredible story they told the police and the media. They lied all the time.
AXJ-Spain
29 Sep 2007, 05:56
People are getting fed up with all the lies. Parents which leave 3 small children unattended in a hotel room in a foreign country don't deserve to be parents. What are the British Social Services doing about it?
AXJ
02 Oct 2007, 08:11
New allegations surface in McCann case
Published in: Legalbrief Today
Date: Tue 02 October 2007
Category: Criminal
Issue No: 1922




Portuguese police believe Madeleine McCann died after falling down a flight of steps and that her parents panicked, hiding her body because they feared they would be blamed.

They suspect that the four-year-old smashed the back of her head on a ceramic flagstone at her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz. Fearing they would be charged with manslaughter, Kate and Gerry McCann then got rid of the body, possibly with the help of their friends, it was alleged. The Daily Telegraph notes that Kate McCann has said she would be willing to risk going to prison by speaking out about the events of May 3 in breach of Portugal's secrecy laws. As suspects, the couple are prevented from speaking about the investigation, and have expressed frustration that they are not able to defend themselves against increasingly lurid allegations regarding their daughter's fate.
Full report in The Telegraph
anonimo
10 Oct 2007, 00:28
POR FAVOR DE VUELVANOS A NUESTRA PEQUEÑA NIÑA MADELINE MC CANN SI TIENEN ALGUNA IFONRMACION AVISEN A LAS AUTORIDADES PORTUGESAS O DE OTRA PARTE POR FAVOR REGRESEN A MADELINE MC CANN CON SUS PADRES Y HERMANOS POR FAVOR, MADELINE MC CANN SE LOS AGRADECERIA MUCHO.O SI ENCUETREN SU CADAVER O SI LA VEN A MADELINE O QUE SE PARESCA AVISARLES A LAS AUTORIDADES PORTUGUESAS O INGLATERRA...
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