Police give prosecutor case file on missing girl

Police on Tuesday handed the results of their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann to a prosecutor, who will decide whether to bring charges against the parents of the missing British girl, an official said.

“We’re now in possession of it,” an official at the attorney general’s office, which oversees public prosecutors, told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with department rules.

Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were named as suspects Friday but were allowed to return to Britain pending further investigation. The couple say they were not involved in the May 3 disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter from a resort hotel room in southern Portugal.

The case file amounted to more than 1,000 pages of evidence, police spokesman Olegario Sousa said. Neither official would give details of the evidence, citing the secrecy laws covering ongoing investigations.