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Private Maddy Probe Yields Sketch of Suspect

Man watched family for days: witnesses

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted May 7, 2009 11:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Madeleine McCann's parents say they hope a new artist's sketch of a pockmarked, frail man seen lurking around their Portugal apartment before the child disappeared will yield fresh clues. Detectives the couple hired interviewed witnesses and combed police files to produce the image, People reports.... Read full story »

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