Daily Express Headline 'New Evidence On Maddie'; says: The FBI has been asked to examine CCTV footage of three men acting suspiciously near the
One of the men captured on camera on both nights bears a strong resemblance to a man with long, dark hair seen carrying a child, as reported by the McCanns’ friend Jane Tanner.
Today we can also reveal that sniffer dogs taken to a disused barn 30 miles from Praia da Luz have shown strong interest in two sites. One is what appears to be a 14ft mineshaft opening to an underground cavity, and the other is where earth has been disturbed, possibly covering a shallow grave. Detectives have asked for specialist imaging equipment to be brought in and are planning to excavate the shaft.
Portuguese police are desperate to identify the three men seen on the CCTV footage and have had long discussions with British detectives on how to enhance the grainy footage to get clear images of the three faces.They have been told to send all the footage to an FBI lab in
A source close to the investigation revealed: “There is a great deal of interest from the new team in the CCTV footage taken from a business premise between 50 and 100 yards from the apartment where Madeleine was staying.