Daily Mail Headline 'Large amount of Madeleine's hair 'found in tyre well in boot of parents' hire car'; says: 'Kate and Gerry McCann's hopes of lifting the cloud of suspicion over them has suffered a major setback. It has been claimed that "substantial" quantities of their daughter Madeleine's hair were found in the boot of the car they hired 25 days after she disappeared. Portuguese detectives told the public prosecutor that the only explanation was that the hair came either from her body or from something used to wrap it. Sources also insisted that bodily fluids found in the car - not necessarily blood - matched the four-year-old's DNA.
The claims came as detectives handed a ten-volume dossier on the case of Madeleine's disappearance to the public prosecutor. Less than three hours later it was announced that the file had been passed to a judge to investigate - the clearest indication yet that the couple are believed to have a case to answer. This takes the McCanns a step nearer learning if they are to be charged with killing their missing daughter. But they must still wait to find out if the judge thinks the case is strong enough to bring them back to Portugal for trial.
Sky News Headline 'Judge Asked For Emergency Order '; says: 'The public prosecutor in Portugal is reported to have asked the judge in the Madeleine McCann case to make an emergency order allowing him to seize a mystery object. It is not known what or where the object is but the prosecutor has asked the judge to issue an order allowing him to have it within 24 hours. Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "The prosecution has asked the judge for an emergency order to give them permission to go and seize it. We do not know where or what it is, whether it is in this country or whether it is something perhaps the McCann family are refusing to hand over."