Police authorities in Britain and Ireland have been searching for known sex offender and pedophile Raymond Hewlett. He has been identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in the Algarve region of Portugal in May 2007, just a few days before her fourth birthday.
The youngster and her family were vacationing at Praia da Luz resort when she was reportedly removed from her bed while her parents ate dinner with friends at a nearby restaurant. She is the oldest child of Kate McCann and Gerry McCann, physicians from the UK. Kate is a general practitioner and Gerry is a cardiologist.
Two retired UK policemen, Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley have been heading up the ongoing investigative search. According to spokesman Clarence Mitchell, “Mr Hewlett is an individual of interest in the Madeleine investigation but I would stress it is just one line of inquiry. Beyond that I can’t really go into any further operational detail.”
The 64 year old Hewlett was reportedly someone who the McCann’s met at a camping area about an hour away from the town where Madeleine disappeared. He is believed to be receiving medical treatment in Germany.
Law enforcement authorities have released an age enhanced photo of what Madeleine McCann would look like today, at the age of six. That portrait has been widely circulated by the National Center For Missing & Exploited Children.
See a recent McCann family photo and a mug shot of Raymond Hewlett below.