A senior Portuguese detective has been appointed to bring fresh momentum to the controversial investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann. Paulo Rebelo, a senior criminal investigator at national police headquarters in Lisbon, will now lead the inquiry, the Press Association reported.Rebelo will this week move to southern Portugal, where Madeleine vanished on May 3, a Portuguese police spokeswoman said.
The detective has investigated several major cases including allegations of a child sex ring at a state-run children's home.
Rebelo will replace Goncalo Amaral, who was taken off the case after he criticized British police for favoring Kate and Gerry McCann, the girl's parents, who have been named as suspects in the case by Portuguese police.
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