Friday, June 15, 2007

MADELEINE POLICE BEGIN NEW SEARCH !

Madeleine McCann has now been missing for more than a month. Portuguese police have begun searching an area of scrubland nine miles (14.5km) from where four-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing.
A Dutch newspaper has published details of an anonymous letter it received alleging Madeleine was buried under rocks in the area being searched.
Police began investigating the claim after it was made public on Wednesday but have now begun a formal search.
Madeleine vanished from a holiday apartment in the Algarve on 3 May.
Police cordoned off a road in the village of Arao close to Praia da Luz - the resort from where Madeleine went missing - early on Friday.
Remote tracks
Officers from a section of the police called GNR arrived in vans and led sniffer dogs to the area.
The village where the search is taking place lies just north of the main road from Praia da Luz to Faro.
The road leads up to remote hillside tracks which span across farmland and wooded areas.
Details of the anonymous letter were published in The Telegraaf on Wednesday.

The Dutch newspaper received the letter and a map on Monday and passed it on to police, delaying publication of the information.
Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate condemned the decision to publish the letter.
On his internet blog, Mr McCann said the letter and accompanying map should have been properly examined first.
He called the publication "irresponsible" and "cruel" journalism.
"We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter in The Telegraaf claiming to know where Madeleine is buried," he said.
"Although all information will be taken seriously, we were very upset that the credibility of this letter had not been examined and, more importantly, [it was] published before the Portuguese police had an opportunity to investigate the claim, and search the area if appropriate without massive media attention."
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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