Three-year-old Madeleine mysteriously vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal. Seventeen years on from her disappearance, family lit candles and marked her memory.
The parents of Madeleine McCann didn't attend a prayer vigil on the 17th anniversary of her disappearance- after a young woman who insisted she was their missing daughter turned up.
In a message read out by her parents they told of how the absence of their daughter "still aches". They said they were sorry not to be there and thanked people for coming together to "share hope for Madeleine and other missing children". Speaking after the 45-minute service, she said: “I am Madeleine McCann. I have never stopped believing it and I have come here because I want to ask Kate and Gerry to do a DNA test. They haven’t done one to prove I am not their daughter.” She added: “No I am not crazy. I am not a liar." Her presence later became known to family members and church representatives.
"Whilst we are fortunate in many ways and able to live a relatively normal and enjoyable life now, the 'living in limbo' is still very unsettling. And the absence still aches." The McCann’s are holding on to a glimmer of hope that their daughter, who would now be aged 20, nearly 21, could still be alive.
The convicted paedophile is currently on trial in his native Germany for five unrelated rapes and sex offences, three involving minors. Brueckner, 47, is also serving a sentence for the rape of an elderly American tourist in the same resort of Praia da Luz Maddie was snatched from.
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