Madeleine McCann

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Madeleine McCann: Police compare soil to samples in suspect’s van

Madeleine McCann (left) went missing in 2007. Christian Brueckner (right) is the prime suspect in the case.

Madeleine McCann: Five chilling words uttered by prime suspect

Portuguese firefighterOfficials are seen during a new search operation amid the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in the Arade dam, in Silves, near Praia da Luz, on 23 May, 2023.

Breaking Madeleine McCann: ‘Number of items’ found at reservoir

Portuguese Judicial Police criminal investigation unit members prepare at the base camp near the Arade dam, in Silves, on 24 May, 2023 on the second day of a new search operation amid the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. (Photo by FILIPE AMORIM / AFP) (Photo by FILIPE AMORIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Material found in Madeleine McCann reservoir search sent to Germany

The investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance is continuing irrespective of the charges brought, the prosecutor’s office said.

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Search for Madeleine McCann ends in Portugal - findings unknown

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Police sniffer dogs comb woods in Madeleine McCann search

Police divers have been spotted entering the Arade Dam on Tuesday morning

Breaking Maddie McCann investigators seen with ‘bags of evidence’ near dam

Madeleine McCann went missing from the Portuguese resort of Praia Da Luz in May 2007

Madeleine McCann: Divers spotted in reservoir as major search begins

A police officer stands by a car and a tent near Barragem do Arade, Portugal

Madeleine McCann: Fresh searches of reservoir begin in Portugal

Madeleine McCann (left) went missing in 2007. Christian Brueckner (right) is the prime suspect in the case.

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner may never be charged

Madeleine McCann was 3 years old when she went missing in 2007

Breaking Major Madeleine McCann update: police gather at remote reservoir

Kate and Gerry McCann

Madeleine McCann’s parents issue heartbreaking statement for birthday

Madeleine McCann went missing from the Portuguese resort of Praia Da Luz in May 2007

Breaking Madeleine McCann’s younger sister speaks publicly for first time

Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared from a holiday flat in Portugal 16 years ago, are seen during an interview with the BBC’s Fiona Bruce at Prestwold Hall n 2017.

Madeleine McCann’s parents issue new statement

Julie Wendell is not missing Madeleine McCann, DNA results have confirmed - Credit: Getty Images and Dr Phil

Breaking Woman who claimed she was Madeleine McCann gets answers after DNA test

Breaking Police searching for Madeleine McCann to get extra funding

File photo dated 30/4/2107 of Madeleine McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, who have lost the latest stage of their legal battle over comments made by retired Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral. Lawyers for the couple had argued that Portuguese authorities had breached their right to a private and family life in the way the courts there dealt with their libel claims against Mr Amaral. Issue date: Tuesday September 20, 2022.

Madeleine McCann’s parents lose legal battle over detective’s comments

German investigators have found new evidence against the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a prosecutor has revealed in an interview on Portuguese television.

New evidence found against Madeleine McCann prime suspect, prosecutor says

Madeleine was three years old when she went missing on May 3 2007 while on holiday in Portugal. Her 19th birthday is next month.

Banned: Offensive Madeleine McCann Mother's Day ad rapped by watchdog

Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday complex in Praia da Luz in May 2007 (Photo: Getty Images)

Police claim Madeleine McCann case ‘could be solved in months’ as clairvoyant of...

The young girl disappeared on 3 May 2007, in Portugal (Photo: PA PICTURE DESK)

‘We’re never going to give up’: poignant message to Madeleine McCann on her 18th...

German police are searching an allotment in Hanover, in connection to the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann (Photo Alexander Koerner/Getty Images)

German police are searching a Hanover allotment in relation to the disappearance...

Madeleine McCann Investigation: German police dig up garden plot in Hannover

Madeleine McCann Investigation: German police dig up garden plot

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Madeleine McCann before she went missing from a Portuguese holiday complex on Thursday, May 3, 2007. Picture: AP Photo/London Metropolitan Police

Madeleine McCann parents hit out against upcoming Netflix documentary

Gerry McCann, the father of Madeleine McCann. Picture: PA

Father of Madeleine McCann relives heartbreaking moment he knew daughter was mis...

Kate and Gerry McCann are marking 10 years since their daughter disappeared.

Kate McCann: Madeleine 10th anniversary is '˜horrible marker of stolen time'

Gerry and Kate McCann. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann's parents mark ten years of 'stolen time'

Madeleine disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal in May 2007. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann detectives '˜following important new lead'

British police returned to Praia da Luz last year to search scrubland in hunt for missing Madeleine. Picture: PA

Police scale down hunt for missing Madeleine McCann

Khandalyce Pearce-Stevenson. DNA tests showed the pair were mother and daughter. Picture: AP

Body of girl, 2, found 750 miles from mother’s skeleton

Madeleine McCann went missing in Portgual in May 2007. Picture: AP

Madeleine McCann cops probe Australian suitcase remains

Kate McCann: Edinburgh charity cycle. Picture: PA

Kate McCann set for 500-mile cycle from Edinburgh

Former detective Goncalo Amaral has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to the McCann family following a libel case in a Portuguese court. Picture: PA

Gerry and Kate McCann win Portugese libel case

Madeleine, then aged three, disappeared from her holiday apartment on May 3 2007. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann: Police to question 11 people

Brenda Leyland, 63, was found dead in a hotel in Leicester. Picture: SWNS

Madeleine McCann Twitter ‘troll’ found dead

Kate and Gerry McCann arrive at a court, in Lisbon for their libel action against former Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral. Picture: AP

Kate and Gerry McCann angered by libel case delays

Sniffer dogs have been deployed in the scrubland area in Praia de Luz in the search for Madeliene. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann: Sniffer dogs used in scrubland
Sniffer dogs were being used today on scrubland close to where Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal seven years ago as the search looks likely to go into a...

British police search an area of scrubland in Praia de Luz. Picture: Getty

Madeleine McCann search enters third day

Portuguese police officers walk with dogs near a cordoned off area of scrubland close to where Madeleine McCann went missing seven years ago. Picture: PA

Sniffer dogs used in Madeleine McCann search

File photo of Madeleine McCann. Police are set to start a digging operation on an area of scrubland. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann police ‘set to start dig’

Madeleine McCann vanished on holiday in Portugal in 2007. Picture: PA

Conman in Madeleine McCann cash claims

Brirish police are to excavate areas in Portugal in their hunt for Madeleine McCann. Picture: AP

Madeleine officers ‘in Portugal’

Kate McCann returns to Praia da Luz once or twice a year. Picture: PA

Kate McCann tells of secret visits to Portugal

Madeleine McCann before she went missing from a Portuguese holiday complex in 2007. Picture: AP

Madeleine McCann: Police link 18 ‘sex attacks’

Madeleine McCann went missing aged three in 2007. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann police hunt sex predator

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Madeleine McCann police probe hotel staff link

Madeleine McCann has been missing since 2007. Picture: AP

Madeleine McCann police in Portugal visit

A letter from British police to Portugese authorities has sparked rumours that arrests are about to made in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Picture: PA

Madeleine McCann police ‘poised to make arrests’

Pictures of the officers wearing the T-shirts were reportedly shared on Facebook. Picture: PA

Prison staff face Madeleine McCann T-shirt probe

The child is known as 'Maria'. Picture: Getty

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Kate and Gerry McCann said they were 'very pleased' the case will be looked at again. Picture: AP

Madeleine McCann: Portuguese police reopen case

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