Overview

• German and Portuguese teams resumed searches on Tuesday around Praia da Luz, marking the third day of excavations set to conclude by Friday.
• Heavy machinery, including excavators, chainsaws and georadar, is being used to scour plots and abandoned wells near Christian Brückner’s former Algarve home.
• Christian Brückner, serving a seven-year sentence for a 2005 rape, remains the primary suspect in Madeleine McCann’s 2007 disappearance and is due for release in September 2025.
• The Brunswick Public Prosecutor’s Office issued the warrant for this phase of the preliminary probe following Brückner’s October 2024 acquittal on unrelated sexual assault charges.
• Kate and Gerry McCann continue to press for answers from their Find Madeleine campaign and remain hopeful of uncovering new evidence.