On the evening of May 3, 2007, a three-year-old girl disappeared into thin air at a resort in the southern part of Portugal, Praia de Luz. Madeleine McCann was on vacation with her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann and her twin two-year-old siblings…..plus a collection of their doctor friends and their kids. The grown-ups dined every evening at Tapas, the restaurant at the resort, and Madeleine and the 2-year-old twins had been left alone asleep at 8:30 in the ground-floor apartment, while the McCanns and their friends had dinner. The parents checked on the children throughout the evening, until Madeleine's mother discovered she was missing between 9:45 and 10:00. The McCanns, being under suspicion of being involved in their daughters disappearance, decided to return to their home in Leicestershire, even though they had vowed to remain in Portugal until their daughter was found. At this point, a multi-millionaire named Brian Kennedy decided to help by putting his money behind the mysterious disappearance of Madeleine. He hired the well-renowned firm, Metedo 3 and they aggressively pursued every lead. There were many sightings, all of which turned out to not be Madeleine. The Portuguese police released a 9 page document detailing a case that blamed the parents for the accidental death of Madeleine and then a cover up. The DNA report was also back and did not conclusively identify any of the DNA as Madeleines The case is starting to fall apart because a lot of things are not adding up and the British and Portuguese police are at odds as to what happened. On Oct. 2, 2007, the lead Portuguese investigator, Goncalo Amaral is taken off the case. He decides to retire and eventually writes a book about the case. At this point, there is growing awareness of pedophile and sex rings that exist that could possibly have something to do with the Madeleine case.