Another search for Madeleine McCann: Hopes after 18 years!

Another search for Madeleine McCann: Hopes after 18 years!

Praia da Luz, Portugal - On June 2, 2025, the German authorities applied for a new search in the event of the disappeared Madeleine McCann. The search will begin on Tuesday at the Praia da Luz in the south of Portugal. This reports Exxpress.at, where the last details about the upcoming investigations were published.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) from Great Britain has confirmed that it is aware of the searches of the German BKA in Portugal. Although the MPS is ready to support international colleagues if necessary, they are not directly involved in the search. According to yahoo, the focus of the investigation between the Praia da Luz and the residence of the suspect Christian B.

background and course of the events

Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in the Ocean Club facility on May 3, 2007, while her parents dueled in the restaurant. At that point she was shortly before her fourth birthday. The investigators assume that she was kidnapped and possibly murdered, but her body was never found. The last larger searches have so far been unsuccessful, the last one took place at the end of May 2023 when an inland reservoir was examined in the Algarve, but no traces of Madeleine were found, as wikipedia reported.

Christian B., a criminal sexual offender, has lived in Portugal since the 2000s and was officially identified as a suspect in the McCann case in 2022. It is associated with the disappearance of the little Madeleine, but so far there has been no charges against him, and the presumption of innocence continues to apply. He is currently serving a prison for rape in Germany, and his release date could be in early 2026 at the latest. As can be seen from the reports, Christian B. was acquitted in a process of several sexual crimes in a trial, but the judgment is not yet final.

The state of the investigation

The Spanish police reacted to the new search that was initiated by the German authorities. Despite the procedure initiated to resume the investigation, the judicial police in Portugal remains uncomfortable at this time. The investigators have already targeted the house in which Christian B. lived as a potential place for new clues.

press reports have illustrated the severity and complexity of the case, which has received a lot of attention internationally since its creation. In 2007, shortly after the kidnapping, a reward of 1.5 million euros was suspended for information on the finding of the little Madeleine, and the McCanns have traveled to numerous countries over the years to support the search.

Despite the difficult circumstances and the previous failures of the investigation, there is hope for progress. The new search action could bring important findings to clarify the mysterious case of the disappeared Madeleine McCann.