Madeleine McCann police sift 4,000 calls following TV appeal
Leicester Mercury
Oct 30, 2013 7:03AM
Madeleine McCann
Detectives are continuing to examine information after receiving 4,000 calls about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
Metropolitan Police officers are poring over possible leads and sightings following appeals on Crimewatch and German and Dutch TV programmes two weeks ago.
A Met Police spokesman said they had received 3,000 calls and e-mails after the British show, 500 calls following the German TV broadcast and 350 after it was shown in the Netherlands.
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Portuguese police have since reopened their investigation after the Portugal Policia Judiciaria asked the government for permission to have another look into the case, as witnesses who were not questioned in the initial investigation had been identified.
Portuguese police had shelved their initial investigation in 2008, the year after Madeleine vanished.
Crimewatch aired a reconstruction of the night Madeleine went missing. New e-fits of men seen nearby on the night were released.
The BBC show also revealed a former prime suspect – a man who seen carrying a girl in pyjamas at 9.15pm on the night Madeleine disappeared – was an innocent British tourist.
Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate, said: "We urge anyone who may have information relating to Madeleine's abduction to contact police."
Madeleine, of Rothley, was three when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007.
Anyone with any information should contact Met Police by calling 0207 321 9251 or by e-mailing:
Operation.Grange@ met.pnn.police.uk
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