Madeleine McCann search latest: Investigators resume efforts on day two after scouring abandoned farmhouse
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are continuing to scour scrubland and abandoned buildings in a new search near where she was last seen in Portugal.
Investigators are focusing on an area between Praia da Luz, the holiday resort from where she disappeared 18 years ago, and one of the houses where suspect Christian Brueckner lived at the time she went missing.
Dozens of German police officers, including forensic experts, and Portuguese authorities cleared scrub and dug up earth around an abandoned farmhouse on Tuesday, and firefighters drained a well in the hunt for clues.
The renewed search activity is due to last until Friday. Investigators are reportedly planning to use radar equipment that can scan beneath the ground.
Madeleine was three years old when she vanished while on holiday with her family on 3 May, 2007, sparking a Europe-wide police investigation.
German national Brueckner was formally identified as an official suspect in the her disappearance in 2022. Brueckner has denied any involvement and has not been charged with any crime related to the case.
The last search for Madeleine was carried out in May 2023, when police searched an inland reservoir in the Algarve.
