Requested by the German authorities, the Portuguese police plan to conduct a new search near a dam located about fifty kilometers from the place where the British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, reported Monday the local media.
According to Portuguese television footage, a perimeter was demarcated Monday around the site that is to be excavated from Tuesday. According to several local media, divers had already combed this area in 2008, but had found only animal remains.
Already a rebound last year
The Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office announced last year that it had charged a suspect in Germany at its request as part of the investigation carried out in cooperation with the British and German authorities.
According to the German justice, it is Christian Brueckner, a multi-recidivist pedophile who lived for several years in the south of Portugal. This man, who is serving a prison sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in 2005 in Portugal, had already been identified by German investigators in 2020 as the main suspect in the murder of the British girl.
And, according to the Portuguese weekly Expresso, he used to go near the Arade dam, located in the municipality of Silves.
Missing since May 3, 2007
Nearly four years old, Madeleine McCann disappeared from her room in the resort of Praia da Luz, a small resort in the Algarve region, on May 3, 2007, while her parents were having dinner with friends at a nearby restaurant.
Portuguese police closed the investigation in 2008 after 14 months of controversial investigations, including the indictment of the girl's parents, who were later cleared.
After spending two years studying the case, the UK formally opened its own investigation in July 2013. The Portuguese authorities reopened the case shortly thereafter.
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