Search begins in lake for Madeleine McCann, missing 16 years ago

Portuguese police began a search of the reservoir to find Madeleine McCann, an English girl who disappeared while on vacation with her family on May 3, 2007.

At the request of the German police investigating the incident, Portuguese security forces launched a search operation in and around the Arade reservoir, 50 kilometers from a tourist resort in Praia da Luz, where Madeleine was missing.

A new search request was reportedly issued after the investigation of German Christian Brueckner, who was listed as the number one suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance by German prosecutor Christian Wolters and has been in prison in Germany since 2019 for sexual assault. .

It has been revealed that Brueckner, who has a history of sexually abusing a minor, was transferred to his country of Germany after being jailed for sexually assaulting a woman in Portugal in 2005.

In 2008, a search was conducted around the lake for the current dam of 3-year-old Madeleine, who disappeared on May 3, 2007 while vacationing with her family at the Praia da Luz resort and was never heard from again. Although many searches have been carried out at different points regarding the incident, no results have been returned so far. (AA)