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Madeleine may be dead, police say Madeleine may be dead, police say
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Police in Portugal have acknowledged for the first time that missing Madeleine McCann may be dead.Police in Portugal have acknowledged for the first time that missing Madeleine McCann may be dead.
Speaking to the BBC, one of the detectives leading the investigation said new evidence had given "intensity" to the possibility she was killed.Speaking to the BBC, one of the detectives leading the investigation said new evidence had given "intensity" to the possibility she was killed.
Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said Kate and Gerry McCann were not being considered as suspects following recent rumours they were under suspicion.Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said Kate and Gerry McCann were not being considered as suspects following recent rumours they were under suspicion.
Madeleine vanished 100 days ago in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz.Madeleine vanished 100 days ago in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz.
Ch Insp Sousa said renewed searches by detectives with British sniffer dogs have revealed clues which could point to Madeleine's death. Forensic scientists
Mr Sousa said renewed searches by detectives with British sniffer dogs have revealed clues which could point to Madeleine's death.
He was referring to suspected traces of blood found inside the apartment room where Madeleine was sleeping, which are now being analysed by forensic scientists in Britain.He was referring to suspected traces of blood found inside the apartment room where Madeleine was sleeping, which are now being analysed by forensic scientists in Britain.
Mr Sousa refused to confirm or deny reports in Portuguese newspapers that the sniffer dogs had detected odours of a dead body in the apartment.
The police spokesman made it clear that other lines of inquiry have not been ruled out.
He said Kate and Gerry McCann and their friends who had been on holiday with them were not being treated as suspects.
And he said witnesses might be interviewed again depending on the results of the forensic tests.
The four-year-old disappeared from the apartment room at the Praia da Luz resort on 3 May while her parents were eating with friends at a nearby restaurant.