Fifteen years after the disappearance of the Briton Madeleine McCann in Portugal, her parents considered it "essential" to know "the truth" about this case which led to the recent indictment of a German suspect.

A dedicated Facebook page

"Whatever the outcome, Madeleine will always be our daughter and a truly horrific crime has been committed," Kate and Gerry McCann wrote on the Facebook page dedicated to the search for Madeleine, who has been missing since May 3, 2007. it is true that uncertainty breeds weakness;

knowledge and certainty give strength and for this reason our need for answers, for truth, is essential,” they added.

They stressed that this 15th anniversary was "not more difficult than the others, but not easier either".

Madeleine McCann, immediately referred to by the British press as "Maddie", disappeared on May 3, 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday, in Praia da Luz, a seaside resort in the Algarve region, where she was. on vacation with his family.

An indictment

Her disappearance had given rise to an exceptional international campaign led by her parents to try to find her.

Photos of little Maddie, with her light brown hair and big clear eyes, had then gone around the world.

On April 22, the Portuguese public prosecutor announced the indictment at his request of a suspect in Germany, without specifying his identity or the nature of the suspicions weighing on him, within the framework of an investigation into the disappearance of Maddie and carried out "in cooperation with the English and German authorities".

A suspect N.1

The reactions collected by AFP from the Brunswick prosecutor's office and the lawyer for "Christian B.", a repeat pedophile identified by German investigators in 2020 as the main suspect in the murder of the British girl, leave no doubt about the fact that he has also become the N.1 suspect of the Portuguese prosecution.

"We are grateful for the continued work and commitment of the British, Portuguese and German authorities, as it is these combined police efforts that will deliver results and give us these answers," Maddie's parents stressed.

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