New Epstein documents mention Madeleine McCann, British child missing since 2007. Here’s what witness saw
New Epstein documents reference Madeleine McCann in a 2009 witness statement describing a woman resembling Ghislaine Maxwell with a child, though authorities have confirmed no proven link to her disappearance.
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A new shocker
Speculations have arisen after the newly released documents in the Epstein Files mention a British child, Madeleine McCann. After this, people on the internet have started debating the connection between the child’s disappearance and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s former partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Who was Madeleine McCann?
Madeleine McCann was a British child who disappeared on May 3, 2007, from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal. At that time, she was 3 years old. Her parents were dining nearby when they discovered she was missing. Her disappearance became one of the most widely reported missing-child cases in the world.
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Probe still on
Under Operation Grange, the British police continued the investigation into the missing case. German authorities are also pursuing a separate investigation and have named a prime suspect.
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The disclosure
The child’s name appeared in a document with a statement of a witness. The statement, dated 2009, described a sighting involving a woman whom the witness later believed resembled Ghislaine Maxwell.
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What did the witness see?
The witness said he saw the woman with a child, but could not tell who the child was. Years later, after seeing media coverage and online discussions about the McCann case, he documented the memory.
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The description
In the statement, the witness said covering her right eye, which reminded the witness of Madeleine’s distinctive coloboma, a visible condition affecting her right iris. In 2009, Madeleine would have been six years old, which the witness believed matched the child he saw.
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Was it Maxwell?
Meanwhile, as per the reports, Maxwell was likely in New York around the time Madeleine disappeared, which conflicts with the timeline of the 2007 sighting.
