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German and Portuguese teams renew ground search for Madeleine McCann in Algarve

A four-day operation uses ground-penetrating radar to investigate sites tied to the prime suspect ahead of his potential September release.

Madeleine McCann verschwand im Mai 2007 spurlos aus einer Hotelanlage in Portugal
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Overview

  • About 30 specialists from the German Federal Police and Portuguese Judicial Police are scanning abandoned houses, wells and cisterns across a secured 50-hectare area near Praia da Luz.
  • Excavations focus on land surrounding a home where Christian B. lived in 2007 after he was named the prime suspect in 2020 following mobile-phone data linking him to the scene.
  • The probe was ordered by the Braunschweig Public Prosecutor’s Office and is set to run through Friday, with an option to extend if conclusive evidence remains elusive.
  • Christian B. is serving a sentence for a 2005 rape in Portugal and may be released from his German prison as early as September 2025, heightening the urgency of the search.
  • Authorities launched the new operation after recently surfaced photos and video materials indicated possible burial spots in the targeted area.