article_snippet.sent: Madeleine was three when Madeleine went missing from Madeleine family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, as Madeleine parents dined at a nearby tapas restaurant with friends.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Amaral, who led the initial investigation into Madeleine's disappearance, released a book claiming their daughter Madeleine had died in an accident instead of being abducted three days after the case was closed in 2008.
article_snippet.sent: his later took part in a documentary for Portuguese television in which his claimed that Madeleine was dead, that there had been no abduction and the McCanns had hidden Madeleine body.
article_snippet.sent: Amaral claimed Madeleine (above) had not been abducted, but had died in an accident in Praia da Luz .
article_snippet.sent: Since Madeleine vanished, every possible theory has been explored, including that Madeleine was kidnapped by a paedophile or killed during a botched burglary.
article_snippet.sent: Others include being snatched by traffickers and sold to a childless couple and that Madeleine wandered out of the apartment and died in a tragic accident.
article_snippet.sent: However, not one shred of proof of what happened to Madeleine has been uncovered.