Report: Portugese Police to Name Mom as Suspect in Madeleine McCann Disappearance

by merrie | September 7, 2007 at 02:19 am

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After an eleven hour interview with authorities, it's been reported that Kate McCann will formally be named as a suspect. The police said they have 22 questions to ask Mrs. McCann. Kate McCann is "horrified to be under suspicion".

Kate McCann was questioned for almost 11 hours on Thursday, and is due back at a police station in Portimao, a town in Portugal's Algarve region, later Friday morning, family spokesman David Hughes told The Associated Press.

When asked about reports that McCann would be named a suspect in her 4-year-old daughter's disappearance, Hughes said: "They told her last night that it would happen today. That's definite."

Hughes, the family spokesman, said the police have 22 questions that they want to ask Kate McCann, which require her to be made a formal suspect. Under Portuguese law, the legal move grants certain protections to the suspect, but allows police more latitude in questioning.