(NewsNation) — Authorities in Portuguese confirmed Thursday that the search within the case of lacking British lady Madeleine McCann has ended.
The most recent efforts within the 16-year-old hunt wrapped up Thursday after police collected unspecified samples within the Arada Dam reservoir and surrounding areas in Portugal.
Police haven’t mentioned whether or not any helpful clues have been discovered in the course of the three-day search that concerned sniffer canines, use of a tractor-based tree-cutter and investigators raking the cleared floor in a number of small areas.
Officers mentioned the search “resulted within the assortment of some materials,” which might be analyzed. Nevertheless, there was no indication that something conclusive was discovered. The search was requested by German authorities.
McCann was 3 years previous when she disappeared in 2007 from her household’s trip condominium within the Algarve resort area of Portugal. She and her siblings, 2-year-old twins, have been left asleep within the household’s condominium whereas their mother and father, Gerry and Kate McCann, ate with mates in a close-by restaurant.
In 2022, German prosecutors named Christian Brueckner an official suspect in McCann’s disappearance. The convicted baby abuser and drug seller is behind bars in Germany for raping a 72-year-old girl in the identical a part of the Algarve.
Brueckner has denied any involvement within the disappearance. No physique has been discovered.
