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Madeleine McCann's Parents Hope for 'Breakthrough' in Update
Kate and Gerry McCann thanked supporters and expressed hope for a breakthrough as recent searches by German and Portuguese officials ended without results.
- As 2025 draws to a close, Kate and Gerry McCann posted a New Year message thanking police and the public for support and hoping 2026 brings the breakthrough they long for.
- In May 2007, Madeleine McCann disappeared from a rented Praia da Luz apartment at age three, triggering a nearly two-decade international investigation with thousands of leads.
- The latest search operations occurred in June 2025, when German and Portuguese officials conducted excavations in countryside locations tied to the investigation but abandoned them after several days without significant development.
- Prosecutors named German national Christian Brueckner a prime suspect in 2020; he was freed last September and state prosecutors require him to wear an electronic monitoring device.
- The couple joined Missing People to support Safecall, which offers free, confidential help to at-risk youth, while Christian Brueckner was serving a seven-year sentence in Germany when identified as a suspect.
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Madeleine McCan's parents are hoping for a breakthrough in the case of their missing daughter - The girl's mystery has been going on for 19 years.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Center
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