Madeleine McCann could still be found alive, say detectives

Detectives still hope that Madeleine McCann could be found alive, despite the drastic scaling back of the police investigation into her disappearance.

The little girl went missing from a holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007 when she was three, and despite efforts by police there and a British investigation launched in 2011, no progress has been made in finding her.

However, Detective Chief Superintendent Mick Duthie told the Evening Standard that Scotland Yard’s probe is “ongoing” and officers hope to find her alive.