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From the 20th of this month filming will begin on a documentary about the disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann, using information from the book ‘Maddie – The Truth of the Lie’ by ex-PJ inspector Gonçalo Amaral, who will also appear in the programme.
Produced by Manuel Fonseca, of Valentim de Carvalho productions, the majority of the filming will take place in Portimão as well as Praia da Luz, from where Madeleine went missing last year on May 3rd.
Gonçalo Amaral coordinated the first five months of the investigation into the toddler’s disappearance from her hotel room in Praia da Luz’s Ocean Club Resort, before being removed from the case.
He released his book this summer, in an attempt to clarify his role within and views concerning the case a pioneering piece of criminal literature that has so far sold over 200,000 copies.
Since September ‘Maddie – a Verdade da Mentira’ (approximately translated as ‘Maddie – The Truth of the Lie’) has been on sale in Spain and will soon be published in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Meanwhile on Sunday Gerry McCann posted an update on his blog for the first time in more than a month.
It read, “First of all I want to apologise for not updating this blog for so long. I would like to assure everyone that this gap is not because there is little going on in the search for Madeleine. On the contrary, Kate and I have been incredibly busy over the last couple of months since the PJ files were made public. We and our family have always vowed to leave no stone unturned in the search for our daughter and knowing exactly what has been done and, more importantly, what has not been done is vital in planning our future strategy”.
It continued, “Getting the files translated accurately is a time consuming and expensive process but essential to our search. There is a huge amount of information contained within the files which we have not been party to until now and this needs to be assessed carefully. This is even more important since the Portuguese investigation is officially closed.
“In some ways, although this task is monumental, it has been good for us doing something active and positive which we believe may help find Madeleine. We are also using this period to get advice to maximise our effectiveness and efficiency in our overall strategy going forward. Keeping Madeleine’s image in the public eye will continue to be important and the distribution of posters is central to that aim.
“Many people have also asked us what is happening with the Amber alert after the successful adoption of the written declaration by the European Parliament. It has been relatively quiet due to the summer recess but hopefully the momentum gained, added to the desire of the European Commission for an Amber Alert system, will affect change in the near future.
“Finally we would like to thank everyone for their continued, support, prayers and letters. I promise to do another update in the near future.”
Maddie documentary to be filmed in the Algarve
