61 m. 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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69 m. 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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3 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect sent letter about case to police, reports say

He reportedly said 'decisive questions can never be answered'

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7 h. ago Six major questions raised by Madeleine McCann suspect's letter

In his latest bid to clear his name, and gloat at police, Christian Brueckner has sent a letter to police which highlights six major questions in relation to the case

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11 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police decisive questions can never be answered’

Christian Brueckner is due to be released from jail in September if no further charges are brought.

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11 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect makes sick taunt in letter about police investigation as German paedophile's prison release date draws closer

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has disturbingly taunted police in a new sickening letter about the toddler's disappearance as his prison release date looms closer.

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12 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner writes chilling letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, who is currently serving time for raping a woman in 2005, wrote a sick letter from his jail cell mocking cops for their inability to find a body

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12 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner taunts cops with sick letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has penned a sickening letter from prison in which he questions the evidence against him

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13 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner writes sick new letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's missing case, has penned a vile letter where claimed police wouldn't find evidence linking him to the case

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13 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect gloats he will never be charged without a body in chilling letter

In a chilling letter, the 48-year-old convicted paedophile said “the dropping of the investigation will hit the world like a bomb”

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13 h. 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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14 h. ago 7 Madeleine McCann theories of what happened to her – from drink drive crash to burglary

Madeleine McCann vanished in May 2007 while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, Portugal, with a recent renewed operation to find her unearthing no major discoveries

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17 h. 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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19 h. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that 'drunk' German wife of British man ran the child over before couple dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

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19 h. 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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23 h. ago Chilling new Madeleine McCann theory puts UK man at centre amid drink drive claims

The newspaper said the British sister of the unnamed man at the centre of the new theory tipped off police in the UK in 2018.

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24 h. ago Brit youngsters still missing after decades with cops still hunting for Madeleine McCann

With police still searching for Madeleine McCann clues years after the three-year-old went missing, the Daily Star looks at several other tragic cases of British children still not found

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25 h. 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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25 h. ago Brit man at centre of new Madeleine McCann theory 'overheard saying 5 chilling words'

Portuguese authorities are said to have received a chilling tip-off from a British woman who believed her own brother - and his German wife - may be hiding the truth behind Madeleine McCann's disappearance

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25 h. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that British man and his 'drunk' German wife ran the child over then dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

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