Madeleine McCann, 3, vanishes during family vacation in Portugal 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 2007)


Video: 'Crimewatch UK - October 2013 Madeleine Mccann Special' (May 3, 2007, at 8:49)

(Thursday, May 3, 2007, 10:00 p.m. WEST) — British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared tonight from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, a resort in the Algarve region of Portugal, while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant during a family vacation, sparking what one newspaper called “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history.”

Her whereabouts remain unknown.