Image of Madeleine McCann at age three, next to an age-progressed depiction of how she may have looked at age nine. Both images show the distinctive dark strip on the iris of her right eye, possibly a coloboma. The eye was highlighted in posters across Europe.

For discussion of the mark on the eye: "How common is Madeleine's eye defect?", BBC News, 21 February 2008; "Where is Madeleine McCann?" (transcript), Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN, 11 May 2011. Also see "McCann, Madeleine Beth", Interpol, May 2012; "Missing child", Polícia Judiciária.

For discussion of the age-progressed image: Patrick Barkham "The sad ageing of Madeleine McCann", The Guardian, 25 April 2012; Mark Gollom, "How a forensic artist 'aged' Madeleine McCann", CBC News, 26 April 2012.

The Daily Telegraph. Copyright holders of the image of Madeleine at three are Kate and Gerry McCann. The age-progressed image was commissioned by Scotland Yard from forensic artist Teri Blythe for release to the public. Both images have been widely disseminated by the copyright holders, and have been the subject of significant commentary.

Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

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Main image to illustrate the article about the disappearance, and to show the distinctive mark on her right iris

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