The private investigators from Metodo 3 hired by the McCanns' say they know who kidnapped Madeleine and they will have her back by Christmas. They say Madeleine was kidnapped by a pedophile ring and is being held in north Africa or the Iberian Peninsula and what is most important that she is still alive.It is not the first the detective agency makes such optimistic claims. The private investigators have been working on this case since September. Francisco

A friend of the McCanns one of the so-called Tapas Nine wants to help Portuguese police feels obliged to keep silent. A lawyer representing one of the Tapas Nine, told El Mundo: "My client feels obliged to keep silent about what he can do to help the investigation, and not because of the Portuguese secrecy laws. "It's not that he is scared of the McCanns, but the economic and political lobby surrounding the couple is truly frightening to anybody. What my client wants is to reveal the whole truth, but he does not mean to accuse or blame anyone, as that is the job of the police. "The

Detectives interrogated waiters and other workers at the tapas bar where McCanns ate on May 3. The detectives wanted to know "Were they drunk?" Kate and Gerry McCann have always said they and their seven friends ordered six bottles of wine, but that two remained virtually untouched because they discovered their daughter was missing. The group's waiter, Jose Baptista, said they were "very sensible" about their drinking and usually had eight to ten bottles over 2-3 hours.

New forensic tests done by the Portuguese police appear to support the theory that Kate and Gerry McCann are involved in Madeleine's disappearance. These new findings are alleged to have the girl's DNA from Madeleine's bodily fluids and hair - in the McCanns' hire car which was rented 25 days after the girl went missing. Also they say they have found traces of Madeleine's blood in her parents' holiday apartment. Tests on the bodily fluids found in the hire car show that they came from a corpse and that the body was moved. Tests

Evidence of a decomposing body was found in McCann's hired car. Portuguese police found "bodily fluid" that could have come only from a corpse in the boot of the Renault Scenic rented by Kate and Gerry McCann 25 days after Madeleine went missing. The evidence was found on the underside of a carpet, indicating that it was hidden there. Police are waiting for further test results which may show whether the DNA belongs to Madeleine. Friends of the McCanns believe police have orchestrated this because of McCanns' criticism of the way the search for Madeleine was conducted in the early