Madeleine McCann is "assumed to be dead" say German prosecutors, who are investigating the disappearance of the British girl. A 43-year-old German man is being investigated on suspicion of murder, the German public prosecutor added. The suspect, who has not been named, is currently in prison. He is believed to have been in the area where Madeleine was last seen, when she disappeared as a three-year-old in Portugal in 2007. Police are appealing for the public's help in solving the case, after they announced they had a new suspect on Wednesday. Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, felt the latest development was "potentially very significant", the family's spokesman said. Clarence Mitchell, who has represented the family since the three-year-old's disappearance, said that in 13 years he couldn't "recall an instance when the police had been so specific about an individual". He told BBC Breakfast: "Of all the thousands of leads and potential suspects that have been mentioned in the past, there has never been something as clear cut as that from not just one, but three, police forces."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52916137

At this point, I do think she's dead after a long investigation. It's such a tragedy for the family and I offer them my sincerest condolences.  :\'(

The investigation will now take longer now and with the cooperation of the prisoner it will be the first steps of closure to the grieving parents.

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The new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has also been investigated over the disappearance of a German girl, according to German media reports.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52935728

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are searching an allotment in Hanover, German prosecutors have told the BBC. They confirmed it was related to the investigation into Christian B, a sex offender in prison in Germany, who is the main suspect in the case. Work began at the site on Monday and is expected to continue until Wednesday. Madeleine was three years old when she went missing while on holiday with her family in Portugal in 2007.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53541181

Very sad indeed.........

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are searching an allotment in Hanover, German prosecutors have told the BBC. They confirmed it was related to the investigation into Christian B, a sex offender in prison in Germany, who is the main suspect in the case. Work began at the site on Monday and is expected to continue until Wednesday. Madeleine was three years old when she went missing while on holiday with her family in Portugal in 2007.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53541181

Very sad indeed.........
Very sad indeed, and hoping that the recent investigation leads to a conclusion.

Should this be relocated to the Celebrity Deaths board? ???

Not sure she counts as a celebrity

Not sure she counts as a celebrity
Hence me placing this topic on this board.