Shockingly, many of the 80 messages posted on various social media platforms called for the parents of missing Madeleine McCann to be tortured or killed.
Even more alarmingly, some of the threats were even aimed at the McCann’s two remaining children.
One of the tweets read: “These 2 [the McCanns] should burn in hell."
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Other trolls wrote: "I hope that the McCanns are living in total misery" and "I want to see them smashed up the back of a bus or trampled by horses".
The McCanns reported the abuse to police after threats were directed at their young children.
A dossier containing the messages was also provided to the police by campaigners supporting the McCanns and their search for missing daughter Maddie.
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A campaigner told Sky News: "We're very worried that it's only going to take somebody to act out of some of these discussions, some of the threats that have been made, and we couldn't live with ourselves if that happened and we had done nothing."
Following the news that the police had become involved, a spokesperson for Scotland Yard said: "We can confirm we received a letter and documentation on September 9 which was passed to officers from Operation Grange. They are assessing its contents and consulting with the CPS and the McCann family."
Gerry and Kate McCann have been searching for their daughter since she disappeared from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007.
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