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Madeleine McCann (born 2004 in Leicestershire) is a three year old English toddler who disappeared on May 3 2007 while staying in a Portuguese holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve. Police believe she was kidnapped. The McCanns had put her to bed and were dining 50 metres away with friends when she vanished from the apartment where they were staying. Parents Kate and Gerry McCann returned from the restaurant around 7:45 p.m to find an empty bed and the apartment door and window wide open. Staff and guests at the complex searched until 2:30 p.m while police notified police on the Spanish border. Police with sniffer dogs are currenly searching the resort village with a population of about 1,000. They have also alerted all airports in Portugal and neighbouring Spain. Britain's ambassador to Portugal has travelled there to help the family. Farther Gerry said "Words cannot describe the anguish and despair that we are feeling. Please, if you have Madeleine, let her come home to her Mummy, Daddy, brother and sister." She was confirmed to have been abducted on May 5. She remains missing.