The search for Madeleine McCann has resumed, 18 years after the three-year-old girl from Rothley, Leicestershire, was reported missing from the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz on the Algarve.
The Daily Telegraph described her disappearance as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". Madeleine's whereabouts remain unknown, although German prosecutors believe she is dead.
The latest search for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 2007, has ended quietly without any apparent breakthrough. After 18 years of intermittent searches, this one, led by German police, may well be the last.
Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 18 years ago. In the intervening years, a huge, costly police operation has taken place across much of Europe and Madeleine has became one of the most high profile missing people.
Rivalling Lord Lucan for the dubious crown of The UK's Most Famous Ever Missing Person is young Madeleine McCann. Missing children often grab the headlines, but the press coverage and media sideshow that surrounds the disappearance of this particular young girl was unprecedented in this country.
Missing woman Sheila Fox disappeared in 1972 at age 16, 52 years later she was found alive, bringing a close to one of the UK's longest cold case mysteries.
Mary Louise Day (February 19, 1968–2017) was an American teenager who, at age 13 in 1981, mysteriously disappeared from her home in Seaside, California. She was found alive in 2003, a little more than twenty-two years after her disappearance.
The detective who solved the case, Isaac Hanson, told local news station WISN that an online ancestry account belonging to Ms Backeberg's sister was crucial in helping locate the missing woman. Det Hanson said he contacted local sheriffs where Ms Backeberg now lives, and spoke to her on the phone for 45 minutes.
Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑːrt/ AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
Kate and Gerry live in Leicestershire, England, with Kate working in anaesthetics, obstetrics and gynaecology while Gerry worked as a cardiologist. He has since gone on to work as a research professor at the University of Leicester, while Kate quit her job.
Madeleine was three years old when she vanished from a holiday apartment complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on 3 May 2007, sparking a Europe-wide police investigation that is ongoing.
Who was the woman missing for 52 years found alive?
A woman who went missing 52 years ago has been found alive and well after police released a grainy photograph as part of an appeal, solving one of Britain's longest-running missing person cases. Sheila Fox, now 68, disappeared from Coventry in 1972 when she was 16.
For children and young people, some of the most common reasons are: Being unhappy at home or in care, including conflict, abuse and neglect in the home. Risks around exploitation, including sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation. Mental health concerns.
How Missing Indiana Man's Family Found him Alive 23 Years LaterRichard Hoagland's wife and kids had no idea what happened to him after he disappeared in 1993 until he was found living in Florida. — -- For 23 years, Richard Hoagland's wife and kids had no idea what happened to him after he disappeared on Feb.
Constance Christine "Connie" Smith (born July 11, 1942 – disappeared July 16, 1952) was a 10-year-old American girl who disappeared after she ran away from her Connecticut YMCA summer camp on July 16, 1952, and was last seen hitchhiking. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Her parents, family, children, and everyone who loved Sarah deserve answers. A lot of things have changed in the years since Since Sarah went missing. One thing has remained the same; Sarah Burton is still missing.
What is the oldest missing person case found alive?
In a press statement, Wisconsin's Sauk county sheriff's office said that 82-year old Audrey Backeberg, who initially disappeared in July 1962 at the age of 20, had been found living out of the state. The sheriff's office did not disclose which state Backeberg was found in.
With Lindbergh, it was the matter of his kidnapped child. But it's the disappearance of Earhart herself, as well as her navigator Fred Noonan, that continues to entrance amateur sleuths to this day. The plane containing Earhart and Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937.
Sumireko Ogawa is a bookstore clerk who dreamed of writing novels in her youth. She teams up with her coworker, Ren Adashino, who is hiding secrets of his own, to investigate supernatural phenomena happening in the city.
