In order to unravel the enigma of the disappearance of the British girl Madeleine McCann, which occurred 16 years ago, investigators carried out a thorough search of a reservoir in Portugal. The focus of the investigations was on the location of a gun and a video camera, which belonged to the main suspect.
On Tuesday, the 23rd, search teams made up of authorities from Portugal, the United Kingdom and Germany carried out an operation at the Arade Dam, located in the Algarve.
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This action was triggered by information provided by a criminal informant, who alerted the prosecutors about the possibility that a firearm and a video device were thrown into the reservoir. According to reports from the Daily Mail, these items were allegedly stolen from the residence of sex offender Christian Brueckner in 2007.
Last year, Christian Brueckner, 45, was identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine, a 3-year-old girl who went missing on May 3, 2007. The disappearance took place in the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.
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According to information released by the daily mail, an unnamed informant, who was in custody, reportedly confirmed allegations made earlier by Manfred Seyferth and Helge Busching, German citizens.
These witnesses told the authorities that they had taken the gun and the video camera from Brueckner's residence, located in the Algarve, in the same year that Madeleine disappeared. This information reinforces ongoing investigations related to the case.
According to the duo's allegations, the camcorder in Brueckner's possession contained footage of torture and rape of an American woman and a 15-year-old girl. Given this information, investigators are interested in finding out whether the device also contains video evidence relating to Madeleine.
The analysis of the contents of the camcorder could be crucial to obtain new leads and advance the investigations into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
According to the agency, Brueckner, Sayferth and Busching were members of a small criminal group that operated in the Algarve during the mid-2000s. However, the source mentioned that the group broke up when Madeleine's disappearance occurred.
The news about the investigators' goals comes a day after another source told The Times that Brueckner would have visited the place “a few days” after Madeleine was supposedly kidnapped.
That same source suggested that the child could have remained alive for two or three days before investigators believed her dead. The case, for now, remains open.
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