Madeleine McCann Portugal search enters third day
Summary
Searches for Madeleine McCann continued for a third day near the area in Portugal where she went missing 18 years ago. German and Portuguese police are looking for evidence linked to the case, focusing on land near where a suspect named Christian Brückner stayed. No significant finds have been reported so far.Key Facts
- Madeleine McCann disappeared in May 2007 while on holiday in the Algarve, Portugal.
- She went missing from a ground-floor apartment while her parents were at a nearby restaurant.
- The search is now focused on a 21 square kilometer area between where Madeleine disappeared and where the suspect lived.
- Christian Brückner, a suspect in the case, is currently serving a prison sentence in Germany for a different crime.
- German police consider this a murder investigation, while British police treat it as a missing person case.
- Brückner has denied involvement in Madeleine's disappearance and hasn't been charged in the case.
- Portuguese prosecutors approved a European warrant for German teams to search private land in Portugal.
- The search involves diggers and specialist equipment to examine scrubland and abandoned buildings.
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