LONDON — The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann are marking the 18th birthday of their daughter on Wednesday, just over 14 years since she disappeared on holiday in Portugal.
Madeleine or “Maddy”, as she is known in Britain, vanished from her family’s apartment in the Algarve holiday resort of Praia da Luz in 2007.
The disappearance, just days before her fourth birthday, sparked a massive search effort — though no trace of her has ever been found — and an international media frenzy.
At the time, the now-defunct News of the World tabloid offered 1.5 million ($2.1 million, 1.7 million euros) for information leading to Madeleine’s return and advertised the…
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