Madeleine McCann

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Both McCanns Now Suspects in Maddy Case

Police pursuing accidental death and cover-up scenario

(Newser) - Portuguese police added Gerry McCann as a suspect in his daughter Madeleine's disappearance yesterday, 12 hours after naming his wife. No charges have been brought against the couple, who were questioned separately over 24 hours, and released. Authorities offered Kate McCann a plea bargain, saying she would serve just two...

Mother of Missing Girl Named Suspect

Police investigating whether Maddy was killed accidentally

(Newser) - Portuguese police named the mother of a missing British girl a suspect in her disappearance today and are investigating whether she accidentally killed her daughter. After a marathon interview yesterday, police again questioned Kate McCann, who was booed by onlookers as she entered the precinct, the London Times reports. McCann...

Cops Will Name Me as Suspect: Maddy's Mom

Missing toddler's mother expects to be named a suspect

(Newser) - The mother of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, grilled for 11 hours by Portuguese police yesterday, expects to be named a suspect in her daughter's disappearance, according to a family spokesman. Kate McCann is "shocked and surprised" by the turn of events, said the friend. Her husband was expected...

Portuguese Press Turns on Maddy's Parents

The McCanns refuse interviews, questions

(Newser) - The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are at the center of a bitter war with the Portuguese press and the residents of Praia del Luz, the town where their daughter disappeared over 100 days ago. Kate and Gerry McCann, both doctors, have stirred the ire of local reporters by refusing...

Blood Raises New Fears Maddy Was Murdered

Evidence being analyzed in Britain

(Newser) - New evidence of blood in the Portuguese hotel room where little Madeleine McCann was kidnapped while her family was on vacation has raised fears among police that she was killed, reports the AP. Blood traces found on the walls are currently being analyzed in Britain, according to a Portuguese investigator,...

DNA From Café Does Not Match Missing Maddy

Sighting in Belgium leads to cold trail; search continues

(Newser) - DNA taken from a bottle found at a Belgian café is not missing British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann's, say local police. Tests were ordered after a child therapist said she was "100% sure" she saw the girl sitting with an English-speaking woman and a Dutch man in his 40s whose...

Break in Hunt For Missing British Girl

Suicide pedophile tracked to resort where Maddy vanished

(Newser) - A man who recently killed himself after apparently abducting a 5-year-old girl was in the Portuguese Algarve when Madeleine McCann disappeared from a hotel there. Police are continuing the hunt for the other girl, who the Times reports looked remarkably similar to Maddy, but hint that this may be the...

Search of Maddy Suspect's Home Strikes Out

Cops comb Portuguese villa; possible evidence turns up elsewhere

(Newser) - Authorities turned up nothing this weekend while searching the home of the only suspect in 4-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. A dozen officials scoured Robert Murat’s Portuguese villa while Murat and a lawyer looked on, the Guardian reports. Named 10 days after the child went missing, the suspect is...

Belgians Test DNA After Maddy Sighting

Restaurant patron spots child resembling missing 4-year-old

(Newser) - Belgian authorities have taken DNA from a bottle after a child therapist said she was “100% sure” she’d spotted Madeline McCann, who has been missing for exactly 3 months. The Guardian reports that the child was seen with a Dutch man and English-speaking woman at a restaurant. The...

Police Arrest Two in Case of Missing Maddy

Held in alleged plot to claim reward money

(Newser) - Police in Spain have arrested two people in an extortion plot connected to the disappearance of British tot Madeleine McCann. The pair, one of them an Italian man wanted in France for child abuse, were arrested near Gibraltar after trying to blackmail the McCann family, the Guardian reports. The four-year-old...

Police Track Grim New Clue in Maddy Search

Anonymous letter names burial spot, links to murdered girls

(Newser) - Police are following a disturbing tip that may link the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann to two girls murdered last year. A Dutch newspaper has received an anonymous letter, accompanied by a map marked with crosses, claiming Madeleine is buried in a rocky area near the Portuguese resort where she disappeared...

Search for Maddie Turns Corporate
Search for Maddie Turns Corporate
May 18, 2007 1:41 PM CDT

Search for Maddie Turns Corporate

From McDonald's to British Airways, firms join hunt

(Newser) - The search for Maddy has become big business. Multinational corporations across Europe have joined celebrities, sports figures and politicians to spread the word about kidnapped 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal 15 days ago while on vacation with her parents. Companies from Shell Oil to McDonald's will blanket gas...

British Man Is Suspect in Kidnapping

Expat living in nearby villa was questioned, released

(Newser) - Police searching for a four-year-old British girl missing on a family vacation in Portugal have named a 33-year-old British expat as a suspect. Robert Murat lives less than 150 metres from where Madeleine McCann vanished 12 days ago, the Guardian reports. Murat was questioned for more than 16 hours yesterday,...

Reward for Lost Girl Reaches £2.6 Million

Madeleine McCann, kidnapped in Portugal, turned 4 yesterday

(Newser) - JK Rowling, Richard Branson and other British business figures have contributed to a £1.5 million reward offered by the tabloid News of the World for the safe return of Madeleine McCann. The British 4-year-old was kidnapped in Portugal 10 days ago; the new offer raises the total reward...

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