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**Martin Grime was the dog handler and trainer of Eddie and Keela, two sniffer dogs brought in to assist the search for madeleine.**{{ :martin_grime.jpg?200|}}

A common misunderstanding of these searches are that Eddie would alert only to cadaverine and Keela would alert only to blood. This was one of Goncalo Amaral's misunderstandings which solidified his belief that the McCanns had covered up Maddie's death.

However let's have a look at what Grime actually stated about Eddie, the cadaver dog.:

Link: Martin Grime Eddie and Keela report...about three quarters down the page under the side heading EVRD.
https://mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARTIN_GRIMES.htm

"'Eddie' The Enhanced Victim Recovery Dog (E.V.R.D.) will search for and
locate human remains and body fluids **including blood** in any environment or
terrain."

His rogatory statement states, when asked "'The dog EVRD also alerts to blood from a live human being or only from a cadaver'

"The dog EVRD is trained using whole and disintegrated material, blood, bone tissue, teeth, etc. and decomposed cross-contaminants. The dog will recognize all or parts of a human cadaver. He is not trained for 'live' human odours; no trained dog will recognize the smell of 'fresh blood'. **They find, however, and give the alert for dried blood from a live human being.**

https://mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARTIN_GRIMES_RIGATORY.htm first paragraph under last image.

**Refering again to the rogatory statement** Grime states he is a retired Police officer. That statement was made on May 14 2008. He goes on to say "Between August 1-8, 2007, and while working for the South Yorkshire police, I collaborated with the Judicial Police, Portugal, as regards their Operations Task Force."

However, Martin Grime retired from S.Yorkshire police in July 2007, before going to PDL. He then worked under his newly formed company name.