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Anniversaries and her birthday, they are by far the hardest days, by far. >> i think it is important, though. because despite how difficult these days are, just keeping in mind how much progress we have made. and whilst there is no evidence to give us any negative news, that hope is still there. >> there is a major new development this morning in the case of madeleine mccann. >> the suspect has an extensive rap sheet. >> in june 2020, a major breakthrough in the case, but this time in germany. more than 1500 miles away from the crime scene. prosecutors name the first formal suspect in the case...

For this crime, and at the moment half of the sentence is over. >> this is german prosecutor hans christian walters. while he is fluent in english, he sometimes answers in his native german due to the precise legal nature of the case. >> what makes you so certain that madeleine mccann is dead? >> we have some evidence for this. we have no forensic evidence but we have other evidence, but i'm not allowed to speak about this at the moment. >> you wouldn't come out and say that madeleine mccann was dead if you thought there was a chance that she wasn't, correct? >> yes. >> so to be clear the form...

Worked around the ocean club. >> prosecutors say the suspect lived in this house in praia da luz, portugal. they also say a cell phone listed under his name has been located to have been in the area at the time of maddie's disappearance. authorities also released pictures of these two vehicles he used at the time. another clue, british police say he tried to reregister one of them after maddie vanished. >> most intriguing is he reregistered the car on may 4th. this is a day after madeleine went missing. >> two years after german authorities went public, bruckner still has not been formally cha...

Disappearance of our lovely daughter madeleine. >> 14 months passed since madeleine's disappearance with no progress and no charges filed. in july 2008, stunning news. the portuguese attorney general was closing the case. >> translator: at a certain point, i realized that there were no reliable clues that were any more solid than others. it reminded me of a cat trying to catch its own tail. we were running around in circles without any success. >> his decision cleared all suspects, including robert murat. >> i think he was more of a victim. >> the victim? >> yeah, they needed someone to blame....

>> these are my shoes. >> are they new? >> little madeleine mccann was gone. >> oh, wow. >> desperate to get her back, kate and gerry mccann shared their daughter with the world. >> these are actually the pajamas that madeleine was wearing when she was taken. >> but the massive amountses of publicity came with some criticism. >> you know, how much is too much publicity when a child's life is at stake? >> the media and particularly the media, they lost sight what a real family has been a heinous crime and a completely innocent little girl is missing. >> from the beginning, the british media had...