Kate and Gerry McCann, the mother and father of Madeleine McCann, who went lacking whereas on vacation in Portugal in 2007, have posted a message to their daughter on the 18th anniversary of her disappearance.
The message, which thanked supporters and charities concerned in looking for lacking youngsters, mirrored that Madeleine’s twenty second birthday is that this month.
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Madeleine McCann disappeared from a vacation flat in Portugal in 2007. Pic: PA
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Kate and Gerry McCann. Pic: PA
They write: “No matter how near or far she is, she continues to be right here with us, every day, but especially on her special day. We continue to ‘celebrate’ her as the very beautiful and unique person she is. We miss her.”
Madeleine’s disappearance whereas on vacation together with her household in Portugal’s Algarve is likely one of the most high-profile instances of a lacking particular person in British historical past.
Gerry and Kate McCann had left her in mattress together with her twin siblings whereas that they had dinner with pals at a close-by restaurant in Praia da Luz when the then three-year-old disappeared at round 10pm on 3 Could.
Greater than £13m has been spent by the Metropolitan Police investigating the case.
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The person generally known as Christian B at his trial on unrelated sexual assault costs in Germany in October 2024. Pic: Reuters
Christian B, who can’t be absolutely recognized below his nation’s privateness regulation, was acquitted of unrelated rape and youngster intercourse assault costs final October.
