One guest said: "There will be prayers to remember Madeleine as well wherever she is. Sean and Amelie both compete in triathlons and country crossing racing. They are all ready and waiting in her room in the family home, which has been left untouched since her disappearance.When Kate McCann went to check on her children at 10pm, she found Maddie had disappeared from her bed, while her twins were sleeping peacefully, untouched.While Maddie's face is instantly recognisable around the world, we know very little about the two siblings she was sleeping just metres away from when she was allegedly stolen from her bed. Amelie and Sean McCann are now both 15 years old, and they live in Loughborough, Leicestershire with their parents. Girls' swimming costumes, children's clothes and 8,000 child abuse images were found by police investigating the suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, it has been reported. Police found children’s swimming costumes at the motorhome of the suspect in the Madeleine McCann case during a past investigation, according to German media. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.“We don’t want to kill the hope and because there is no forensic evidence it may be theoretically possible,” Hans Christian Wolters said.The 43-year-old – who German investigators believe killed Madeleine – was under suspicion after Inga vanished from the woods during a family picnic in Germany in 2015.Brueckner has racked up 17 convictions across Europe, including for sex offences against children, drug offences, theft and forgery.Alongside the developments in that case, German investigators have also reopened the file into Inga’s disappearance, and the murder of Tristan Brubach in Frankfurt in 1998, according to German media.Sharing the full story, not just the headlinesNo hype, just the advice and analysis you needHis lawyer, Friedrich Fulscher, said Brueckner denies any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.The murder suspect is currently in prison for drug dealing and is appealing a conviction for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman, also at Praia da Luz, for which he was sentenced to seven years in jail.Thousands of child abuse images were also discovered, documentary claimsSpiegel TV said police had also found numerous items of children’s clothing – mostly “small swimsuits” – in the motorhome, even though Bruckener does not have any children.
"Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry McCann, both 52, have two other children, twins Sean and Amelie, both 15.The three siblings were all sleeping in the same bedroom, while their parents dined at their hotel's restaurant just 55 metres away.The twins were aged only two at the time of their sister's disappearance.The suspect is currently serving a "long" prison sentence "for an unrelated matter", German officials said in June. "They are up to date, they know everything, they know if we are meeting police. They were two years old at the time of their sister’s disappearance on May 3, 2007.In the documentary, it is discussed how they seemingly slept through the whole commotion which followed when their mum, Kate, discovered Maddie was missing.They are thought to have been asleep during Maddie's suspected abduction.The McCann twins, who are 14 now, currently live with their parents Kate and Gerry in Leicestershire.“But the party will be marred with a tinge of sadness because Madeleine is not here to join the fun.”“The urge to look for Madeleine absolutely hasn’t changed at all.”A guest from the birthday party in 2018 said: “Kate and Gerry want to give the twins a memorable occasion, they’re teenagers now and that’s a big deal.It has been speculated whether the babies could have been sedated by whoever was responsible for the disappearance of the girl.Last year the twins marked their 13th birthday, where they had a party with family and friends.At the time their parents were dining in a nearby tapas restaurant with friends.“As a family 98% of the time we’re busy. The McCann twins, who are 14 now, currently live with their parents Kate and Gerry in Leicestershire.