FED: Police may be close to finding mysterious McCann case woman

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2009
FED: Police may be close to finding mysterious McCann case woman

An Australian woman believed to hold vital clues to the disappearance of missing British
child MADELEINE MCCANN may have been found.

New South Wales police say they have received information about a woman who's similar
in description to a Australian being sought by private investigators examining the disappearance
of MADELEINE.

The woman reportedly spoke to a British man outside a bar in Barcelona in Spain three
days after the four-year-old girl disappeared in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz
in May 2007.

Police say a Sydney woman gave a formal statement to detectives on Friday .. and claims
to know the identity of the woman being sought by the private investigators working for
the MCCANN family.

New South Wales police say they're forwarding the information to the Federal Police.

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KEYWORD: MCCANN (SYDNEY)

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