Madeleine McCann

Thursday, May 3, 2007: Mad-eleine vanishes from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

Saturday, June 16: Brit couple report seeing a blonde girl in the Maltese capital, Valletta.

Tuesday, August 21: Madeleine allegedly spotted with a man in Cartagena, Spain.

September 7-8: Kate and Gerry McCann declared suspects.

Friday, November 16: Jane Tanner, a friend of the McCanns, says she saw a man carrying a sleeping child away 45 minutes before McCanns discovered Madeleine was missing.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008: Portuguese authorities say that the search for Madeleine is winding down.

Monday, July 21: McCanns are cleared of any involvement. Police lift suspect status.

Thursday, May 7, 2009: Channel 4 film shows artist’s impression of man seen at the apartment.

November 2010: Businessman reports seeing a girl matching Madeleine’s description with a man and two women outside a shopping mall in Dubai.

February 2011: Italian ­nightclub bouncer claims missing Madeleine was snatched and taken to the US by a paedophile gang responsible for a dozen similar child kidnappings.

May 9, 2011: Two British paedophiles are quizzed by police ­investigating Madeleine’s disappearance.

July 29, 2011:  A DNA test is taken from a girl in India after a British woman believes it's Maddy.