needed it fast? >> that's right. he already had two cars. he lives with his mother. his mother has a van. he has his own gold kia. and then, suddenly, on saturday, he called a car-rental agency and said, "i need a car and i need it fast." >> the people here, well, it's a bit of an emotional roller coaster for them. they say they really hope, they desperately hope, this is the development that will cut this, break this wide open. >> any information that we get from portugal just gives us that bit of lift that we need. >> now, mr. murat's status, officially under portuguese law, is now that of suspect, but he has not been arrested. >> but as time went on, investigators could not tie murat to madeleine mccann whatsoever, aside from the fact that he lived nearby. >> i did call my source in the pj and asked him, "so, is this suspect going to prison? is going to be kept by you guys? what's going to happen?" my source told me, "nobody is