Among them is that she was kidnapped by Portuguese gypsies, British paedophiles, a British tourist, a neighbour in the Algarve, or that she died accidentally and was dumped at sea. Searches for the missing child have spread as far as Morocco, Malta, Spain, Holland, Belgium and even Argentina. Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, are still officially listed as formal suspects in the case but, over five months since she was last seen, police seem no nearer to solving the mystery of what happened in the McCann holiday apartment on 3 May last.

9 May, The Sun SCRUFFY WEIRDO HUNTED OVER BRIT TOT "A SINISTER prowler was seen tampering with bedroom window shutters yards from little Madeleine McCann's holiday flat . . . days before she was abducted. Holidaymaker Amanda Mills, 34, said the 'weird' man . . . who was middle-aged, darkskinned and unshaven . . . tried to grab a child's buggy."

10 May, The Sun MADDIE COPS IN HUNT FOR BRITISH PAEDOS "THE hunt for abducted tot Madeleine McCann took on a grim new urgency last night as it emerged Portugal is a haven for paedophiles to prey on youngsters. Portuguese police are now desperately trying to track down potential suspects from a blacklist provided by UK cops."

11 May, The Sun BLONDE AND 2 MEN SPOTTED WITH YOUNG GIRL IN 'UK MOTOR' "THE parents of Madeleine McCann were dramatically whisked to a police station yesterday . . .as it emerged CCTV footage showed a little girl with THREE adults, thought to be Brits."

14 May, The Mirror WHITE VAN PROBE WITH SNIFF DOGS "WHITE vans are a new focus of attention in the Praia da Luz area . . . following reports that a man in one was seen loitering outside the apartment used by the McCanns. It was confirmed that several vans have been taken to a police station and searched by sniffer dogs."

15 May, The Sun 'KNOW-ALL' TRANSLATOR WHO LIVES YARDS FROM HOLS FLAT "THE British man being quizzed by police last night had been acting as a translator for Madeleine McCann's parents. Robert Murat entered the family's holiday apartment several times during the investigation . . . and boasted about his inside knowledge of the case. But journalists soon became uneasy and reported him to Portuguese police."

16 May, The Sun MADDIE: THE SUSPECT; EXCLUSIVE . . . HE WAS ALWAYS ON KIDS' BOUNCY CASTLE "MADELEINE McCann abduction suspect Robert Murat astonished pals by leaping on children's bouncy castles at parties, his ex-boss claimed yesterday. Former boss Paul Titcombe said: 'Instead of mingling, he'd go straight to the bouncy castle and jump around. It seemed like a fixation.'" 17 May, The Sun MADDIE COPS IN RAID ON RUSSIAN "POLICE searching for Madeleine McCann arrested a Russian yesterday. They scoured computer expert Serg Malinka's flat, 200 yards from the church where Maddie's anguished parents have prayed for her safe return in Portugal. Portuguese state TV reported he had convictions for sex crimes."

19 May, The Mirror TOURIST SAYS SHE SAW MADDIE IN MOROCCOfPLEADING WITH A MAN "A TOURIST is convinced she saw Madeleine McCann in Morocco . . . begging a man: "Can I see mummy soon?" Marie Olli, 45, says the little blonde girl was in pyjamas and standing with a scruffy man in his 30s at a petrol station 10 days ago."

28 May, The Sun MADDIE SUSPECT HAD KID PORN "MADELEINE McCann suspect Robert Murat viewed evil child pornography on his computer, it was revealed yesterday. Briton Murat, 33, visited a string of depraved websites."

28 May, The Mirror I SAW A MAN CARRYING MADELEINE "A WOMAN who believes she saw Madeleine McCann being carried away was racked with guilt last night. Thinking the tot was the man's own child, the friend of parents Gerry and Kate made no attempt to stop him."

9 June, Daily Mail MADELEINE HUNT LINK TO ARGENTINA "THE hunt for missing Madeleine McCann switched to South America yesterday. A call from a man who claimed to know where the four-yearold was has been traced to a mobile phone registered in Argentina."

14 June, The Times MADELEINE OFFICERS PREPARE TO DIG AFTER 'BURIAL PLACE' LETTER "PORTUGUESE police may begin digging in search of the body of Madeleine McCann this morning after a letter apparently giving details of where she will be found was sent to a Dutch newspaper."

18 June, The Sun McCANNS MADE FATAL ERROR AT SCENE, SAYS COP "THE cop leading the search for Madeleine McCann yesterday blamed her distraught FAMILY for his bungled investigation. Olegario Sousa shamelessly accused them of contaminating the crime scene by searching their holiday apartment after the four-year-old vanished."

20 June, The Sun TOURIST SEES 'MADDIE' TOT WITH GYPSIES "POLICE last night had a new lead in the search for missing Madeleine McCann that gypsies may have snatched her. A holidaymaker revealed he spotted a fair-skinned little blonde girl in the back of a horse-drawn cart three weeks ago."

22 June, Daily Mail 'FIVE SIGHTINGS' OF MADELEINE IN MALTA "POLICE in Malta have begun a 'fullscale' investigation into five possible sightings of Madeleine McCann there."

29 June, The Sun CHILD ABUSER NICKED IN SPAIN "A CONVICTED child abuser and his girlfriend were being quizzed last night in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann. The pair, allegedly after part of a �2.5m reward, were held in Sotogrande, Spain, 56 days after Maddie vanished."

5 July, The Sun MADDIE NET SICKO IS HUNTED BY COPS "AN INTERNET fiend who posted vile rants saying he hopes Madeleine McCann is 'dead and suffering' is being probed by cops. The brute, who calls himself Mickey Ostone, wrote other twisted comments including: 'Maddie didn't stop screaming.'" 27 July, The Sun MADDIE SUSPECT 'PEEKED' "THE main suspect in the Madeleine McCann kidnap case 'peeked' into her apartment the night she was snatched, Algarve cops have been told. Dr Fiona Payne, a friend of the McCann family, said she saw Robert Murat looking into the flat in Praia da Luz."

3 August, Daily Mail SIGHTING OF MADELEINE IN BELGIUM 'TAKEN SERIOUSLY' "POLICE were last night investigating a reported sighting of Madeleine McCann in Belgium. A woman said she saw a child she believed to be the four-year-old with a young couple on a cafe terrace in Tongeren, just over the border from Maastricht, on Wednesday."

6 August, The Sun MADDIE HUNT COPS TAIL NEW SUSPECT "COPS searching for Madeleine McCann are tailing a second suspect, it was revealed yesterday. The unidentified man has been under surveillance after significant links were established with Robert Murat, the only named suspect in the case."

7 August, The Mirror CHIEF SUSPECT MURAT 'SET TO BE CLEARED' "BRITISH ex-pat Robert Murat is about to be cleared . . . putting the Portuguese investigation back to square one."

8 August, The Mirror YOU ARE NOT SUSPECTS: MADELEINE COPS FORCED TO DEFEND HER PARENTS "MADELEINE McCann's parents are NOT suspects in her disappearance, Portuguese police said yesterday. Detectives were forced to make the extraordinary statement after reports in Portugal said detectives now believe that Madeleine, 4, died in her bedroom as the result of 'an accident or murder'."

14 August, The Mirror McCANN PALS LASH CLAIMS MADDIE IS DEAD AT SEA "WILD claims that Madeleine was killed and her body dumped in the sea ratcheted up her parents' enduring agony yesterday. Unconfirmed reports said the corpse of Madeleine may have been thrown from cliffs in a bin bag weighted with rocks."

20 August, The Sun MADDIE COPS START MAJOR NEW HUNT "COPS searching for missing Madeleine McCann will today start a major new hunt. All leave has been cancelled and officers put on stand-by for what one police source called a 'decisive' week in the inquiry."

22 August, The Sun MADDIE COPS: WE MAY CLOSE CASE "DETECTIVES searching for Madeleine McCann last night admitted for the first time that they may close the case. Police spokesman Olegario Sousa said if all leads are exhausted, the investigation could be 'archived'."

23 August, The Sun POLICE: 'MADDIE'S ACCIDENTAL DEATH' "DETECTIVES searching for Madeleine McCann believe she died ACCIDENTALLY in her family's holiday apartment, it emerged yesterday."

7 September, The Sun COPS TELL KATE: YOU AND GERRY ARE BOTH SUSPECTS "MADELEINE McCann's mum and dad have been told by Portuguese police that they are both suspects in the case of the missing four-year-old."

12 September, The Sun MADDIE: POLICE SEARCH PARENTS' SANCTUARY "COPS were last night poised to launch a dramatic dig for Madeleine McCann . . . outside the Portuguese church where her parents prayed for her safe return."

14 September, The Mirror MADDY: 'PILLS OVERDOSE' "MADELEINE McCann died of a sleeping pill overdose, it was sensationally claimed last night. Body fluids found in the boot of a Renault Scenic rented by parents Kate and Gerry allegedly prove the four-year-old had been heavily sedated."

15 September, The Sun MADDIE 'DUMPED AT SEA' "MADELEINE McCann's body was dumped at sea and no trace will ever be found, Portuguese cops feared last night. They now think she may have been put into a weighted sack and hurled from a British-owned yacht."

20 September, The Sun NO NEW EVIDENCE, NO MORE QUESTIONS, NO CASE TO ANSWER "A MASSIVE police effort to pin blame for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann on her parents has ended in failure, it emerged last night. Cops went to amazing lengths to build a case against Kate and Gerry McCann . . . including mounting a secret bugging campaign . . . but have not turned up enough evidence for charges."

23 September, Sunday Mirror SIGHTING NO 2 BUT COPS DID NOTHING "PORTUGUESE police FAILED to follow up a key sighting of Madeleine McCann in Morocco which her parents believe is vital to solving the case. "It was revealed last night that a British tourist contacted police to say he saw a "lost-looking" youngster at a petrol station in Marrakech."

23 September, Daily Telegraph MADELEINE MCCANN: GERRY CERTAIN HE WAS IN BEDROOM WITH KIDNAPPER "GERRY McCann is convinced his daughter's kidnapper was hiding behind a door in their holiday apartment as he checked on his sleeping children, according to a friend."

26 September, The Sun COPS PROBE PHOTO AND NEW MOROCCO WITNESS "COPS examining the holiday photo said to show missing Madeleine McCann in Morocco were last night probing a possible link with another sighting in the African country."

28 September, The Sun COPS' SHOCK CLAIM: MADDIE IS BURIED IN SPAIN "KATE and Gerry McCann were stunned yesterday at the latest police claim about missing Madeleine . . . that they buried her during a "missing two hours" while putting up posters in Spain.

A furious pal said as the outrageous theory emerged: 'Kate and Gerry have had enough.'" 29 September, The Mirror NEW SUSPECT IN STAIRWELL; MADELEINE SENSATION BRIT TOURIST SPOTTED "A BRITISH tourist seen "hiding" in a stairwell outside Madeleine McCann's apartment on the night she disappeared was being investigated last night. The new suspect, stocky and wearing two-tone glasses, was spotted by an Ocean Club worker."

29 September, The Sun MADDIE'S BODY KEPT IN FRIDGE "PORTUGUESE cops came up with their sickest slur yet against the McCanns yesterday . . . claiming little Maddie's body may have been kept in a FRIDGE before being dumped."

29 September, Daily Mail PORTUGUESE PAPERS CLAIM KATE MCCANN KILLED MADELEINE WHILE GERRY PLAYED TENNIS "POLICE in Portugal believe Kate McCann killed her daughter Madeleine in a 90-minute 'gap' while her husband played tennis, it has been claimed."

1 October, The Times A SACKED MAID SEEKING REVENGE IS THE LATEST SUSPECT OVER MISSING MADELEINE MCCANN "A MAID who is alleged to have abducted Madeleine McCann in revenge for being sacked from the holiday resort where the missing girl was staying is being investigated by Portuguese police."

4 October: Daily Star GET SARAH COP TO FIND MADDIE "A BRITISH 'super cop' was last night set to be brought in to crack the Madeleine McCann case.

Top of the list is Det Supt Alan Ladley, 51, who nailed monster Roy Whiting for the abduction and murder of seven-year-old Sarah Payne. A police source revealed: "They want a successful copper and he could be just the man."