dna in question belonged to madeleine. and amidst the stacks of papers, the mccanns found some hope. the most important thing that came out when the files were released, there is absolutely no evidence anywhere to suggest that madeleine has been physically harmed. with faith renewed their daughter could still be out there and alive, gerry and kate release this photo of what madeleine mccann could look like at age 6, two years after she went missing. and i just think it s so vital and so fair for madeleine that we don t give up on her. coming up, the power of a public appeal to the highest authorities.
madeleine, let her come home to her mommy, daddy, brother and sister. four days after madeleine vanished, kate made another appeal. we beg you to let madeleine come home. we need our madeleine. but did it help or hurt? kate and gerry, they were very serious. they didn t cry when they were in the press. and that s something that we didn t understand too much here in the south of europe. people are very sentimental and usually mothers cry. and that made people suspicious. early on, one of the major criticisms of the mccanns was that they were very stoic. even cold. they were told very early on
of those option. it offered plenty of options for the children as well. madeleine mccann spent most of her days with the kids club under the supervision of resort personnel. however, at night, the mccanns opted out of the club s child care. the mccanns made the decision amongst themselves that that might be disruptive to their children s sleep patterns. so they just thought we can do this ourselves. at 8:30 every night, after putting the kids to bed, the mccanns joined their friends for dinner at the onsite tapas bar, while the children were all left alone, sleeping in their respective apartments. so they decided to mount a half-hour checking system of all of the children. so one member of the group would get up and go and check and check on all their children, come back. another one would go every half an hour. and all i can say is it just felt so safe, you know. it s a family resort. if your children are upstairs
you ve got the restaurant where they all went. with nine adults and a combined eight children, the mccanns party was hard to miss. all four of their rented apartments were clustered together in block 5. this was their apartment on the corner here? 5a. reporter: julian paribanas is a private investigator. he says the location of the mccanns flat put the family at risk. what made this apartment, 5a more vulnerable than some of the others in the complex? it makes it more vulnerable because it s in the corner, and there is a lot of places that you can be watching the apartment without being noticed. reporter: but from the mccanns view, the location of apartment 5a had all the makings of a perfect family retreat. the first stage of their vacation went exceptionally well. probably just exactly as they had hoped. they re both quite sporty. they enjoyed running. they enjoyed tennis. and the resort offered them all
portuguese resident of praia da luz who lived in 2007 in the home owned by his mother only some 100 yards or so from apartment 5a. she went missing last night. after madeleine s disappearance made the morning use, robert walked out to his yard. that s when i met an english guy that had known the family and i asked if he had spoken portuguese, so i asked if he minded lending a hand. i had a daughter the same age, and if it happened to me, i would want and expect everybody to help me. one of the british newspaper reporters who was there became suspicious of robert marat s behavior and called and alerted. those suspicions snowballed after three of the mccanns friends reported seeing him near 5a the night of the disappears.