Madeleine McCann

Gerry McCann

Kate McCann

John McCann

Philomena McCann

Sandy Cameron

Patricia Cameron

Brian Healy

Susan Healy

Brian Kennedy

Jane Tanner

Russell O'Brien

Matthew Oldfield

Rachael Oldfield

David Payne

Fiona Payne

Dianne Webster

Paulo Rebelo

Alipio Ribeiro

Gonçalo Amaral

Olegário de Sousa

Carlos Anjos

Alberto Costa

Missing 4 Year Old Girl

Madeleine Beth McCann is the little 4 year old girl who the case is all about. As she approached her 4th birthday, she spent the best part of a week on holiday with her parents and twin brother and sister Sean & Amelie. According to her parents, she was abducted by abductors in the evening of May 3, 2007 while they dined at the Tapas Bar at the Ocean Club Resort where they were staying. Madeleine has a prominent eye defect known as a coloboma in her right eye. It can be clearly seen on this photograph. The eye defect was immediately turned into a registered trademark and logo and was part of the "official" Find Madeleine campaign led by the McCann family and paid PR team.

Madeleine's Father

Dr Gerald Patrick McCann is Madeleine's father. He works at Glenfield Hospital in Leicestershire as a consultant cardiologist. Mr McCann, like his wife, has rarely shown any emotions in the numerous TV interviews and public appearances. Some reports say that he went for a haircut on May 4 and went jogging on the beach in Praia da Luz, less than 24 hours after his daughter went missing. Some of Mr McCanns movements in the weeks after May 3 came under the spotlight because of several reported inconsistencies. The PJ have been investigating many of Mr McCann's actions including sending 14 text messages in the hours before Madeleine was reported missing.

Madeleine's Mother

Dr Katherine Marie McCann. Madeleine's mother was born in Liverpool and works as a part time General Practitioner. Since returning to England from Portugal after being made a suspect in the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine, Mrs. McCann has not returned to work. The PJ were interested in Kate's relationship with Madeleine after some stories were revealed that said Madeleine was often crying for up to 18 hours a day. The journal Kate created while in Portugal was allegedly seized as part of the investigation. A key factor in this case has always been the fact that Kate has not shown much emotion and has barely shed a tear in public or in front of the cameras.

Gerry's Brother & Madeleine's Uncle

John McCann is Gerry's brother and is a medical sales rep for AstraZeneca. He lives in Scotland and is one of the company directors for Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned Ltd. John accompanied Gerry, Kate and Jon Corner on the trip to Huelva in Spain. This fact was not highlighted on the Panorama documentary.

Gerry's Sister & Madeleine's Aunt

Philomena McCann (Affectionately known as Auntie Phil) is Gerry's sister. In the weeks after May 3, Phil was very actively involved in promoting events in conjunction with advertising and keeping Madeleine in the public spotlight. After Kate and Gerry were brought in for questioning, Philomena did a TV interview where she said that Kate had been offered a plea deal in return for saying she accidentally killed Madeleine. This was found to be untrue and since that TV appearance in September, Philomena has kept out of the media spotlight although she has done another interview with a German newspaper.

Gerry's Brother in-law & Madeleine's Uncle

Sandy Cameron is married to Patricia - Gerry's sister. He is also one of Madeleine's Godparents.

Gerry's Sister & Madeleine's Aunt

Patricia Cameron is Gerry McCann's sister also known as "Trish" in Gerry's blogs. Gerry writes about Madeleine's Godparents Trish and Sandy. It is understood that Trish and Sandy stayed in Portugal to look after the twins when Kate and Gerry were travelling around Europe in the weeks following Madeleine's disappearance.

Kate's Father & Madeleine's Grandfather

On September 10th, Mr. Healy, from Mossley Hill, Liverpool, spoke to Kate soon after she arrived back at the family home in Rothley. He said: “Kate said it was very hard going back into the house without Madeleine. She is being strong but is down because they are coming back without Madeleine.
 

Kate's Mother & Madeleine's Grandmother

Susan & Brian Healy today hit out at the “scurrilous rubbish” being printed about their daughter – and said she feels she is being persecuted because of her appearance. “She said last night ‘If I weighed another two stone, had a bigger bosom and looked more maternal, people would be more sympathetic’,” Madeleine’s grandmother, Susan Healy, told the ECHO today.
 

Kate's Great Uncle & Madeleine Fund Director

Mr Brian Kennedy is Kate's great uncle. He lives in Rothley and is also a member of the Madeleine Fund's board of directors. A former school teacher, Mr. Kennedy has rarely been in the media.

Jane Tanner has become the most controversial of the McCann's friends who dined with them on the night of May 3. Jane Tanner came up with the only known sighting of a possible abductor although her credibility is called into question. Several weeks after May 3 she revealed details of the "Egg-man" abductor and after many months, she changed her description to a more detailed "Bundle-man". Read the abduction theory to see how Ms Tanner's story has been called into question by many people following the case.

Dr. O'Brien is the friend of the McCanns who is said to have checked on his own children on the night of May 3 and found one of them vomiting. Allegedly he is said to have asked for a change of bed linens from the resort housekeeping but they say no such request was made that night.

Dr Matthew Oldfield, 37. An endocrinologist at Kingston Hospital Surrey, he worked with Gerry McCann in Leicester before moving to London with his wife Rachael. He checked on the McCann children at 9.30pm, but did not look to see if Madeleine was in her bed.
 

Rachael Oldfield, 36. Recruitment-consultant, mother of a 22-month-old daughter and ex Corporate Tax Lawyer. She spoke for the first time in Aug 2007 to dismiss "hurtful and ludicrous'' reports which suggested police had intercepted phone calls and emails between the McCanns and their friends which contradicted earlier statements they had given. She said: "They are throwing mud and we are not able to defend ourselves." Admitted as a solicitor in November 1996. With Richards Butler for 6 years and Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne for 18 months. Spent time in retail and Polo Ralph Lauren and John Lewis before entering the world of recruitment. Rachael's maiden name is Mampilly.

David Payne 41, is a surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary, specialising in strokes. He helped run the Find Madeleine campaign. Speaking of Madeleine's disappearance, he spoke for the first time to say: "We know they didn't do it. One of our party saw Madeleine being abducted. We were waiting for something to happen but didn't in our worst nightmare think it would be this."
 

Dr Fiona Payne, 34. The mother of two and her husband are the only couple in the group reported to have used a baby monitor that night. The Payne's stayed in the Algarve to support the McCann's after Madeleine's disappearance.
 

Dianne Webster is Fiona Payne's mother. She told police that on the night of Madeleine's disappearance each couple was responsible for looking after their own children. She has given no interviews. Allegedly she stayed at the Tapas Restaurant when everyone else ran back to apartment 5A although there are many versions of what actually happened on the night of May 3.
 

45 year old Mr. Rebelo was drafted in to the investigation on October 8th in place of the first detective Mr Amaral. An expert in cases involving paedophiles and homicide, Mr. Rebelo breathed new life in the case with a "root and branch" investigation. He was head of the criminal investigation department in Lisbon which uncovered the notorious 'Casa Pia' paedophile ring in 2002.

The Daily Mail reported on the 11th October "Portugal's top police officer (Alipio Ribeiro) insisted today that Kate and Gerry McCann are still the main suspects in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.

Mr Amaral was in charge of the investigation from May 3 up to the time when Mr. Rebelo replaced him. Mr. Amaral was himself subject to an internal investigation following another missing child case. Always controversial, Gonçalo Amaral had said that by following the couple’s tips, the British investigators were continuously “forgetting the fact that they are prime suspects of their daughter’s death," adding that the kidnapping scenario now being explored was nothing more than "another fact worked by the McCanns." It remains unclear whether Mr. Amaral was replaced for tactical reasons or for political reasons.

Chief Inspector, Olegário de Sousa became the most media face of the PJ, during Kate and Gerry's time in Portugal, through his role as the official Polícia Judiciária spokesperson. Sky News reporter Martin Brunt incorrectly reported that Mr. de Sousa had been removed from the job in the same week that Brunt claimed a 100% DNA match of body fluids in the Renault Scenic to Madeleine McCann.

When interviewed by Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias, he accused Gerry McCann of "negligence" when he claimed that Madeleine’s abductor was hiding in their holiday apartment. "If he was suspicious that there was a man in the apartment, and then he calmly went to dinner, then words cannot describe how negligent he is as a father", adding "Since their daughter disappeared, Gerry and Kate have followed a strategy of almost daily announcements of new facts."

The Portuguese Justice Minister, Alberto Costa, had to step in publicly to assure all parties that the relationship between the Portuguese and British police forces working on the Madeleine McCann case was still strong and of "beneficial co-operation."