NEW : ` ` This new momentum is encouraging , but we still have a way to go UK detectives have been trying to reconstruct exactly what happened on the night of May 3 , 2007 , when Madeleine disappeared from the villa while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant . , '' says UK officer . Portuguese police are taking another look at Madeleine McCann 's disappearance . The 3-year - old disappeared from her family 's Portuguese country villa in September 2008 . The UK and Portuguese police currently have separate heads , officer says .
NEW : ` ` This new momentum is encouraging , but we still have a way to go , '' says UK officer . Portuguese police are taking another look at Madeleine McCann 's disappearance . The 3-year - old disappeared from her family 's Portuguese country villa in September 2008 . The UK and Portuguese police currently have separate heads , officer says .