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Burner at pet crem sealed off by police

16/09/2007





Police searching for Madeleine have sealed off an incinerator at one pet cemetery and are investigating two others.

The line of inquiry adds weight to fears her body will never be found.

Detectives first went to Creon Starlight Pet Cremation Service, near the town of Monchique, 30 miles from Praia da Luz, in July.

Officers have since examined another pet incinerator near Lisbon and one in Spain.

Creon Starlight owner Evert Hoos, 61, told detectives a couple claiming to be Polish but with English accents arrived at his premises two weeks after Madeleine vanished.

He was asked to dispose of " two dogs" in black sacks which he incinerated without looking at them.

He told the Sunday Mirror the couple seemed emotionless and did not ask for the ashes, instead insisting they were scattered on local scrub-land.

Mr Hoos said: " I am now haunted by thinking, what if one of the bags contained something more sinister?"

The police who called had claimed they were investigating a strange smell.

But Mr Hoos said: " They then asked me straight away if I knew anything about what happened to Madeleine. I said no, but I immediately thought about that couple.

" Usually the people coming to me are upset and in tears but they weren' t.

" It was also strange how they didn' t ask me for the ashes. And I thought it odd that they spoke such excellent English. It was all just a bit strange.

" They said they had to dispose of two dogs. Afterwards I scattered the ashes. They left quickly when it was done."