British police have carried out the finale piece of forensic work in relation to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
While detectives believe the child could still be alive, despite the drastically scaled back investigation into her disappearance nine years ago, officer have made the decision to stop all forensic work due to spiraling costs and police budget cuts.
Three-year-old Madeleine vanished from her bedroom at a Praia de Luz resort in the Algarve on May 3, 2007. She would have been thirteen-years-old in May.
According to the Sunday Mirror, the final scientific tests on the case were completed three months ago as part of Scotland Yard’s £12million Operation Grange inquiry.
A source told the newspaper: “The final forensics were carried out about three months ago but, sadly, they didn’t take us forward. There are no plans for any further forensic work to take place.”
Earlier this year Detective Chief Superintendent Mick Duthie of Scotland Yard’s Homicide and Major Crime Command said that, despite the team being cut from 30 people to just four, there is “always a possibility” Madeleine will be returned to her parents Gerry and Kate.
“There is ongoing work. There is always a possibility that we will find Madeleine and we hope that we will find her alive.” he said.
Madeleine’s mother Kate McCann has said she feels her little girl wasn’t taken far from the holiday resort where she was last seen:
“That’s where she last was and I don’t think she’s been taken a million miles from there.” she said. “I’ve always said Praia da Luz is the place where I feel closest to her.”
