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The Latest Development in the Madeleine McCann Case Explained

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Madeleine McCann disappeared May 3, 2007 , 18 days shy of her fourth birthday.

German prosecutors formally named a suspect in the case in 2020 .

A convicted sex offender is due to be released from prison in September .

A new search of the area where the McCanns were staying in Portugal was launched on June 3, 2020 .

Madeleine McCann went missing on May 12, 2007 , while her parents were on vacation in the Algarve , Portugal .

The McCanns were never formally cleared by Portuguese authorities in July 2008 .

A handful of suspects have been named in the case, including Gerry and Kate , who weren't formally cleared.

In 2012 , Scotland Yard said it had identified 38 persons of interest in the case, including 12 Britons.

In 2014 , police announced a potential linked series of 12 crimes which occurred between 2004 and 2010 .

Prosecutors in the German city of Stade said in June 2020 that the newly announced suspect was also being investigated in connection with the 2015 disappearance of 5-year-old girl.

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