Madeleine McCann Investigation Gets More Funding: Reports

Madeleine McCann Investigation Gets More Funding: Reports
A photo of British girl Madeleine McCann aka Maddie is displayed on a TV screen at an apartment in Berlin, on Oct. 16, 2013. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
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U.K. police investigating the 2007 disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann have been given more funding, it was reported Thursday.

The U.K. Home Office sanctioned an increase of 154,000 pounds ($206,000) in funding for the Metropolitan Police inquiry, known as Operation Grange, until March of next year, according to the BBC. Madeleine, 3, disappeared in May of 2007 while her family was vacationing in Portugal.