"Smell to Death": reveals a key factor in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann, which occurred on May 3, 2007 in Portugal, remains one of the most shocking events in the world, mainly in the United Kingdom. Now Colin Sutton, a British police expert, has revealed a key factor that could change in the case of Maddie.

On the night of the disappearance, Kate and Gerry McCann laid their three children on the bed: Madeleine and the twins Sean and Amelie. As they were on vacation, they decided to let the children sleep in the apartment they had rented and went to dinner at a restaurant located 55 meters away. When they returned, Maddie was gone.

About the disappearance of the small hundreds of versions have been processed. The investigators of the Portuguese and English police have always firmly maintained, to this day, that Maddie could have died the night of her disappearance at the hands of her parents. Traces of blood were found in the house where the McCanns were staying, as well as in a car rented by the family. The blood sample was badyzed and the DNA matched to Madeleine. Then they reduced the certainty to 88%.

But now, according to the Sun newspaper, former detective Colin Sutton said that there could be a real "change in the game" around the investigation. And he asked to perform new tests exactly on the DNA samples found in 2007 that were declared "inconclusive", so they were eventually discarded.

Former Scotland Yard researcher said that newer existing methods could help solve the problem. Sutton has a history that supports him: he has solved in his country more than 30 mysterious crimes.

In this sense, the focus was on a car rented by Kate and Gerry McCann, Maddie's parents, 25 days after Madeleine's disappearance in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

The car was a Renault Scenic where traces of Maddi DNA were found, a fact that was detected after police sniffer dogs felt a "deadly smell" inside, this being one of the tests that were ruled out to be "not conclusive."

Years ago, Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the McCann family, called these versions of absidents. But now, Sutton thinks we need to go back to the trace of this DNA, collected 12 years ago. "Knowing that the car was rented by the McCanns three weeks after the disappearance of Madeleine, that could change the situation," he said.

Sutton's testimony is part of a series of programs launched by Nine News of Australia as a podcast to compete with the Netflix documentary series.

Source: Clarín