Rag doll & birthday candle of hope for Maddie.. 'ON HER BIRTHDAY, PLEASE KEEP LOOKING, PLEASE KEEP PRAYING, PLEASE BRING MADELEINE HOME'.(News)

From: The People (London, England) | Date: May 13, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: RACHAEL BLETCHLY in Paia da Luz

MISSING Madeleine McCann's distraught mum Kate clutched a rag doll she had bought for the tot's fourth birthday yesterday - but never got the chance to hand over.

What was to have been a weekend of joy was sheer agony for her family as they waited for news on the kidnapped little girl.

Maddie should have been excitedly blowing out the candles on her Dr Who cake. But the only candles flickering were at sombre vigils for her.

On Friday Kate and husband Gerry, both 38, joined locals in prayer at a church in Praia da Luz, the ...

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