http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9228670/Madeleine-McCann-Portuguese-police-refuse-to-reopen-case-saying-there-is-no-new-evidence.html

Madeleine McCann: Portuguese police refuse to reopen case saying there is no new evidence
Portuguese police have refused to reopen the inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann saying there is no new evidence



Yesterday the Met Police said the youngster could still be alive and released a new “age progression” image of the toddler, which they said showed what she would look like today at the age of nine.

They asked the Portugese Police to reopen the case saying they had identified nearly 200 new items for investigation within historic material and believed they had found new evidence.

But today police in Portugal regused the request.

"There are no new elements at the moment that would allow for the reopening of the inquiry," Pedro do Carmo, the deputy head of the criminal police department, told AFP.

It came just hours after her parents said they were ''hugely encouraged'' by the momentum in the case.

Kate McCann is said to be ''particularly pleased'' with the new age-progressed image of Madeleine, saying it has strong family resemblance.

Mrs McCann and her husband Gerry have also joined Scotland Yard in urging Portuguese authorities to reopen the search for Madeleine after detectives said there were 195 potential leads to finding her alive.

McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell told BBC Breakfast that as the five-year anniversary of her disappearance draws close, Mr and Mrs McCann are said to be ''coping as best they can''.

Mr Mitchell said: ''Kate and Gerry welcome this and they are hugely encouraged by what the police have been doing all of this last year since the launch of the investigative review.

''They (Scotland Yard) believe that it is quite possible that Madeleine could still be alive and that is what Kate and Gerry have said throughout the five years and they are hugely encouraged by all of this momentum in the case.''

...didn't realise she was in a case....did her father pack it?

As some rumours have it he did. One of the investigating officers made a documentary saying that he believes she died of an overdose given to her by her parents so she would sleep and the disposed of her body.

He even showed some rather compelling evidence.

fucking tragedy but there's other people who have been missing since.

she's most likely dead and unless there's something that can be treated as real substantial evidence then i don't see the point tbh.

real shame though.

I take it you brought up this thread so you gets these quotes out..

Nice..

No I wanted to hear others options those qoutes are just some of many and I have no said I believed them. They are however out there.

Does anyone know where the "knock knock" joke is???

"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"It's me Mummy... It's Maddie!"
"But... But it can't be... We buried you..."
"Yeah, I'm just fucking about. It's Gerry, I forgot my key."

Plenty of kids go missing everyday, i dont see large scale international operations to find them.

Am I going to hell for laughing?