A German man has been declared an official suspect at Portugal's request in connection with the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann nearly 15 years ago:
Credit:A German man has been declared an official suspect at Portugal's request in connection with the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann nearly 15 years ago, a Portuguese prosecutor's office said on Thursday.Madeleine went missing from her family's holiday apartment in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007, a few days before her fourth birthday, sparking a media frenzy and an unprecedented international manhunt.
The suspect has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance. He is behind bars in Germany for raping a woman in the same area of the Algarve region where Madeleine went missing in 2007.Prosecutors said the investigation has been carried out with cooperation from British and German authorities.
Madeleine went missing from her family's holiday apartment in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007.Portugal's Judiciary Police handed over documents with hundreds of names related to Madeleine's case, including the suspect, to British authorities in 2012, according to the force.
The reasons that led Portuguese prosecutors to identify a suspect now are not clear but it could be related to Portugal's 15-year statute of limitations for crimes with a maximum prison sentence of 10 years or more.
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