The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Madeleine Beth McCann, a three-year-old British girl, disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on the night of May 3, 2007, while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant. She has never been found. The case became one of the most high-profile missing child investigations in history, with coverage in over 100 countries and a UK-led investigation costing tens of millions of pounds. In 2022, German prosecutors named convicted child sex offender Christian Brückner as a suspect, and he was charged with her suspected murder in 2024, though a trial date had not been set as of early 2025.