17 human cells could provide a major breakthrough in the Madeleine McCann mystery, it was revealed yesterday.The DNA samples are being examined by scientists in Britain and Portuguese detectives believe the evidence could unlock an investigation which is now in its eighth month.Experts are trying to establish whether the cells match Madeleine’s DNA and so help investigators discover what happened to the youngster.
The samples are being analysed by the Forensic Science Service laboratory in Birmingham which has developed sophisticated techniques not available in Portugal.
The development comes only days after it was revealed that months of painstaking analysis on DNA uncovered in Portugal had so far failed to produce conclusive evidence.
But in a rare public pronouncement on the case, Guilhermino Encarnacao, head of the Policia Judiciaria in the Algarve, said: “We have asked the laboratory to carry out more tests and exhaust every possibility of obtaining conclusive results.” (Daily Express)
17 human cells could provide a major breakthrough in the Madeleine McCann mystery, it was revealed yesterday.The DNA samples are being examined by scientists in 