Missing British Child

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The parents of a British girl whose disappearance sparked a global search will be formally named as suspects, family friends said Friday, after the child's mother was questioned for 11 hours. The girl's aunt said police suggested 4-year-old Madeleine might have been killed accidentally.

This is an undated photo released by the McCann family of missing Madeleine McCann taken during the family's holiday at Praia Da Luz, Algarve, Portugal. Kate McCann the mother of the missing British girl whose disappearance sparked a global search was formally named as a suspect by Portuguese police. Her husband Gerry has also been named a suspect, according to family members.

Gerry and Kate McCann, the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann leave a hotel on their way to a TV interview, in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. The parents of a British girl who disappeared four months ago are to be named formal suspects in the case Friday Sept. 7, 2007, a family spokesman and a family friend said, a shocking twist to a case that has drawn international attention.

This March 2007 photo released by the McCann family Friday May 4, 2007 shows three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann who is reported missing during a family holiday in the Algarve region of Portugal.

A small crowd of onlookers watches as Kate McCann, center, the mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, arrives at the police station in Portimao, southern Portugal, to be questioned Friday, Sept. 7 2007.

Kate McCann, the mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, arrives at the police station in Portimao, southern Portugal, to be questioned Friday, Sept. 7 2007. Kate McCann was questioned for almost 11 hours Thursday and a family spokesman said that Friday she would be named a suspect in her daughter's disappearance.

This is an undated image provided by The English Premier League soccer team Everton, of Madeleine McCann in an Everton soccer team shirt.

Kate McCann of Britain arrives at a police station in Portimao, a town in Portugal's Algarve region, Thursday Sept. 6, 2007 where she answered questions from detectives investigating the disappearance of her 4-year-old daughter Madeleine.

Kate McCann of Britain leaves the police station in Portimao, a town in Portugal's Algarve region, where she was being questioned, on Thursday September 6, 2007. Portuguese police Thursday questioned the mother of a missing British toddler, the girl's family said, a day after authorities received new forensic evidence in a case that has gripped Europe for the past four months.

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This is an undated photo released by the McCann family of missing Madeleine McCann taken during the family's holiday at Praia Da Luz, Algarve, Portugal. Kate McCann the mother of the missing British girl whose disappearance sparked a global search was formally named as a suspect by Portuguese police. Her husband Gerry has also been named a suspect, according to family members.

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