Could a German hold the key ?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/208568/Will-Germans-solve-Madeleine-mystery-

WILL GERMANS SOLVE MADELEINE MYSTERY?

By Tracey Kandohla, exclusive
KATE and Gerry McCann believe a German tourist could hold the key to their daughter’s disappearance.
The desperate couple are pleading with Germans holidaying in Portugal’s Algarve to keep their eyes open in the search for Madeleine.
The McCanns last week launched their official Find Maddie website in German.

The move follows a boost to the private investigative team, with three former British policemen joining and a shake-up of the Maddie Fund board of directors, as exclusively revealed by the Sunday Express last week.
The new-look website, aimed at reaching a bigger part of Europe, has given fresh hope to the family, from Rothley, Leicestershire.
Their spokesman Clarence Mitchell said yesterday: “Kate and Gerry are very pleased with the new site and hope it will lead to important new developments. They have long wanted to make sure they reach the German public because so many Germans were holidaying in the Algarve at the time Madeleine disappeared.”
The youngster, who would now be seven, vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007 while her parents were dining with friends in a nearby tapas bar.

Kate and Gerry are convinced their daughter is still alive and have vowed to continue their hunt for her with financial support from members of the public and their backer, double glazing tycoon Brian Kennedy.

There have been numerous alleged sightings of blonde Madeleine, who has a distinctive flaw in her right eye, in different parts of Europe over the past three and a half years but all have proved false. Mr Mitchell said: “As well as the British, many German and Dutch holidaymakers frequent the Algarve.
“After Madeleine was abducted hundreds of tourists, including Germans, were allowed to leave the resort. It is possible they may have seen something and may still have important information.
“Kate and Gerry are appealing for Germans who may remember something to come forward and for German tourists visiting the Algarve to keep their eyes open and remain aware that Madeleine is missing.”
The Find Maddie website, which shows three age progression pictures of the youngster, runs in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
The German language site urges people to download a poster of Maddie begging: “Don’t give up on me!”

These people should have been interviewed in Portugal immediately and at the very least, by German police at Portuguese behest immediately following Madeleine's abduction.

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Just wish they hadn't left it so long. The Algarve has always been popular with the Germans and Dutch. Living and holidaymaking.

Well, that requires planning and forethought, and doing work even though it might not pan out - they just wanted to wait around and wait for the body to turn up. It's when the body didn't turn up, coupled with the McCanns' desperate demands that first week that led Amaral to turn on them, IMHO.