I KNOW WHERE MADDIE IS BURIED

'I know where Madeleine is buried' says body finder hired by McCanns

Last updated at 22:05 07 October 2007

Madeleine McCann: 'buried in beach'

A professional "body finder" hired by Kate and Gerry McCann says he has has pin-pointed the exact spot where Madeleine is buried.
Using cutting-edge technology South African scientist,and former police detective, Danie Krugel reportedly led police to an area 500 yards from where the four-year-old vanished 157 days ago.
Officers took Krugel's finding so seriously that they are said to have sealed off the entire area.
But in what could turn out to be yet another astonishing mistake, it is alleged that Portuguese police never bothered to dig at the spot.
Now, as sacked police chief Goncalo Amaral is off the inquiry and a new officer, Carlos do Carmo takes over, Krugel is heading back to reinvestigate.
A source close to the McCanns told the Sunday Mirror: "Kate and Gerry are pleased he's returning.
"They worked with him before and want to see his leads investigated."
The former South African detective says he has a 90 per cent success rate in tracing missing people.
He told the Sunday Mirror: "I'm preparing to fly to Portugal again because the investigation seems to have come to a halt.
"I'm convinced Madeleine's body is in Praia Da Luz."
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Madeleine has been missing since May 3

The McCanns turned to him in July to spend a week investigating Madeleine's disappearance after being deluged with emails from members of the public recommending him as a "genius".
He said: "Gerry sent me a strand of Madeleine's hair for DNA purposes, which had been removed from her coat."
Krugel became a household name in South Africa when he created a DNA tracking device which solved a 19-year mystery about the whereabouts of six schoolgirls snatched by a paedophile.
He explained how he used the same method to track a potential burial spot for Madeleine on the beach in Praia da Luz.
The area was sealed off and Krugel suggested sniffer dogs be brought in to further pinpoint the spot where they needed to dig.
Yet ironically, when the dogs arrived they were used by cops to turn the finger of suspicion on to Gerry and Kate.
Portuguese police were more excited about the dogs' reaction when they searched the McCanns' Ocean Club apartment and hire car.
It means the area on the beach has still not been searched properly by officers and no dig has ever taken place.
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Still official suspects: Kate and Gerry McCann outside church in Praia da Luz

And it came amid new reports from Portuguese newspaper Correio yesterday claiming police believe Madeleine was buried on the beach in Praia da Luz soon after her death.
Krugel added: "After I conducted my investigation I gave the police a map pinpointing the spot I think Madeleine is. And I handed over a 2,000 word report on what they should do next.
"I said sniffer dogs should be brought in to start the search. But I warned that this alone was not enough as dogs are only a success in missing person hunts three out of four times.
"That is why I also suggested a fingertip search of the area and a dig of the spot I located. But if this has not been done, the police really need to start from scratch and investigate that area again."
He added: "Too much time has been wasted accusing Kate and Gerry and not enough has been spent searching for Madeleine and following up on leads."
Krugel's device apparently combines quantum physics and global positioning technology to pin-point a body on a map.
Krugel landed in Praia da Luz with his machine on July 17 and embarked on a four day search - with the blessing of Portuguese detectives.
He said: "I had a meeting with Kate and Gerry where I explained exactly how my technology works and what I was going to do.
"They knew a lot about my work already because people had posted messages about me on the Find Madeleine website.
"The police were fully aware of the work I was about to do.
"I set off with some colleagues and we conducted an extensive search of Praia da Luz using the machine.
"I scoured many different places across the resort and spent time near ports and other exit points in Praia da Luz.
"We spent 16 hours a day searching everywhere - nothing was left unsearched."
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Sacked: Goncalo Amaral 'failed' to dig at spot on beach Krugel says he pin-pointed

But under Portuguese law Krugel is forbidden from revealing the exact spot as he has mentioned it in a police statement.
But sources close to the investigation told the Sunday Mirror that it is a spot on the beach in Praia da Luz near where Gerry regularly went running.
Krugel said: "The technology I use picks up a trace using DNA and complex and secret science techniques. Every day the trace was strongest in this one area.
"The machine was highlighting the same co-ordinate and it kept drawing me back there. It left me convinced that Madeleine was there.
"My machine has a 90 per cent success rate, so I am convinced this is the place where Madeleine is buried."
Krugel added: "The Portuguese police took my findings seriously at first, but now the work seems to have stopped."
Meanwhile, a former public relations consultant to the McCanns said their public composure in the immediate aftermath of Madeleine's disappearance masked their private turmoil.
Alex Woolfall said they reacted exactly as he would expect after Madeleine vanished and that their behaviour convinced him of their innocence.
"They were behaving exactly as I thought someone in that situation would be," he told The Times.
"They had not slept. They were trying to work out what to do that might help generate images of her.
They were desperately keen to publicise her face.
"I was struck at the perception of people who had watched Kate and Gerry: that they were very controlled and perhaps were not responding in a way people thought would be more natural.
"They were not at all controlled.
When I was with them, they were between being completely distraught and trying to do what they felt was the right thing."


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