Rimbaud III wrote:The minute traces of blood found on the apartment floor are presumably what was left over after someone tried to clean away any evidence. If the parents were checking on their kids every 30 or so minutes, surely this would have left any intruder a stupidly short amount of time to do the deed and then clean up after themselves? And more importantly, why would an intruder clean up after themselves at all? Am I missing something in this story?
Well there is disputed evidence surrounding which parents left the table at the meal. A barman at the restaurant says that none of the men at the table left to check the children during the meal. And a British teacher eating in the same restaurant, who spoke to the McCann's party, claims he never saw anyone leave the restaurant whilst he was there. Also, the resort ran a creche and babysitting service, and the owner says he was surprised when the group passed up an offer to keep an eye on the kids. There are also inconsistencies in the statements of the McCann's and their friends as to what happened in the three hours leading up to the discovery of the disappearance and I believe this is what police want to clear up. Whether their friends are complicit is debatable I guess.
Apparently, the apartment has been cleaned a number of times since the disappearance and other people may have even stayed there.
It may be not just blood found in the car either:
Sources today told the Evening Standard Newspaper: "Some of the samples of DNA were taken from hair which match Madeleine's DNA. There was so much hair it could not be from DNA transference but from the body being in the boot."
The source said that DNA from bodily fluids also found in the boot of the Renault Scenic car, hired by Kate and Gerry McCann 25 days after her disappearance, was a "90 per cent match" rather than the 100 per cent being widely reported.
It's not looking good for them, although it's incredibly hard to convict without a body.
