Detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann have identified a new suspect – a German sex offender who is currently serving a prison sentence.
It’s been 13 years since she was reported missing during a family holiday in Portugal, and today, officers leading the investigation – known as Operation Grange – have announced developments.
A new line of enquiry is into a 43-year-old prisoner who would have looked around 25 to early 30s at the time. He may have had short blond hair, possibly fair. He was about six foot in height, and slim.
Officers have established that he lived on and off in the Algarve between 1995 and 2007. He is connected to Praia da Luz and surrounding regions and spent some short spells in Germany.
This individual, who is not being identified, is currently in prison in Germany for an unrelated matter.
Today, detectives have revealed details of two vehicles which the suspect is known to have had access to and used around the time of Madeleine’s disappearance.
Detectives are also appealing for information about two mobile phone numbers, one of which is believed to have been used by the suspect on the day of Madeleine’s disappearance.
Read the full in-depth investigation update on the Met Police website.
