A new search released in the Madeleine McCann case, 18 years after the British child disappeared in Portugal

A new search effort for Madeleine McCann, a British child who disappeared from his family’s vacation rental in Portugal for more than 18 years has been released.

The police have not revealed any evidence to explain why they decided to carry out a new search almost two decades later, but were focusing on the ground around a cabin previously used by the only suspicious in the disappearance of the girl, a German man currently imprisoned in his country of origin by unrelated positions of rape and sexual aggression.

Dozens of agents of the national agency leading of the German Law were studying Tuesday at Algarve, a region in southern Portugal, very popular among tourists, where Madeleine was last seen.

The search teams toured on Tuesday the weeds and an abandoned building, with the police in the hope of finding evidence that could involve the German sexual offender convicted in their disappearance.

Madeleine was only 3 years old when she disappeared from an apartment on the Algarve coast, where she was on vacation with her family, causing unprecedented media coverage and a global campaign to find her.

TO Previous search for a lake Near the Ocean Club Resort in Praia da Luz in 2023 did not yield results, but on Tuesday, the researchers returned to a part of the nearby Lagos to search for clues.

Several police vehicles with Portuguese and German numbers were seen, as well as fire trucks on a dirt road to the search site, News journalists on the scene saw. The Portuguese police said that some 25 German investigators were present, and the investigation looked at an abandoned building in a wooded forest area.

The new searches: made at the request of the German authorities investigating Christian Bruecknera convict rapist is expected to be suspected that Madeleine has killed until Friday.

According to the British tabloid The Sun, researchers are equipped with ground radar technology that can scan the soil at a depth of 15 feet. The area includes a cabin where Brueckner lived and is dotted with wells and ditches, The Sun reported.

Christian Brueckner, the German suspect

A mobile phone registered in the name of Brueckner traced near the family accommodation on the night Madeleine disappeared. He has always denied any role in his disappearance.

The 48 -year -old is serving a 7 -year prison sentence in Germany for the 2005 violation of an 72 -year -old American woman in Praia da Luz. You must complete your prayer in September.

He was acquitted in October 2024 In Germany in a judgment separated by two sexual aggressions and three violations committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.

German authorities in 2020 They said they were convinced that Brueckner was involved In the disappearance of Madeleine, who has seen several false Leads.

He has not been accused in relation to Madeleine’s case.

Brueckner, who according to the German media had a series of previous convictions, even for sexual crimes, assault and robbery before being convicted of rape, worked as a strange man during his 10 years in the Algarve. According to reports, he also stole hotel rooms and vacation apartments.

At the time of Madeleine’s disappearance, he lived in a van.

On Tuesday, a German television journalist in Germany had his correspondence with Brueckner and how he had met him in prison.

Brueckner, said the journalist, complained that “half of the world” considered him a “cruel rapist.” He said he wanted to eat a steak and drink beer when he is released from prison.

A former Portugal neighbor had told Sky News from Great Britain in 2020 that Brueckner was “always a little angry, driving quickly through the lane, and then, one day, around 2006, he simply disappeared without saying a word.”

He returned to Germany in 2007, the year in which Madeleine disappeared, establishing himself in Hanover, but still spent time in Portugal.

On May 3, 18 years since the disappearance of their daughter, Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, said they were still determined to find out what happened.

“The years seem to spend even faster and, although we have no significant news to share, our determination of” not leaving stone without moving “is unwavering,” they wrote on the Findmadeleine.com website. “We will do our best to achieve this.”

Leigh Kiniry contributed to this report.

• Rape
• Portugal
• Madeleine McCann
• Kidnapping
• Abduction of children
• Germany