Snatched to order or simple kidnap: many theories, no answers

From the idea that a grieving parent took Madeleine to the possibility she died the night she went missing, police have ruled out nothing, write John Bingham and Sam Marsden.

SINCE Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, police have been following multiple lines of inquiry.

Theories considered ranged from the possibility that she was snatched “to order” — for child traffickers or a paedophile ring — to abduction by a lone intruder or a botched kidnap.