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  • Madeleine McCann Ruled Out as Body in Suitcase in Australia

    Madeleine McCann Ruled Out as Body in Suitcase in Australia

    Madeleine McCann hasn’t been found. A body of a deceased female child found in Australia isn’t the daughter of Gerry and Kate McCann. Their daughter, Madeleine, went missing back in 2007 when the family was vacationing in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

    Earlier in July, Australian authorities discovered an abandoned suitcase. Inside the case was the body of a young, fair-haired girl, whom they estimated to be between two and a half and four years old. Madeleine McCann was three at the time she was abducted.

    South Australia Police had warned British authorities that a match was “highly unlikely,” and Detective Superintendent Des Bray extinguished all possibility on Wednesday when he announced, “Madeleine McCann has been totally excluded as a potential victim.”

    Since Madeleine McCann went missing back in 2007, there have been countless sightings of the little girl in countries all around the world. No one has ever been charged with her disappearance and the case remains open.

    It is no doubt painful for the parents of Madeleine McCann to learn this wasn’t their daughter’s body found in Australia. Her discovery would have allowed them some closure. On the other hand, since it wasn’t Madeleine McCann’s body, they likely hold out some hope that she will one day be found alive.

  • Madeleine McCann Case: Police Hunt Sexual Predator

    Madeleine McCann disappeared four days before her fourth birthday back in 2007 while vacationing with her family in Portugal. British investigators have recently reopened the case and say they’re now actively pursuing a sexual predator who broke into vacation villas in Portugal and sexually abused five little girls between 2004 and 2010. Police say there are incredible similarities between these break-ins and Madeleine McCann’s abduction.

    In most of these aforementioned cases there were no signs of forced entry into the vacation villas. The break-ins occurred between 2:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. Two of these break-ins took place in the resort of Praia da Luz, where Madeleine was taken.

    Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood says the suspect has “an unhealthy interest in young white female children.”

    “These offenses are very serious and no one has been charged in connection with them,” he said. “We also need to eliminate this man from our enquiries and ascertain whether these offenses are linked to Madeleine’s disappearance.”

    Redwood’s team is working in conjunction with Portuguese investigators and together they have 38 “persons of interest” in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. They are also sifting through information about 530 known sexual offenders whose whereabouts are presently unknown. Of these 530, 59 are said to be “high priority,” and some of them are British.

    Madeleine’s parents Gerry and Kate McCann have never given up hope of finding their daughter. Initially thought to have been involved in her disappearance they have long been cleared of anything to do with the crime.

    In 2008, the Madeleine McCann case was closed. London’s Metropolitan Police subsequently spent two years reviewing evidence at the request of the British government. They opened their own investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance about a year ago.

    It would indeed be a miracle if British investigators could find out what actually happened to Madeleine McCann, and even if their findings aren’t happy ones, at the very least they could provide some closure for the little girl’s family.

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  • Madeleine McCann: New Theory Linked to Thefts

    Six years after Madeleine McCann went missing in Praia de Luz, Portugal, Scotland Yard has a new theory, according to the Daily Mail. They now think that Madeleine may have been taken after disturbing burglars at The Ocean Club, where they were staying. They have a theory that her disappearance could be connected to a series of thefts at The Ocean Club and elsewhere around Praia de Luz.

    Therefore, Scotland Yard said they would like to hear from anyone that was on vacation and was burgled around Praia de Luz prior to Madeleine’s disappearance. Any information would be helpful to the investigation into who took Madeleine.

    Detectives have also been collecting an extensive list of phone records for calls made and received in the area, in order to be able to tell who was around. As detectives continue to pour over these phone records, Scotland Yard has said anyone that was around Praia de Luz on May 3, 2007 could receive a phone call from them. From this new line of investigation, that has gone on for two years, came the information about the break-ins and also began the phone record blitz. The new inquiry has yielded 41 new “people of interest“.

    Because of these new findings, the Kate and Gerry McCann are going on T.V. with the new information to make another plea to the public for help in finding Madeleine. The McCanns will appear live in the studio during an episode of BBC Crimewatch on Monday next week, which will also feature a reconstruction. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, of the Metropolitan Police, described the program’s content as “substantially different. It’s not just a bland ‘can you help us’ appeal, there is some different material and a different understanding to be presented,” he said.

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