German police analyze elements of the Madeleine McCann investigation

The dam was searched at the request of the German Public Prosecution Service, and the British and Portuguese police were involved in the work. The little girl disappeared in Portugal in 2007, when she was on vacation with her parents.

Three years ago, investigators in Germany said Madeleine McCann may have died and pointed to a suspect.

The search operation, which lasted for three days, was carried out last week in the Arad Dam in the Algarve region, in southern Portugal, and a number of bags were withdrawn. An area along the dam’s edge has been “completely searched,” the local public prosecutor’s office in the German city of Braunschweig wrote on Thursday.

“A number of items were seized as part of the operation. These will be investigated in the coming days. It is still too early to say whether some items can actually be linked to the Madeleine M. Sikan case,” the prosecutor’s office continues, according to the statement. Sky News.

Madeleine McCann has disappeared In the resort of Praia da Luz from a rented apartment where her parents left her alone for a short time to go and eat nearby. Her two brothers were also in the apartment. The apartment is located about five miles from Arade and the area in the vicinity of the dam was searched before, in 2008. Then on behalf of the Portuguese attorney.

The German Public Prosecutor’s Office thanks the British and Portuguese police, as well as the German Federal Police, for the “very good and constructive” cooperation.

“The investigation into the 46-year-old suspect will continue for some time to come,” the statement said.

The man suspected by German investigators is in prison in Germany, convicted of raping a 72-year-old woman in the same part of the Algarve where Madeleine McCann disappeared. He has not been charged with any crime related to the girl’s disappearance and denies any crime. Involvement.