German and Portuguese police have been investigating abandoned properties near where Madeleine went missing 18 years ago.
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German investigators work during a new search operations amid the investigation into the disappearan (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Teams investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann 18 years ago have taken samples of potential evidence from properties near Praia Da Luz in Portugal. Emergency services, including police from Portugal and Germany as well as firefighters, were looking into abandoned property near the area where Madeleine went missing.
The teams were seen using pickaxes, shovels and chainsaws to clear dense vegetation and dig near a derelict building. Firefighters pumped water out of a well.
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Madeleine McCann vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, just days before her fourth birthday.
Her disappearance sparked one of the most high-profile missing person investigations in history, involving police from Portugal, the UK, and later Germany.
In 2020, German authorities named Christian Bruckner, a convicted sex offender, as a formal suspect, though no charges have been brought.
Despite years of investigations and numerous leads, Madeleine's fate remains unknown.
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner leaves court
Teams 'seen using pickaxes, shovels and chainsaws'
German investigators and Portuguese police officers and firefighters were searching in the countryside several miles from the Praia da Luz resort, where the 3-year-old disappeared from her bed while on vacation with her family on May 3, 2007.
The teams were seen using pickaxes, shovels and chainsaws to clear dense vegetation and dig near a derelict building. Firefighters pumped water out of a well.
Almost two decades on, investigators in the U.K., Portugal and Germany are still piecing together what happened on thenight the toddler disappeared.
She was in the same room as her brother and sister — 2-year-old twins — while their parents, Kate and Gerry, had dinner with friends outside.
Teams investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann 18 years ago have taken samples of potential evidence from properties near Praia Da Luz in Portugal.
Emergency services, including police from Portugal and Germany as well as firefighters, were looking into abandoned property near the area where Madeleine went missing.
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