Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Madeleine Beth McCann is a British missing person who, at the age of 3, disappeared from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, on the evening of 3 May 2007. The Daily Telegraph described her disappearance as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". Madeleine's whereabouts remain unknown, although German prosecutors believe she is dead.
Madeleine in 2007, aged three, and forensic artist's impression of what she may have looked like in 2012, aged nine
Artist's impression of the man Jane Tanner saw, released October 2007; Scotland Yard believe it was an uninvolved British tourist carrying his daughter.
E-fit images of the Smith sighting, released by Scotland Yard in 2013
Panoramic view of Praia da Luz, February 2015
Praia da Luz, officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal. The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 3,545, in an area of 21.78 km2. Also known as Santorini de Portugal, Luz de Lagos or Vila da Luz, "Praia da Luz" is used to refer to both the urbanized village and the beach. The parish had its origins in a small fishing village, but was transformed by several holiday-villa complexes into a tourist area.
Praia da Luz
The archaeological site of Roman salting and fish processing centre
Castelo da Senhora da Luz, a fortress constructed between 1640 and 1670
The cliffs of Praia da Luz