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Police Focus on New Suspect in Hunt for Madeleine McCann

Originally posted 05/22/2009 02:10PM

A former soldier is the latest person linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann two years ago.

Raymond Hewlett, 64, is said to have been staying with his family in a motorhome about an hour's drive from the Praia da Luz resort where the McCanns were vacationing in May 2007. He has now been tracked, by a British newspaper, to a hospital in Germany, where he is being treated for throat cancer.

Hewlett is said by the reports in the U.K. to be a convicted pedophile with a history of sex attacks on young girls over more than 30 years. Now police forces in the U.K. are looking into possibly extraditing him from Germany so he can questioned over some existing cases.

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Madeleine McCann's Mom Visits Her Room Twice a Day

Originally posted 05/01/2009 03:10PM

Two years ago, 3-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared while her parents were at dinner during a family vacation in Portugal.

Now, the McCanns are speaking out in a heartbreaking new interview to air on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the day after the anniversary of her disappearance.

When asked whether she allows herself to imagine the worst, Kate McCann, who was once a suspect in the unsolved case with her husband Gerry, reveals, "I do. As a mom, inevitably there are times when I do. There are the times that I kind of dip down."

And does she suspect an abductor spent time watching the family before Madeleine disappeared, Kate says, "It makes you feel sick, actually, when you think about it."

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Madeleine McCann's Parents 'Less Than Halfway' Through Police Files

Originally posted 11/10/2008 11:30AM

Eighteen months after their child's disappearance and nearly four months after Portuguese police officially closed the books on their probe, the parents of Madeleine McCann have revealed they are only a fraction of the way through analyzing voluminous files relating to the unsolved case.

Writing a rare blog on a Web site dedicated to finding Madeleine, her father, Dr. Gerry McCann, says on behalf of himself and wife Kate (also a doctor), "We continue to work very hard behind the scenes. Our support team has been expanded as we try to identify what has been done, what has not been done and what can still be done to help find Madeleine."

He adds, "We are not yet halfway through the Portuguese files but there is less information within the files than we were expecting."

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Police May End Probe into Madeleine McCann Case

Originally posted 07/01/2008 08:40AM

Police in Portugal are planning to shut down the investigation into the May 2007 disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann because of a lack of evidence, it is being reported.

The official end of the probe by the Public Prosecutor's office is set for Aug. 15, according to Portuguese newspapers.

Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann, told the Associated Press the family had yet to confirm with authorities whether, indeed, the reports are true, but that no matter the circumstance, "Kate and Gerry will "never give up searching for their daughter."

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Desperate Days: The Madeleine McCann Mystery

Originally posted 10/04/2007 12:00PM

Taking your kids to nursery school isn't supposed to be a heartbreaking experience. But heartbreak is exactly what Kate and Gerry McCann found on Sept. 19, when they enrolled twins Sean and Amelie, 2, in their local day care facility, the same one daughter Madeleine attended before she disappeared in Portugal in May. "It was very emotional and distressing for them," says Gerry's sister Philomena McCann.

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