Support for search for Madeleine | ||
People in Liverpool are helping to promote the continued search for missing toddler Madeleine McCann. A thousand messages of support attached to helium balloons will be released later by Madeleine's grandparents Sue and Brian Healey. The 4-year-old's grandparents live in the Mossley Hill area - Madeline's mum Kate grew up in the city. The four-year-old was snatched from her bed while on holiday in Portugal's Praia da Luz resort on 3 May. The local community want to show support for the appeal. Failed search The balloons will cost a pound to sponsor and all money will go to the Madeleine appeal fund. The Chief Constable of Merseyside Police - Bernard Hogan Howe will lead the release of balloons on the highest point of Liverpool inner city on Mossley Hill Field at 1400 BST. Portuguese police conducted a search of scrubland nine miles from where Madeleine went missing after a Dutch newspaper published a letter which claimed her body was under rocks there. Officers failed to recover anything and that line of inquiry has now been discarded. | ||
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