Kate McCann believes she has discovered how her daughter was kidnapped
Notícias de Coimbra27 August 2026 at 11:02
Kate McCann has revealed she believes she has discovered how her daughter Madeleine was kidnapped from her room at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, in May 2007. In an interview with ITV's "This Morning" programme, the British mother shared that she has a theory about what happened that night, although she has not publicly revealed the specific details of that theory. Kate reiterated that she will not rest until she discovers the truth about her daughter's disappearance, who was only three years old when she went missing during a family holiday in Portugal, 17 years ago.
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