As if the family wasn't bad enough: after the girl Madeleine McCann was allegedly kidnapped, her grandmother died about a month ago.
- Maddie McCann * is still missing, German investigators hope to solve the case soon.
- Her grandmother has apparently died of the consequences of Covid 19 disease *.
- She never gave up hope of seeing her granddaughter again
England - Eileen McCann , the grandmother of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in 2007, has apparently died of the effects of the corona virus. The McCann case has attracted international interest. At the beginning of June, German authorities declared that Christian B. was suspected of the fact.
Maddie McCann's grandmother no longer saw the current investigation
The 80-year-old no longer experienced the current events in the investigation *, she died only a few weeks before the German police publicly suspected a German of the fact that her granddaughter had committed the crime. However, she had never given up hope of seeing her granddaughter again. She had already lost her husband two years before Maddie's disappearance . "When I lost John, I thought my world was going to collapse. But losing Madeleine is ten times worse , ”she said in 2007. She always kept a pink teddy on the bed for Maddie's return, according to British media.
Madeleine McCann's grandmother dies of coronavirus as police search intensifies
Eileen McCann, Madeleine's paternal grandma, who from coronavirus weeks before police publicly announced a new suspect in the little girl's 2007 Algarve disappearance pic.twitter.com/7HQ6MTRMjy
The former pub owner from Glasgow is often to Portugal traveled to around Maddie's parents Gerry and Kate find support . Together with them, she made sure that the case had worldwide media coverage * to find Maddie's kidnappers. Both parents lived, according to the Daily Mail in compliance with the spacing rules of the funeral by Eileen in St. Covals , East Renfrewshire, at.
Eileen McCann: "Maddie was not one of the children who went with strangers"
A source close to the family also told the English newspaper: “It is another tragedy for the family and people who know the family will be sad about it. But it's a family matter and Kate and Gerry don't want to talk about it. ”
The 80-year-old has spoken to the press in a number of interviews in the past . She suspected that the kidnapper was very careful about the kidnapping . "Maddie was hyperactive, she wasn't one of the kids who go with strangers. He must have immobilized her with a means. "
The alleged kidnapper Maddies is also linked to the Peggy murder case.
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