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Stella, Absolutely agree with you. Sue

Copy of First Post article Sue mentioned below: Phone intercepts ‘confirm Maddy’s death’ Intercepted telephone calls and emails between the McCanns and their friends have 'confirmed the death of Madeleine' say police, according to one Portuguese newspaper today. The intercepts are said to have been made in a joint operation conducted by Portuguese and British police officers. Diario de Noticias reports investigators have already concluded that the missing four-year-old was killed in the apartment where she slept in Praia da Luz. It says that Maddy's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann (right), and their friends who were holidaying at the Ocean Club, will be brought in for further questioning. Police are awaiting new tests from the McCanns' Renault Scenic. According to another paper, Jornal de Noticias, police want to examine inconsistencies in the statements of Kate and Gerry McCann, who wereinterviewed separately late into the night early on in the investigation. In particular, they want to focus on a three-hour period in which only the McCanns saw Madeleine. Respected news agency Lusa quotes one police source saying that they think 'there's light at the end of the tunnel' and that the authorities have 'an idea of what could have happened' to the four-year-old. Police have known 'for a month' that Madeleine had died in the apartment, it is widely reported. The tabloid newspaper 24 Horas says that the police are looking for Madeleine's body in the sea, helped by English sniffer dogs. They have intensified searches around the nearby town of Lagos and along the Algarvian coast, it says. Blood found in the apartment two days ago has arrived in Britain for DNA analysis: a result can be expected inside 48 hours.

I hope and pray that this news article is a total fabrication although it's a highly dangerous game to play to print that kind of information and it not be the case. I have said on various threads many time, my opinion of the whole situation, something stinks and it needs to be sorted. I hope and pray too that little Maddie is alive and looked after well but I don't in my heart of hearts feel that is the case anymore. Poor little Maddie, whatever has happened I hope you didn't/haven't suffered. I hope you are alive and well looked after. Why would any parent want to leave you alone with your little brother and sister? Lyn x

I agree Joy. I would never have been in the same situation as they were, but IF I was, the guilt would have got the better of me long before now. Marion

I didn't post it before because of all the arguments on here previously. I only offered the link because it is in the public domain. Sue

Just read it Sue. I am saying nothing. Marion

That is fairly innocuous compared to the published article, click link to read, remove brackets first. http://www.thefirstpost(.)co.uk/index.php?storyID=8144 Sue

hi lynn,i hope and pray she is alive,i think if they had just admitted they made a bad decision with awful consequences,people would have been more supportive to them.xx

This reported this evening below

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have shown signs of strain as they face a growing backlash in Portugal. The lawyer of the only suspect in the case criticised their 'strange' behaviour in leaving their children alone on the night the young girl vanished. And Portuguese newspapers repeated claims that detectives now believe Madeleine was killed in the McCann holiday flat rather than abducted. Kate and Gerry McCann have moved to a new apartment in the Algarve village of Praia da Luz, where their four-year-old daughter disappeared on May 3. But this week they have been besieged by a 'huge gaggle' of Portuguese media outside their new accommodation, a family spokesman said. The couple have stopped their daily routine of taking their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie to the creche at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz. The move follows concerns about photographers and film crews taking pictures of their children and disturbing holidaymakers using the child-minding facility. Francisco Pagarete, lawyer of Robert Murat, the only suspect in Madeleine's disappearance, said he thought it 'strange' that parents would leave their children alone in a foreign country. Mr and Mrs McCann left their three children asleep in their apartment on May 3 while they ate with friends at a nearby tapas restaurant. The couple have strongly defended their judgment that it was safe to leave their children alone. The pair are also said to have found recent suggestions in the Portuguese press that Madeleine was murdered on the night she vanished 'very hurtful'. They have consistently said they believe their daughter is still alive.