Madeleine McCann case in pictures

A person has been declared an official suspect by Portuguese prosecutors investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Here is a look back at the search for Madeleine, who has been missing for nearly 15 years after she disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal in May 2007.

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Image caption, Three-year-old Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing on 3 May 2007 while on holiday with her family in the Algarve, Portugal. This photo was taken the day she disappeared

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Image caption, The following morning photos were put up in shop windows in the town of Praia da Luz close to where she was staying

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Image caption, The same day, Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann spoke to the press and made an emotional plea for her return

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Image caption, Portuguese police searched outside the apartment where she went missing

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Image caption, British tourists also joined the hunt in the area around the resort

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Image caption, The story has had international attention since 2007 - here camera crews are gathered outside the resort, six days after Madeleine disappeared

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Image caption, One of the photographs issued by Madeleine's family showed her in an Everton football club shirt. Here Everton fans hold a banner calling for her safe return during a Premiership match against Chelsea in May 2007

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Image caption, Kate and Gerry McCann leave church in Rothley, Leicestershire, after a service to mark the first anniversary of their daughter's disappearance

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Image caption, In 2009, the Find Madeleine Campaign, set up by the family, released an image of how Madeleine might look aged six

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Image caption, In 2011, Kate and Gerry McCann released a book about the case

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Image caption, British police began reviewing the case in 2011 and launched a formal inquiry two years later. In 2014, forensic officers searched wasteland near Praia da Luz after Portuguese police reopened their investigation to run alongside Scotland Yard's

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Image caption, In an interview with the 大象传媒's Fiona Bruce in 2017, the McCanns said they would do "whatever it takes" to find their daughter

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Image caption, Police announced a new suspect in the case - a 43-year-old German man, who is now in prison for a sex crime. A VW camper van believed to be linked to the suspect was seen around Praia da Luz

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Image caption, Police also released pictures of a house in Portugal linked to the man

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