They hired Krugel to look for a body before the dream.
'I know where Madeleine is buried' says body finder hired by McCannsThe McCanns turned to him in July to spend a week investigating Madeleine's disappearance after being deluged with emails from members of the public recommending him as a "genius".
He said: "Gerry sent me a strand of Madeleine's hair for DNA purposes, which had been removed from her coat."
Krugel landed in Praia da Luz with his machine on July 17 and embarked on a four day search - with the blessing of Portuguese detectives.
He said: "I had a meeting with Kate and Gerry where I explained exactly how my technology works and what I was going to do.
"They knew a lot about my work already because people had posted messages about me on the Find Madeleine website.
"The police were fully aware of the work I was about to do.
"I set off with some colleagues and we conducted an extensive search of Praia da Luz using the machine.
"I scoured many different places across the resort and spent time near ports and other exit points in Praia da Luz.
"We spent 16 hours a day searching everywhere - nothing was left unsearched."
But under Portuguese law Krugel is forbidden from revealing the exact spot as he has mentioned it in a police statement.
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sources close to the investigation told the Sunday Mirror that it is a spot on the beach in Praia da Luz near where Gerry regularly went running.
Krugel said: "The technology I use picks up a trace using DNA and complex and secret science techniques. Every day the trace was strongest in this one area.
"The machine was highlighting the same co-ordinate and it kept drawing me back there. It left me convinced that Madeleine was there.
"My machine has a 90 per cent success rate, so I am convinced this is the place where Madeleine is buried."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-486196/I-know-Madeleine-buried-says-body-finder-hired-McCanns.htmlIN SEARCH OF A BODY, WITH KRUGEL'S MACHINE
Kate heard of a man called Krugel, a former South African army colonel, who had allegedly perfected a machine enabling him to detect the presence of a body. A decomposing body emits particles: if hair from the deceased person is placed in the machine, it detects identical particles. On June 9th, Kate asks friends to go to her home in England to collect some of her daughter's hair and send it to Krugel.
On June 28th, the McCanns request Krugel's presence in the Algarve. They want to make his intervention official and seek the agreement of the PJ. Thanks to Madeleine's hair, the South African allegedly determined a sort of imaginary line that allowed him to state that the body was in the Vila da Luz area. The Portuguese and English police learn, with amazement, about these supposed cutting-edge technologies dedicated to locating bodies. Of course, we knew that such apparatus existed, especially in the United States, but Krugel's mysterious, "machine," leaves us all speechless. Kate and Gerry, they stick to their guns. They saw a television programme in which the effectiveness of Krugel's method was demonstrated, and so are persuaded that the man will be able to move the investigation forward. Without being convinced as to the validity of the method, the police end up acceding to their request. (TOTL)
