Bones and clothing fragments reportedly sent to forensics in search for Madeleine McCann
Police involved in the latest hunt for Madeleine McCann have sent bone and clothing fragments uncovered in Portugal for testing.
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Police involved in the latest search for Madeleine McCann have sent bone and clothing fragments uncovered in Portugal for testing, reports in Germany claim.
The three-day search had widely been labelled a flop after authorities appeared to leave the site next to Praia da Luz empty-handed last week, The Sun reports.
But eagle-eyed police did find tiny fragments, which they are speculating could have links to Maddie after prime suspect Christian Brueckner, 38, camped at the site.
The samples have now been sent to Germany for testing amid hopes they could finally reveal the forensic link cops are missing on the case.
Police are understood to have found clothes and animal bones during the extensive search through an area known as Brueckner’s “rat run”.
Without evidence pinning it to the convicted German rapist, prosecutors risk not being able to get the arrest warrant they need to keep Brueckner behind bars.
The claims were made in the Berlin Morning Post.
“Several objects have apparently been discovered, which are now being examined in more detail by the police in the laboratory,” a source said.
“As Portuguese media report, clothing debris and bones were found, among other things.
“The investigators have not officially commented on whether the finds could have anything to do with Madeleine’s disappearance but that is clearly their hope.”
The search took place around an area of scrubland which is located close to where the British toddler was staying with her parents back in 2007.
The little girl was aged just three when she vanished and has never been found despite extensive searches.
German and Portuguese police used JCB-type machines and ground-penetrating radar but found “nothing of consequence”.
It was reported that animal bones and adult clothing were the only things unearthed – but no traces could be linked to Maddie.
This quickly dashed hopes of pinning Brueckner with fresh DNA evidence until the latest developments today.
It comes as The Sun uncovered new Maddie evidence in a bombshell documentary, Madeleine McCann: Inside the Secret Evidence.
The world exclusive doc lifted the lid on gripping new information and reveals why Brueckner is the prime suspect.
The Sun’s investigation unveiled the horrors found at his abandoned factory lair – and his obsession with small children.
The dossier of overwhelming circumstantial evidence includes exclusive images of kids’ swimming costumes, a toddler’s bike and toys found at Brueckner’s property.
The documentary also revealed how police found a mask, guns and child kidnap stories where Brueckner described using kidnap chemical ether to take a mum and toddler outside a preschool.
The documentary on the police files represents the biggest leap forwards in understanding of the case since German police revealed Brueckner as a suspect in 2020.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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