18/09/2007
McCann Case 'Focus On Finding Madeleine'
The new spokesperson for the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has said that Gerry and Kate McCann are innocent and that the focus of the investigation must return to finding the four-year-old.
Clarence Mitchell said that the focus of the investigation had to move away from the "rampant, unfounded and inaccurate speculation" of recent days.
Earlier this month, the couple were both named as formal suspects in their daughter's disappearance by Portuguese police.
The move followed the discovery of DNA evidence, found in a car hired by the McCanns three weeks after Madeleine vanished.
A Portuguese judge is studying a dossier on the case to decide whether or not to bring charges against the couple.
Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3.
(KMcA)
Clarence Mitchell said that the focus of the investigation had to move away from the "rampant, unfounded and inaccurate speculation" of recent days.
Earlier this month, the couple were both named as formal suspects in their daughter's disappearance by Portuguese police.
The move followed the discovery of DNA evidence, found in a car hired by the McCanns three weeks after Madeleine vanished.
A Portuguese judge is studying a dossier on the case to decide whether or not to bring charges against the couple.
Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3.
(KMcA)
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The Metropolitan Police investigating the abduction of a three-year-old British girl called Madeleine McCann from an apartment in the Portuguese Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on the 3rd May 2007, have released two e-fit images of a man who is of vital importance in the case.
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28 November 2013
Met Seek Approval For Joint Madeleine McCann Investigation Team
Agreement is being sought from the UK and Portuguese governments to establish a new "joint investigation team" to continue the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Metropolitan Police are seeking the agreement to set up the new team, saying that it would be more effective than the current "ad-hoc" approach.
Met Seek Approval For Joint Madeleine McCann Investigation Team
Agreement is being sought from the UK and Portuguese governments to establish a new "joint investigation team" to continue the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Metropolitan Police are seeking the agreement to set up the new team, saying that it would be more effective than the current "ad-hoc" approach.
04 July 2013
Police Renew Investigation Into Madeleine McCann Disappearance
A formal investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is underway following the discovery of new evidence and new witnesses, the Metropolitan Police has announced. A review of the case, said to have been approached with "new thinking", has renewed the investigation, which is now looking at 38 "persons of interest".
Police Renew Investigation Into Madeleine McCann Disappearance
A formal investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is underway following the discovery of new evidence and new witnesses, the Metropolitan Police has announced. A review of the case, said to have been approached with "new thinking", has renewed the investigation, which is now looking at 38 "persons of interest".
18 August 2008
Maddie Alive, Says Dad
Determined dad Gerry McCann does not accept the verdict of the Portuguese police files that claim his lost daughter Madeleine is "most probably" dead.
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23 May 2007
Madeleine's parents visit holy shrine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have made a pilgrimage to Portugal's holiest site to pray for the four-year-old's safe return. Gerry and Kate McCann travelled to Fatima, home of the Marian shrine, in what is expected to be the first of several visits across Europe in order to raise awareness of their daughter's abduction.
Madeleine's parents visit holy shrine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have made a pilgrimage to Portugal's holiest site to pray for the four-year-old's safe return. Gerry and Kate McCann travelled to Fatima, home of the Marian shrine, in what is expected to be the first of several visits across Europe in order to raise awareness of their daughter's abduction.
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