MAY 3, 2007
Kate and Gerry McCann find
three-year-old Madeleine is missing from
their Praia da Luz holiday apartment at
10 pm.
OCT 2:
Goncalo Amaral, the detective in charge
of the inquiry, is removed after
criticising the British police
JULY 21, 2008:
Local police end their probe and rule
out the McCanns and Robert Murat as
suspects
JULY 24:
Amaral publishes a book alleging Maddie
died in the flat the day she vanished
SEPT 9, 2009:
Further publication of Amaral’s book is
banned after legal action by the McCanns
MAY 12, 2011:
The McCanns publish a book about
disappearance Maddie’s eighth birthday.
Scotland Yard to review case after
McCanns send an open letter, to David
Cameron, in the Sun.
APRIL 25, 2012:
Scotland Yard says Maddie could still be
alive.
April 26:
Portuguese police say they have found no
new material to let them reopen their
investigation
JULY 4, 2013:
Scotland Yard says it has launched it’s
own investigation.
Oct 4:
British officers probe mobile phone data
from the time of Maddie’s disappearance.
OCT 14:
Portuguese police say a review of their
first investigation has found new lines
of inquiry and reopen the case.
JAN 29, 2014:
Scotland Yard detectives go to Portugal
Mar 19:
Police seek an intruder who abused four
young British girls just before Maddie
vanished.
MAY 6:
British detectives given permission to
excavate two sites at Praia da Luz
JUNE 2:
Wasteland in the resort is cordoned off.
It is thought to be in connection to the
Maddie investigation.
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MADDIE HUNT |
