New police search begins in hunt for lacking Madeleine McCann

Madeleine, aged three, disappeared from an condo in Praia da Luz in southern Portugal, sparking a world marketing campaign to search out her and unprecedented media protection.

A earlier search of a lake close to the resort two years in the past yielded no outcomes, however on Tuesday investigators have been again in part of close by Lagos to hunt for clues.

Several police automobiles have been seen driving down a mud street and a Portuguese police spokeswoman confirmed that the search had begun, with about 25 German investigators current.

The new searches are anticipated to proceed till Friday and are being carried out on the request of German authorities investigating Christian Brueckner, a convicted rapist who’s suspected of getting killed Madeleine.

According to the British tabloid The Sun, investigators are geared up with floor radar know-how that may scan the bottom all the way down to 4.5 metres in depth.

The space features a cottage the place Brueckner was residing close to the Ocean Club resort and undergrowth. The space is dotted with wells and ditches, it added.

Portuguese police refused to touch upon the report when contacted by AFP.

A cell phone registered in Brueckner’s identify was traced near the household’s lodging on the evening Madeleine went lacking.

Brueckner, 48, is at the moment serving a seven-year jail sentence in Germany for the rape in 2005 of a 72-year-old American lady in Praia da Luz. His sentence is because of finish in September.

He was acquitted in October 2024 in Germany at trial for 2 sexual assaults and three rapes dedicated in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.

The German authorities in 2020 stated they have been satisfied of Brueckner’s involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance, which gained worldwide publicity and has seen a number of false leads.

He has not been charged in reference to the McCann case.

Brueckner, who in line with German media had a string of earlier convictions, together with for sexual offences, assault and theft, labored as an odd-job man throughout his 10 years within the Algarve, but in addition burgled lodge rooms and vacation flats.

At the time of Madeleine’s disappearance he was residing in a camper van.

A former neighbour in Portugal advised Sky News tv in 2020 that he was “always a bit angry, driving fast up and down the lane, and then one day, around 2006, he just disappeared without a word”.

He returned to Germany in 2007 the yr Madeleine disappeared settling in Hanover, however nonetheless hung out in Portugal.

On the 18th anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance on May 3 this yr, Madeleine’s mother and father Kate and Gerry McCann stated they have been nonetheless decided to search out out what occurred.

“The years appear to be passing even more quickly and whilst we have no significant news to share, our determination to ‘leave no stone unturned’ is unwavering,” they wrote on the findmadeleine.com web site.

“We will do our utmost to achieve this.”

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