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The parents ofMadeleine McCannshared a heartfelt message to their missing daughter on her 20th birthday on May 12.
“Happy birthday Madeleine,” they wrote on theOfficial Find Madeleine Campaign Facebook page. “Still very much missed. Still looking. For as long as it takes…”
Along with the note, they shared the link to a3 minute and 50 second YouTube videofull of photos of young Madeleine as well as missing posters that were circulated after the British girl vanished while vacationing with her family in Portugal in 2007.
Previously,prosecutors announced that they believe Madeleine was killedafter being abducted, BBC reports, but her family has long held out hope that they will one day find her alive.
In 2020, the McCann family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell spoke out about the family.
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“All they have ever wanted is to find their daughter,” Mitchell said on BBC Radio. “To establish the truth of what happened back in May 2007 and to bring whoever is responsible, whether that’s one person or more, to justice. They have never given up hope of finding Madeleine alive, even now despite all these grim reports that are emerging, because they haven’t had anything to suggest the worst has happened.
In mid-2020, German authorities identifiedChristian Brueckneras a suspect, but he has never been charged. Then in 2022, Portuguese prosecutors said there was anofficial suspectin the case in a statement, according toReuters. It is still unclear who that suspect is.
The search for Madeleine continues.
source: people.com
