Madeleine McCann is the three-year-old girl who was snatched from a Portugal holiday resort. Follow breaking news on the Madeleine McCann story, and hope for the best as authorities search for clues and try to find the young girl.
Picture of missing Madeleine, and as she may look now
The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann returned to Portugal today to launch a fresh charm offensive aimed at convincing sceptical locals that there is still hope of finding her alive.
The day-long trip, which was also used to finalise plans to sue the former police detective Gonçalo Amaral, who has been openly suspicious of the couple, was the first time Madeleine's mother, Kate McCann, had returned to the country since... Read Full Story
By Brian Johnson. The Conclusion Of The Portuguese Police Investigating The Madeleine McCann Disappearance. http://fakedabduction.com/ From the above web site : "Faked Abduction will soon be available to purchase from this website. Containing many details from the comprehensive police files, the book highlights the inconsistencies in the various alibis, the ever-changing witness accounts and the lack of police cooperation from the McCanns and their friends, the so-called Tapas 7. The McCanns... Read Full Story
The discovery of American Jaycee Dugard, who was found recently in California 18 years after being kidnapped, brings new hope, the mother of Madeleine McCann said Wednesday in Lisbon.
Kate McCann told reporters she and her husband, Gerry, won't give up searching for Madeleine, who vanished in May 2007 a few days before her fourth birthday during a family vacation on Portugal's southern Algarve coast.
"I just think that it's so vital and so fair for Madeleine that we don't give up on... Read Full Story
MADELEINE McCann was abducted by at least two kidnappers who must have carried out several dry runs in the days leading up to her disappearance.
After spending a week on the ground investigating the case and the methods used by the kidnappers, I can only conclude that they must have entered the apartment to carry out a rehearsal, because they were working to an incredibly tight schedule.
The three-minute time frame they allowed themselves left no margin for error.
But even though... Read Full Story
Sunday Express 11/10/09 Now, reading that headline, you'd think that some kind of official report had reached this conclusion. Not so. This is the latest theory put forward by the McCanns' private investigators, Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley. Last I heard the intrepid two were investigating the "lawless villages," around Praia da Luz where the "lone prowler," was reckoned to be hanging out with Madeleine in a, "secret lair." According to today's Sunday Express, the tireless twosome, who didn... Read Full Story
A controversial DNA test used in the failed Omagh bomb case is the key to finding Madeleine McCann’s kidnapper, Ulster investigator Dave Edgar has claimed.
But the former RUC detective sergeant’s team will never be able to use it as Portuguese authorities will not give him access to forensic information.
Speaking exclusively to Sunday Life at the HQ of his Alpha Investigations Group in Cheshire, the ex-cop leading the search for Maddie believes that DNA tests, which can... Read Full Story
Kate McCann has returned to Portugal for the first time since being quizzed by police over her daughter Madeleine's disappearance.
Mrs McCann and her husband Gerry went to Lisbon to update their lawyers on the search for their daughter, who was three when she went missing in the resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007.
The couple's spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "I can confirm that Kate and Gerry McCann have this morning (Wednesday) returned to Portugal.
"They will be attending a... Read Full Story
Raymond Hewlett
Private investigators working for the parents of missing Madeleine McCann are now examining a pedophile that was in the area of Portugal the family was staying when the little girl disappeared, according to the Mirror .
Raymond Hewlett, 64, was staying with his family in a motor home only an hour from the McCann’s vacation apartment in Praia da Luz.
Clarence Mitchell, a spokesperson for Gerry and Kate McCann said, “We are aware of Raymond Hewlett and the... Read Full Story
The McCanns have taken to steps to close down a website that claims Madeleine was not abducted.
Libel lawyers representing the couple have demanded the Madeleine Foundation stop publishing allegations that Madeleine is dead and her parents bear some responsibility for her death.
Legal-firm Carter-Ruck have also asked them to hand over all remaining copies of leaflets and booklets they published to support their claims.
The spokesman for the McCann family, Clarence Mitchell said... Read Full Story
Hunt ... pic of girl in Sweden similar to Maddie
DETECTIVES were last night desperately hunting a girl who was photographed in Sweden - after computer-matching showed she could be missing Madeleine McCann. The girl, who was pictured at a car show, bears a strong resemblance to Maddie, who would now be six.
Her jawline is identical and her eyes are the same colour as Maddie's.
After the snap appeared on a website, Swedish police were inundated with calls from the public saying... Read Full Story
