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Could this be the man who snatched Maddie? Police files reveal the e-fits the public never saw
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05 August 2008
Two strikingly similar e-fits of suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were released by Portuguese police today.
As the police files into the four-year-old's possible abduction are made public, two pictures of possible suspects have been unearthed for the first time.
Even though either of the men in these images could have abducted Madeleine, Portuguese police did not release them during the investigation.
Both pictures show two men who are both in their late-20s to early 30s and who both have medium-length dark hair.
The e-fits of the two male suspects were not released at the time
The image on the left was created with the help of British tourist Derek Flack, from Ilford, Essex.
The photo of the man with a side parting and slightly longer hair was provided with the help of a Portuguese man, according to the files.
Questions will now no doubt be asked by the McCanns' team as to why these e-fits were never released in the crucial days after their daughter went missing.
Also released today was the rough sketch map which shows where a key witness was when she believes she saw Madeleine McCann being abducted by a mystery man - and just how near the girl's father was at the time.
The drawing, revealed in the massive Portuguese police files made public yesterday, was made by Jane Tanner, one of the friends on holiday with the McCanns in the Algarve at the time.
It shows the layout of the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, where the party was staying.
Jane Tanner's map shows how she saw the mystery man carry Madeleine, below, from points 5 to 8 while Gerry McCann was chatting at point 3
The number 7 marks Apartment 5A, where Madeleine and her younger brother and sister Sean and Amelie were asleep on the night of May 3 last year.
The entrance to the tapas restaurant where their parents Kate and Gerry McCann were dining with friends is shown with the number 1.
But more importantly the sketch reveals that Ms Tanner, marked 4, was just yards away from the man she saw carrying a young child who she is convinced was Madeleine.
Until now it has not been clear exactly where the witness was standing at this potentially crucial moment.
An artist's impression of the man were drawn by an FBI-trained forensic artist from the eyewitness account of Jane Tanner
The man walked across the top of the road - from point 5 to point 8 - as she approached him, the map makes clear.
And all the while Mr McCann was obliviously standing chatting to Jeremy Wilkins, a friend he had made on the holiday, further down the road - marked 3 on the drawing.
The pair did not even notice Ms Tanner as she walked past them from the tapas
restaurant.
Also released today was the mug shot of suspect Robert Murat after his initial arrest by Portuguese police.
Murat was cleared of any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance at the same time as the McCanns.
The police photo of Robert Murat when he was arrested in Praia da Luz
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