Portuguese police have said 'material collected' following three days of the renewed search for Madeleine McCann will be sent to Germany for analysis.
'Of course, we are still looking for the body. We're not just looking for that, of course. There are other things too,' the prosecutor said.'Any discovery of clothing could help the investigation.'
Kate and Gerry McCann, Madeleine's parents, said they left her and her siblings, two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie, in their holiday apartment to dine at a local restaurant on May 3 2007. Madeileine's father checked on the children at about 9pm - there was nothing to report. But one hour later, Kate found her daughter had disappeared.tens of thousands promised in rewardsIn 2020, German authorities dashed more than a decade of hope by making clear that they do not expect to find Madeleine alive.
The woodland now at the centre of the new search had been frequented by Christian B in the past, the Portuguese dailyThe man lived on and off in the Algarve region from 1995 to 2007, which he described as his 'little paradise'.Christian B has long denied wrongdoing and has never been charged. In 2022, Portuguese police named him as a formal suspect.
On May 3 this year, Madeleine's family gathered as they have done so many times to commemorate the 16th anniversary of her disappearance.
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