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HAPPEN.
WE GOT ALL THE NEWS HERE.
25 MINUTES BEFORE THE TOP OF THE
HOUR.
THEY ARE SUSPECT NOTICE
DISAPPEARANCE OF THEIR
DAUGHTER'S DISAPPEAR ANES.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP
OR HURT THE OFFICIAL
INVESTIGATION.
BRIAN: JOINING US NOW FORMER
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE ROD WHEELER.
WOULD YOU DO THE SAME THING IF
YOU WERE THE MCCANNS?
>> ACTUALLY NOT, BRIAN.
I THINK WHAT THE MCCANNS ARE
TRYING TO DO IS TAKE THE LIGHT
OFF OF THEMSELVES.
AS YOU KNOW NOW, THE POLICE OVER
IN PORTUGAL HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
THE MCCANNS AS BEING INVOLVED IN
THEIR DAUGHTER'S DISAPPEAR ABC.
THEY DIDN'T HIRE THE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS UNTIL AFTER THEY
BECAME PEOPLE OF INTEREST.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING
THAT THEY DECIDED TO GO OUT AND
HIRE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS,
ALTHOUGH THERE SOMETIMES CAN BE
AN ADVANTAGE TO HIRING PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS AND WHAT THAT IS
IS SIMPLY THAT THEY CAN GO OUT
AND USE MORE RESOURCES AND FIND
MORE WITNESSES.
SO SOMETIMES IT CAN BE AN
ADVANTAGE TO HIRE PRIVATE
INVESTIGATORS.
STEVE: ROD, ALSO THE NEWS THIS
MORNING IN GREAT BRITAIN IS THE
FACT THAT THE TELEGRAPH SAYS
THAT MADELEINE MCCANN APPARENTLY
HER PARENTS HAD PUT UP A LITTLE
WARNING SIGN ON SOME OF THE
STAIRS IN THE APARTMENT THEY
WERE RENTING IN PORTUGAL.
THEIR THEORY IS THAT SHE FELL
DOWN THE STAIRS.
SHE HIT HER HEAD ON A CERAMIC
FLAG STONE AND HER PARENTS HID
THE BODY AND CARTED HER OFF WITH
THE ASSIST STANCE OF SOME OF
THOSE SAME FRIENDS WHO WERE ON
VACATION WITH THEM.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE.
BECAUSE THE POLICE ALL ALONG
HAVE SAID THEY BELIEVE THE
LITTLE GIRL DIED ACCIDENTALLY.
THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE
PARENTS PROBABLY PANICKED AND
TOOK THE GIRL SOMEWHERE AND
BURIED HER.
I THINK ALL OF THIS GOES
TOGETHER.
IT WORKS TOGETHER.
ALISYN: ROD, I'M TRYING TO GET
THE IDEA THEY ARE FLOATING ANY
THEORY THAT THEY CON COCKETS OUT
THERE TO SEE WHAT PARTICULAR
STICK -- WHAT STICKS WITHWITH TE
PUBLIC.
ARE THEY JUST GOING TO DO THIS
WITH THE MEDIA.
>> THEY DO HAVE SOME EVIDENCE.
THEY WILL DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT
OF EVIDENCE.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION
ON YOUR PART.
THE KEY EVIDENCE HERE, IF YOU
REMEMBER, THEY DID FIND BODY
FLUIDS IN THE HIRE VEHICLE.
THEY HIRED A VEHICLE TO GO A
LONG DISTANCE.
AT THE FOUND LIKE 80% BODY FLUID
THEY BELIEVED BELONGED TO THE
LITTLE GIRL.
I THINK THEY DO HAVE SOME
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEIR
THEORY.
BRIAN: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIND OUT BECAUSE PORTUGUESE
POLICE AREN'T LOOKING FOR
ANYBODY ELSE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
BRIAN: THE PARENTS HAVE NO