Questions over Maddy McCann 'blood traces'
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Questions over Maddy McCann 'blood traces'
by sharonl 08.06.11 18:02
By Gordon Rayner
12:01AM BST 11 Sep 2007
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Details of the forensic evidence remain sketchy but there appears no doubt that the spotlight turned on the McCanns following the alleged discovery of blood in their hire car and apartment.
Traces on the floor and windowsill of the apartment are said to have been identified as Madeleine's, though British forensic experts have cast doubt on their reliability as samples were said to have been largely wiped away with cleaning fluid. They also point out that the blood could be from an innocent cut or graze.
It is unclear whether the DNA samples in the Renault Scenic, also said to be blood, were in the cockpit, or, as has now been suggested, under the carpet in the boot. One Portuguese newspaper said police had found "biological fluids" with an 80 per cent match to Madeleine's DNA under the carpet.
The police appear convinced that Madeleine's body was moved in the car, hired 25 days after her disappearance. It is not clear whether the samples were flecks of dried blood, which could have been transferred there from her clothes or toys, or a larger quantity caused by direct bleeding.
There has been no confirmation that the samples are blood. Traces of skin or hair would be almost meaningless, as they could have rubbed off Madeleine's clothes or her Cuddle Cat toy when the family were moving apartments.
The police are also relying on the reaction of "cadaver dogs" trained to react to the scent of a corpse. One is said to have "smelled death" in the hire car and the apartment. Kate McCann's work as a doctor, in which she handles corpses, could mean she had slight traces of such odours on her clothing.
12:01AM BST 11 Sep 2007
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Details of the forensic evidence remain sketchy but there appears no doubt that the spotlight turned on the McCanns following the alleged discovery of blood in their hire car and apartment.
Traces on the floor and windowsill of the apartment are said to have been identified as Madeleine's, though British forensic experts have cast doubt on their reliability as samples were said to have been largely wiped away with cleaning fluid. They also point out that the blood could be from an innocent cut or graze.
It is unclear whether the DNA samples in the Renault Scenic, also said to be blood, were in the cockpit, or, as has now been suggested, under the carpet in the boot. One Portuguese newspaper said police had found "biological fluids" with an 80 per cent match to Madeleine's DNA under the carpet.
The police appear convinced that Madeleine's body was moved in the car, hired 25 days after her disappearance. It is not clear whether the samples were flecks of dried blood, which could have been transferred there from her clothes or toys, or a larger quantity caused by direct bleeding.
There has been no confirmation that the samples are blood. Traces of skin or hair would be almost meaningless, as they could have rubbed off Madeleine's clothes or her Cuddle Cat toy when the family were moving apartments.
The police are also relying on the reaction of "cadaver dogs" trained to react to the scent of a corpse. One is said to have "smelled death" in the hire car and the apartment. Kate McCann's work as a doctor, in which she handles corpses, could mean she had slight traces of such odours on her clothing.
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