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Arrests over the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann

 

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It has been the case that has frustrated Scotland Yard for seven years and caused immeasurable heartbreak to parents Gerry and Kate McCann, the abduction of then four-year-old British toddler Madeleine McCann from a resort in Portugal. Now arrests are imminent after police identified three men they believe responsible for the crime.

Gerry and Kate McCann

A robbery gone wrong is thought to be the reason the little girl was taken. British detectives say they have identified three men who robbed tourists in Praia da Luz in Portugal the night Madeleine was taken and analysis of mobile phone records of the men seem to confirm their suspicions. There is a high volume of calls between the three men in the hours after the little girl disappeared.

Scotland Yard expressed frustration at the incompetence of the Portuguese investigation, a frustration that has been shared by Madeleine McCann's distraught parents who became suspects. They now believe Madeleine was woken by the burglary and in a panic they fled with her.

They are now on their way to Portugal and have sent a letter requesting permission to arrest the suspects so they can be questioned. However Madeleine's parents are remaining cautions.

Kate and Gerry have described the news as a 'significant development' but say there's still a possibility this could all lead to nowhere. Their skepticism is completely understandable considering it's been seven years since their daughter was taken and the investigation has been riddled with flaws.

A spokesman for the family told the Daily Mail, "Police want to be given a chance to arrest key suspects. It doesn’t prove they have Madeleine but it will rule them in or out of the investigation and that is important. Kate and Gerry don’t want to build up their hopes too high but they realise it could be a significant new lead."

Her parents had been eating dinner with friends at a nearby restaurant and returned to find her gone.

Let's hope that the mystery of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann can finally be solved so her parents can finally find peace.

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