The investigation into the disappearance of

Madeleine McCann

, called

Operation Grange

, will come to an end at the end of this year at the end of the funds allocated to it and

11 years after

the little girl disappeared from a hotel in the Portuguese Algarve.

"There are currently no plans to take the investigation further," a source in the investigation told

The Sun

newspaper .

The decision means it is highly unlikely that the main suspect,

Christian B

, will be charged in the girl's disappearance.

Said source, moreover, has pointed out how the best police officers feel that

there is not enough evidence

to make a case against the convicted pedophile and rapist, who the German policemen were convinced was involved.

The source said the case file

could be reopened if significant new information comes to light

.

The investigation into

Operation Grange

was launched in May 2011, four years after Madeleine's disappearance, after her mother,

Kate

, wrote an open letter in

The Sun

to then-Prime Minister

David Cameron

calling for the British police to launch the investigation .

research.

There is another grant application from the Metropolitan Police that has funds until September.

The cost of ongoing taxpayer-funded research now exceeds

$17 million

.

Madeleine's parents,

Kate and Gerry McCann

, are aware of the imminent closure of the investigation and will likely continue the search for their daughter through private funds,

The New York Post

reports .

The case is still considered a missing person investigation, although German police believe Madeleine was murdered.

In May 2007

, the then 3-year-old girl disappeared from her family's holiday rental in Praia da Luz, Portugal, sparking intense media coverage in Britain and many other countries.

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