The Judiciary Police (PJ) has 30 inspectors engaged in a further investigation, requested by the German police as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz (Lagos), 18 years ago. The investigation started on Monday, the 2nd of June, and will continue until Friday, the 6th.
The searches are taking place in a vast area between the city of Lagos and Praia da Luz, where the main suspect lived at the time of the disappearance.
The source also said that everything collected will be in the possession of the German police, who are in charge of the investigation.
In a recent statement, the PJ said that the searches follow a European Investigation Order “issued by the German authorities and approved by the coordinator of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the District of Faro.”
The Braunschweig Public Prosecutor’s Office is conducting the ongoing process and has requested the execution of search warrants in the municipality of Lagos, as part of “a preliminary process against a German citizen suspected of the murder of British citizen Madeleine Beth McCann.”
Madeleine McCann, then three years old, disappeared on the 3rd of May 2007 from the apartment where she slept with her twin brothers, in Praia da Luz, while her parents were having dinner with friends a few metres away.
In 2020, German police declared Christian Brückner the main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of the child, but no charges were formalised.
Samantha Gannon
info at madeira-weekly.com
