McCann's not told of "crucial" forensic evidence · 2007-09-06 17:22
The potentially crucial breakthrough in the case of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann came after experts at the Forensic Science Service (FSS) in Birmingham spent the last month analysing evidence from the the McCanns' holiday apartment where the four-year-old disappeared on May 3. The samples taken from the flat included hair, fibres and traces of blood on the wall in Madeleine's bedroom.
Samples were also taken from the McCanns, the group of friends who were on holiday with them in the Algarve and Robert Murat, the 33-year-old British expat, who is soon to be cleared of his status as the only named suspect in the case.
Mr and Mrs McCann were warned the forensic results would take weeks. But Kate and Gerry McCann did not heard the news from the Portuguese authorities.
"The police have Gerry's mobile phone number and can call him at any time, but he was not called before he found out from the newspapers. That is bound to be frustrating," a friend of the McCanns said.
"The Portuguese police have not phoned them and have not told them about the test results. "We will await official confirmation as they always do," the couple's spokeswoman confirmed.
A FSS spokeswoman refused to comment on the specifics of the case. She confirmed investigations were still continuing.
Portuguese police spokesman Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa refused to confirm that the results had been received.
He said that all lines of inquiry "are the same since the beginning" . And he added that they "are taking special attention" on the hypothesis "of the little girl being dead," Telegraph.co.uk informed.
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