Birmingham Live. German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters made the claim of a breakthrough to The Sun. He said: “I’m afraid I cannot tell you what it is but it strengthens our work”.Madeline was three years old when she went missing from her hotel room in Praia da Luz, Portugal on May 3, 2007.Her parents have said they will never give up on finding their daughter.
Kate and Gerry live in Rothley, in Leicestershire, in the East Midlands, and this week marked what should be Maddie's 18th birthday.
Last week, her parents Kate and Gerry said every May that passes is a "reminder of years passed, of years together lost, or stolen".
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