In the past few days, the disappearance of a three-year-old girl has once again become the focus of European media attention.
The little girl is named Maddie McCann . She disappeared on the evening of May 3, 2007 in the resort of Praïa da Luz in Portugal. She was only three years old at the time.
Over the years, McCann's whereabouts have not been concluded, and this case has become one of the most well-known missing persons in modern history.
It is reported that at the time of the incident, Madeline was on vacation in Portugal with her mom Kate, her dad Gerry McCann and other family members.
At 8:30 pm, Madeline slept alone on the first floor of the apartment, while her parents and her brother were dining in a restaurant 50 meters away.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, Kate was worried and ran to his daughter Madeline's bedroom to see if the child was asleep, but was shocked to find that Madeline was missing!
Portuguese police initially determined that this was an abduction case, , but the "killers" that the police believed had never appeared.
Portuguese police made many mistakes during the "golden time" after the incident: border agencies and water police did not receive a report from Madeline for several hours, and the police did not come to search every household.
Kate said the police did not set up roadblocks until 10 a.m. the next day. The police did not check the surveillance footage of vehicles leaving Luz on the night of the incident, nor did they ask for vehicle footage from the Spanish border area.
Interpol took five days to issue a global missing person warning. In addition, the Portuguese police did not interview all the resort's vacation tourists , and some tourists said the police had never contacted them. The crime scene of
was not well protected either. Portuguese police collected samples from Madeleine's bedroom and sent the samples to three forensic laboratories for verification.
Kate said that at 3 a.m., a police officer put tape on the door of the children's room and left, without protecting the scene.
According to the documents released by the police in 2008, the resort was idle a month after the incident and was later blocked in August 2007 to facilitate subsequent investigation and evidence search.
However, after the incident, many people in have visited the door of the apartment, including next to the window of the children's bedroom (it is very likely a place where kidnappers enter or leave).
What's more annoying is that A policeman swept his fingerprints through the blinds outside the window without gloves or protective clothing.
The Portuguese police investigation has made almost no progress, and during this period, the Kate couple was suspected of murdering their daughter. It was not until July of the following year that the Portuguese Attorney General announced the closing of the case.
In May 2011, the British police decided to intervene in the investigation, and the McCanns were also hiring private detectives to investigate. It was not until October 2013 that the Portuguese police began to re-invest the case.
British police investigation has made some progress, and they have released electronic synthetic photos of the suspect, one of which shows a man walking to the beach with Madeleine on the night of the incident.
The case has attracted widespread international attention, and people from all walks of life, including J.K. Rowling, have provided bounties to the case.
Until 2020, German prosecutors assumed Madeleine McCan died and said a 43-year-old German national had a major suspect in serial sexual assault on "Christian B".
At present, the police are conducting interrogation of Christine B, but the suspect said nothing.
Police are waiting for the results of identifying DNA in the suspect's van.
A British expert said he thinks it's only a matter of time before Christine is accused.
According to sources, Christine once confessed to a friend that he stole Madeleine . In addition, Christine's mobile phone location showed that he was in the resort where Madeleine was on the day of the incident.
Kate couples have been looking for their daughter. They hope Madeline is still alive and hope that one day the whole family will be reunited.
According to German police, Christine is a serial rapist who served seven years in prison for raping an American retiree in Praïa da Luz in 2005.
The suspect Christian B
He lived in the crime scene for several years and was later jailed for stealing gasoline for nine months.
Christine also faces three separate charges of sexual assault. In 2004, he raped an Irish woman in Portugal.
Now, the police are anxiously waiting for the DNA test results. The case may be solved soon, but it may also be found nothing...
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Ref:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-prime-suspect-reveals-26778566?int_source=nba
https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/3275675-20220422-affaire-maddie-espoir-denouement-apres-quinze-a ns-fausses-pistes-impasses
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-prime-suspect-reveals-26778566?int_source=nba
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-police-wait-key-26777523
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