The Home Office has approved additional funding into the disappearance case of Madeleine McCann.
It is believed the team carrying out the investigation will receive a further £150,000.
"We have confirmed that Special Grant funding of £150,000 will be provided to the Metropolitan Police Service for the six-month period to 31 March 2019,” said a Home Office spokesman.
Madeleine has been missing for over 11 years.
Over £11 million has been spent on Madeleine’s missing person’s case so far. It is understood the detectives have not found any new leads in quite some time.
Her parents, Kate and Gerry, said in the past that they will never give up hope of finding their eldest daughter and they are grateful for the continued investigation.
Sky Sources: the Home Office has agreed to provide a further £150,000 for the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
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A detective who worked on Madeleine’s case from 2008 to 2011 admitted he is still optimistic about the young girl.
Dave Edgar told The Sun: “It’s a baffling case, but I think it's solvable.”
He said he is hopeful that Madeleine will be found one day. The former detective claims there are people out there who know what happened.
“It may be that the person responsible for Madeleine’s kidnap is dying and makes a deathbed confession, or someone close to that person comes forward after he or she has passed away,” he commented.
The retired Detective Inspector is hopeful the kidnapper will come forward, despite the fact that it has been over a decade since Madeleine went missing
“Whoever is responsible will have confided in someone else. They usually do and it is very rare that they don’t,” he shared.
