Case of missing Madeleine McCann closed by Martina Janeckova

On Monday, July 21, 2008, Fernando Pinto Monteiro, Portugal’s attorney general ordered police to halt their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. British girl went missing a few days before her fourth birthday in May 2007 during a family vacation in Praia da Luz in Portugal’s southern Algarve region. Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann said that she vanished from their hotel room while they were eating dinner with friends. They had left her and her twin siblings alone in room while they ate at the restaurant. The disappearance of the small girl attracted intense media attention which continued after her parents were named suspects. However detectives found no reason to charge any of the three suspects: Madeleine’s parents and local man Robert Murat. The McCanns organized international campaign to find their daughter and established a “Find Madeleine” fund. Pope Benedict XVI blessed McCanns and a photo of Madeleine a few weeks after her disappearance. In order to raise public awareness McCanns also traveled to Brussels, Morocco and Spain. McCanns stated that being named suspects had damaged the search for Madeleine. The attorney general’s statement said that “the investigation into the disappearance of the minor Madeleine McCann has been halted because no evidence was discovered of any crime committed by the suspects and the investigation could be reopened if new evidence emerges from any serious, pertinent and authoritative source.” Rogerio Alves, one of McCann’s lawyers, told the order was “an undoubted victory.” Lawyers for the McCanns will now probably ask a judge to grant them access to the police file to see what has been done and what can still be done in the search for Madeleine.

by Martina Janeckova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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