[Niamh.]

Highly doubtful, looks nothing like her plus doesn't look like she has the eye birth mark either.

English-speaking teen 'could be Madeleine McCann' living on the streets in Rome says missing persons campaigners

A young woman has been found living rough in Rome who, a missing persons organisation says, could be missing Madeleine McCann .

The teen, who is said to be English-speaking, has no ID or passport, and has been sleeping on the streets.

Refusing to accept cash from strangers, campaigners online say that she looks like several missing girls, and has been working to identify her for more than a week.

The names which have been mentioned by the the Missing Persons of America organisation in her identification include Amanda Adlai who was abducted in Michigan in 2008.

They also suggested that she could be Maria-Brigitte Henselmann who disappeared from Germany in 2008 and Madeleine McCann, who vanished in 2007.

But according to police, the girl is not Maddie.


Met Police have reportedly stated thaty she is not the British youngster, reports The Sun, after a group campaigning for details on the missing child contacted them.

The group, supported by Maddie’s parents Kate and Gerry, alerted Met Police to the claims publicised online, and told their supporters: "Thank you all for contacting us regarding this child. We have passed on to Operation Grange. They do not believe this is Madeleine.

“This is someone’s child, so if you know who this child is, please contact the authorities in your country. Please keep sharing too.”

Those who have met the girl, who is around 5ft tall, say she is polite and does not speak Italian. They add that she will answer to the name 'Maria' - but police say that's one of many names she has told them.

Missing Persons of America wrote on a website page dedicated to 'Maria': "There have been several people that think it may be Madeline McCann who would be 13 now.

"Madeline had a distinctive mark on her eye and it would be easy to tell if it was her by that identification."

They added that images of 'Maria' have been shown on Italian TV on a show called Chi l’ha vista, which specialises in finding missing people.

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