Madeleine police file may offer family new leads

A team of legal experts in Lisbon is sifting through nearly 30,000 pages of police evidence on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and passing information to the British girl's family who have hired private investigators, one of their lawyers said Thursday. The McCanns hope the long-anticipated release of the previously secret Portuguese police file into her disappearance will furnish leads that will give new momentum to their own search. The police file, made public Monday, details what police found in their 15-month investigation during which Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry, came under suspicion. But it didn't clear up the mystery about what happened to Madeleine. "Everything we feel is relevant to the most important aspect of all this — finding the child — will be used," said Rogerio Alves, one of the family's... [read full story]