The beautiful seaside village of Praia da Luz in the Portuguese Algarve has now become infamous. At first police investigated an abduction or a kidnapping. A British expat living nearby was made an official suspect, but never charged. The McCanns launched an intensive media campaign and garnered massive support from the public.
Four months later, in a remarkable twist of events, Madeleine's parents were questioned for hours by Portuguese police. Overnight the McCanns went from being traumatised victims to official suspects.
The media frenzy imploded as allegations and accusations started flying about. Did Maddie's parents accidentally kill her or was she abducted by a paedophile or maybe even a childless couple?
‘The Madeleine McCann story: live from England and Portugal' will be broadcast on Tuesday 16 October at 8pm on e.tv.
