Parents’ Worst Nightmare: The Story of Madeleine McCann

Maddie’s DNA Found

After Madeline’s disappearance, two British sniffer dogs arrived to Portugal. The dogs were specifically trained to aid in cases such as this, one was a trained to sniff out human blood and the other was trained to sniff out dead bodies. While both dogs were taken to multiple locations, they both alerted in apartment 5A, the place the McCann’s had been staying. The cadaver dog also gave an alert in a car used by the McCann’s.

While DNA samples were apparently inconclusive, the Portuguese police told various journalists that they matched Madeleine 100%. The police theorized that Madeleine had been accidentally killed by a sedative overdose, and then the parents faked her abduction. The police apparently later told Kate and Gerry McCann that if Kate admitted Madeleine died in apartment 5A, she would only be given a two-year sentence and her husband would not be charged. She refused.