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Search of Maddy Suspect's Home Strikes Out

Cops comb Portuguese villa; possible evidence turns up elsewhere

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 6, 2007 6:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – Authorities turned up nothing this weekend while searching the home of the only suspect in 4-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. A dozen officials scoured Robert Murat’s Portuguese villa while Murat and a lawyer looked on, the Guardian reports. Named 10 days after the child went missing, the suspect is now “feeling fairly optimistic,” says a spokesman.

Meanwhile, traces of blood invisible to the human eye were found today in the Portugal apartment where Maddy was staying when she vanished on May 3, the Telegraph reports. Undercover police have also been watching another suspect for weeks. The man, who was spotted near the scene of the crime, is a Portuguese speaker in his 30s.

Portuguese police investigators are seen at the home of 33 year old Briton Robert Muratthe, the only suspect in the disappearance of a 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, in Praia da Luz, southern... (Associated Press)

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Ronnie Pedersen, left, holds 500 balloons which he released Friday June 22, 2007, in Gilleleje, Denmark, while two young girls look on. A note inside each of the balloons shows the missing girl Madeleine... (Associated Press)

Gerry McCann is reflected on the glasses of his wife Kate while talking to journalists in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, Friday, June 22, 2007. The McCanns, the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann,... (Associated Press)

Gerry McCann, of England, holds a poster of his daughter, Madeleine McCann, as he makes a statement to the media while visiting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Va.,... (Associated Press)

A Portuguese police investigator search for evidences at the home of 33 year old Briton Robert Muratthe, the only suspect in the disappearance of a 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, in Praia... (Associated Press)

This is an undated image provided by The English Premier League soccer team Everton, of Madeleine McCann in an Everton soccer team shirt. Police in the Dutch city of Eindhoven have arrested a man suspected... (Associated Press)

Portuguese police investigators search for evidences at the home of 33 year old Briton Robert Muratthe, the only suspect in the disappearance of a 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, in Praia da... (Associated Press)

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