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Maddie's father in Portugal to cooperate with authorities
"We think there is a very good chance of Maddie still be found alive and in good health and therefore we want the search continues," said Gerry McCann, the father of missing British girl in the Algarve in 2007.
Lusa
20:08 Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009
Last updated 6 minutes ago
On 21 July 2008, the Attorney General's Office officially announced the closure of research and archiving of the suspicions against the parents Kate and Gerry McCann
Jose Ventura
The father of Madeleine McCann today expressed their intention to cooperate with the Portuguese authorities in the search of her daughter, disappeared in the Algarve in May 2007, believing that there are steps that can still be made in research.
"We think there is a very good chance of Maddie still be found alive and in good health and therefore we want to continue the search. We want to emphasize our desire to work with the authorities as much as possible," said Gerry McCann, who came to Canada today for a brief visit of only two days.
In an exclusive interview to the agency Lusa, Maddie's father said he now returned to Portugal for the first time since September 2007, to discuss with his lawyer, Rogerio Alves, the best way to collaborate with the Portuguese authorities to "explore steps that have not yet been taken and that could make a difference. "
For this, said it is important to analyze the process and all the research so far "not to duplicate steps that have already been given" and "not to waste resources."
"It is the first visit to Portugal, but I hope it is the first of many over the coming months (...) The objective is to see what can still be done in the search for Maddie," he said, ahead that could return as early as February.
According to Gerry McCann, the British police and police from several other countries continue to receive "information from different sources" about what has happened to Madeleine, as well as reports of "possible sightings."
"Like all parents of missing children, we want any information being investigated," said Maddie's father, who today met with his lawyer and also with representatives of the British embassy in Portugal.
In the interview to Lusa, said Gerry McCann has not intention, at least for now, to proceed with court proceedings against the Portuguese or any other entity, including media, stressing want to "move forward and not back" .
"I want to make completely clear that what happened in the past already there and we will make us much as can still be done to continue the search. That is our priority and always has been. So, these things [possible prosecution] does not are simply relevant now, "he said.
Madeleine McCann, then three years old, disappeared to 03 May 2007 of the room where I slept with the two twin brothers, younger, in an apartment in a tourist resort in Praia da Luz, district of Lagos, while the Algarve parents dinner in one nearby restaurant.
The 07 September of the same year, the child's mother, Kate, and father, Gerry McCann, were made defendants, but the 21 July 2008 the Attorney General's Office officially announced the closure of research and archiving of the suspicions against couple.
The PJ initially pointed to the possibility of abduction, but later admitted the death of the child, but authorities never managed to establish what really happened to Madeleine McCann.
The mystery of the disappearance of the child and the apparent lack of solid clues to explain what happened helped make this event one of the most media ever.