Overview
- Kate and Gerry McCann posted a vow Sunday to “never give up” and seek justice on the 19th anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance.
- The Metropolitan Police said the case remains a missing person inquiry and that they have no evidence she is dead.
- Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange received £86,000 for 2026/27 after a cut from £108,000, bringing total spending to about £13.3 million since 2011, with three officers and one staff member working part-time.
- German prosecutors continue to view Christian Brueckner as the prime suspect, yet he has not been charged in the case and was released last year after serving an unrelated sentence.
- The family joined a prayer vigil in their village of Rothley, where supporters gathered as the long-running cross‑border search moves into a 20th year.