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It is a year to the day since Madeleine was abducted. A heinous crime that had the potential to destroy the strongest
of families. Without doubt it has been the longest year of our lives, yet it does not seem like a year since we last saw Madeleine.
She is still a large part of Sean and Amelie's life and this gives some comfort to Kate and me. The research we have
done this year has encouraged us to believe that there is a very good chance Madeleine is alive. Ernie Allen, president of
NCMEC for the last 25 years, has reiterated that and the fact there are a number of scenarios in which Madeleine could be
alive and well. We just need to find her. The documentary we made on an EU wide Amber alert and the last year was screened
in the UK on Wednesday night, in Spain on Thursday and last night in Portugal. We have spent most of the last 3 days promoting
our new hotline number +4 845 838 4699 (calls are charged at local rate) and our e-mail addresses for information: anonymous@findmadeleine.com and investigation@findmadeleine.com . We have always said we will leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. To do that we need to know what has
and has not been done - unfortunately we know very little about the investigation to date. This is why we are appealing
to everyone who may have come forward previously to do so again. Every piece of information is important to us. We are also
appealing to people who may not have come forward for whatever reason to do so. We are only interested in finding Madeleine
and will guarantee confidentiality and anonymity if requested. We are also families asking with children to think if something
similar may have happened to them. It is unlikely this is the first time that the abductor has struck.
Today we will
be attending one of the many services to pray for Madeleine and other missing children. We would like to thank everyone, of
all faiths, who has prayed for Madeleine over the last year. The Helping to find Madeleine group have also organised a 'lighting
the way home for Madeleine' event where, they will release lanterns in Rothley around the time she went missing. Others will
light a candle and we greatly appreciate the support and symbolic gestures.
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It has been another busy week. We have been
inundated with mail that we are working through. Kate and I would like to thank everyone who has helped and supported us over
the last twelve months. It is the support we have received from family, friends, and the overwhelming response of the general
public that has sustained us. Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to Madeleine’s Fund, which has allowed
us to continue the independent investigation to find Madeleine.
Following our renewed appeal there has been a tremendous
response to both the call line (+44 (0)845 838 4699) and the e-mail addresses (anonymous@findmadeleine.com and investigation@findmadeleine.com).
Hundreds of calls and e-mails have been received and each and every bit of information will be assessed and followed up. We
would encourage anyone who might have information to contact us in confidence. We would like to hear from everyone who was
staying at the Ocean Club at the time of Madeleine’s abduction or from anyone who may have experienced a similar incident
in the Iberia peninsula.
Tomorrow is Madeleine’s fifth birthday. It will be one of the hardest days of the last
375. We will be marking it privately and quietly. We will do everything to try and ensure Madeleine does not spend another
birthday separated from her family.
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