Detectives think a remote reservoir could hold the key to solving the mystery of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in May 2007.
Police search teams are due to begin scouring the site in Portugal today. German paedophile Christian Brueckner, 45 – the prime suspect in the case – described the reservoir, Barragem do Arade, as his “little paradise”. He is believed to have lived there for a time in a motorhome.
This will be the first major search for Madeleine for nine years. The British girl was three when she vanished from Portuguese resort Praia da Luz. Roads to Barragem do Arade, a man-made dam about 30 miles from Praia da Luz, were sealed off yesterday ahead of the search. German prosecutors are leading the operation, with Scotland Yard detectives also in attendance.
