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Madeleine McCann case in pictures

A person has been declared an official suspect by Portuguese prosecutors investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Here is a look back at the search for Madeleine, who has been missing for nearly 15 years after she disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal in May 2007.

PA Media The last known photo of Madeleine McCann, taken the same day she disappearedPA Media
Three-year-old Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing on 3 May 2007 while on holiday with her family in the Algarve, Portugal. This photo was taken the day she disappeared
AFP Photographs of Madeleine McCann are pasted onto a shop front on 4 May 2007 in the area of the Ocean Club apartment hotel in Praia da Luz in PortugalAFP
The following morning photos were put up in shop windows in the town of Praia da Luz close to where she was staying
AFP Gerry and Kate McCann speak to the press on 4 May 2007 at the Ocean club apartment hotel in Praia de Luz in Lagos.AFP
The same day, Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann spoke to the press and made an emotional plea for her return
AFP Portuguese police helped by dogs search for Madelaine McCann in front of the Ocean club apartment hotel in Praia de Luz in Lagos on 4 May 2007AFP
Portuguese police searched outside the apartment where she went missing
Getty Images British tourists search for Madeleine McCann in wasteland on 8 May 2007 outside the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz in PortugalGetty Images
British tourists also joined the hunt in the area around the resort
AFP The media work outside the house of a luxury resort where Madeleine McCann disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal on 9 May 2007AFP
The story has had international attention since 2007 - here camera crews are gathered outside the resort, six days after Madeleine disappeared
Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Everton fans hold a banner appealing for the safe return of Madeleine McCann prior to the Barclays Premiership match between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge on 13 May 2007 in LondonMike Hewitt/Getty Images
One of the photographs issued by Madeleine's family showed her in an Everton football club shirt. Here Everton fans hold a banner calling for her safe return during a Premiership match against Chelsea in May 2007
PA Media Kate and Gerry McCann leave church in Rothley, Leicestershire, after a service to mark the first anniversary of their daughter's disappearancePA Media
Kate and Gerry McCann leave church in Rothley, Leicestershire, after a service to mark the first anniversary of their daughter's disappearance
Find Madeleine Campaign/PA A poster released by the Find Madeleine Campaign which shows Madeleine McCann as she was aged three, and how she might look now, aged sixFind Madeleine Campaign/PA
In 2009, the Find Madeleine Campaign, set up by the family, released an image of how Madeleine might look aged six
PA Media Kate and Gerry McCann giving a press conference in central London on 12 May 2011 on their newly published book, MadeleinePA Media
In 2011, Kate and Gerry McCann released a book about the case
PA Media Forensic police officers prepare to examine an area of wasteland to search for Madeleine McCann in the town of Praia da Luz, PortugalPA Media
British police began reviewing the case in 2011 and launched a formal inquiry two years later. In 2014, forensic officers searched wasteland near Praia da Luz after Portuguese police reopened their investigation to run alongside Scotland Yard's
PA Media Kate and Gerry McCann interview with the BBC's Fiona Bruce on 28 April 2017PA Media
In an interview with the BBC's Fiona Bruce in 2017, the McCanns said they would do "whatever it takes" to find their daughter
Met Police handout A handout photo issued by Metropolitan Police of a VW T3 Westfalia campervan that has been linked to the suspectMet Police handout
Police announced a new suspect in the case - a 43-year-old German man, who is now in prison for a sex crime. A VW camper van believed to be linked to the suspect was seen around Praia da Luz
Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany/PA Media A handout photo issued by the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany of the inside of a house in Portugal linked to the suspectFederal Criminal Police Office of Germany/PA Media
Police also released pictures of a house in Portugal linked to the man

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