( CNN ) -- A Dutch tourist says she recently spotted missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann at a French restaurant near Montpellier , McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Wednesday . A handout photo , released September 16 , 2007 , of missing child Madeleine McCann . The tourist said she recognized Madeleine from the many media reports about the child 's May 3 disappearance and may have even seen the well-publicized defect in the little girl 's eye , Mitchell said . `` She and a friend saw a child that they immediately took to be Madeleine , '' said Mitchell . `` They actually called out her name . `` A man who was with the child scooped the child up and took her out of the cafe before the girls could take a photograph with their mobile phones , '' he said . Mitchell said there is a surveillance tape of the girl in the L'Arche restaurant and Madeleine 's parents are hoping to be able to use it to determine if it is their missing daughter . Mitchell explains how the sighting came about » . But The Associated Press , quoting an unnamed police official , is reporting that investigators have determined it was not the missing child . Police watched the closed-circuit video footage , and despite the child looking like Madeleine , it was not her , said the official , who did not want his name published because he is not authorized to speak to media about the case . Madeleine disappeared May 3 , days before her fourth birthday . Her parents , who were vacationing with her in Portugal , have said she disappeared from their room at a resort while they dined in a nearby restaurant . Despite a global search and the attention of celebrities like Virgin Chairman Richard Branson , author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham , there have been no major breaks in the case . Portuguese investigators in September named the McCanns official suspects in their daughter 's disappearance . The McCanns deny involvement , saying they believe Madeleine may have been abducted by pedophiles and taken to North Africa . A few months ago , there was a reported sighting of Madeleine in Belgium , but nothing came of that report . Last year , excitement grew when a video surfaced of a Moroccan woman carrying a child on her back who looked very similar to Madeleine . Authorities determined that it was the woman 's child . E-mail to a friend .
Madeleine McCann possibly seen at roadside restaurant near Montpellier . AP : AFP - Getty Images Man takes girl from restaurant after Madeleine 's name called , spokesman says . McCann has been missing since May 3 ; her parents named official suspects .