British girl Maddie&#39;s parents under siege after being made suspects
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British couple Kate and Gerry McCann will stay in Portugal after they were made formal suspects in the disappearance of their daughter, a family spokesman said Saturday.
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The parents of missing British girl  Madeleine McCann issued a video on Saturday with a new plea for  information about her whereabouts and a special Christmas  message to their daughter to "be brave."
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Mystery suspect who may have kidnapped Maddie McCann, parents claim  LONDON (Associated Press via IHT) - The parents of the missing British girl Madeleine McCann on Thursday released an artist's impression of the man they believe abducted their daughter. The sketches depict a man with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a brown or maroon top and beige trousers walking with a pajama-clad child in his arms. They are based on a description of a man seen walking with a child by a friend of Kate and Gerry McCann on the night Madeleine disappeared from the family's Portuguese holiday home on May 3.  The family's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said the suspect was described as southern European or Mediterranean in appearance, about 35 to 40 years old, 5 foot 6 inches (1.7 meters) tall and of slim build.
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"She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all, that such an accusation could be made against her. And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine."  Madeleine McCann's mother is being made a formal suspect by police investigating the child's disappearance. via IcTheWharf
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Parents of a British girl who disappeared during a vacation in Portugal have been told they will not immediately face new police questioning over their daughter's fate, a family spokesman and the public prosecutor's office in Portugal said Wednesday.
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Dutch police have arrested a man who allegedly attempted to defraud the parents of a kidnapped British girl by claiming he knew how to find her, prosecutors said Friday.
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The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann hope to be dropped as formal suspects soon, after a Portuguese minister said the inquiry was almost over, a spokesman said Thursday.
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The parents of a four-year-old British girl who disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal said Saturday that they believed a sighting of a possible suspect was &quot;significant and relevant.&quot;
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LISBON/ROTHLEY  - Portuguese police said they would hand evidence against the parents of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann on Monday to the public prosecutor, who would decide whether to charge them.
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Relatives of missing Madeleine McCann express disbelief at police moves to declare her mother a suspect.
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Madeleine McCann's parents release images of a man they believe abducted their daughter in Portugal.
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PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  - British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, who have been named suspects in their 4-year-old daughter Madeleine's disappearance, want to return home as soon as possible, a family friend said on Saturday.
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PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  - The mother of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann will be formally declared a suspect on Friday, a spokeswoman for the family said.
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PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal  - The mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal four months ago, will formally be declared a suspect on Friday, a spokeswoman for the family said.
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Detectives hired by Madeleine McCann's parents investigate the disappearance of a girl in Spain.
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Portuguese police believe the mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann accidentally killed her and on Friday they made her a formal suspect in the case, a family spokesman said.
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Here's an up-to-the-minute round-up from Europe of what has been doing in the ongoing potboiler regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the missing 3-year-old girl who allegedly was kidnapped from her room at a Portuguese vacation resort in May. Should you have had your head buried in the sand during the past few months or were abducted by aliens, first the background: Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann had allegedly put all of their children to bed in a room at the Portuguese vacation village and were "relaxing with friends" over a few drinks at a tapas bar close to their room. Yes, the children were alone, unsupervised, but "being checked up on regularly" by their doting Doctor-parents. Varying accounts exist of how much alcohol was consumed during the evening. At the last bed-check, allegedly around 10 pm, Mrs. McCann allegedly discovered Maddie to be missing. Early reports indicated she returned to the tapas bar shouting hysterically "They've taken her, they've taken her." A massive month-long manhunt ensured and failed to turn up any clue of the little girl, despite leads pouring in, sightings of her in places as far away as Belgium. Vowing not to leave Portugal until Maddie was returned to them, the McCanns fled Portugal for the safety of Britain last week when Portuguese authorities stopped just shy of directly accusing the couple of having either accidentally or purposely killed their daughter and covered up the toddler's death with a fake abduction story. Since then, the accusations have been flying, tensions mounting and tempers here on Topix in the various fora running hot and heavy. And now, as a public service from Europe, a round-up of the latest headlines concerning the disappearance/death/kidnapping/murder/story of Madeleine McCann, age 3... (more) *********************************************