May112007 Leicestershire toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal on 03 May 2007. A week has now passed since she went missing, and BBC Leicester looks back at the story so far. Three-year-old Madeleine McCann from Rothley in Leicestershire disappeared from an apartment in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve seven days ago. She is believed to have been taken from her bed while her parents were eating at a nearby restaurant and regularly checking on her and their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie.