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Madeleine police turn to mystics for help

HOMEPAGE BLOGS NEWS REPORTS INDEX PSYCHICS NEWS JUNE 2007
Original Source: TELEGRAPH: 01 JUNE 2007
By Richard Edwards and Fiona Govan in Praia da Luz
Last Updated: 1:31am BST 01/06/2007
Headline edited to:

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The police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann looked increasingly desperate last night as detectives revealed they were following tip-offs from clairvoyants.

Intensive searches and a highly scrutinised police inquiry have failed to secure a breakthrough in the search for the four-year-old, four weeks after she was abducted.

Police faced further ridicule last night as it was revealed they were trawling through hundreds of reports from British and Portuguese psychics claiming to know the whereabouts of Madeleine. One alleged vision had led them to search in Seville in Spain.

The Judicial Police, who are leading the inquiry, said they had two dossiers, 3ins thick, of apparent visions of the little girl, and are following them up on the basis that one could be from the abductor.

Police spokesman Olegario Sousa said: "We can't put these messages in the bin. We must check them all in case it might be from the kidnapper."

Mr Sousa said some descriptions were as vague as dreams about a man in a house with trees and a road. But he said that others include precise locations or co-ordinates, which they will follow up.

"Just a few days ago we got one address near Lagos but it didn't amount to anything," he said. He added that it was only one line of investigation.

In another surprising move, Portuguese police last week instructed their counterparts in Britain to raid an address in south London in the belief that Madeleine may have been inside.

Debbie Seepersad's property in south Norwood was searched but nothing was found.

She said she had never been to Portugal and had no connections to Madeleine. She said: "I really thought it was a wind-up."

Criticism has mounted against the police investigation, which local media say has "stalled".

Mark Williams-Thomas, a former detective who worked on the Sarah Payne murder inquiry and other paedophile investigations, said: "You have to say that they made serious errors. They did not do the basics. A major window of opportunity was lost."

After accusations of initial tardiness, Portuguese police have thrown all their resources into finding Madeleine. Up to 1,100 officers were working on the case at one stage.

Robert Murat remains a formal suspect and others are still being investigated. His friend Sergey Malinka has been assisting police but is not a suspect.

Mr Sousa said: "We are not sitting here with our arms crossed doing nothing."

The parents of Madeleine, Gerry and Kate, are expected to meet police chiefs again in the next few days for an update on the case.

Asked whether he was privy to any information from police which gave him extra hope, Mr McCann said: "We may have little bits of extra information. There are points we have. The investigation is as good as it is ever going to get. It has been four weeks now and it has evolved. We are hopeful.

"When Madeleine went missing it started off with us thinking in terms of minutes until we found her. Then minutes became hours, days and now weeks."

Last night the couple left Praia da Luz for Madrid, in their continuing campaign to raise awareness of Madeleine's plight.

The Spanish capital is the second in a series of foreign visits the pair have planned, and will be paid for by the Find Madeleine fund, which has raised £374,000.

The McCanns have left Madeleine's siblings, twins Sean and Amelie, in the care of relatives Trish and Sandy Cameron, to make the overnight trip.

Early next week the pair will continue their mission to find Madeleine with a trip to Berlin and Amsterdam.

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