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Maddy Police Chief Pens 'Explosive' Book

Posted Jul 20, 08 7:52 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  World 

(Newser) – The former Portuguese police chief who led the investigation into British tyke Madeleine McCann's disappearance will release a book on the case which he claims will contain "‘explosive revelations," the Guardian reports. The book, True Lies by Gonçalo Amaral, is believed to contain attacks on British police for caving into pressure to follow fruitless leads demanded by Maddy's parents.

Amaral was removed from the case and now faces perjury charges after a suspect in an earlier case claimed she was beaten into confessing that she killed her daughter. Portuguese police are expected to announce tomorrow that they have terminated the investigation into Maddy's disappearance without an arrest. Maddy, 3, vanished 15 months ago during a family vacation.

Source Guardian (UK)

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Kate McCann, mother of missing British girl Madeleine who disappeared in Portugal in 2007, seen with her husband Gerry as she answers the questions of journalists during a press conference Tuesday June...   (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)
The investigator that lead the search for missing Madeleine McCann has written a book on the failed investigation.   (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
The investigator that lead the search for missing Madeleine McCann has written a book on the failed investigation.   (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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