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I saw Maddie alive, says Dutch teenBy staff writers February 21, 2008 08:16am Article from: Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email
Madeleine McCann "sighted at French restaurant" Teenager "looked into her eyes" Girl reacted when teen called out "Madeleine"
A DUTCH teenager says she saw missing British girl Madeleine McCann alive in a roadside restaurant in France last week.
Melissa Firing, 18, told De Gelderlander newspaper she saw Maddie, 4, at L'Arche restaurant on a highway near the French city of Montpellier on February 15.
She said the child reacted when she called out her name but was quickly whisked away by a man.
In-depth: The search for Maddie
Maddie went missing on May 3 last year from her familiy's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal'.
Ms Firing, from Nijmegen in the Netherlands, told the paper she was sure the girl she saw was Madeleine because of the way she reacted when she called out her name, and because she was able to look her in the eyes.
An adult man accompanying the child took her and left the restaurant quickly afterward, Ms Firing said.
Police said they had taken Ms Firing's claim seriously but had now discounted it, the Associated Press reported.
After viewing closed-circuit video footage, police investigators spotted a man and a young girl who indeed resembled the British girl, but determined it was not Maddie after a thorough inspection, an unnamed official said.
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How heartbreaking for the parents of this little girl. I wonder if she will ever turn up?
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