MADELEINE McCANN UPDATE 31

POLICE LINK MADELEINE PHONE CALL TO MOBILE FROM ARGENTINA
June 9, 2007


MADELEINE MCCANN

The mystery call that police believe may contain “credible” information on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been traced to a mobile telephone registered in Argentina.

Detectives hope that the caller may hold the clue to the whereabouts of the four-year-old, who was abducted from the bed of her Algarve holiday apartment 37 days ago.

Kate and Gerry McCann still hope contact can be re-established before tomorrow when they travel to Morocco in the final of a series of visits to raise awareness of their daughter’s disappearance. They will then remain in Portugal, co-ordinating the search for Madeleine.

Although aware of the possibility that their daughter could be dead, they believe it is more likely that they are just one telephone call from having her returned home safely. The couple hoped that such a message had been received on Wednesday when British police told them that a “credible” call had been received by the Guardia Civil in Spain from someone claiming to have information about Madeleine’s whereabouts. Detectives are still investigating the call, which they have discovered was made on a telephone registered in Argentina. They have emphasised that it could have been made elsewhere in the world.

A police source said: “The call came from an unregistered [pay-as-you-go] phone but there was sufficient information to know where it was bought or registered.” Authorities in Buenos Aires are understood to be attempting to trace the owner of a pay-as-you-go mobile registered with an operator in Argentina.

The caller is believed to have demanded to speak to the McCanns and a time was arranged for them to accept the call. The call was considered so potentially significant that the McCanns delayed a trip to Amsterdam, to help police investigate.

READ THE REST HERE