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A decision on further funding for the police investigation is pending
Madeleine McCann s parents have reportedly got a fund of more than £750,000 to pay for a private investigation if the police end their search for their daughter.
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To date, the police investigation for Madeleine, who was three years old when she went missing in 2007, has cost £12.5 million. The Daily Star reports that a decision is pending as to whether the investigation should get further funding. This would be in the region of £300,000.
The McCann s have apparently been told by the Metropolitan Police that they are continuing to treat the search for Madeleine as a missing person case. Detectives are said to have also told the couple that it is highly unlikely that Christian Brueckner - the man that German investigators have alleged killed Madeleine - will be charged over her disappearance.
Miles on the west coast of malaysia and half covering the same area on the east coast. so they re not moving all their assets into where this plane was last seen, because they still don t know the identity of the plane. that s where we are at the moment with that. what you re talking about, the pilots, the pilots the chief pilot, 53-year-old, police did visit his home. he was an aviation nut. he has been described as he had a simulator and flying simulator in his house. police have been there. they say it s part of the routine investigation, leaving no stone unturned, chris. okay, good. so that s just about them checking, as opposed to them having any cause for speculation involving the crew. it s good to at least rule that out for now. one follow-up question for you, andrew. is help us understand, if they re trying to figure out if this was the plane, why is that difficult, other than the unsophisticated nature of this primary radar? doesn t give you altitude or flight speed, an