A British couple saw a package being bundled onto a jetski on a beach just six miles from where Madeleine McCann went missing. (Daily Mail Tuesday 4th March 2008)
The tourists had been for a morning swim just nine hours after the little girl disappeared when they spotted the jetski.
A man in a dark wetsuit was riding it, with a 2ft- to 3ft-long black package on the front. He took it to a small "official-looking" grey boat moored just off the coast at Salema. But despite reporting the sighting to staff at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz - where Madeleine had been staying - police have not interviewed the couple.
Last night the McCanns's spokesman said they were concerned the Portuguese police had not followed up such a "potentially significant lead". The new witnesses came forward after months of concern that the report had not been investigated by police hunting for the four-year-old.