No matter whom you believe was involved in the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann, your prayers must go out to that little girl! Here is some of what her parents have to say:

“Our daughter Madeleine was abducted on 3rd May 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal, 9 days before her 4th birthday. She was taken from our holiday apartment where she was sleeping with her younger brother and sister whilst we were dining 50 yards away. Despite a massive investigation led by the Portuguese police and supported by the British police, we still do not know who has taken her, why she was taken or where she is….”

Although the Portuguese Attorney General recently lifted the Mccann’s as Arguido (suspects) in the abduction of their now five-year-old child, Madeleine, Kate and Gerry Mccann feel it is no cause for celebration and “look forward to scrutinizing the police files to see what has ACTUALLY been done and, more importantly, what can still be done, as we leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. We would once again urge anyone with relevant information to come forward and call our helpline on +44 845 838 4699 or send information to investigation@findmadeleine.com

“Please keep Madeleine in your thoughts and prayers. And please – remain vigilant. We will NEVER give up looking for Madeleine.”

And their press statement continues with:

“It is hard to describe how utterly despairing it was to be named ‘arguidos’ and subsequently portrayed in the media as suspects in our own daughter’s abduction- and worse. It has been equally devastating to witness the detrimental effect this status has had on the search for Madeleine.”

All I can say is, “I hope you find something helpful in the files that will bring big sister Madeleine back to Sean and Amelie.”

Thousands of children go missing every year from all around the world but there remains no standard method for collecting, recording and categorizing data in a ‘borderless’ Europe. Because of what happened to Madeleine, Kate and Gerry Mccann are working on getting a EU wide Amber alert system implemented—a system of European wide effort between police departments and the media to blanket local airwaves immediately with information and photographs when a child is abducted. They want to help highlight other cases of missing children.

As Kate says, “As a parent of an abducted child, I can tell you that it is the most painful and agonizing experience you could ever imagine. My thoughts of the fear, confusion and loss of love and security that my precious daughter has had to endure are unbearable—crippling. And yet I am not the victim, Madeleine is. No child should EVER have to experience something so terrible.”

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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