Madeleine: Police Review Phone Calls

12:47pm UK, Thursday May 03, 2012

Police are checking phone calls made to Crimestoppers after Madeleine McCann's disappearance, according to Sky sources.

Around 100 phonecalls to the charity that were logged in the first few months after Madeline's disappearance will be reviewed.

These messages were initially dismissed because the information came from people who said they were psychics or had dreamt about the case.

Scotland Yard will now check the information for the first time, and enter it into their computer databases.

Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said detectives do not believe this information should be overlooked.

Police have released an age-progressed image of how Madeleine could look today

“It’s probably unlikely to be of value but it should be put into system and sometimes it will connect or corroborate information that’s already there,” Brunt said.

Today marks the fifth anniversary since Madeleine went missing from an apartment in the Algarve region of Portugal.

On Wednesday, Madeleine’s parents told Sky News they were more hopeful than they had ever been that their daughter will be found alive.

Kate and Gerry McCann also said they were confident the abandoned police investigation would be reopened by the Portuguese authorities soon.

Police have released an age-progressed image of how Madeleine could look today, aged nine.

A statement issued with the photo said: "As a result of evidence uncovered during the review they now believe there is a possibility Madeleine is still alive and are appealing for anyone who is able to provide direct information as to her whereabouts to contact the team."

The three-year-old disappeared just days before her birthday from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz. She has never been found.

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