May 3rd 2007 News Today

a reservoir in connection with the disappearance of british girl madeleine mccann. its 8am in singapore, and 3am in the russian region belgorod, where russia says its hunting ukrainian saboteurs who crossed the border and injured eight people. the local governor said one village had been shelled and several people had suffered shrapnel wounds. ukraine has denied having anything to do with the attack but suggested russian paramilitaries were involved. our russia editor, steve rosenberg,...

and im sad to say that it only compounds the agony. the texas state senator, roland gutierrez, told cnn that he had been briefed that the uvalde schools police chief, pete arredondo, he didnt have a radio on him when he arrived on the scene. >> i have been told that this person did not have -- this person being the incident commander -- did not have radio communication. and i dont know as to why. >> dont know as to why. its a great question because if its true, the incident commander o...

search. >> dont know where she couldnt be. >> the shocking twists. police are focusing their attention on two suspects, madeleines mom and dad. the theories. >> somebody knows whats happened. >> more than a dozen years after her disappearance, an investigation spans across europe and leads to a major break in the case. the first since the mccanns were cleared. international authorities focusing on one man. >> a new twist. a german prosecutor says he is now sure that he knows who killed...

Prime suspect. christian brueckner is currently serving seven years in prison for the rape of a woman in the same area of portugal in 2005. he has never been charged over the disappearance of madeleine and has denied any involvement but lived near the resort, and the german state prosecutor said there was growing evidence connecting him to the case including mobile phone records. madeleine mccann vanished from her room at the ocean club in praia da luz on may 3rd 2007, as her parents were in a r...

It was just lovely. we were just so happy. >> a happy, busy life for the mccann family of five, who packed up for a relaxing vacation in the spring of 2007. >> oops, you already? >> it was the third time id ever been to portugal, but all the family and friends that had been there said its a lovely country and its really safe and its for families. >> what started as an idyllic family holiday turned into a nightmare on may 3rd, 2007 when madeline vanished from the apartment just days before her fo...

15th anniversary of her disappearance, may 3rd, 2007. her parents, kate and jerry mccann saying in a statement that "while this year is no harder than previous years its also no easier." they say they remain hopeful that madeleine will be found alive and reunited with her family. but of course the developments in this investigation will be met with mixed emotions. the german prosecutors office has said previously that they do not believe madeleine mccann is still alive. so certainly a difficult ...

A convicted rapist, in connection with madeleines disappearance. hes currently in jail. officers say he was regularly living in the algarve between 1995 and 2007. he has always denied any involvement. there have been tv appeals for information, but the authorities have never had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine went missing from a holiday apartment on may 3rd, 2007, while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurant. injuly 2013, the met police opened its own investigation, sayi...

Is currently in custody in germany on unrelated charges. this as you pointed out is one of the most heart felt tragic cases of disappearance. it captivated the international audiences. it captivated people here in the uk. and also in portugal. so, again, this will keep the question marks going about what exactly happened to this little girl who disappeared from her parents holiday home on may 3rd, 2007, some 15 years ago, jim. >> yeah, just the trauma, the suffering that family, those parents ha...

And now prosecutors in portugal, looking into what happened in praia da luz, have identified a suspect, a person of interest, acting on the request of the german authorities. hes not been named, but german police have been investigating this man, referred to as christian b, a convicted rapist, in connection with madeleines disappearance. hes currently in jail. officers say he was regularly living in the algarve between 1995 and 2007. he has always denied any involvement. there have been tv appea...

This individual. >> the burrow of diplomatic security is the long arm of the state department. we run security at embassies. the foreign minister of a certain country comes in, wed be responsible for that. ive worked more hand in hand with the fbi. thats my sole purp stoost help them with state department cases or information they need from the state department. booth the historical subject matter expertise that we needed. >> on may 3rd, 2007, i was approached by the fbi liaison officer who expl...