Posted on 10/01/2007 2:42:28 PM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah
Praia da Luz — A maid who is alleged to have abducted Madeleine McCann as revenge for being fired from the vacation resort where the missing girl was staying is being investigated by Portuguese police.
The identity of the maid was e-mailed to the official website of the Prince of Wales at the end of last week. Police have confirmed that the woman had worked at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz. They have also discovered that the e-mail appeared to have been sent from a computer with an IP address in the Iberian peninsula.
Clarence House immediately informed Scotland Yard of the tip-off and forwarded the details to officers from Leicestershire police, who are leading the inquiry in Britain. The Prince and the Duchess of Cornwall issued a statement soon after Madeleine went missing saying that they were following the case “closely and with deep concern”.
A source close to Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, said, “We hope that the police will follow up any information given to them. Kate and Gerry are encouraged by anything that focuses on finding Madeleine.”
Portuguese detectives have already completed checks on members of staff at the Ocean Club complex when Madeleine was reported missing on May 3, and have been attempting to track down former employees.
Other residents of the resort complex claimed that they suspected a member of staff could have been involved in a series of burglaries at the Ocean Club in the weeks before Madeleine disappeared 151 days ago.
Details of the tip-off came as a Portuguese newspaper reported that detectives believe Madeleine died by falling down a short flight of stairs at the ground-floor holiday apartment.
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I believe I read in a British online newspaper that the leading police theory is that since the parents have a history of sedating the kids when they want to go out for the evening, that she probably was given an overdose.
The butler with the candlestick in the study is sounding more plausible everyday. That is sarcasm, not to be confused with an attempt at humor. This little girl did not vanish accidentally.
The butler is innocent. Portuguese police now believe that Madeleine may have been abducted by the Big Bad Wolf.
Clouseau: "It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded."
Lousy parents.
Cato: What good will that do?
Clouseau: Because I'm taller than you are, you fool!
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