I have no idea how much access any FLO had to their lives. Paiva had dealings with them and said in January 2010;
Asked if he had ever got the impression from the McCanns that they thought Madeleine could be dead, he said: "Yes."
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id296.htm
The twins played with Paiva's children at his home. Kate and Gerry dined there. So I would say Paiva had a great deal of access to them at the time.
SnipLater, another witness told the court that the investigation changed from a missing person’s inquiry into a murder hunt after Kate had a nightmare and told police where to look for the body.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Police liaison officer Ricardo Paiva said: “The turning point of the investigation came after I received a phone call from Kate McCann.
“She said she had had a nightmare and saw Madeleine’s body lying on a hillside.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He added: “At the end of July Kate phoned me. She was alone as Gerry was in the UK and she was crying, saying she’d dreamt Madeleine was up in the hills and we should do searches there. She gave the impression that she thought Madeleine was dead.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
However, under cross examination he accepted claims that the couple contacted the media before the police were not true.
Judge Rodrigues asked him why he could not accept that Madeleine could have been kidnapped and then killed. Mr Paiva did not answer.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20100113/282454230115774