The search for McCann continues.
Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, went missing from the McCann’s holiday apartment at the Ocean Club, in Praia da Luz, on May 3rd 2007.
Her Parents Kate and Gerry McCann went to dinner with around some friends at a tapes restaurant just 100 yards away from the apartment. Madeleine’s mother, Kate, went to check on Madeleine and her younger brother and sister later in the evening but was shocked when she realised Madeleine was missing.
The police were called and a search of the hotels grounds was conducted by around 6o members and staff and quests. The search continued all through the night until daylight.
The Portugal police continued the case until 2008 and until just recently they just re opened the case and began working alongside with Scotland Yard after the Metropolitan police requested the case to be re-opened, and digging would begin around the McCann’s holiday apartment and surrounding grounds.
Scotland Yard detectives were flown over to Portugal to oversee the excavation on particular sites as part of the international investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine.
The digs for evidence are set to take place at three locations, a road just below the apartment block where trenches were believed to have been dug before Madeleine went missing. There is a waste ground to the side of the apartment block where a man was reported to have been carrying a child not long after Madeleine disappeared. Also a beach area where over the years there have been several reports of suspicious activity.
Along with 40 British police detectives and correspondents The Scotland Yard also brought with them a radar which is believed to have ground penetrating technology in attempt to locate any remains or disruption of the soil within the last seven years.
The Scotland Yard team later reportedly flew in a military chopper to photograph potential search sites in Praia da Luz, the Algarve resort where Madeleine vanished seven years ago
The UK police were also said to be discussing their request to interview eight witness they believe could still have vital clues to the mystery.
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