The case of missing Madeleine McCann still grips the world – but why?
- Written by: Xanthe Mallett, Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle
Madeleine McCann, the British girl who vanished as a three-year-old from her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007, was back in the news recently as yet another person claimed to be her. It’s a phenomenon fuelled by social media - in 2020 a TikTok trend emerged in which women uploaded images to compare themselves to Madeleine.
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