DNA samples sent to Scotland Yard prove a young New Zealand girl is not the missing Madeleine McCann, who disappeared from a vacation apartment in Portugal in 2007.<\/p>\n
Left: Madeleine before her disappearance. Right: A digitally-altered photo showing what Madeleine might look like today. (Metropolitan police) <\/p>\n
Published: Feb. 13, 2013 at 9:57 AM <\/p>\n
DNA results prove a young New Zealand girl is not Madeleine McCann, the British girl missing since May 2007. <\/p>\n
The girl's family voluntarily submitted a DNA sample to police after she was spotted several times in Queenstown, New Zealand, in March and then again New Years Eve by a retailer who became suspicious by the resemblance she bore to McCann. <\/p>\n
Police sent the sample to Scotland Yard, which confirmed that the DNA did not match that of the missing girl, New Zealand media reported. <\/p>\n
\"We have received confirmation from Scotland Yard that a DNA sample provided voluntarily from a girl mistaken as missing British girl Madeleine McCann on New Year's Eve in Queenstown last year does not provide a match for that of the missing girl,\" said Detective Inspector Steve McGregor of the New Zealand southern police. <\/p>\n
\"At the time of the sighting police made thorough inquiries and were completely satisfied that the girl was not Madeleine McCann.\" <\/p>\n
The family of the Queenstown girl has requested to remain anonymous. <\/p>\n
McCann was just shy of her fourth birthday when she disappeared while on vacation with her parents at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Portugal on May 3, 2007. <\/p>\n
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