More revealed from McCann case files

Keywords: training, Mark Harrison, missing people, search, case files, Madeleine McCann Most of the Portuguese police officers who looked for Madeleine McCann after her disappearance had no formal training in missing people searches, case files have revealed. Up to 100 personnel spent a week scouring an area up to 15km (9.3 miles) around the Algarve resort where the little girl vanished on May 3 last year. The report, contained in police files made public last week, focuses on the possibility that Madeleine was murdered and her body hidden in areas previously scrutinised by police But they failed to find any clues to Madeleine's fate, and in July Portuguese detectives called in leading British expert Mark Harrison. Mr Harrison, national search adviser for all UK police agencies in cases of missing people, homicides and... [read full story]