Mystery DNA Found In Madeleine's Room Updated: 18:27, Friday June 01, 2007
A mystery sample of DNA has been found in the bedroom where Madeleine McCann was abducted, according to reports. Gerry and Kate McCann are now in Madrid Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas claimed the DNA does not match that of Mr and Mrs McCann or their three children.
Neither does the DNA match that of the only named suspect in the case, property developer Robert Murat, the paper said.
It was reported that The Portuguese police, Policia Judiciara (PJ), have handed the sample to the national forensic laboratories, the Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal.
The newspaper quoted a source from the laboratory who said: "There is a new suspect, there is DNA which does not correspond to the family.
"It is an important step in the investigation but the truth is that the DNA collected does not have a name.
"In other words we cannot make any connection between the material collected and the suspects which we already have."
Reports say the new DNA sample does not match the McCanns The newspaper said the DNA would be compared to all the evidence gathered by the PJ to see if a match could be found.
But, the source continued: "This does not mean that Robert Murat could not be incriminated but there is a person who was in the room who as yet it is not possible to identify.
"There are a lot of things already concluded but there are a lot of things still to do."
It is now 29 days since the four-year-old girl was taken from her bed in the Portuguese coastal resort of Praia da Luz.
Today, her parents spoke of their hopes and fears about what has happened to their daughter during a series of interviews in Madrid.
Mr McCann said: "We pray that she is being looked after and it is someone who wanted a little girl for their own who would look after her very well.
"We also pray that the person who has her gives her up voluntarily and drops her at a church or a safe place."
