It’s been almost 12 years since Madeleine McCann, who was only 3 years old, vanished from a family Villa in Portugal. Netflix has released the first episode of his new documentary series «the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann», a story about this tragedy.
The circumstances of Madeleine’s disappearance was the worst nightmare of any parent. And subsequent events have only exacerbated the suffering of Gerry and Kate McCann, who are faced with suspicion and scrutiny from the media after their daughter disappeared during their holiday in may 2007.
The story of the disappearance
3 may Madeleine, twins 2-year-old Sean and Amelie and their parents enjoyed a family holiday in the Portuguese resort of Praia de Luz. Every evening around 20:30 Gerry and Kate McCann and their seven friends met in a restaurant located only 80 yards (73 m) from their home.
The parents took turns checking the kids every 20-30 minutes. But when around 21:30 Kate McCann went to check, I noticed that the window in the children’s room is open. Running into the house, she found the eldest daughter in her crib.
Shocked mother immediately called the wife who called the police. On the morning of 4 may, the McCann family was notified about the incident, the British Embassy and the foreign Ministry.
The suspects
Madeleine McCann disappeared on may 3 2007
Matthew Oldfield is a friend of the spouses, who worked with Jerry MacKinnon, was the last person who checked the children and saw Madeleine in her bed. He also told police that he saw an unknown man nearby. They were British property consultant Robert Murat, who later became the Prime suspect in the case, but he was never charged (although the British tabloids asserted otherwise). He participated in the filming of the Netflix series and admitted that it was the most preposterous in his life.
Investigators suspected the parents of the girl. According to one version of the police, Mackenny could accidentally give her daughter too much sedative, and after the discovery of a dead child to get rid of the body. The only evidence was the DNA of Madeleine, which was discovered in the rented family car. A few months later the police dismissed this version.
Whether Madeline was sold into sex slavery?
In the Netflix series tells the story of the abduction theory of Madeleine with the purpose of selling the criminal organization, which is engaged in human trafficking. It is believed that this idea is very prawdopodobna since the body of Madeleine was never found, and there is little evidence pointing to any other circumstances of the tragedy. And the village of Praia de Luz call point for drug trafficking from Morocco to Europe.
Missing 3 year old Madeleine McCann
A family friend of the missing girl, Jane Tanner, told how shortly before Kate McCann discovered that her daughter was missing, she seen the man, who was carrying a small blond child in pyjamas toward the beach. According to The Mirror, detectives spent four years trying to identify the man, according to Tanner, she saw, but it was never found.
In «the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann» private detective Julian Peribanez suggests that if Madeleine really was abducted and sold into slavery, she is likely still alive.
«The value that was Madeleine, was really high… If they took it, because it was going to get a lot of money,» — says Peribanez.
The parents of Madeleine did not participate in the filming of the Netflix series, but they issued a statement about the film on their website:
«We don’t see… how this program will help in the search for Madeleine and, especially given the active police investigation, it has the potential to interfere with him.»
Today, 16 March, press Secretary Mukanov noted that parents believe that their daughter had all her live. According to predstavitelia, the family hopes that Madeleine will soon return home.
