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As the twins get older their desire to help the search for their sister will be even greater

HOMEPAGE NEWS REPORTS INDEX NEWS MAY 2012
PSYCHICS AGE PROGRESSION IMAGES 5 YEARS MISSING
Original Source: SUN THURSDAY 12 MAY 2012
 By ANTONELLA LAZZERI  
Published: Today at 01:16
 
McCanns' plea over missing Madeleine
 

 More positive than ever ... Kate and Gerry with image of Maddie at nine LEE THOMPSON

 MADELEINE McCann’s mother Kate yesterday revealed her seven-year-old twins are growing ever more determined to join the search for the missing girl.

Speaking ahead of today’s fifth anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance, she told how little Sean and Amelie have made it clear they will help if — or when — they can.

 

Kate, 44, said Sean had told her: “You know, Mummy, if you haven’t found Madeleine by the time we get older me and Amelie will find her.”

 

The mum added: “They have taken things in their stride so far and have grown up with Madeleine being missing.

 

“But obviously as they get older their understanding gets greater and their desire to find their sister becomes even greater.

 

“I have no doubt that if there comes a time when Madeleine has not been found and Sean and Amelie are of an age, maybe teenagers, they will want to help us and carry on the search.”

Mummy, we'll help you find Madeleine ... McCann twins' moving vow  Spindrift Photo Agency

But Kate added she did not really want the twins to go through the pain, anxiety and frustration that she and her husband Gerry have experienced since Madeleine was abducted. “So we need to find her now,” she said.

 

Sean and Amelie were two when Madeleine was snatched from the McCanns’ holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, a few days before her fourth birthday

Happy together ... Madeleine with baby brother and sister

The twins were asleep in cots in the same bedroom.

 

Speaking on Sun columnist Lorraine Kelly’s ITV show yesterday, Kate revealed they had helped the family compose the new age progression picture of Madeleine at nine — released by Scotland Yard last week.

 

The mum said: “The artist Teri Blythe came to our house and looked at lots of photos of Madeleine, her features and her expressions. Then I sent her a CD of lots of photos of her, Gerry and me and the twins. When the draft came back I was relieved it wasn’t a child I didn’t know.

Bottle time ... McCann kiddies

“Even with the first draft we did share it with the twins. And they understood we had to think about what Madeleine would look like now in order to find her.

 

“We asked them, ‘How old do you think this little girl is?’ They initially said eight so we tweaked it a bit to make her look a bit older than that.

 

“We changed her hair a bit, took away the fringe. Girls of her age get rid of their hair.”

 

Kate said that despite missing their sister, the twins are “fantastic and really happy”.

 

Cardiologist Gerry, 43, added: “They know one important member of our family is missing. They understand that and want her back as well.”

 

Kate told how watching the twins play often makes her think about Madeleine.

Three’s company ... children

Referring to the abduction anniversary, she said: “All these milestones are always difficult. Sean and Amelie starting school was particularly difficult.

 

“Even just witnessing them now, talking non-stop and writing stories, it is inevitable we will wonder how Madeleine would be doing now and how she would be interacting with them.”

 

The couple, of Rothley, Leics, said they were facing the anniversary feeling “more positive than ever” about getting their daughter back.

 

They have been given new hope by the Metropolitan Police’s review of the case — ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron after they wrote an open letter to him in The Sun.

'We had to think about what Madeleine would look like now in order to find her' ... Kate and Gerry LEE THOMPSON

The letter followed our serialisation of Kate’s emotion-charged book about her daughter, called simply Madeleine.

 

It has raised more than £1million for the Find Madeleine fund and is due out in paperback a week today.

 

Gerry paid tribute to the Met’s review team, which has so far studied 40,000 pieces of evidence and 100,000 pages of documents. They announced last week they had uncovered 195 leads and thought it possible Madeleine was still alive.

 

Yesterday a source revealed new information had come to light during the review.

Lost ... Madeleine at three ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES LTD

The McCanns said they were aware of it but were not willing to discuss it. Kate added: “We do not want to do anything that jeopardises the investigation.”

 

The couple still hope Portuguese police will reopen the case even though the country’s top prosecutor said last week there was “no justification” for doing so.

 

Gerry said: “There is no point in reopening it if you have no evidence to act on. But we believe we do have new evidence.

 

“It is rare for a case in Portugal to be closed unsolved. It does finally feel the authorities — British authorities — are actually trying to find Madeleine.

 

“The chances of finding her have been greatly increased by the Met review.”

'Twins know one important member of our family is missing' ... McCanns

Plea for girl with no name

No name ... poster

KATE and Gerry revealed a new poster of Madeleine yesterday bearing her age progression image at nine and the words “Have You Seen Me?”

 

The mum said the girl’s name had NOT been used on the poster as she may no longer respond to it.

 

Kate added: “I want people to look at this picture and think, ‘Have I seen this girl?’ I don’t want them to think of Madeleine — she might not be called Madeleine.

 

“We want to direct people to this image, not the little girl in the red dress.

 

“If you have seen a little girl who looks like this please contact the police immediately, or us through our website.

 

“And if you were in Praia da Luz between April 28 and May 3 2007, and have not been spoken to by the police, please come forward. It’s not too late.”

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