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Post by Admin on Oct 30, 2013 22:34:03 GMT
POLICE probing Madeleine McCann’s disappearance want to interview two odd-job men who worked at the Algarve holiday club where she vanished. Police want to interview two handy men who worked at the club where Madeleine McCann went missing The pair had worked inside the McCann family’s apartment two days before she was snatched. They later told police a gang of gypsies were responsible for burglaries in the area. The Portuguese men are just two of 41 on a Scotland Yard list of “people of interest”. They were employed at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz. More than 130 employees were quizzed by detectives led by former police chief Goncalo Amaral in the original inquiry. They included the two maintenance workers who fixed a window blind in the McCanns’ holiday apartment two days before the three-year-old went missing. Luis Ferro and Mario Moreira were ordered to flat 5A to mend a broken blind in parents Kate and Gerry McCann’s bedroom around 10am on May 1, 2007. During an interview four days after Madeleine vanished Mr Ferro blamed gypsies for a spate of thefts in the area but offered no information on how the youngster disappeared. The handyman told officers he saw Roma stealing firewood from one of the resort’s warehouses about four months before the girl’s disappearance. Mr Moreira, who had been working at the Ocean Club for 20 years when he was interviewed, said he had not noticed anything strange in the days leading up to Madeleine’s disappearance and was at home at the time. Police involved in the initial probe reported at the time: “Nothing relevant or useful for the ongoing investigation came out of the interviews. “Nothing was obtained from them that permitted us to follow any new line of investigation.”
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Post by Admin on Oct 30, 2013 23:12:19 GMT
The main suspect in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann is believed to have died in a tractor accident four years ago, a Portuguese daily newspaper reports. Police in Portugal say they believe a man fired by the resort where Madeleine McCann's family was staying kidnapped and killed her, Correio da Manha reported. The Portuguese newspaper said Wednesday the man, who has since been killed in a tractor accident, became the prime suspect through tracking of his cellphone, the British newspaper The Mirror reported. Tests allegedly showed he had been near the McCanns' holiday apartment when Madeleine vanished in 2007. Scotland Yard on Wednesday released this age-enhanced photo of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared five years ago shortly before her fourth birthday while on vacation with her family in Portugal. British police say they believe it is possible she was abducted and is still alive. (Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Police) Portuguese police recently reopened their investigation after a task force with London's Metropolitan Police gave them a report with possible new leads. Correio da Manha said police are now conducting a search for Madeleine's body based on the assumption they have identified her kidnapper. Police refused to confirm the Correio da Manha report, The Mirror said. Ocean Club: Police believe the suspect was an employee at the hotel where Madeleine vanished The 40-year-old is understood to have been a former employee at the Ocean Club complex in Praia da Luz who detectives fear may have snatched the little girl out of revenge after he was fired. The unnamed suspect was also living in a flat in the town of Lagos, around a 15-minute drive from the McCann's resort. Officers have already quizzed his widow about their suspicions and are thought to be searching for Madeleine's body in the belief he may have killed her, the newspaper reported. The McCanns have described new reports about a man Portuguese police allegedly suspect kidnapped Madeleine as "pure speculation". Clarence Mitchell, who represents Kate and Gerry McCann, said: "We are aware of reports in the Portuguese press. "They are pure speculation and the McCanns are not going to give a running commentary on every new report."
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Post by Admin on Oct 31, 2013 22:17:42 GMT
THE sacked holiday complex worker suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann had a criminal record. He was named last night as immigrant Euclides Monteiro. But his family denied that he abducted Madeleine in a revenge against holiday resort bosses who sacked him. Monteiro, who was killed in a tractor accident four years ago aged 40, is said to be the new prime suspect for local police. New information has emerged about the man suspected of abducting Madeleine McCann A former hotel worker linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann received a presidential pardon after being convicted of theft, it was claimed today. Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha said the unnamed suspect was an immigrant from Cape Verde off the coast off Africa. The report claimed that the 40-year-old had been working at the Ocean Club holiday complex in Praia de Luz, where the McCanns were staying when Maddie disappeared on May 3, 2007. Detectives are probing the theory he kidnapped her in an act of revenge after being sacked, the newspaper claimed.The Ocean Club where the unnamed man allegedly worked The suspect was reportedly indicted in 1996 and would have been deported to his home country of Cape Verde if not for the intervention of then leader Jorge Sampaio. Portuguese daily Correio da Manha said it was custom around Christmas in the nineties for the President to choose a number of citizens to give pardons to. The paper claims the unnamed suspect moved to Lagos, a fifteen minute drive from the McCann holiday home, where he tried to rebuild his life with his wife. However, around the time of Maddie's disappearance the man was fired from his job at the Ocean Club in the Praia da Luz resort where the McCanns were staying. PAIN: The McCanns have never given up hope of finding their daughter Madeleine According to the CM, the immigrant moved to Lagos, where he eventually build their lives with his wife, a Portuguese national. In 2007, around the time of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the man had been fired from the restaurant at Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz and he had a motive for the abduction and means to do so. He knew that the girl's parents and friends dined late, even knew the routines "lookout" to rooms. Police still believe that although the goal was never to kill Maddie, the truth is that something may have escaped the control of the suspect and he may have been forced to 'silence' the child.
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Post by Admin on Nov 1, 2013 23:08:17 GMT
New leads: The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine, pictured, was reopened following a review of the case A police profile drawn up of a new Madeleine McCann suspect has exposed his violent past and ‘suspicious behaviour with children,’ it was claimed today. Leading Portuguese daily Correio da Manha said the profile had heightened police suspicions about a dead immigrant thief said to have been put in the frame over the youngster's disappearance. The Portuguese paper has identified an ex worker at the Ocean Club, the Algarve holiday club where Madeleine disappeared from, as the man police believe may have kidnapped her in an act of revenge against his former employer. Detectives are investigating the possibility he killed her after seeing the huge backlash the crime generated, reports say. The father-of-one, who emigrated to Portugal from his native Cape Verde off west Africa, was convicted of theft in 1996 and told he was being sent home as punishment. Portugal's then President Jorge Sampaio let him stay after granting him a pardon but he died aged 40 in a tractor accident in 2009. He is reported to have been sacked from the Ocean Club before Madeleine disappeared on May 3 in 2007. 'Suspicious' behaviour: A police profile of a suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance had a violent past, reported a Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha claimed today: ‘Portuguese police inspectors, who studied the case and asked for its recent reopening, put together a profile of the suspect who died aged 40 in 2009, and concluded the character traits they identified strengthened the possibility he could have been the author of the crime.’ The paper said the man, who it has not named, had a past ‘marked by some episodes of violence’ and had ‘suspicious behaviour with children’ but offered no more details of their claims. It also insisted the man's family had refused to help police who are now trying to identify locations where Madeline's body could be buried. Portuguese police have made no official comment on the reports although a highly-placed source has denied detectives are searching for Madeleine's body. The family of the latest suspect, who has been named in the UK press, are threatening to sue the Portuguese state over the leaks and are insisting he is innocent. Motive: The man was reportedly a former employee of the Ocean Club (pictured) where Madeleine disappeared in May 2007. Police believe he may have kidnapped her in an act of revenge against his former employer
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Post by Admin on Nov 2, 2013 20:19:20 GMT
A key suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation was a heroin addict who used to rob holiday apartments to fund his habit, it was claimed last night. Euclides Monteiro, who died aged 40 in a tractor accident four years ago, was a restaurant worker at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz where Madeleine was snatched just before her fourth birthday in May 2007. It is believed he may have been raiding rooms on the complex for drug money before he was finally sacked in 2006 for stealing from the tills. Angry denial: Euclides Monterio's widow Luisa Monterio at work Monteiro’s widow Luisa confirmed she had been quizzed by police but insisted her husband was innocent. She said: “It is disgusting they are now looking for a dead man as a scapegoat. “It’s very easy to blame someone who can’t defend themselves any more. My husband would never be capable of committing such a crime.” Monteiro’s close friend Sergio Paulo, 44, a builder from Lagos, told how his pal’s drug habit made him to turn to crime – although he too doubted if he had taken Madeleine. He said: “Toni was a good guy but had some serious drug problems. He would smoke heroin and became a slave to it. I know he would sometimes break into apartments and rob them. He was taking valuables from rooms at Ocean Club and selling them for drugs.” Missing Madeleine McCann pictured on holiday in Portugal shortly before she vanished The newspaper Correio da Manha claimed yesterday: “Portuguese police inspectors who studied the case and asked for its recent re-opening put together a profile of the suspect, who died aged 40 in 2009, and concluded the character traits they identified strengthened the possibility he could have been the author of the crime.” The paper claimed the man had a past “marked by some episodes of violence” and had “suspicious behaviour with children” – but offered no more details.
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