A suspect in the Madeleine McCann case died in a tractor accident before having been questioned by police. The former employee of the Ocean Club has cropped up on a list of suspects that have been selected for questioning due to phone records analysed by police.
The man, whose name the police have yet to release, died in the accident in 2009. He was sacked by the Ocean Club’s management and a motive of revenge against the hotel is being proposed by Portuguese media as a reason for Madeleine’s disappearance.
Phone records from 2007 show the suspect was in Praia da Luz at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance but surpisingly he was not on the former employee list given to the police at the time.
Officers already have questioned the man’s widow and may search for the girl’s body based on their suspicions.
"Police suspicions about the former Ocean Club employee came about during the case review by a police team from Oporto," according to Correio da Manha.
It is thought that this was the key piece of evidence given to the judiciary to enable the case to be reopened.
