Madeleine McCann: there is good chance she is still alive says mum Kate Madeleine McCann before she vanished and as she might look aged 9 The Metropolitan Police released the picture last week of what Madeleine might look like now, coming up to her ninth birthday on May 12. Mrs McCann, 44, said: "We would be really keen - the general public helped us with the last age-progression - so we would be really keen for them, really grateful, if they could circulate that image as far and wide as they can." The couple's interview come after Scotland Yard's review of the case was revealed to have identified 200 potential leads. But the Portuguese authorities have so far refused to reopen their investigation into how the little girl vanished on a family holiday to the Algarve on May 3 2007. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, the officer leading the Scotland Yard review, spoke last week of his belief that the case can still be solved and launched a fresh appeal for information. His team of 37 officers have sifted through 40,000 pieces of information and identified 195 "investigative opportunities." Mr Redwood has said he believes Madeleine was a victim of stranger abduction and says there is evidence she could still be alive. Madeleine was nearly four years old when she vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz as her parents dined with friends at a tapas bar nearby. The McCanns spoke of their gratitude at the help they are getting from Scotland Yard's ongoing review of the case. And they repeated their hope that Portuguese police will now reopen the case. Mr McCann said: "In previous years we have felt like we have been on our own to a large extent and now we have got (a) tremendous resource, doing a great job. We feel so much better supported and you know that those things that we have been talking about for the last three-and-a-half years about looking at every single piece of information, that's going on. We are happy to be led by the police and let the Metropolitan Police do the negotiations with the Portuguese authorities. But it does feel now finally someone in the authorities, British authorities, are actually trying to find Madeleine, who is completely innocent of course. Mrs McCann also thanked the public for the support they had received for their campaign. "I don't believe we would have got the review without their support," she said. People have petitioned and petitioned and petitioned and you know, wrote letters, and here we are. And we just hope, obviously, that the case will get reopened in due course because we certainly believe that is our best shot at finding Madeleine.