Portuguese Police Drop Madeleine McCann Case

SelectPlusPortuguese Police Drop Madeleine McCann CasePortuguese Police Drop Madeleine McCann CaseThe Associated PressPortuguese media report police in that country are dropping their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. (July 1)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:still of McCann, exteriors of resort]It was more than a year ago when almost four-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared from this resort in Portugal. Now there's word that police are giving up on the case. [Notes:VOICE OF] SOT: Clarence Mitchell, McCann family spokesman: ""If it is true then it is not before time. Kate and Gerry have suffered long enough in this process." [Notes:various stills of mccann]Portuguese media reports the police say there is a lack of evidence to continue the investigation. A spokesman for the McCann's says maybe that means [Notes:various of Kate and Gerry McCann] the couple will also no longer be considered formal suspects in their daughter's disappearance.SOT: Mitchell: "surely if these reports are true the time is now right for the Portuguese authorities to lift the arguido (suspect) status from their shoulders." [Notes:bosnia newspapers with report of sighting, various near shrine]In the year since the little girl vanished, there have been reports of sightings of the British girl They include an Irish tourist claiming he saw her near the Catholic Shrine in Medjugorje, Bosnia [Notes:image snapped by Spanish tourist] and a Spanish woman who snapped this image while on vacation in Morocco. The family hopes this latest development doesn't mean the police will stop looking for Madeleine.SOT: Mitchell: "the police, we would hope, would continue to search for Madeleine. Let's not forget her at the middle of all this. We have been doubtful about how much they have been searching over the last few months. That is why the private investigation is moving forward in all sorts of different directions, well outside Portugal in some cases." [Notes:file of McCanns]The McCanns still insist their daughter is alive. Their spokesman says they will never give up the search. ___ ___, The Associated Press

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[bulletofdarkness]

You guys are ridiculous.

Good job on being brainwashed by the British tabloid though folks.

[2bsom1]

the morale of this story is,dont leave ur kids on thier own,...a couple of blocks away,while ur pissing it up in the poolsidde restaurant,seems a bit selfish,take em with u ,bet they were all petrified

[KoolDeSak]

@Jimmywaterpump

DOGS DONT LIE

cães não mentem

狗不会说谎

犬は嘘をつかない

los dogzitos no los mentitos

[gnieoalo92]

@KoolDeSak What evidence was that? Oh right, none.

[KoolDeSak]

Dogs don't need to swear on the Bible to tell the truth because dogs never lie... and we all know what evidence the dogs produced !

[KoolDeSak]

What ?!

"THE MACANNS INSIST MADELEINE IS STILL ALIVE ?!"

They must know something we don't !

[AdrianoLima12]

madeleine mccann caralhos inferno ela chupa

[gamalita001]

the most pathetic parents i ever see. Never ever leave your child alone. Specially in foreign country.

[Jimmywaterpump]

Dogs don't lie.

Os cães não mentem.

Hunde lügen nicht.

Собаки не лгут.

[iwillgrowoneday]

ok face it im from portugal yh i have to say this year on year portuguese kids disappear yh does it come on Portuguese tv NO so y should a british girl in Portugal after 47 hours of dissapearal they will look for the kid for the next 2 day and then they GIVE UP so british dont complain yh portuguese people are like this :O but some of them saw the police give up like that first of all her parents are the problem u dont just leave ur children in some resort yh so stop saying its Portugal fault

[terrulha]

I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM AND MADELEINE.... ONE THING IS FOR SHURE, I WOULD NEVER LEAVE MY KIDS ALONE SLEEPING 49.4 METERS AWAY{LIKE THE MCANN'S SAY} TO GO HAVE DINNER WITH FRIENDS...LOL...IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.U NEVER LEAVE KIDS ALONE... BUT HOPE THEY FIND HER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

[jeaniehopkirk2]

@NeverAgain1985 you mean cleaned out everyone elses bank account searching for their child...they also used much of the money to pay their own mortgage