Atlanta, GA 11/7/2007 2:14:32 AM
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Dumped bag of clothes contain DNA linked to Madeleine McCann

A major break in the Madeleine McCann case was discovered two weeks ago. A bag of clothes containing DNA linked to Madeleine McCann was found dumped near the Fargo airport in Portugal. The clothes were stuffed in a white carrier bag and are the first evidence linked to Madeline found outside the McCann’s holiday apartment where the 4-year-old disappeared.

“The bag could be crucial. The DNA isn’t an exact match to Maddie’s, but it does link,” says a source. “It is the first clue found outside the apartment complex and could provide a trail.”

 

Items in the bag included a blue fleece jacket, adult jeans, a shower curtain, light green child’s T-shirt and a pencil case. Experts reportedly concluded that the clothes contained traces of hair and body fluid that partially matched Madeleine’s DNA.

 

Meanwhile, many believe ‘Baby Grace’ maybe Madeleine. Baby Grace was found in Galveston, Texas stuffed in a plastic storage container. She had been dead for at least two weeks and had several skull fractures. Officials named the girl Baby Grace as they have not been able to identify her. A forensic artist sketched a picture of the 2 to 3 year old girl and she bears a resemblance to Madeleine. Police asked the public to help identify the girl and have received many suggestions that it maybe Madeleine.

 

Officials say they are working with the FBI to rule out that Baby Grace is Madeleine McCann. They say they are going through missing person cases to try to find a match.

 

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