Prosecutors in Germany are rushing to charge their top suspect before he has a chance to go free, which has drastically changed the case of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann.
In May 2007, Madeleine, who was just three years old at the time, disappeared while on vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, found out she was missing from their rented apartment when they were eating at a nearby restaurant.
One of the most extensively reported missing-person cases in contemporary history, her disappearance triggered an international hunt.
A tragic anniversary Kate and Gerry McCann are still looking for answers seventeen years later. The couple issued a heartfelt statement to commemorate this heartbreaking milestone:
