Disappearance of Madeleine McCann — the full case file

UNSOLVEDPraia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal2:514 September 2026

Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old British girl, disappeared from her bed in a ground-floor holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on the evening of 3 May 2007 while her parents dined nearby. Despite extensive Portuguese and British investigations, her whereabouts remain unknown.

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