Crime expert: 'The only Madeleine McCann theory that stacks up'

Leading up to the ten year anniversary of the day Madeleine McCann went missing, a crime expert has voiced her controversial opinions on what happened the night of 3rd May 2007.

Investigative criminal profiler Pat Brown has analysed the high profile case and claims the 3-year-old was not abducted.

Brown told news.com.au that "Madeleine is dead."

"There's no point spending all of this money as nothing they do is going to make that child alive."

Whilst Brown was looking into the case she developed a theory about what happened to Madeleine.

"When I do a crime scene analysis it is a theory based on evidence to then be given to police and used to look for more proof and evidence suitable for prosecution," she said.

"When I analysed [Madeleine's] case, it led me to believe evidence does not support an abduction.

"An abduction was extremely unlikely based on the amount of time, evidence at the scene, and every other shred of evidence there has ever been."

The investigative criminal profiler believes that Madeleine most likely died in an accident that was "covered up".

"The evidence supports the theory of an accident occurring through neglect and possible medication," she said.

"It's my belief the body was moved to a desolate location and will never be found."

To this day, an astonishing £11.1 million has been spent on the search for Madeleine.

"There are other children missing in the UK who aren't getting this attention that the money should have been spent on," Brown said.

Brown believes the biggest mistake made by investigators was working off the theory that Madeleine had been abducted.

"They came in with a purpose and stated there was an abductor," she said.

"Their focus was on finding a kidnapper."

Brown found it "extremely unlikely" anyone from a child sex ring would have abducted Madeleine.

'They're not going to steal a British tourist from a holiday resort because they know that will prompt a major investigation into them."

Kate and Gerry McCann have always denied any involvement in their daughter's disappearance.   

"As a parent of an abducted child, I can tell you that it is the most painful and agonising experience you could ever imagine," the mother wrote on the "find Madeleine" website.

"My thoughts of the fear, confusion and loss of love and security that my precious daughter has had to endure are unbearable - crippling.

"And yet I am not the victim, Madeleine is.

"No child should ever have to experience something so terrible."

- news.com.au