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Friday, 29 July 2011
DNA tests conducted on girl thought to be Madeline McCann
A girl in India has been DNA tested to see if she is missing child Madeline McCann
A British tourist has claimed that she has found missing girl Madeline McCann while on holiday in Leh in India.
She said that the young girl, who was accompanied by a Belgian man and a French woman who said that she was her daughter, looked exactly like missing Madeline and called the police.
Copies of the couple's passports were taken and DNA swabs were taken from the girl.
A spokesman for Leh police told local media: “It all depends upon the evidence like DNA for which help from Madeleine's parents and the British police was required.”
However, Madeline's parents Kate and Gerry McCann do not believe that it is her. A spokesman for the McCann’s said: "Kate and Gerry do not believe the child seen in India was Madeleine. They have seen photographic evidence and concluded that it was not her.
"We remain grateful for people's vigilance around the world. Madeleine is still out there and the search for her very much continues."
Madeline McCann went missing while on holiday in Portugal with her parents and twin silbings five years ago.
She was taken from her parents' holiday apartment after they left her and her younger brother and sister there to sleep while they had dinner nearby with friends.
The case remains a mystery because the police do not have any real suspects.
Madeline was three-years-old when she was taken and would be eight-years-old now.
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redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 12:08
Hmmm... I CAN see a likeness. :) This could be a good discovery!
kizzie (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 12:22
wow it actually looks like her!
mabli (Age 9) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 13:10
I don't acsurely know what she looked like when she whent missing because I'm the same age as her. my twin sisters name is Madeline aswell. Why did her parents leave her and her twin siblings on there own?
nwilliams wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 13:13
Well, her parents thought that because they were so close by that the children would be safe - and they were checking on them regularly. No-one knows if she was taken or if she wandered off by herself.
Edd12345 (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 13:33
They do look alike.
fizzy21 (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 14:17
That could actually be her! Hopefully it is! :,)
imapotato (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 14:59
If it isnt it would be so sad as her parents would have false hope
Cescychops (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 16:53
im no red that is madiline!
kitkat88 (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 17:19
That IS the real maddy, but that isnt a picture of the girl that women saw, just a picture of maddy from somewhere else.
PinkBoden (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 19:27
That is a picture of her before she went missing. :)
redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 19:31
Is it? But if that's Maddy from somewhere else, why is her hair a different colour? I know you can dye it, but why? :p
peace111 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 10:33
i hope they find her!!!!
party507 (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 11:30
Hopefully it is Madeline McCann it would be brilliant i hope she is found!
MichyKid99 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 12:42
I wish it was her, she should have a proper childhood with family, not strangers who took her away.
rockgirl (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 14:48
Red, that is madeline, not the picture of the girl in india!
woolrychi (Age 14) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 16:47
the picture above is Maddie but it is a picture from when she was 4, before she was taken. I've looked and although there are images of what maddie MIGHT look like now on the internet, there are no pictures of the girl that the British tourist THOUGHT might be Maddie, as far as I can tell anyway. I really hope, for her parents sake that she gets found eventually. x
Ellsybub (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 17:21
Yeah that is probably her
Crystal- (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 23:33
That's probably the picture of the real Madeline, u would know its her because Madelines left eye has the black pupil in the middle running down like KitKat said
Crystal- (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 23:34
Someone took her because there is a picture of the man taking her in her PJ's
Crystal- (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 23:34
but yh it can be her
cool-cow (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 06:27
i feel sorry for that family
hollykind (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 12:11
that looks so like her
IndigoWolf (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 12:42
It looks like her ... and I hope it is! I really am hoping that young Madeline finds her real parents again.
09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 16:54
In hope it is her, her family must be soo brave
mollsy872 (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 17:42
Why weren't her siblings kidnapped aswell?
Cescychops (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 31 July 2011 @ 18:52
But is this girl thought 2 be her dead??!!
nwilliams wrote on Monday, 1 August 2011 @ 10:26
The picture is of the REAL Madeline. There wasn't any photos taken of the other little girl.
Ejc (Age 10) wrote on Monday, 1 August 2011 @ 12:26
thx nic i thought it looked like the one from the cover of the book
chocolate8 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 1 August 2011 @ 18:08
it dosent look like her because that is her befor she went missing there is no picture of her now (eight years old)
PeaceLove (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 3 August 2011 @ 13:36
The picture IS Madeline!
pipapip (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 5 August 2011 @ 14:16
that picture was taken before she went missing. thats the real her.
Quizylover (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 5 August 2011 @ 17:23
I think PinkBodens right that is the picture of her before she went missing.
bffxx (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 5 August 2011 @ 18:17
omg i hope it is her after all she has been through. she desevers to have her mum and dad back
Frankie500 (Age 15) wrote on Friday, 5 August 2011 @ 19:35
It would be amazing if it was her but i can see why her parents are not getting there hope up because if it wasn't her their heart would be broken all over again! my thoughts are with them as the last 5 years must be the hardest five years of their lives!!!
jellyslug (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 6 August 2011 @ 11:07
That is the real madeline, not the girl they saw in India, it's the same picture that is on the cover of the book her parents wrote. Plus thefact that she looks like a three (not eight) year old in the picture
fizzy21 (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 6 August 2011 @ 13:38
Hmmmmmm.....
looby99 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 6 August 2011 @ 20:44
yes it is the pic of madeline because that was when she was 3 and she wouldnt look the same at 8
greenmango (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 7 August 2011 @ 09:42
There are some police interpretations of what she may look like on the internet at the moment, on all the main newspaper web-sites. Check them out! It's actually a pretty good guess of what she may look like. I really hope she is found! I hate it when people go missing. I got lost on the train once and I thought I wouldn't see my family ever again. Of course, I was sensible enough to have a look round and find my family buying tickets. D'oh!
AquaPuppy (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 7 August 2011 @ 20:41
That's the REAL Madeleine!
yachibobo (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 7 August 2011 @ 21:24
They look alike, but surely she would look much older, as she looks very young in the picture.
myworld123 (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 7 August 2011 @ 22:40
it's so sad!:( but to be honest i would never leave my kids on there own in the hotel! no matter how far away they are! and they are age is 3 and under! (by the way i dont have any kids im only 10!)
Historian8 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 25 August 2011 @ 10:05
By the way, that picture IS MADIELINE. not the girl in India
redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 5 September 2011 @ 20:21
No, guys, there was a different picture of two girls, that's why we thought it was the India girl at first! It wasn't the one of the real Madeline which is there now. :)
vivk1 (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 10 November 2011 @ 18:01
Wow! I feel so upset for Madeline and her parents.
Jack7701 (Age 9) wrote on Friday, 11 November 2011 @ 19:05
I remember when I was 4 it was all over the news about a girl who had been snatched away from their holiday home. The parents were very silly really and should have thought about what they should have done because if they went out you should ALWAYS have a babysitter to look after your children! But still it is quite sad about it.
DoggyWoggy (Age 9) wrote on Saturday, 19 November 2011 @ 20:06
ed12345 is right they do look alike but if her Mum and Dad don't think it is her then it obviosly isn't. xx
Blaazin (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 @ 16:00
Might be true
Prunnie (Age 10) wrote on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 @ 16:39
Oh dear, I hope Madeline and her parents get reunited!!!!!!!!!!1 :_(
Hydrogen (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 @ 16:17
i hope they are reunited!!! thenit can have a happy ending!
Lino_123 (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 3 February 2012 @ 17:18
I hope that one day they do find Madeline. How depressing for the parents!
Sam121 (Age 7) wrote on Sunday, 12 February 2012 @ 19:11
they look alike
bizzy4100 (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 26 February 2012 @ 13:25
Poor parents! But they shouldn't have left her alone. I hope that they find her!!!!