Madeleine McCann’s name appeared in newly released Epstein-related court documents due to an uncorroborated witness claim involving Ghislaine Maxwell.
The name of Madeleine McCann resurfaced following the recent declassification of court documents linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case, prompting renewed online speculation about a possible connection to Ghislaine Maxwell. However, authorities have repeatedly stated there is no official link between McCann’s disappearance and the Epstein case.
Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three, remains the subject of an ongoing investigation under the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Grange.
Why Is Madeleine McCann In Epstein Files?
Within the newly released Epstein-related court materials, a witness testimony referenced Madeleine McCann. In document number EFTA01249618, the witness claimed that in September 2009, he saw a woman who resembled Ghislaine Maxwell walking with a young girl whose physical features reminded him of the missing child.
According to the testimony, the witness observed the woman and girl walking down a street, with a middle-aged man a few meters ahead. At the time, he did not associate the sighting with any criminal act. Years later, after becoming more familiar with the McCann case and online theories, he decided to document the memory.
The witness particularly stressed that the girl was covering her right eye, which reminded him of Madeleine’s distinctive coloboma, which is a rare eye condition visible as a dark strip on the iris of her right eye. In 2009, Madeleine would have been six years old, an age the witness believed was consistent with the girl he saw.
Authorities in the UK and US have clarified that the statement is uncorroborated and does not constitute concrete evidence. It has not led to the opening of any new formal line of investigation.
Madeleine McCann Suspect Sketch and Maxwell Conspiracy Explained
Public interest was further reignited by the resurfacing of a 2009 suspect sketch. The e-fit, reported by British media including The Telegraph, depicted a woman described as a “Victoria Beckham lookalike,” aged around 30–35 and approximately 5ft 2in tall. She was reportedly seen behaving suspiciously near Port Olímpic Marina in Barcelona on May 7, 2007, three days after Madeleine vanished.
The sketch was released by private investigators hired by Madeleine’s parents. Witnesses described the woman as Australian and significantly younger than Ghislaine Maxwell.
Online theories later attempted to draw a resemblance between Maxwell and the suspect sketch, but authorities in both the UK and Portugal have never named Maxwell as a person of interest. Records indicate Maxwell was likely in New York City at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance, and witness descriptions conflict with her age and background.
Separately, Epstein and Maxwell were convicted in an unrelated case involving the sexual exploitation of underage girls. While their crimes were extensively documented in court, investigators have never linked them to the McCann case.
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Madeleine disappeared on May 3, 2007, from a ground-floor apartment at the Ocean Club Resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents dined nearby.
German prosecutors continue to treat the case as a murder investigation and maintain that Christian Brückner is responsible, though no formal charges have been brought in connection to Madeleine’s disappearance. Brückner was released from prison in September 2025 after serving a sentence for an unrelated crime and remains under close monitoring.
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