Madeleine McCann: latest searches in Portugal appear to end
Portuguese police have said material unearthed from a reservoir in Algarve will be sent to Germany for analysis after the first major search for Madeleine McCann in a decade came to a close.
One 10 metre squared patch of land appeared to have been the focus of the investigation. The slope of the bank had been cleared of wood and cut into. A series of deep pot holes had been scoured into the ground and soil samples had evidently been removed. Wolters said that as “the accused has not yet had access to the files”, the authorities would not yet publish any new evidence that might implicate Brückner, a German national who is the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.Photograph: Daniel Boffey/The Guardian
The operation was the biggest search for a decade into the then three-year-old’s disappearance. It had been due to end on Tuesday but it had taken an additional day to complete the planned work. Wolters said they had a search warrant for a “specific area” and the area had “to be searched in its entirety”. He said: “If we don’t find anything, we will certainly tell you quickly.”
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