Cops claimed
this room
contained
the “smell
of death”
and traces
of Maddie’s
blood —
allegations
scientists
found
completely
unfounded.
A view
through a
French
window looks
on to the
family’s
verandah in
the
Portuguese
Algarve
resort of
Praia da
Luz.
Another
picture
looks down
the steps
leading from
the
apartment.
This is the
route the
McCanns
believe
their
daughter’s
abductor
must have
taken after
snatching
the little
girl —
nearly four
at the time.
Police
arrived at
the scene at
midnight
last May 3.
Next day the
apartment
was closed
and the
inside was
left
untouched
for months.
