Three close friends of Madeleine McCann's parents are among people being questioned by Portuguese police over the missing girl, a source has said. Detectives from the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) are speaking to Rachael Oldfield, Russell O'Brien and Fiona Payne to go over their accounts of events on May 3. It was the day Madeleine disappeared from her parents' holiday apartment in the Algarve. The McCanns were having dinner with a group of friends from the UK, in a tapas restaurant opposite the flat in Praia Da Luz village, when the four-year-old was snatched.
Police have already interviewed the party in detail including one woman - who has not been named - who saw a girl being carried away by a man in Praia Da Luz and now believes it was Madeleine.
A spokeswoman for the McCann family said that the three were due to be re-interviewed at the PJ headquarters in Portimao.
Very interesting development. Remember this:
Daily Merlin - Monday 9th July 2007 - Maddy; is net closing in on Kidnappers?
I could be surprised by what the 'carrier' gull bears in its beak if there are common English names instigated (Smith or Tom for example). It points the finger nearer to home; ex-pats living abroad? Otherwise it would just be more of the same smokescreens as all the other times before. Three suspects shown here ... one with its head caught in the mouth of the panther; directly in the firing line of Mars; trapped in those searing flames ... three suspects to be wrongfully charged as guilty? I sense innocent without charge ... even with apparent well written substantial evidence?
