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German prosecutors believe Madeleine McCann dead, suspect found

06:15 am on 5 June 2020

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German public prosecutors are investigating a 43-year-old German man on suspicion of murdering Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007.

Overnight, investigators said they believed the girl was dead.

A spokesperson for the McCann family, Clarence Mitchell, said Madeline McCann's parents were still hopeful their daughter was alive.

Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow has more.