Madeleine McCann: Why Kate claimed only ONE person ‘knows what REALLY happened’
MADELEINE MCCANN’s mother Kate claimed during her book that there is only one person who “really knows” what happened to her missing daughter
Madeleine McCann: Kate and Gerry’s heartbreaking 2014 plea
Madeleine McCann disappeared on the evening of May 3, 2007, from Apartment 5A of the Ocean Beach resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal. The youngster vanished at around 9:30pm, while her parents enjoyed dinner just metres away at a tapas restaurant with friends. What followed was arguably the most publicised missing-person case in history and, as the 12-year anniversary of her disappearance looms, investigators are still yet to find the youngster.
Kate and Gerry have always supported the theory that Madeleine was snatched by a local criminal, an idea popularised after it emerged several other apartments in the area had been robbed in the weeks leading up to her disappearance.
Ever since, several accounts have been published about the fateful night the youngster went missing.
Kate detailed in her 2011 book “Madeleine: Our Daughter's Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her” why she felt it was necessary to release the text.
She wrote: “Others have seized the opportunity to profit from the agony by writing books about our daughters, claiming to reveal ‘what really happened’.
These accounts are extraordinary, considering the only person that knows this is the person who abducted her on May 3, 2007
“These accounts are extraordinary, considering the only person that knows this is the person who abducted her on May 3, 2007.
“Many of these authors have no first-hand knowledge of the case and have based their theories on the half-truths, speculation and full-blown lies on the internet.”
In March, controversial Netflix series “The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann” was released in a bid to learn more about the 12-year case.
However, like accounts that have come before it, Kate and Gerry do not see how it will help bring their daughter home.
A statement on behalf of the couple argues that the show could actually hinder police investigations.
It reads: "We did not see – and still do not see – how this programme will help the search for Madeleine and, particularly given there is an active police investigation, it could potentially hinder it.
"Consequently, our views and preferences are not reflected in the programme.
"We will not be making any further statements or giving interviews regarding this programme."