Overview

• German federal police requested the three-day search near Praia da Luz focusing on a site linked to Brueckner’s alleged campsite
• Search teams unearthed adult-size clothing fragments and animal bone fragments that have been submitted for forensic analysis in Portugal
• Investigators also discovered two buried firearms whose relevance to the McCann investigation remains under review
• Braunschweig head prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters described the operation as very constructive and praised Portuguese cooperation
• Brueckner, serving a separate sentence for rape, remains the prime suspect and faces release in September unless new charges are filed