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13/06/2007
Dutch newspaper receives Madeleine letter
A Dutch newspaper has received an anonymous letter claiming to hold the clue to missing British girl Madeleine McCann's whereabouts.
The letter reportedly claims that the four-year-old is buried under rocks in and area of the Algarve that is just over nine miles from where she was abducted last month.
The letter was received by De Telegraaf, who passed it on to the Portuguese police.
Madeleine was abducted from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3, while her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, ate at a nearby restaurant.
Olegario de Sousa, spokesperson for the Portuguese police, told reporters that the area specified in the letter was not far from Praia da Luz and that police were checking the information.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that tributes to Madeleine, placed around a monument in the family's hometown of Rothley in Leicester, since she went missing, are to be removed.
Madeleine's family said that the decision was not taken because they were giving up hope, but because the wanted the area to begin returning to normalcy.
(KMcA/JM)
The letter reportedly claims that the four-year-old is buried under rocks in and area of the Algarve that is just over nine miles from where she was abducted last month.
The letter was received by De Telegraaf, who passed it on to the Portuguese police.
Madeleine was abducted from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3, while her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, ate at a nearby restaurant.
Olegario de Sousa, spokesperson for the Portuguese police, told reporters that the area specified in the letter was not far from Praia da Luz and that police were checking the information.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that tributes to Madeleine, placed around a monument in the family's hometown of Rothley in Leicester, since she went missing, are to be removed.
Madeleine's family said that the decision was not taken because they were giving up hope, but because the wanted the area to begin returning to normalcy.
(KMcA/JM)
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Nothing found in Madeleine search
Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann have completed a search in an area of scrubland in Portugal where an anonymous letter claimed that she was buried. The search was carried out after Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf received an anonymous letter and map indicating where Madeleine's body could be found.
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