Animal bones among limited findings as police hunt ends in Praia da Luz - The three-day search was called off after limited ...

After a three-day search effort draws to a close without any sign of a breakthrough, crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin ...

The initial Portuguese investigation failed to preserve the scene adequately, so the opportunity to gather forensic evidence ...

The three-day search was called off after limited findings including animals bones were unearthed in Praia da Luz ...

With police scouring derelict farm buildings for Madeleine McCann, writes The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare ...

Search teams are sweeping the area between Praia da Luz, where the three-year-old vanished on May 3 2007, and a house near the holiday resort where prime suspect Christian Brueckner used to live.

Police on Tuesday launched a new probe in Praia da Luz, Portugal, where the then-3-year-old disappeared in 2007.

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann sent a letter to police saying “decisive questions can never be answered”, according to reports.

This week’s operation is focusing on a sparsely developed area of land around 3.5 miles from Praia da Luz, where Madeleine was last seen while on holiday with her parents and siblings.

German investigators were given until Friday to search an area between Praia da Luz and the cottage where he lived at the time of the toddler’s disappearance in 2007. Christian Brueckner ...