Police investigating disappearance of Madeleine McCann ‘to search reservoir’
Divers searching for Madeleine McCann probe the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal for the second day as they look for the pink pyjamas the toddler was wearing when she vanished.
Investigators believe the 45-year-old killed Madeleine, then aged three, after abducting her from a holiday apartment.
The officers acting on “credible information” are seeking any fragments of clothing and old rags that could be related to her disappearance, as reported by the Daily Mail.
The reservoir is around 31 miles from Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing in 2007. While divers scoured the water, police were seen digging besides the reservoir on Monday afternoon.
A Policia Judiciaria statement on Monday said it is co-ordinating searches in the Algarve at the request of German police and in the presence of British officers.
The development comes just 10 days after Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, issued a tribute on their Leicestershire-born daughter’s 20th birthday, telling her: “We love you and we’re waiting for you. We’re never going to give up.”
Watch live: Police continue search of Portugal reservoir in Madeleine McCann investigation
Watch live as police continue search of Portugal reservoir in Madeleine McCann investigation.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain24 May 2023 12:36
Sniffer dogs search Portuguese reservoir as Madeleine McCann investigation continues
Sniffer dogs search Portuguese reservoir as Madeleine McCann investigation continues
Joe Middleton24 May 2023 23:59
Madeleine McCann police searching Portuguese lake ‘for her pink pyjamas’
Police are searching a Portuguese lake for the pink pyjamas Madeleine McCann was wearing when she vanished in 2007, sources close to the investigation have said.
Officers are searching the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal for any fragments of clothing or old rags that could be related to Madeleine’s disappearance, according to reports.
Investigators suspect that 45-year-old German prisoner Christian Brueckner killed Madeleine, then aged three, after abducting her from a holiday apartment.
Joe Middleton24 May 2023 23:00
Madeleine McCann reservoir search: What do we know about Portugal’s Barragem do Arade?
Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of British citizen Madeleine McCann 16 years ago have begun searching a reservoir in the Algarve known to have been frequented by the latest suspect in the case.
Ms McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, was just three years old when she went missing from an apartment complex at the Ocean Club holiday resort of Praia da Luz in the municipality of Lagos on 3 May 2007.
Her case remains unsolved and is still the subject of intense public and press interest.
Her parents, doctors Gerry and Kate McCann, continue to campaign for her return and recently posted a poem remembering her on their Find Madeleine website, reminding readers that she is “still missing … still very much missed”.
Joe Middleton24 May 2023 22:00
Madeleine McCann: Sniffer dogs and pickaxes used to scour reservoir
Madeleine McCann: Sniffer dogs and pickaxes used to scour reservoir
Joe Middleton24 May 2023 21:00
German prosecutor says clues to McCann child disappearance possible at Portuguese dam site
Police searching for clues regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were concentrating operations Wednesday in several areas around a dam, including one where media reports say a lead suspect in the case often stayed.
The latest search for clues regarding the disappearance started Tuesday following a request by German authorities. Some 30 Portuguese, German and British police are taking part in the operation at the Arade dam, which is located about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the resort of Praia da Luz, where the 3-year-old girl was last seen 16 years ago.
In Germany, Braunschweig prosecutor Christian Wolters told German public broadcaster NDR, “We have indications that we could find evidence there. I don’t want to say what that is exactly, and I also don’t want to say where these indications come from.
“The only thing that I would clarify is that it doesn’t come from the suspect — so we don’t have a confession or anything similar now, or an indication from the suspect of where it would make sense to search, ” Wolters said, adding that “it was other indications that prompted us to conduct this search.”
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Martha Mchardy24 May 2023 20:00
What do we know about Portugal’s Barragem do Arade?
A German-led police operation is examining the Barragem do Arade reservoir in the Algarve said to have been visited by Brueckner during his 17-year stay in the region between 2000 and 2017.
According to Portuguese broadcaster SIC, the suspect considered the area his “little slice of paradise” and the investigation is set to last for several days.
Joe Sommerlad reports on what we know so far:
Martha Mchardy24 May 2023 19:00
Madeleine McCann: Sniffer dogs and pickaxes used to scour reservoir
Madeleine McCann: Sniffer dogs and pickaxes used to scour reservoir
Joe Middleton24 May 2023 18:27
Madeleine McCann police cut down trees as they search suspect’s ‘little paradise’ in Portugal
Joe Middleton and Gerard Couzens report:
Martha Mchardy24 May 2023 18:00
Madeleine McCann police searching Portuguese lake ‘for her pink pyjamas’
Police are searching a Portuguese lake for the pink pyjamas Madeleine McCann was wearing when she vanished in 2007, sources close to the investigation have said.
Officers are searching the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal for any fragments of clothing or old rags that could be related to Madeleine’s disappearance, according to reports.
Investigators suspect that 45-year-old German prisoner Christian Brueckner killed Madeleine, then aged three, after abducting her from a holiday apartment.
Martha McHardy reports:
Martha Mchardy24 May 2023 17:00
