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Thread #101654   Message #2146075
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
10-Sep-07 - 11:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Child neglect and the law
Subject: RE: BS: Child neglect and the law
This was a headline this evening:

Police to Hand Over McCann Case Papers
From Associated Press
September 10, 2007 5:37 PM EDT

ROTHLEY, England - Documents on the investigation into the disappearance of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann won't be given to Portuguese prosecutors by police until Tuesday, and her parents waited at their British home to see if they would be charged.

Portuguese police had been expected to hand-deliver to prosecutors on Monday the results of their investigation into the girl's disappearance May 3 from a hotel in southern Portugal. Police named Kate and Gerry McCann as suspects Friday.

But police spokesman Olegario Sousa said the prosecutor would not receive the case until Tuesday, and he declined to provide further details, citing Portugal's secrecy law covering ongoing investigations.

Portimao District Attorney Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses will then review the case files, which contain details of forensic evidence and police interviews with the parents.

The McCanns, who returned to Britain on Sunday with their 2-year-old twins, kept a low profile Monday, avoiding reporters camped outside their home.

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This isn't from a durable link, but I'm sure the same story is appearing all over by tomorrow morning. One suspects that if forensic evidence becomes available, this story will explode out of the water again.

I repeat once again: Susan Smith may have a bearing on this case.

SRS