In a revelation that could shake the Madeleine McCann investigation to its core, police have confirmed they are examining the testimony of a construction worker who claims he saw a child being loaded into a truck near the Ocean Club resort on the very night the three-year-old vanished.
The man, who was working on a building site just streets away from Apartment 5A in May 2007, has come forward with what detectives are calling “eerily precise” details — including the exact time he claims the incident took place.
“It was around 10:12 p.m. I remember because I’d just checked my watch. A man carried a small figure wrapped in a blanket towards a truck parked near the site. At first I thought it was just a father putting a child to sleep in the car. But something felt wrong — he was looking over his shoulder constantly, moving fast,” the worker said in his signed statement.
The testimony, which had never been made public until now, includes chilling descriptions of the truck’s colour, markings, and even part of its registration plate. Detectives are now urgently re-examining whether the vehicle could be linked to known suspects.
What stuns investigators most is how the timeline given by the worker overlaps exactly with the window of time when Madeleine is believed to have been taken.
A senior police source admitted: “It’s one of the most precise accounts we’ve ever had. The question is why it wasn’t followed up properly 18 years ago.”
The revelation has left the McCann family both devastated and hopeful — heartbroken that such a crucial lead may have been overlooked, but praying that this long-buried clue could finally bring answers.
One family friend said: “If he really saw what he says he did, this could change everything. It’s shocking it has taken nearly two decades for this testimony to come to light.”
As investigators pore over the details, the haunting question remains: was Madeleine McCann carried into that truck, right under the noses of those searching for her?