Parents believe missing girl still alive

The father of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann said he strongly believed his daughter was alive, rejecting reports she may have been murdered after disappearing from their apartment in Portugal. "We are not naïve but on numerous occasions...

The father of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann said he strongly believed his daughter was alive, rejecting reports she may have been murdered after disappearing from their apartment in Portugal.

"We are not naïve but on numerous occasions Portuguese police have assured us they were looking for Madeleine alive," Gerry McCann said in a televised interview with Britain's Sky News yesterday.

The Diario de Noticias daily reported yesterday that Portuguese police had found traces of blood on the wall of the apartment where Madeleine went missing and they now fear she might have been murdered.

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