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Madeleine McCann cop believes she might not know who she is and could be 'hidden in plain sight' 

Daily Record

Chris kitching11 hrs ago
   

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The former cop who was once hired by the parents of Madeline McCann to look for their missing daughter says it's possible she is being hidden in plain sight.

Retired Detective Inspector Dave Edgar belies Maddie could be being held on an isolated property near the resort she disappeared from in Portugal almost 10 years ago.

Mr Edgar, 60, believes she could still be in the Algarave and unaware of the international search for her.

He is convinced that someone in Portugal or Britain knows what happened to Maddie when she vanished, but is withholding information from investigators and protecting her kidnapper or kidnappers.

Three-year-old Maddie was on holiday with her family at the Mark Warner Ocean Club in Praia da Luz when she was snatched from their holiday flat in May 2007.

Her parents - Kate and Gerry, of Rothley, Leicestershire - were dining with friends at a nearby tapas bar when she disappeared.

As the search for the girl continues, Mr Edgar told the Sunday Express: "There is every possibility that Madeleine is still alive and could be being hidden somewhere.

"When you get up beyond the main strip of the Algarve there's countless isolated properties where Madeleine could be being held.

"Obviously we had a number of lines of inquiry and some of those lines did lead us to properties which we followed up and handed over to the authorities."

Mr Edgar worked on the case for three years after he was hired by Maddie's parents.

When the Metropolitan Police took over the search in 2011, Mr Edgar handed his files to the force.

He has kept in contact with the probe and believes a new appeal could finally solve it.

He suggested that the person or people responsible for Maddie's disappearance confided in someone, and that person hasn't contacted police with details that could help them to solve the case.

Mr Edgar has offered to rejoin the hunt for Maddie - who would now be 13 if still alive - as the Scotland Yard probe is expected to wind down as early as this autumn.

He had a 30-year career with the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Cheshire police and worked on high profile murder cases.

He has dismissed any notion that Maddie's parents were involved in her disappearance and, after hearing dozens of theories, believes that that a child-sex gang most likely abducted the three-year-old.
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