Who is Madeleine McCann and what happened to her?

On May 3, 2007 Madeleine McCann, aged three, vanished from her bedroom in the apartment her family were staying in at

Madeline McCann disappeared in 2007. File Picture: PA

Portuguese police were searching a reservoir on Tuesday about 50km from where British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, authorities said.

The move was the most recent development in the search for McCann whose disappearance 16 years ago triggered a global hunt and garnered huge media attention.