Police cite lack of evidence; McCanns will continue search
Associated Press Jul 1, 08 8:39 AM CDT
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Police in Portugal plan to end their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in the next two weeks because of a lack of evidence, the AP reports. The parents of the British girl, who went missing while on a family vacation last May, will continue their own search, said a family spokesman. Police could reopen the case if new evidence surfaces.
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Slept in bed she was kidnapped from
People Jun 13, 08 11:43 AM CDT
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The night Elizabeth Smart was rescued from her 9-month captivity in 2003, she asked to sleep in the same bed she was kidnapped from, her father tells People . "She said...'Don't worry, I'll be here in the morning,' " Ed Smart recalled. “I don’t think anything can ever match the joy I felt after returning,” the now-20-year-old college junior tells the magazine, in the extended print-only version of the story.
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Services in UK, Portugal mark anniversary of girl's disappearance
BBC May 3, 08 10:17 AM CDT
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On the first anniversary of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in Portugal, her parents attended a UK church service in her honor, and similar ceremonies were planned elsewhere in Britain and Portugal. Supporters of the McCann family will light candles tonight in Madeleine’s honor, while the girl’s favorite soccer team illuminates its field, the BBC reports. Portugal police, meanwhile, say they continue to gather evidence.
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Parents tell of anguish as anniversary nears
Daily Telegraph (UK) Apr 30, 08 4:07 AM CDT
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Almost a year after their daughter's disappearance, Madeleine McCann's parents spoke of the "last-minute decision" that now torments them to leave Maddy alone in their vacation hotel room while they left for dinner. “It was cold," Kate McCann said of the night Maddy vanished. "I knew what pajamas she had on, and I thought, 'She’s going to be freezing.' And it was dark and dark and every minute seemed like an hour."
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Private investigators look into new tips
Daily Telegraph (UK) Dec 26, 07 4:45 PM CST
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A hotline set up in the hunt for Madeleine McCann was flooded with 347 calls after her parents made a televised plea for information regarding the missing 4-year-old 's whereabouts. A private detective company hired by Gerry and Kate McCann, who both remain suspects in the case, will investigate the new tips, the Telegraph reports.
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Toddler was tortured and thrown, suffered
3 skull fractures
Associated Press Nov 27, 07 9:25 AM CST
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Texas police are investigating whether Riley Ann Sawyers, known as “Baby Grace,” was routinely abused by her mother and stepfather before they allegedly killed her, stored the body, then dumped her in Galveston Bay, reports the AP. In an affidavit, Kimberly Trenor said they beat the girl, held her underwater, and threw her across a room before disposing of her body.
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Mother, stepfather held in case of child whose body washed ashore
Daily News (Galveston Co., Texas) Nov 26, 07 4:55 AM CST
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The remains of a young girl whose body washed ashore in a storage bin were tentatively identified by Texas officials yesterday, and the child's mother and stepfather have been arrested on charges related to her death. The child called Baby Grace is now thought to be 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyer, based in part on a description from the baby's grandmother in Ohio.
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Spotted on night of Maddy's disappearance
Guardian (UK) Oct 26, 07 5:41 AM CDT
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In the latest effort to find their missing daughter, Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday released an artist's impression of a man seen carrying a child near the McCanns' vacation apartment in Portugal on the evening of Maddy's disappearance. The sketch is based on the testimony of a friend dining with the McCanns at the time, the Guardian reports.
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Couple promotes hotline on Spanish
TV, certain Maddy is still alive
Guardian (UK) Oct 24, 07 7:48 PM CDT
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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.
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Tourist in Morocco snapped pic of blonde girl resembling the missing child
Guardian (UK) Sep 26, 07 8:23 AM CDT
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A Spaniard on holiday in Morocco has introduced the latest twist in the Madeleine McCann case: A blurry photo in which a similar-looking blond girl peeks around the woman carrying her on her back, almost as if to say "Help me." The photo, snapped at about 200 meters three weeks ago, is the first photographic evidence in a series of reported sightings.
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Sighting in Belgium leads to cold trail; search continues
Guardian (UK) Aug 8, 07 3:42 PM CDT
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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 "behaviour was not that of normal parents," reports the Guardian .
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Cops comb Portuguese villa; possible evidence turns up elsewhere
Guardian (UK) Aug 6, 07 6:34 PM CDT
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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 now “feeling fairly optimistic,” says a spokesman.
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Restaurant patron spots child resembling missing 4-year-old
Guardian (UK) Aug 3, 07 4:04 PM CDT
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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 therapist noticed the adults were acting strangely, then recognized the girl.
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Connecticut girl abducted a year ago "physically ok" after rescue
CNN Jun 7, 07 7:26 AM CDT
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A 14-year-old Connecticut girl missing for almost a year was discovered alive yesterday, hidden in the house of family friends. Police arrested the owner of the house, who they say has a history of improprieties with minors, along with his common-law wife and a third female resident. The girl, a runaway who cops say had a "tough" life, is getting treatment.
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