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The McCanns last week launched their official Find Maddie
website in German |
KATE and
Gerry McCann
believe a German tourist could hold the key to
their daughter’s disappearance.
The
desperate couple are pleading with Germans holidaying in Portugal’s
Algarve to keep their eyes open in the search for Madeleine.
The
McCanns last week launched their official Find Maddie
website in German
The
move follows a boost to the
private investigative team, with three
former British policemen joining and a shake-up of the Maddie Fund board
of directors, as exclusively revealed by the Sunday Express last week.
The
new-look website, aimed at reaching a bigger part of Europe, has given
fresh hope to the family, from Rothley, Leicestershire.
Their spokesman
Clarence Mitchell
said yesterday: “Kate
and Gerry are very pleased with the new site and hope it will lead to
important new developments. They have long wanted to make sure they
reach the German public because so many Germans were holidaying in the
Algarve at the time Madeleine disappeared.”
The
youngster, who would now be seven, vanished from a
holiday apartment
in
Praia da
Luz in May 2007 while her parents were dining with friends in
a nearby
tapas
bar.
Kate
and Gerry are convinced their daughter is still alive and have vowed to
continue their hunt for her with financial support from members of the
public and their backer, double glazing tycoon
Brian
Kennedy.
There have been numerous alleged
sightings
of blonde Madeleine, who has
a distinctive flaw in her right eye, in different parts of Europe over
the past three and a half years but all have proved false. Mr Mitchell
said: “As well as the British, many German and Dutch holidaymakers
frequent the Algarve.
“After Madeleine was abducted hundreds of tourists, including Germans,
were allowed to leave the resort. It is possible they may have seen
something and may still have important information.
“Kate and Gerry are appealing for Germans who may remember something to
come forward and for German tourists visiting the Algarve to keep their
eyes open and remain aware that Madeleine is missing.”
The
Find Maddie website, which shows three
age
progression pictures
of the youngster, runs in English,
Spanish and Portuguese.
The
German language site urges people to download a
poster
of Maddie begging: “Don’t give up on me!” |
