The disappearance of Madeleine McCann occurred on the evening of Thursday, 3 May 2007, when the then three-year-old British girl, went missing from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal, in which she was staying with her parents. Investigation by the Portuguese Police concluded that Madeleine, who was alone in a bedroom with her two-year-old twin siblings, had been abducted. Despite extensive publicity, firm leads have been few, with all lines of the investigation ongoing though without any clear focus.
