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McCanns: Madeleine home within days - detective agency (Roundup)
By Rich Bowden, M&C Staff Writer
Dec 14, 2007, 13:38 GMT

(M&C) - The head of the Barcelona-based detective agency hired by the McCanns to find their missing daughter says he believes he is just days away from finding her.

Francisco Marco, head of Metodo 3, says he is confident Madeleine McCann, who vanished from the family's holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz on May 3, will be reunited with her parents by Christmas.

"It's the highest pressure case I've ever had to deal with because of the press and because of my own family, Mr Marco said to Spanish newspaper Metro.

He added: "When I get home at night, my children ask me, 'Have you found Madeleine yet daddy?'"

He went on to say the agency knows who kidnapped the four-year-old.

"We have proof of her movements after her kidnap and we know she was alive the day after her disappearance. We are not certain she left Portugal," he said.

"I talk of certainties because we know which group may have her or could have kidnapped her to then sell her on to others."

The detective added: "We know who kidnapped her. We believe she is in an area not very far from the Iberian peninsula and north Africa. And we have a fairly certain idea who she is with."

"I cannot say who she is with because we are putting together conclusive proof we can present to the authorities so they can proceed with their arrests."

He added: "God willing, I hope that she will be back with her parents before Christmas."

McCanns family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the parents were "pleased" at the positive attitude shown by the detective agency and said Metodo 3 "retains our full confidence".

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