MADELEINE McCANN UPDATE 34 - BREAKING NEWS

DAY 41: NEW CLUE IN MADELEINE HUNT
SKY NEWS - BREAKING NEWS


MADELEINE MCCANN

Portuguese police have started investigating an area just nine miles from where Madeleine McCann was abducted after a tip off from a Dutch source. An anonymous letter claiming the four-year-old lies buried under rocks in deserted scrubland was sent to newspaper De Telegraaf and passed on to the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria.

It was thought to pinpoint an area north of Odiaxere, north east of Praia da Luz from where the girl was snatched 41 days ago.

Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said the information was being taken seriously and "everything necessary" was being done to validate the allegation.

"There have been exchanges between Dutch police and us," he said. "The information indicated an area 15km from the place of the disappearance of the little child.

"It is not far from Praia da Luz. We are checking the information like we check everything in this case for importance."

Meanwhile, Madeleine's family announced that hundreds of yellow ribbons, cuddly toys and messages of support left at a memorial for Madeleine McCann are to be cleared away.

The colourful tributes have been placed around a monument in the centre of the four-year-old's home town of Rothley, Leicester, ever since she went missing 41 days ago.

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