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On 13 February 2008 the Daily Express reported “Missing Madeleine probe nearly over”.  

It said the police investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance in the Algarve is nearing its end. Portugal's justice minister Alberto Costa told a parliamentary committee hearing in Lisbon: "We are at a stage now where we are approaching the conclusion of the process." Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the missing girl's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, said the only satisfactory conclusion would be Madeleine being found. He said: "I am not going to react specifically to what the justice minister has said to parliament.

"However, if the case is coming to a conclusion, we hope it will conclude shortly with the finding of Madeleine and her being reunited with her parents.” "That is the only satisfactory conclusion for us." It is now 286 days since four-year-old Madeleine vanished from her family's holiday apartment in the seaside resort of Praia da Luz while her parents dined with friends nearby. Mr Costa was also questioned by MPs about recent comments by Portugal's top policeman suggesting detectives were "hasty" in making Madeleine's parents suspects in her disappearance. Alipio Ribeiro, national director of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ), said there "perhaps should have been another assessment" before this happened. The PJ - Portugal's CID - is leading the investigation into what happened to Madeleine on the night of May 3.

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