7 People Who Mysteriously Disappeared on Vacation
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Madeleine McCann
It’s been eight years since three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday villa in Portugal, but the case continues to make international headlines. On May 3rd, 2007, Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann of Leicester, England put their children to bed in their holiday apartment and left to dine with friends only 50 yards away. When Kate checked in on them at 10pm, Madeleine was already gone without a trace.
A badly contaminated crime scene meant that investigators had little to go on aside from their numerous theories, which pointed to everyone from child traffickers to McCann’s own parents. The case was taken over by Scotland Yard in 2011 and the McCanns continue to maintain their innocence and the hope that they will one day be reunited with their daughter.
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