We're Closing In On Morocco Hideaway

Daily Express Headline; says: 'Detectives are closing in on the secret hideaway where they are convinced Madeleine McCann is being held. The Daily Express can reveal that the private investigators are concentrating their search on a remote region in the north of Morocco.

A highly placed source close to the team said last night: "We are confident we are near to finding Madeleine alive _ we're on our way to get her."

The agents are combing villages in the Rif Mountains for the four-year-old, who disappeared six months ago.The source told the Daily Express: "we have investigators on the ground scouring the countryside. They have been chasing up leads for the past five weeks.We are following up new sightings of a girl looking like Madeleine which have come in recently. We have been concentrating on one particular area but I cannot say where it is because I don’t want to damage the trust we have built up there. We are on our way to get Madeleine out alive.”

The latest lead follows two fresh sightings of a blonde girl by peasants. The new reports confirm earlier claims that she is living with a middle-class Arab family who may be holding her on the orders of others.

Majid Jazoili, 43, told the Daily Express: “Two people I know saw a picture I carry with me of Madeleine McCann. They told me they had seen her with a family who live in a tiny village in the Rif Mountains. There are three women with daughters who each have a family of their own. There is also a grandfather who lives with them in the same house and lots of children."

But the dossier, which has been seen by the Daily Express, remains painfully thin, despite at least 10 separate accounts from people claiming that they have seen Madeleine in recent weeks.

The scant information is held in a manilla folder, with the words Information de l’Affaire Madeleine McCann hand-written in French in black ink. The A4 folder holds about a dozen pieces of white paper, containing statements and observations typed in Arabic and stamped with an official police seal.

The deputy chief of police at Tetouan, Said Aloua, said: “We are in contact with Interpol and other police forces.”

Rune Insight Where To Next? Sunday September 30th 2007: A 'new way of seeing' will discover perhaps the hiding place ... covert intelligence surveillance or satellite surveillance perhaps?

What Lies Ahead? Sunday September 23rd 2007: 'She lives on ... and suddenly, right out of the blue ... the trail will lead directly to her ... do not be disheartened.

Daily Merlin: Anything Of Significance Saturday July 7th 2007: Who Has The Little Girl? Appears to be an elderly couple ... well to the little girl. Certainly older than her mother & father. They seem like grandparents to her.

Daily Merlin Insight: Hidden In A Safe House?" Wednesday September 19th 2007: There is one or more children around her who she knows or has come to know.