Timeline
Madeleine McCann case
A list of the key events in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann on
Thursday May 3 at the Ocean Club in
May 3
- Kate and Gerry McCann leave their daughter Madeleine and her brother and
sister, twins aged 2, in bed in their apartment while they have dinner at a
nearby restaurant.
- Mrs McCann checks on them at 10pm and finds the bedroom window open and
Madeleine gone. Police are alerted immediately.
May 4
- Border police, the Spanish authorities and airports are notified. Volunteer
teams continue to comb the village, resort and beach for clues.
May 5
- Detectives reveal they believe she was abducted
May 7
- Mrs McCann makes a personal plea to whoever is holding her daughter:
"Please, please do not hurt her. Please do not scare her."
May 9
- Police examine a CCTV tape from a service station a few miles from Praia da
Luz, showing a woman with a girl fitting Madeleine's description.
May 10
- Police say in a press conference that the local search for Madeleine is being
wound down. They issue an image of a pair of pyjamas identical to those
Madeleine was wearing when she disappeared.
May 11
- A businessman, Stephen Winyard, offers a reward of £1m for information
leading to the return of Madeleine.
- David Beckham makes a television appeal for information.
May 12
- Madeleine's fourth birthday.
- Donors including Sir Richard Branson bring the total amount of money now
being offered in the search to more than £2.5m.
May 14
- Mr McCann says that "until there is concrete evidence to the contrary,
we believe Madeleine is safe and is being looked after".
- The home of a British man, Robert Murat, which is 160 yards from where
Madeleine was snatched, is searched by police. Police confirm he is a suspect.
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