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Article: Have we McCann fatigue? ; For months we were obsessed with Madeleine McCann, but one year on are the media and the public finally losing interest, asks Eilis O'Hanlon
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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The tragedy of Madeleine McCann has been one of milestones. The
first 24 hours since her disappearance; the first week gone by; the
naming of the first suspect, Robert Murat; the slow turning of the
spotlight on to the little girl's parents; the passing in May of the
first fruitless year of searching; and now, the official lifting of
the arguido status put on Kate and Gerry McCann, and Murat himself
for that matter, by the Portuguese Attorney-General.
It's difficult to know where the story can go from here.
The police in Praia da Luz have officially wound up their
investigation. Barring new evidence, they're giving up on the search
for the little girl. Wherever Madeleine is and whatever ...