The mega-operation that was carried out in Portugal between 23 and 25 May returned to focus on the case of Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old girl who disappeared in Praia da Luz in 2007.
researchers found some “elements” during the searches launched for the cause of the British girl, but still It is unknown if they are related to the case.reported the German prosecutor’s office in Brunswick on Thursday 1 June.
“Some items were seized as part of this operation. These will be analyzed in the coming days and weeks“, the authorities detailed in a statement. And they added that it was “still too early” to determine whether they were connected to the case.
Madeleine McCann case: doubts, versions and unsolved enigma
“Maddy” McCann -as she was affectionately called- disappeared shortly before her fourth birthday, on May 3, 2007, at a seaside resort in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, in southern Portugal, where she spent the vacation with your family.
That night, Madeleine slept in the resort room with her siblings (Sean and Amelie, 2).
His parents, Kate and Gerry McCanndined with friends in “tapas”, the resort’s restaurant, about 50 meters from the room. They had arrived there around 8:40pm. every 20 minutes they took turns to go and watch them and check that everything is ok.
At around 10pm, after one of those visits, the little girl’s mother came back to the table crying and screaming. “They Got Her”he repeated over and over again.
His disappearance spawned an outstanding campaign. THE photos of light-eyed girl with a feature placed on the iristhey gave the Around the world and, for months, they occupied the front pages of newspapers and hours of television.
The investigation stalled for years before authorities turned their attention to German Christian Brueckner, a man who At that time I lived a few kilometers from the hotel.
“THE investigation on the 46-year-old suspect from Brunswick continues probably for a long time,” the prosecution warned.
Case Madeleine McCann: how was the last operation
The Portuguese authorities started new searches at the end of May in Barragem do Arade damlocated 50 kilometers from where Maddie disappeared at the request of the German prosecutor’s office.
According to Portuguese media, the researchers collected samples from the flooring during searches, as well as miscellaneous pieces of cloth found on the spot.
The police had already combed the area 2008 in a private investigation conducted by the family but the divers only found remains of animals in the reservoir.
As revealed by sources linked to the investigation, the famous pink pajamas What the girl was wearing the night she disappeared is a major focus of the intense investigation.
Madeleine McCann case: who is Christian Brueckner
Christian BrücknerA child molester and drug dealer convicted, is behind bars in Germany for having broken to a 72-year-old woman in the same area of the Algarve region where McCann disappeared. At the same time.
German police said in June 2020 that they believed it Madeleine was dead and that Brueckner was probably responsible. It happens that you lived in that area of the Algarve in 2007 and called this dam on which the research is focused “my little paradise”.
For his part, the aggressor always denied any connection to the case and has yet to be charged with any crimes relating to little Maddie.
Source: Clarin
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