Police to hand prosecutors papers in missing British girl case
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portuguese police expect to hand their case file on the disappearance of British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann to the public prosecutor's office on Monday, a spokesman said.
"We are getting the case file ready to hand over to the public prosecutor ... by the end of the day," police spokesman Olegario Sousa told The Associated Press. He did not give details of the police findings.
Sousa said he expected the public prosecutor to "quickly decide" on what action to take in the case. The public prosecutor's office decides whether charges should be brought against anyone or whether further investigation is required, or it could decide to drop the case.
In a surprise twist in the four-month-old case, Gerry and Kate McCann were formally named suspects in their daughter Madeleine's disappearance Friday when police said they found traces of blood in the couple's car in southern Portugal, where they had been on vacation.
Addressing the police suspicions of him and his wife, Gerry McCann said Sunday: "We have played no part in the disappearance of our lovely daughter Madeleine."
Sousa said he did not know whether police in southern Portugal had received the remaining results from forensic tests carried out in Britain.
Under Portuguese law police are not allowed to reveal details of current investigations.
The McCanns say Madeleine vanished May 3 from a hotel room in southern Portugal's Algarve region while they were eating dinner at a nearby restaurant.
"We are getting the case file ready to hand over to the public prosecutor ... by the end of the day," police spokesman Olegario Sousa told The Associated Press. He did not give details of the police findings.
Sousa said he expected the public prosecutor to "quickly decide" on what action to take in the case. The public prosecutor's office decides whether charges should be brought against anyone or whether further investigation is required, or it could decide to drop the case.
In a surprise twist in the four-month-old case, Gerry and Kate McCann were formally named suspects in their daughter Madeleine's disappearance Friday when police said they found traces of blood in the couple's car in southern Portugal, where they had been on vacation.
Addressing the police suspicions of him and his wife, Gerry McCann said Sunday: "We have played no part in the disappearance of our lovely daughter Madeleine."
Sousa said he did not know whether police in southern Portugal had received the remaining results from forensic tests carried out in Britain.
Under Portuguese law police are not allowed to reveal details of current investigations.
The McCanns say Madeleine vanished May 3 from a hotel room in southern Portugal's Algarve region while they were eating dinner at a nearby restaurant.
