Foxnews.com reports:
Police investigating the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann are preparing to begin excavating terrain just west of where the girl was staying with her family at the time of her disappearance.
The area of scrubland is one of three locations in Portugal that are being searched after a request from British investigators to Portuguese authorities. Last month, Scotland Yard described the pending searches as a “substantial phase of operational activity.”