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McCanns Give Teary Talk

Couple promotes hotline on Spanish TV, certain Maddy is still alive

By Lise Colyer, Newser User

Posted Oct 24, 2007 7:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – Maddy's mom cried on Spanish TV today as she pleaded for public help and announced a 24-hour line to find her daughter. "Somebody knows something" about Maddy's whereabouts, Kate McCann said alongside her husband. "I think she is possibly being held by someone in their house." It was the McCanns' first televised talk since being fingered as suspects in the case, the Guardian reports.

Kate said she can accept public scrutiny as long as people help find Maddy. "I will take anything that is thrown at me," she said. She admitted to feeling "sad and lonely. As Madeleine's mummy I feel in my heart that she is there." Private eyes advised the couple to give the interview, which directed their plea toward North Africa and the Iberian peninsula, the Times of London reports.

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Video grabbed image taken from Antena 3 of Kate McCann during an interview on the Spanish TV station made available Wednesday Oct. 24, 2007. The appearance is the first televised interview Kate McCann... (Associated Press)

Kate and Gerry McCann, pictured outside their house in Rothley. England Tuesday Sept. 18, 2007. The family of missing toddler Madeleine McCann called Tuesday for an end to the rampant speculation... (Associated Press)

Gerry and Kate McCann, who gave an interview on Spanish TV, made available Wednesday Oct. 24, 2007. (Getty Images)

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McCanns Give Teary Talk