Report: Madeleine McCann Investigators Hunting ‘Person of Significance’

Parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry McCann pose with an artist's impression of how their daughter might look now at the age of nine ahead of a press conference in central London on May 2, 2012, five years after Madeleine's disappearance while on a family holiday in Portugal. AFP/Getty Images

After more than ten years, police searching for missing U.K. toddler Madeleine McCann say they have a “person of significance” in the case.

The U.K. Home Office, according to The Sunday Times, said that it will fund work to chase a “critical” lead in the investigation. Detectives with the were given an additional 154,000 pounds ($206,300) to pursue the case till next March, bringing the total costs above 11.5 million pounds ($15.4 million).