Portuguese police have built their case against Gerry and Kate McCann based entirely on UK forensic tests, as local analysis failed to link them to their daughter Madeleine's disappearance. The National Institute of Legal Medicine in Portugal found no evidence from hair and DNA samples to suggest the four-year-old died in the holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.
A source stated: 'Nothing allows us to say the girl died in that apartment.' However, tests by the Forensic Science Service in Birmingham allegedly support the theory that the McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, were involved. Findings reportedly include Madeleine's DNA from bodily fluids and hair found in a hire car rented by her parents 25 days after she vanished on 3 May.
The analysis is understood to have shown that bodily fluids in the silver Renault came from a body, not a live person. Sources claimed the quantity was too great to have been transferred from toys or clothing transported in the car, suggesting it was used to move Madeleine's body. If true, this would be compelling evidence against the McCanns, potentially leading to fresh interrogations or charges.
Friends of the McCanns insist there are innocent explanations for the alleged results, calling the slurs particularly painful as the family prepares to mark a sad milestone. Meanwhile, two police officers who responded on the night of the disappearance claimed their bosses 'messed up big' by allowing the crime scene to become contaminated, with one saying: 'When we arrived it was chaos. Everyone had walked through the place.'
