- McCann family plea for Madeleine news
- The Age - AAP
- 21/12/2008 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 264 articles in 2008 )
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann issued an emotional appeal on Sunday to try to ensure this is the last Christmas they spend without their daughter.
Kate and Gerry McCann released fresh video footage of Madeleine playing with her family at home in Britain in December 2006, five months before she disappeared from a holiday flat in Portugal aged four.
Her parents do not appear in the video, but it includes a direct emotional appeal from them for help in finding Madeleine: "Christmas is a time for children. Please help bring our daughter back."
And it closes with the words: "This will be our second Christmas without our daughter. Please help us make sure we don't have a third".
The family's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said: "Kate and Gerry do not wish to say anything further. They feel the video will speak for itself.
The video shows Madeleine sitting on the stairs of the McCanns' home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, flanked by her younger siblings, twins Sean and Amelie.
It includes the first recording of her speaking that has been made public, as she encourages her brother and sister to copy her gestures, saying: "Clap your hands together and one, two, three".
Madeleine's parents started 2008 under a cloud of suspicion after Portuguese police named them as "arguidos", or formal suspects, in their daughter's disappearance, but prosecutors announced in July they were no longer suspects.
Portuguese police have said they are no longer actively investigating the case.
Kate and Gerry McCann released fresh video footage of Madeleine playing with her family at home in Britain in December 2006, five months before she disappeared from a holiday flat in Portugal aged four.
Her parents do not appear in the video, but it includes a direct emotional appeal from them for help in finding Madeleine: "Christmas is a time for children. Please help bring our daughter back."
And it closes with the words: "This will be our second Christmas without our daughter. Please help us make sure we don't have a third".
The family's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said: "Kate and Gerry do not wish to say anything further. They feel the video will speak for itself.
The video shows Madeleine sitting on the stairs of the McCanns' home in Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, flanked by her younger siblings, twins Sean and Amelie.
It includes the first recording of her speaking that has been made public, as she encourages her brother and sister to copy her gestures, saying: "Clap your hands together and one, two, three".
Madeleine's parents started 2008 under a cloud of suspicion after Portuguese police named them as "arguidos", or formal suspects, in their daughter's disappearance, but prosecutors announced in July they were no longer suspects.
Portuguese police have said they are no longer actively investigating the case.
Source: https://news.theage.com.au/business/mccann-family-plea-for-madeleine-news-20081221-72sg.html
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