Madeleine McCann Portugal search enters third day

Searches for Madeleine McCan on Thursday, near the place where the three -year -old, from Baria Da Luz, disappeared, Portugal 18 years ago.

In front of the German and Portuguese investigators until Friday, to find evidence related to its disappearance, but there has been no clear sign of any major discovery so far.

The officers wander around a 21 -square -length location (8.1 square miles) between the place where they disappeared and where the main suspect of German investigators, Christian Brookner, resides at that time.

The 48 -year -old is serving a prison sentence in Germany for a non -relevant rape, however it can be released early in September.

Madeleine Macan, three years old, disappeared from an apartment in Al -Garf, while she was on vacation with her family in May 2007.

Her disappearance is one of the highest cases of missing people in the world.

The Madeleine case was initially dealt with by the Portuguese authorities with the help of the Capital Police.

However, the German police took the initiative in 2020 when they identified Brokenner as a suspect.

It is known that he spent time in the same part of Portugal between 2000 and 2017.

German police suspect murder. British police continue to deal with the case as an investigation into the missing persons.

Brokenner has repeatedly denied any involvement and no charges were brought against him regarding Madeleine’s disappearance.

A European memorandum was approved by the Portuguese prosecutors to allow German teams to perform the latest searches on private lands.

Drilling and specialized equipment It was brought to help Scoupland and deserted buildings on Wednesday.

The last time searches were performed near Baragem Do Arade Reservoir in 2023, where Brückner had pictures and videos of himself in the area.

On the night where Madeleine disappeared, her parents were at dinner with friends at a restaurant shortly on foot while their three -year -old daughter and her twin siblings were sleeping asleep in the ground floor apartment.

Last month, Kate and Jerry McCanen celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of the disappearance, saying that “their design on leaving any stone without underestimation is not shaken.”

However, they will not comment during the “active police investigation”.

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