The woman at the center of a police investigation into whether Madeleine McCann was killed in a hit-and-run accident has come forward, stating she had no idea officers were interested in her involvement.
The German citizen, who worked at a restaurant near the Praia da Luz resort in May 2007 when Madeleine disappeared, became the focus of police enquiries seven years ago when it was speculated that the three-year-old had left the holiday resort through an unlocked patio door before being killed in a traffic collision.
The theory, which runs counter to the general assumption that Madeleine was abducted, was leaked to Portugal's Correio da Manha newspaper in June.
The woman said the flat she shared with her British partner, who was a chef at the Ocean Club serving dinner to Kate and Gerry McCann on the night of the disappearance, was searched by police but she never realized the extent of police scrutiny.
The theory predated the identification of convicted sex offender Christian Brueckner as the prime suspect in Madeleine's disappearance.
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