69 h. ago Gun found in new Madeleine McCann search 'has not been ruled out as a game

The gun retrieved from a well drained by firefighters last week during fresh Madeleine McCann searches on the Algarve has not been ruled out as a game changer by investigators.

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69 h. ago Madeleine McCann search cops reveal new details over gun found in well

It comes as authorities in Germany and Portugal continue to try to build up a case against suspect Christian Brueckner ahead of his scheduled release from prison in September

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann: Portuguese investigators give verdict on finds from fresh search

Portuguese investigators have issued a new update on the finds unearthed in last week's Madeleine McCann searches following reports that bones, animal clothing and guns had been sent to Germany

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann detectives discovered two buried GUNS during search of Portuguese land last week

Investigators looking for new clues relating to Madeleine McCann's disappearance found two buried guns near the resort where she vanished from, it has been revealed.

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann: 'Smoking gun' might be found in search after 'new Christian Brueckner evidence'

German and Portuguese authorities spent three days searching a 120-acre stretch of land in Lagos, Portugal, in the latest bid to find evidence against suspect Christian Brueckner

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann police 'found two buried guns' in latest search for missing girl

The firearms were reportedly found during a three-day search of a 120-acre area in Lagos, Portugal, last week. The guns have now been sent back to Germany for analysis

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann detectives 'sample clothes and bones found during search'

A search was carried out by German and Portuguese detectives last week

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann police found 'two buried guns' in latest Portugal search

Police reportedly found two guns in the search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann police probe samples of 'clothes and bone fragments found during their new search in Portugal'

Investigators launched fresh searches last week through a stretch of scrubland near to Praia da Luz littered with rubbish and graffiti-covered buildings linked by a network of dusty tracks

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann search police find 'clothing and bones' after probing dig samples

Evidence recovered from a search of an old farmhouse and surrounding lands a few miles from Algarve resort Praia da Luz, where Madeleine vanished, has reportedly been sent for testing

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7 d. ago Madeleine McCann: Former detective brands search 'pointless' and based on 'sketchy' information

Former British Police detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who has worked on some of the world's most high profile missing persons cases, has given his take on the new searches for Madeleine McCann

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7 d. ago Inside the abandoned buildings where police held new search for Madeleine McCann

German and Portuguese police teams searched scrubland near where Madeleine disappeared

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7 d. ago Is this the end of the road in the hunt for Madeleine McCann? How the desperate new search unfolded in Portugal

After a three-day search effort drew to a close without any sign of a breakthrough, crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin reports from Praia da Luz on the latest attempt to give the McCann family answers

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7 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police questions about him can never be answered’

‘Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?’ the man reportedly wrote

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8 d. ago Inside abandoned farm buildings where cops held new search for Madeleine McCann

A latest Madeleine McCann search carried out by German and Portuguese teams has taken place in scrubland and derelict buildings near to where she disappeared in Praia da Luz

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8 d. ago ‘Every parent’s nightmare’: after 18 years, was this the final search for Madeleine McCann?

As visitors pose for selfies in the Portuguese resort where the British child disappeared, a breakthrough seems further away than everThe police have packed up, the diggers and radar scanners gone from the Algarve scrubland. The latest search for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 2007, has ended quietly without any apparent breakthrough.After 18 years of intermittent searches, this one, led by German police, may well be the last. In Praia da Luz, a seaside town etched into the world’s memory by the tragedy, that realisation lands with a mix of relief and weariness. Locals barely speak about the case now, if at all. The McCann investigation brought an unrelenting glare of media attention that many here would prefer to forget. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago What police found during Madeleine McCann search and what happens next in race against time

A team of German and Portuguese investigators have finished an extensive search

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8 d. ago Bombshell new Madeleine McCann theory: 6 claims about mystery Brit man and wife

A fresh search for missing Madeleine McCann ended this week with no new information seemingly found - however today a new bombshell theory about her disappearance emerged

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8 d. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Animal bones among limited findings as police hunt ends in Praia da Luz

The three-day search was called off after limited findings including animals bones were unearthed in Praia da Luz

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8 d. ago German police brand search for Madeleine McCann a 'waste of time' as sources claim three

Rainer Grimm, boss of the BKA, Germany's equivalent of the FBI, is in Portugal overseeing the search which ended yesterday.

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