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J.K. Rowling will pledge major money to reward fund
By M&C News May 15, 2007, 14:52 GMT
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has pledged a major contribution to a $3 million reward fund for the safe return of a British girl who has gone missing in Portugal.
Madeleine McCann, 4, disappeared on May 2 after her parents left her, and her two siblings, both aged 2, alone while they went to a restaurant at Praia da Luz, their vacation resort in Portugal's Algarve region. Portuguese police continue to search for her.
And although the amount Rowling had offered was what some were calling “staggering” she asked the amount to be kept secret. Rowling, 41, is one of Britain's richest people with an estimated fortune of $1 billion.
Other offers came from Sir Richard Branson and American Idol judge Simon Cowell.
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