‘Madeleine in America’ claim probed

(UKPA) The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have welcomed new information which suggests their daughter may be in America.

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A spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann said an investigator had done "absolutely the right thing" by going to police with his suspicions. The Sun newspaper quoted amateur sleuth Marcelino Italiano as saying Madeleine had been snatched by an Algarve-based paedophile ring which had taken a dozen other children.