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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 it's 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 prosecutor's office has said previously that they do not believe madeleine mccann is still alive. so certainly a difficult moment once again for her family. nada bashir, cnn, london. >> i'm michael holmes at the cnn cente...

A convicted rapist, in connection with madeleine's disappearance. he's 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, saying it had new evidence and new witnesses. and it was injune 2020, that german police first reveale...

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 have been through all those years. goodness. nina dos santos, thank you for that update. intercepte...

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. he's not been named, but german police have been investigating this man, referred to as christian b, a convicted rapist, in connection with madeleine's disappearance. he's 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 w...

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, we'd be responsible for that. i've worked more hand in hand with the fbi. that's 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 explained to me that they had had an unsub espionage case and thought i would be able to help them re...