her name is julia, she is 21, posting on social media with the handle i am madeleine mccann. describes her similarities with the missing girl and writes i need to know the truth. i need a dna test and need to talk to madeleine's parents, help me. the parents agreed to the test. reps for the young woman admit her background is messy, which is a quote, apparently. >> dana: a tough situation for her, she is tortured by this and also for the parents. they would love to find their daughter. >> bill: a significant story in british media for 15 years. it is probably on the minds of the parents every minute every day. >> i know that the nypd. homeland security i know they are trying to get a handle on it but i don't understand how it happened. how it comes in and gets just funneled through the way onto the streets the way it does. something has to be done about it. >> dana: heartbreaking plea from a mother whose son died from taking fentanyl-laced drugs at new york city's medical examiner confirms an alarming rise in accidental drug overdoses. someone in the city dies of an accidenta

certainly, the case of madeleine mccann, — certainly, the case of madeleine mccann, who went missing rlier. the circumstances were different, the parents _ circumstances were different, the parents were very involved, and so on. parents were very involved, and so on but— parents were very involved, and so on but in— parents were very involved, and so on. but in terms of the level of interest— on. but in terms of the level of interest and people not sort of understanding what happened... it understanding what happened... a warm understanding what happened... warm welcome to viewers on bbc world. we are covering a developing story he had on the bbc world news channel. that is concerning the discovery of a body in the area where the 45—year—old mother of two, nicola bulley, went missing. police have confirmed that they were called to the scene earlier today, just after 11:30am. specialist officers entered the river wired, they have sadly recovered a body, but are keen to stress that there is no formal identification that the body is

, stories like madeleine mccann, who obviously we know and as a young girl went missing in portugalat in the university chef that was in the university of york. it about the of york. it is all about the unknown because nobody knows what's happened to nicola. whatever the circumstances are, i'm it's a terrible, terrible case. and we just hope that she can be found and that we can get some answers as quickly as possible. but that will only happenifi possible. but that will only happen if i think we can allow the police that are on the ground to continue to do their job it well. i don't job and do it well. i don't think they are doing it particularly well, though, greg. well because in well it's difficult because in missing cases , have missing persons cases, you have to communicating with the to be communicating with the public, which makes the messaging and the communications team more urgent. you team all the more urgent. you can't just, you know, keep it private because need you private because you need you know, are people out know, if there are people out there can the police, th

this hasn't the madeleine mccann case, as we know, didn't that and that went into national this probably goodness may public think it could be my next door neighbour it could selwyn, i know what in my family and that's why public have taken such an interest . but have taken such an interest. but that does not excuse the armchair detectives and all the other people who coming down stressing a rumour that's not going to help anyone know. i've got the i've got an email from someone who makes a decent point think which is that if they would have known that she potentially had other issues i.e. alcoholism stuff or the hormonal issues which i'm talking about. so she's a bloke really. i think it's a great look, but if are these things then people might be more to do things like search their back gardens as opposed swallowing gardens as opposed to swallowing line that she's gone straight into river. i will never into the river. i will never know how might have turned know how that might have turned out hamish, out now for sure. hamish, thank you hamish brown, the you very much. hamish brown, the

this could be a madeleine mccann. but actually, if we're going to size the bully family.ow where your daughter or your partner or or your wife is. your partner or your to be able to your mum. we have to be able to say done everything and say we've done everything and frankly, they have frankly, i don't think they have done on what i've seen in the pubuc done on what i've seen in the public domain. martin thank you very, much. martin the very, very much. martin the hill, may be no less hill, there may be no less course. he a former police course. he is a former police and and a senior lecturer and crime and a senior lecturer for just team to this incredibly mysterious case. it continues to be one doesn't say it's of nicola. i just find it utterly fascinating that in this day and age, anyone frankly can go missing and stay missing for this length of time, especially when you consider the amount of resources have been put into this case. but we'll bring you latest if indeed we get any. you're with me patrick christys on a new book on gbs coming. a new book contains claims th

worry about is that is going to end up as that this is going to end up as another mccann another madeleine mccann the family. oh, children just oh, those children just unbearable. i think i think we just saw the doorbell footage there of her packing up her car an hour before disappearance, before bringing the children to school or whatever. and you look then you think, oh, no, so normal. she's putting the dog in the back of the car. the kids bringing them to school. she you. just what many mums you. that's just what many mums just do and doesn't look like someone who doesn't intend in coming back because you wouldn't have brought your dog would you, if you hadn't. and yeah. you wouldn't be there. that's the dog at home. yeah, sure. yeah done that. i just hope there's resolution all. you resolution to it all. but you know she isn't in the river know if she isn't in the river where she and you know, obviously isn't any evidence of a struggle , scene any a struggle, the scene seen any sort of signs of that and the police have said they're working hypothesis is that she fell into the river, but the f

with media circus with with the media circus around disappearance around the disappearance of madeleine mccanndly, which is that which is that, you know, the police have a duty to be considered. and very meticulous about this sort of stuff. and the second that they open it up to well, i mean , now social to well, i mean, now social media, which you didn't have back everything back in those days, everything just goes pear shaped and it's sort of a right to conform and expose and the expose before. and the privately. i mean i mean, if people have a personal people have got a personal problem with, that's problem to deal with, that's that's there's no basis to the police. that if we police. and the fact that if we start to general public is disgraceful in the disgraceful the clue is in the personal it's a personal thing and is they didn't and the reality is they didn't know that she had know for sure that she had fallen in river. never fallen in the river. they never did. so would have been basis did. so it would have been basis , be honest with the , to be more honest with the pubuc , to be more

with media circus with with the media circus around disappearance around the disappearance of madeleine mccanndly, which is that which is that, you know, the police have a duty to be considered. and very meticulous about this sort of stuff. and the second that they open it up to well, i mean , now social to well, i mean, now social media, which you didn't have back everything back in those days, everything just goes pear shaped and it's sort of a right to conform and expose and the expose before. and the privately. i mean i mean, if people have a personal people have got a personal problem with, that's problem to deal with, that's that's there's no basis to the police. that if we police. and the fact that if we start to general public is disgraceful in the disgraceful the clue is in the personal it's a personal thing and is they didn't and the reality is they didn't know that she had know for sure that she had fallen in river. never fallen in the river. they never did. so would have been basis did. so it would have been basis , be honest with the , to be more honest with the pubuc , to be more

course, if there is no body in at least people with all sorts of hopes and people will know the madeleine mccannase. and going back to the first part. but the gentleman who found the body may have seen some clothing and whatever , but you can't work and whatever, but you can't work on assumption that, you on the assumption that, you know, the police will. know, know, the police will. you know, this difficult case this is a very difficult case and have to confirm and they'll have to confirm things 100% before the stop making statement , because as making statement, because as we've already discussed , there's we've already discussed, there's been experts who've been making very bold statements about bodies not being in rivers. the pubuc bodies not being in rivers. the public then this has led to all sorts of weird and wonderful conspiracy theories, and it can't be done again . they've got can't be done again. they've got to be 100% sure before before messages are sent out . and this messages are sent out. and this expert that you're referring to, we've actually got him coming on later on in the p

it's the not knowing isn't that it's the madeleine situation where madeleine mccann situation where youngly feel that, you but i do strongly feel that, you know, private medical know, this is private medical information to talk about somebody's menopause. it's private medical information. your doctor wouldn't release . i your doctor wouldn't release. i don't the police don't know what the police thought were doing. sure. thought they were doing. sure. it was a of. it was it it was a case of. it was it would have been more useful would have been far more useful to the investigating to tell the investigating officers the ground seeing officers on the ground seeing this the this information, but not the choice relevant. but we choice that's relevant. but we but got the facts yet but we haven't got the facts yet , have we? so we don't know. there must be other stuff that we know about. but to the we don't know about. but to the family, i can't imagine the pain they're that bad they're going through, that bad language . part two is the story language. part two is the story that's taken your