The police arrested 38 ` ` persons of interest '' in connection with Madeleine McCann 's vanishing . The 3-year - old disappeared in 2007 from her family 's holiday apartment in Portugal . The police have been reviewing the evidence from the initial investigation . Metropolitan Police officers are talking to authorities in other countries to get more information about them and their potential involvement , the statement said . Police : ` ` We continue to believe that there is a possibility that Madeleine is alive ''
The police arrested 38 ` ` persons of interest '' in connection with Madeleine McCann 's vanishing . The 3-year - old disappeared in 2007 from her family 's holiday apartment in Portugal . The police have been reviewing the evidence from the initial investigation . Police : ` ` We continue to believe that there is a possibility that Madeleine is alive ''