Will Maddie be back by Christmas ? by Zuzana Moravcova

The private investiagtor revealed yesterday that Madeleine McCann could certainly be home for Christmas. Francisco Marco, the director of Barcelona-based Metodo 3, claims Maddie is being held by paedophiles somewhere in the Iberian Peninsula or North Africa. The investigators are still gathering the proof, but Marco is fairly certain which group of paedophiles is responsible for the abduction. He does not know whether she is still alive. Three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment of the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, while her parnts were having a dinner in a nearby restaurant. There have been various concerns about who could be responsible for her kidnap, including speculations that her parents had managed the whole incident. Kate and Gerry McCann were suggested to have accidentally killed their own child in the holiday apartment and then disposed of her body. Seeing these suggestions and documented by some inconspicious evidence, they were made official suspects three months ago. Portuguese police sources are regularly quoted giving details about the McCanns' role in their daughter's disappearance. The lead public prosecutor must now decide if there is sufficient evidence to bring charges against them, if he needs to request the police to carry out further investigations or if the case against them should be dropped. The couple have earlier denied any involvement and have appealed for police to concentrate on the theory that their daughter was abducted by a stranger. The police have been sceptical about the recent claims saying McCanns could possibly have Maddie home by Christmas. However, the investiagtors remain optimistic. Mr Marco strongly hopes for a positive result. "I have to believe it 100 per cent because I know how to look for living people, not dead ones."

by Zuzana Moravcova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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