Ever since then 4-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing from an apartment in Praia da Luz, in Portugal, while her parents were out having dinner, her case became “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history.”
Sadly, 14 years later, no one knows where Madeleine could be or whether she’s still alive, although her parents and her family never lost hope of ever seeing her again.
On May 12, what would have been her 18th birthday, her devastated parents shared a heart-wrenching message. “We love you and we’re waiting for you and we’re never going to give up.”
Unfortunately, detectives who are working on Madeleine’s case believe the girl had been murdered. German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters allegedly said that he believes the suspect in the case, Christian Brueckner, didn’t move the girl from Praia da Luz to Germany as many believe, but executed her in Portugal, as reported by the Evening Standard Newspaper. “I am optimistic we will solve this case,” Wolters added.
Madeleine McCann police ‘find new evidence adding to case against main suspect’ https://t.co/IX1M1nRm5X pic.twitter.com/f7qCa66H44
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 13, 2021
The prime suspect in the case, German pedophile Christian Brueckner, 44, is currently serving a seven-year sentence for raping a 72-year-old American in Praia da Luz in 2005. At the same time, he’s awaiting a trial for a separate case in which he’s charged for raping an Irish tour rep in 2004.
#MadeleineMcCann would have been 18 years old today.
Let’s hope before your 21st #Madeleine you get justice or peace at least.💗 #McCanns pic.twitter.com/ms3fvpHaPE— 🎶SilverPhoenixShell 🇬🇧 (@Phoenixrises_12) May 12, 2021
The investigation, which is still treated as a missing person inquiry, is ongoing.
We can’t imagine the pain Madeleine’s family is experiencing each and every day. We truly hope they will be reunited with their daughter, or will at least get a closure.