Video Appeal Renews Maddy Search

New detectives review case from ground up

(NEWSER) - Portuguese police hope to question two close friends of the McCann family as new detectives attempt to make up for early bungling of the Madeleine McCann search. One of the two, who were with Maddy's parents when she disappeared, reported seeing a man carry a child from the McCanns' apartment, the Times of London reports. More»

Woman says she saw identical girl at Spanish campsite days after disappearance

(NEWSER) - On the heels of its announcement that Madeleine McCann could still be alive , Scotland Yard is following up on a report that a child matching her description was spotted by a tourist at a Spanish campsite a few days after her 2007 disappearance. Accompanied by a German couple and two curly-headed tots, "She seemed alienated and completely different to her family," says the Gibraltar woman whose report was ignored at the time. She notes that the following day the girl was still wearing the same clothes; others tell police that the German couple had paid extra for showing up with an extra child. "It really was most peculiar," she says. The campsite is a few hours' drive from the Portuguese resort from which Maddy vanished, notes the Telegraph . More»

Calls flood in after request for tips about Australian woman

(NEWSER) - Private investigators working for Madeleine McCann's parents have received “hundreds of calls” from people with information about a woman who may be involved in the child’s disappearance, the Telegraph reports. A witness said the woman, described as a Victoria Beckham lookalike with an Australian accent, was pacing and looking agitated outside the Port Olimpic Marina in Barcelona 72 hours after Maddy’s disappearance. More»

(NEWSER) - The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann are preparing to sue the former Portuguese police chief who has continued to accuse them of playing a role in their daughter's disappearance, reports the Telegraph. "We're taking legal action over his entirely unfounded and grossly defamatory claims that Madeleine is not only dead, but that we were somehow involved in concealing her body," said a statement by Gerry and Kate McCann. More»

Potential witness insists girl was taken, parents are innocent

(NEWSER) - A close friend of the McCann family says she saw a man carrying Madeleine McCann from the Portuguese resort where they were staying, the BBC reports. "I think it's important that people know what I saw because I believe Madeleine was abducted," said Jane Tanner, who agreed to an interview after being labeled "a liar and a fantasist." More»