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Madeleine McCann DNA Results, Maddie's Parents Now Under Attack
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By Lynda Johnson
Aug 9, 2007 |
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Tests have revealed that a DNA sample taken from a restaurant where a woman reported seeing Madeleine McCann was not that of the missing four-year-old girl. The examination of the bottle shows that the DNA was that of a man, but Belgian prosecutors said they do not prove Madeleine was not there.
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Spokeswoman Katja Vandoren said: "This does not mean that Madeleine's presence is ruled out. "The possibility exists that the bottle was finished by the man who was with the little girl present." According to Sky News, Ms Vandoren said the DNA profile had been checked with Belgian and Dutch central DNA databases and had not found any matches.
Police are still strenuously searching for a black Volvo used by a couple and a toddler in the east Belgian town of Tongeren. A child therapist had said she was "100% sure" she saw the missing four-year-old at a restaurant in the town, not far from the Dutch border, on July 28.
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Parents Under Attack - There is now what appears to be yet another smear campaign aimed at the parents of the missing four-year old. Portuguese newspapers repeated claims that detectives now believe Madeleine was killed in the McCann holiday flat rather than abducted.
Francisco Pagarete said: "Some people in Praia da Luz say, 'These bloody McCanns should just go away and leave this town. They are giving it a bad name'. According to the Scotsman, one paper (Diario de Noticias) has even suggested that police "intercepted" e-mails and phone calls between the McCanns and the friends on holiday with them when Madeleine vanished.
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A close friend of Madeleine McCann’s parents said yesterday that a “hurtful and ludicrous” smear campaign was being conducted against the family. The Times reports that Rachael Oldfield, who was dining with Gerry and Kate McCann when Madeleine disappeared, was responding to reports in Portuguese newspapers claiming that police believed Madeleine had been killed and her family and friends had information about her death.
Mrs Oldfield, 36, said yesterday that she thought Portuguese police were briefing against the family. “I think there are some leaks coming from the police because a lot of what I have read is completely untrue,” she said. “It is very hurtful and it is all rather ludicrous. But it is difficult to defend ourselves because the investigation and everything in it is confidential.”
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