{"id":27970,"date":"2018-12-05T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=27970"},"modified":"2018-12-05T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T09:00:57","slug":"why-do-we-still-care-about-madeline-mccann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/why-do-we-still-care-about-madeline-mccann\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we still care about Madeleine McCann?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11 years of searching,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46196238\">\u00a311.75m<\/a> of taxpayers money, and still nothing to show for it. This is the reality of the search for Madeleine McCann.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police received a further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46196238\">\u00a3150,000<\/a> in government funding last week to aid their search. The investigation was taken up by The Metropolitan Police in 2011 after the Portuguese police had few successes in their search. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46196238\">BBC News reported<\/a> that detectives have been applying to the Home Office every six months for a grant to continue their work.<\/p>\n<p>The extra influx of cash was met with criticism from other parents of missing children around the UK, claiming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/madeleine-mccann-missing-charlene-downes-13592502\">&#8220;all missing children need a voice.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Karen Downes, the mother of 14-year-old\u00a0Charlene Downes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/madeleine-mccann-missing-charlene-downes-13592502\">told the Mirror<\/a>, &#8220;A child goes missing in the UK every three minutes. What about all those others who never come home again?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3edZnz6dyRk<\/p>\n<p>What has happened in the last 11 years&#8230;?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>28 April 2007<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em><b>The McCann&#8217;s go on holiday <\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kate and Gerry McCann, along with their three children, Madeleine, Amelie and Sean, arrive at the Ocean Club complex in Praia da Luz in Portugal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>3 May 2007<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">7pm<\/span>: <\/b>Madeleine is in a bed beside her brother and sister.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2008\/apr\/11\/madeleinemccann\">The shutters outside the ground-floor bedroom are down, and the window is closed<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">. Kate and Gerry leave the door ajar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">8:30pm<\/span>: <\/b>Kate and Gerry leave for dinner<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">9.05pm<\/span>:<\/b> Gerry returns to check on the children and sees all three of his children sound asleep.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">10pm<\/span>:<\/b> Kate notices that the children&#8217;s bedroom door is quite open. Madeleine is missing and she sees an open window.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b>The search begins&#8230;<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>May 4th<\/strong><\/span><b>:<\/b> The Portuguese police start their investigation<\/p>\n<p>Gerry\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">McCann\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/madeleine-mccanns-disappearance-a-timeline-10803372\">tells Sky News<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">in the first press conference discussing Madeleine&#8217;s disappearance: &#8220;Words cannot describe the anguish and despair that we are feeling as the parents of our beautiful daughter Madeleine.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28090\" style=\"width: 1106px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28090\" class=\"wp-image-28090 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/maddieposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"616\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A missing poster put up in Portugal | Image art: M\u00e9abh Gilheany<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Madeleine Appeal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFPeVpEM3ss?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>May 5th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Portuguese police reveal they believe Madeleine was abducted but is still alive and in Portugal<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>May 30th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Pope meets Kate and Gerry McCann in Rome as part of a series of trips around Europe and beyond to publicise their daughter&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28091\" style=\"width: 1106px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28091\" class=\"wp-image-28091 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/parentsmeetpope.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"616\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The McCanns meet the pope who wishes them well in the search for their daughter | M\u00e9abh Gilheany<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>August 6th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b>The first signs of evidence <\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Blood is found on the wall of the McCann&#8217;s apartment in Portugal<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>August 11th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Exactly 100 days after Madeleine disappeared. Investigating officers,<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/madeleine-mccanns-disappearance-a-timeline-10803372\">as reported by Sky News<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, publicly acknowledge that she could be dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>September\u00a0 7th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese police name Kate and Gerry as &#8220;arguidos,&#8221; translated to subjects in their daughter&#8217;s disappearance<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findmadeleine.com\/about_us\/madeleines-fund.html\">The Find Madeleine fund<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, which received more than <\/span><b style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a31.09million<\/b><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> in donations from all over the world as reported in the Daily Mail.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was\u00a0<a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-490415\/Row-McCanns-use-1million-Madeleine-fund-pay-mortgage.html\">revealed in September<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">, that about <\/span><b style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a3300,000<\/b><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> had been spent, and a further <\/span><b style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a380,000<\/b><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> was paid out for a new publicity campaign in Portugal, Spain and Morocco.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>2008<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><em>Portugal shelves investigation<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>March 19th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kate and Gerry McCann accept \u00a3550,000 libel damages and front-page apologies from Express Newspapers over allegations they were responsible for Madeleine&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28092\" style=\"width: 1002px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28092\" class=\"wp-image-28092 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/DailyExpressCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Express newspaper cover issuing an apology to the McCanns after successful law suit | M\u00e9abh Gilheany<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">April 22nd<\/span><\/strong><b>:<\/b> The McCanns go on Oprah. This marks two years since Madeleine&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xNI5up44Nho<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">2010<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">November 10th<\/span><\/strong><b>:<\/b> An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1326470\/Madeleine-McCann-petition-force-review-British-Portuguese-signed-9k.html\">online petition<\/a> is launched Madeleine&#8217;s parents to help force a UK and Portuguese joint review of all evidence in the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">November 15th<\/span><\/strong><b>: <\/b>A book deal is signed by the McCann&#8217;s documenting their daughter&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">2011<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>May<\/strong><\/span>: The McCanns book is released<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/missing-madeleine-mccann-mum-kate-1544308\">Official accounts\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">show the bestseller made <\/span><b style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a3738,487<\/b><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\"> after tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/wellapp\/status\/195183243308449792<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">April 26th<\/span><\/strong><b>: <\/b>Madeleine McCann at 9 years old &#8211; an image is generated of what Scotland Yard believe she would look like is released after<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/madeleine-mccanns-disappearance-a-timeline-10803372\">they say she might still be alive.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>June 15th<\/strong><\/span><b>:<\/b> The Home Office agrees to fund a full-scale investigation by the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After three years of investigations into suspects and mistakenly identified remains,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>October 28th<\/strong><\/span><b>: <\/b>The number of police officers devoted to the investigation into Madeleine&#8217;s disappearance is reduced from 29 to four.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">April 3rd<\/span><\/strong><b>: Home secretary at the time, <\/b>Theresa May, grants Scotland Yard <b>\u00a395,000<\/b> in extra funding to continue the search for Madeleine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em><b>10 years since Madeline went missing<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>March 12th<\/strong><\/span><b>: <\/b>The Home Office gives police <b>\u00a385,000<\/b> to extend the search for Madeleine &#8211; known as Operation Grange &#8211; for a further six months. It takes the total spent on the investigation to beyond <b>\u00a311m<\/b>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>September<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/3419009\/madeleine-mccann-sightings-around-world-missing-children\/\">The Sun reports<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">over 8000 &#8216;sightings&#8217; of Madeleine McCann worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[googlemaps https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1XFscRnx-jNbJJBTuQaoWho7GC6VnwLN0&amp;w=640&amp;h=480]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Click the locations to view the many sightings of Madeleine around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Sightings as reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/3419009\/madeleine-mccann-sightings-around-world-missing-children\/\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Words and Video Editing: Fiona Patterson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Assistance: Sorcha Gilheany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Illustrations by\u00a0M\u00e9abh Gilheany for Voice of London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subbing: Sorcha Gilheany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinions in the video are the people&#8217;s own not Voice of London&#8217;s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 years of searching,\u00a0\u00a311.75m of taxpayers money, and still nothing to show for it. 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