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The 10-Year Search For Madeleine McCann Gets 6 More Months Of Funding

Police in the U.K. received a $103,000 grant to extend the search through September 2017.

The 10-Year Search For Madeleine McCann Gets 6 More Months Of Funding
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The 10-year search for Madeleine McCann just got another six months of funding.

The U.K. government department that oversees police agreed to give investigators $103,000 (£85,000) to keep the search going from April through September.

Madeleine was vacationing with her family in Portugal in 2007 when she disappeared.

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Her parents left her and her younger twin siblings in their holiday apartment while they went out for dinner with friends. While they were gone, Madeleine disappeared without a trace.

Her parents promised never to give up. The ongoing search, nicknamed "Operation Grange," has cost around $13.5 million so far.