'The McCanns hid the body on the beach' 11 September 2008

Title: 'The McCanns hid the body on the beach' 11 September 2008
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"The McCanns hid the body on the beach" DiarioMetro

Ruth Suárez

Published: 08:29 h. 11-09-2008

Gonçalo Amaral was the first inspector who coordinated the search for Madeleine, the girl who disappeared in Praia da Luz (Portugal) on May 3, 2007. In October the same year, after considering the parents of the small child, Kate and Gerry McCann, as arguidos (suspects) for having concealed the corpse of their daughter, he was removed from the investigation. In July 2008 he decided to leave the police to tell his version of what happened. The result is Maddie, the truth of the lie, published by Esquilo.

According to you, what happened on May 3, 2007?

Madeleine McCann died from accidentally falling behind the sofa in the living room of the apartment. That couch had been moved during the alleged disappearance. I think that someone discovered the body, concealed it, cleaned everything and pushed the sofa to the window.

Who?

The parents of Madeleine.

On what basis can you say that?

The dogs brought in by the British police discovered cadaver odour behind the sofa and in the bedroom of the parents of the girl. Also on the small child's toy, the clothes of Kate and in the trunk and the keys to the car that was rented later.

And how did they conceal the body without anyone seeing?

Yes they were seen! An Irish family saw a man pass by them with a child in his arms at 22.05, on the way to the beach. Later, the girl was identified as Maddie. But they did not realise that the man who they had seen was Gerry until they were following television and saw how the McCanns landed in the UK.

What happened?

The position in which Gerry held one of the twins and his way of walking were identical to those of the individual who they had seen that night.

But, 22.05 was when Kate said that the girl had disappeared and Gerry was with her…

The hours are unclear. The only thing certain is that the McCanns told the National Republican Guard at 22.40. So, before that, Gerry had had time to bury the body of the girl on the beach.

And nobody saw him there? During the night when they were already looking for the girl.

Yes, but they were looking for a girl alive, not a girl dead. In addition, I am not saying that the body remained on the beach all the time. Clearly, the first thing was to remove it from the apartment. Later they could find other solutions to hide it. Witnesses of the National Republican Guard said they had seen the McCanns directed onto the beach twice in the course of that morning. Surely they quickly found a better place.

How does it explain that the dogs found the smell of a corpse in the McCanns car?

They rented it 24 days after the disappearance. It was what was being investigated when I was removed from the case.

You believe that they conserved it in a freezer all that time? Where?

There is a journalist who says that he saw the McCanns enter a block of apartments close to the beach, in the month of June… But we do not know in which flat they were. It is a building for tourists and they passed many people.

And why is it the dogs did not detect the smell of a corpse on the clothes of Gerry McCann?

You know which clothes Gerry was wearing that night? I do not yet know it.

There is more information that is still missing?

We asked the English police for reports on the couple, if they had a nanny in the United Kingdom, if they had had some problems in their work... We never received those answers.

Why? Do you believe that the McCanns have high level connections?

I do not know. I do not want to comment on that, but it is curious how the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, showed his support to the couple even after they were declared arguidos.