Par Ema Gil Pires
with AP
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German police will carry out new research in Lagos, in the Algarve region, as part of the survey of Madeleine McCann‘s disappearance in 2007.
According to CNN Portugal, the operation, which will also involve the judicial police, should start on Tuesday and focus on an area between Praia da Luz and one of the houses where Christian Brückner – the main and only suspect – lived at the time of disappearance.
The television channel also indicates that, in the context of research, the authorities aims to find traces of Maddie’s body or any other element likely to support the accusations brought against Christian Brückner.
The three -year -old British girl disappeared in May 2007 when she was on vacation with her family in Praia da Luz.
The evening of her disappearance, while her parents dined with friends in a neighboring restaurant, the little girl was in the tourist residence where she spent her vacation with her family. To date, the Portuguese, German and British authorities are still trying to understand what happened on the night of May 3, 2007.
In 2020, the German authorities revealed that they were investigating Christian Brückner, a 48 -year -old German citizen, suspected of murder. He lived a kilometer from Praia da Luz at the time of the crime and already had a history of child abuse and rape.
However, he was not charged with any offense in the case under investigation and denies any involvement in the disappearance of Maddie McCann.
Christian Brückner is currently serving a sentence of seven years in prison in Germany for the rape of a 72 -year -old woman on Portuguese soil in 2005.
Searches at the Arade dam in 2008 and 2023
In mid-May 2023, 16 years after the disappearance of Maddie, the Portuguese police resumed his research, especially at the level of the Arade dam, in the village of Silves.
This time again, the research was carried out at the request of the German authorities, and the British officials was also present on the scene.
This research took place after information indicating that the girl’s body had been abandoned in these same waters.
Since the night of his disappearance, Maddie McCann has never been seen in public.
