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Could Mobile Phones Hold Vital Clue? |
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Original Source:
SKY: 05 DECEMBER 2007 |
By Mark
Williams-Thomas
Child protection expert Updated:06:53,
Wednesday December 05, 2007 |
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Portuguese detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
discussed three key areas when they visited police and forensic experts in
Britain.
First on the agenda was the DNA they submitted to the Forensic Science Service
(FSS) in Birmingham.
Mobile phone data recovered from the resort of Praia da
Luz and establishing the process for interviewing or re-interviewing witnesses
were also talked about.
We have heard the significance that has been given to DNA - with traces found
in the Renault Scenic hire car, apartments on the Portugal resort and also from items
of property and clothing.
In today's policing, DNA is a powerful tool, with Home Office figures
suggesting officers get approximately 3,000 matches a month.
I am certain that much of the work being undertaken by the FSS is low copy
number (LCN) - a relatively new technique used to produce a DNA profile from
very few cells.
This technique would be used to target areas on items where Madeleine might
have had contact.
But with no significant development, it would suggest DNA evidence alone will
not solve this case.
Especially if parents Gerry and Kate McCann are being considered as key
suspects, as Madeleine's DNA will be all over them and items they have had
contact with.
The team were also here to discuss mobile phone data, which was secured by
British experts in the 10 days after Madeleine disappeared.
Although initially not analysed, it has now been and will provide vital
information about mobile phone usage in and around Praia on the days leading up to Madeleine's
disappearance.
This data will not be as precise as it is in the UK in locating exact position of
the telephone user.
This is because the triangulation depends on masts which are close together -
and the masts are quite some distance apart in Praia de Luz.
The third reason for last week's meeting was to discuss the interviewing of
witnesses - including the Tapas seven - the people who were dining with the
McCanns on
May 3.
It is important for the Portuguese and British police to understand how this
would take place and for it to be coordinated on the ground here in the UK.
So should we expect some action over the forthcoming weeks? Yes.
We will see the Portuguese police, with the assistance of British officers,
interviewing members of the group that were with Madeleine's parents - as well
as the strong possibility of Gerry and Kate being re-interviewed in 2008.
With a case that continues to dominate the media and public's attention, sadly
we appear to be no nearer finding Madeleine today than we were on the night she
disappeared.
As the months pass, so does the likelihood of finding Madeleine
or her abductor |
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