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15/10/2007
Lake Trawl For Missing Madeleine
Portuguese police searching for missing British girl Madeleine McCann are to trawl a lake in a fresh bid to find the missing four-year-old.
According to reports, a ten-mile area around the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz - where Madeleine disappeared on May 3 - is also to be searched.
The searches are understood to have been ordered by Paulo Rebelo, who recently took charge of the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.
Police frogmen are expected to start searching the Barragem da Bravura reservoir, which is 2.5 miles wide, reports have indicated.
Madeleine disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3. Her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, have been named as official suspects in the case.
However, no charges have yet been brought against the couple, who deny any involvement their daughter's disappearance.
(KMcA)
According to reports, a ten-mile area around the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz - where Madeleine disappeared on May 3 - is also to be searched.
The searches are understood to have been ordered by Paulo Rebelo, who recently took charge of the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.
Police frogmen are expected to start searching the Barragem da Bravura reservoir, which is 2.5 miles wide, reports have indicated.
Madeleine disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3. Her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, have been named as official suspects in the case.
However, no charges have yet been brought against the couple, who deny any involvement their daughter's disappearance.
(KMcA)
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15 June 2007
Nothing found in Madeleine search
Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann have completed a search in an area of scrubland in Portugal where an anonymous letter claimed that she was buried. The search was carried out after Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf received an anonymous letter and map indicating where Madeleine's body could be found.
Nothing found in Madeleine search
Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann have completed a search in an area of scrubland in Portugal where an anonymous letter claimed that she was buried. The search was carried out after Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf received an anonymous letter and map indicating where Madeleine's body could be found.
11 June 2014
Madeleine Police Begin New Search In Second Area
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have began searching a second area in Praia da Luz, after a week-long search in scrubland ended without findings.
Madeleine Police Begin New Search In Second Area
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have began searching a second area in Praia da Luz, after a week-long search in scrubland ended without findings.
05 June 2014
British Police Ask For More Time On Scrubland McCann Search
British police have asked for more time to search the Praia da Luz scrubland where they are looking for missing Madeleine McCann. Officers have planned to search a large area of unused land in Praia da Luz, which is only five minutes away the complex where the McCanns were staying.
British Police Ask For More Time On Scrubland McCann Search
British police have asked for more time to search the Praia da Luz scrubland where they are looking for missing Madeleine McCann. Officers have planned to search a large area of unused land in Praia da Luz, which is only five minutes away the complex where the McCanns were staying.
22 June 2007
Malta sightings investigated in hunt for Madeleine
Police in Malta are investigating possible sightings of missing British girl Madeleine McCann. According to reports, a number of British tourists have reported seeing a child who resembled the missing four-year-old in the island's capital Valletta and the resort of Sliema.
Malta sightings investigated in hunt for Madeleine
Police in Malta are investigating possible sightings of missing British girl Madeleine McCann. According to reports, a number of British tourists have reported seeing a child who resembled the missing four-year-old in the island's capital Valletta and the resort of Sliema.
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