As the Maddie McCann case took an unexpected turn with the arrest of a suspect on Thursday, April 21, the little girl’s parents spoke on a platform dedicated to their child.
You haven’t lost hope. Fifteen years after their little girl’s disappearance, Maddie McCann’s parents spoke out on a website dedicated to the little girl. This speech follows an unexpected turn in the case. In fact, fifteen years after the investigation began, a man has been charged in Germany at the request of the Portuguese judiciary, the Portimao floor announced on Thursday, April 21.
An arrest that sets the investigation back
These charges come as Germany has pointed to the involvement of a sex offender and repeat pedophile, Christian B., in the case since 2020. The identity of the new suspect has not yet been revealed and the parents also point out that it is this new suspect “has not yet been charged with a specific crime related to Madeleine’s disappearance”indicates TF1.
In the statement, posted on the website dedicated to little Maddie, the parents said: “Although the probability is low, we have not given up hope that Madeleine is still alive and that we will find her.“.
memory of the case
Madeleine McCann, known around the world by the diminutive Maddie, disappeared on May 3, 2007 during a trip to Portugal while living with her parents in the seaside resort of Praia da Luz in the south of the country. She was 4 years old then.
Police have been searching for him across Europe for fifteen years, despite Germany claiming to have evidence of his death. From the beginning of the investigation, the girl’s parents were suspected by the Portuguese courts and then acquitted. A secret for a while, the investigation had finally resumed.