Lisbon - The parents of four-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, who went missing in Portugal nearly 100 days ago, have been questioned again by Portuguese police, media reported Thursday. The daily Diario de Noticias said police wanted to clarify contradictions in Gerry and Kate McCann's earlier statements about how they spent the hours preceding Madeleine's disappearance.
A family spokesman, however, said the McCanns only went to the police station in Portimao for a routine weekly meeting to be informed about the investigation.
The McCanns have remained in Portugal since Madeleine went missing from her bed in the holiday resort of Praia da Luz in the southern Algarve region, while her parents were dining in a nearby restaurant.
Suspected blood traces found in Madeleine's room are being analysed in Britain.
Sniffer dogs were meanwhile trying to detect where Madeleine's body could have been taken from the McCanns' holiday apartment, if she died there, the daily Jornal de Noticias said.
Searches in the sea have reportedly been suspended for the time being. A marine currents specialist said Wednesday that he had informed police about the movements of the sea in Praia da Luz.
Spanish journalist Antonio Toscano meanwhile said police had refused to receive documents brought by him, saying they needed originals instead of photocopies.
Toscano maintains that Madeleine is alive in the Algarve after being abducted by a well-known paedophile.
