one, two, three. that was my shoe! that is your shoe. what color is it? these are my shoes. are they new? yeah. and what color are they? pink. lovely! hello and welcome. i m jesse l. martin. the southern coast of portugal beautiful beaches, perfect weather, picturesque towns. it s the ideal setting for a getaway. but for one british family, the perfect vacation became an unimaginable horror. may 2007 3-year-old madeleine mccann disappeared from her bed at the ocean club resort. what went on in apartment 5a? the answer would remain a mystery for years. this is how it really happened. kate and gerry mccann had two adorable twins. they were two years old. madeleine was almost four. madeleine had a stuffed animal that was her comfort toy she brought everywhere with her, cuddle cat. they wanted to go on a great vacation with their three children. praia da luz is a beautiful little town in portugal. the ocean club was basically like a small hotel where you
kate: give us a big smile. [ laughs ] okay, spin around, darling. right round. oh, yes! i can see your wings. give us a big smile. ah, yes. one more, big smile. that s pretty! hello and welcome. i m jesse l. martin. it was a shocking story that captured the world s attention. 3-year-old madeleine mccann disappeared while on vacation with her family in portugal. few clues were left behind. it was almost as if she had vanished into thin air. from the first day, there were more questions than answers. was she taken? or was something bigger and even more terrifying at play? this is how it really happened. kate and gerry mccann were a british couple, normal couple, middle upper class. clap your hands together, 1, 2, 3. kate and gerry have twins. they were very young. madeleine was almost 4. madeleine mccann is a particularly beautiful child. she talked a lot. she was very lively. she liked to play. santa must have bring all these toys! she looks like kate, but
if someone has been in, she s cowering somewhere. and then i just flew out through the back, down the stairs to the restaurant. and as soon as their table was in sight, i just started to scream, madeleine s gone. naturally, the whole dinner party erupted, got up, ran around. the waiters immediately started looking, all the other tables started looking. and then they all jumped up and were saying, she must be there. she must be there. but, obviously, i knew. i ran into the bedroom, and i found it just as kate described. then, when i saw that window pushed wide open and the shutter up, which we had left down the whole week, it was horrible. every bypasser, every tourist that heard about it was looking for her. the club phoned the police. the first police who show up at the scene are not investigators for this kind of
and when i saw that window pushed wide open and the shutter up, which we had left down the whole week, it was horrible. and the club phoned the police. it took them quite a while to figure out, hey, this is an abduction. there was almost no evidence to follow. it was almost as though the little girl had vanished into thin air. words cannot describe the anguish and despair that we are feeling as the parents of our beautiful daughter madeleine. and then, a potential break in the case from the night madeleine went missing. jane tanner was one of the other parents in the party. around 9:15, jane went back to check on her own children. and she reports that she saw a man carrying a child across the street, into the night. i know what i saw, and i think it s important that people
around the apartment, like 15 seconds. i don t know why. in my head, i was just thinking if someone s been in and she s cowering somewhere i guess is why i did it. and then just flew out through the back, down the stairs to the restaurant. as soon as the table was in sight, i just started screaming, madeleine s gone. they all jumped up. saying, she must be there, she must be there. obviously, i knew. gerry, this is every father s nightmare. every mother s nightmare. as a father, a young girl, and she s gone. what are you thinking? the first thing that went straight through my head is just disbelief. she can t be there, she can t be there. i was just running to the apartment with kate. i ve checked. she s not there. and i ran into the bedroom. and i found it, just as kate described. when i saw that window pushed wide open and the shutter up, which we d left down the whole week, it was horrible.