Parents’ Worst Nightmare: The Story of Madeleine McCann

Did Portuguese Police Frame McCanns?

Before Goncalo Amaral wrote his first book about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, he already had a contentious relationship with her parents. It was this that allegedly contributed to his resignation as the Chief Inspector. He had also been involved in a police brutality accusations in another missing child case.

A little girl named Joana Cipriano disappeared one month after Madeleine very close to the town of Praia de Luz. Although a body was not found, her mother and uncle later confessed to the killing. However, her mother later said she had been badly beaten by police and was forced to confess. The police stated she had thrown herself down the stairs at the police station and that is why she was bruised.