The Sol article is dated 4th Aug but claims to be describing a GNR dog's indoor track on 4th May
"on the day following the English girl's disappearance".
SOL ? AUGUST 18
New contradictions in Maddie?s case
By Felicia Cabrita, with Margarida Davim
Translation by astro
*snip*
The path that
the English dogs followed 2 weeks ago, in the surroundings of the apartment, exclude the possibility that the child was abducted and is still alive.
The dogs walked the only two paths that Maddie?s family and friends knew.
One of them leads to Luz beach. The irish citizen
Martin Smith, a local resident for years, told Sol that on that night he crossed ways with a man who was carrying a child, with the characteristics of Maddie. That path was searched by police and other people. Six days after the disappearance, Gerry, who was accompanied by an unknown individual, also seemed to participate in the searches, but on the opposite side of the way the dogs walked.
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Martin Smith lived there for years & spoke to the Sol?
I think the Sol were very capable of putting their own spin on things.