OUR Portuguese police this afternoon completed searches launched on Tuesday near a dam, at the request of the German authorities, as part of an investigation into the case of a small Madeline McCannmissing 16 years ago.

The Judicial Police announced that the material they collected would be handed over to the German authorities, who as of 2020 believe the little girl is dead, the victim of a German pedophile who was living in Portugal at the time and had already been convicted. raped an American. No further details about the collected data were provided.

Earlier, AFP reporters said they saw teams of explorers picking up their tools and setting up the tents they had set up in previous days near the shore of a dam in the village of Silves, a tourist area in the Algarve.

British police officers were also involved in these investigations.

Madeleine McCann disappeared shortly before her 4th birthday on 3 May 2007 from a hotel room in Praia da Luz where she was vacationing with her family. At this time, her parents were having dinner with friends at a nearby restaurant. Her disappearance led to an international campaign to find her and remains one of the biggest police mysteries of recent years.

According to local media, the suspect from Germany, Christian Brickner, regularly visited the place and called the place his “little paradise”. The same sources said officers were searching the area for the pink blanket or pajamas the little girl was wearing on the night of her disappearance. The Portuguese magazine Expresso wrote that the informant’s testimony, deemed “very credible” by the German authorities, prompted the police to search the area again.