madeleine mccann vanished from flat g5a at the ocean club in praia da luz on the 3rd of may 2007 as her parents were in a restaurant a few yards away. but amid intense media scrutiny, no trace of her was found. in 2008, a private search of the same reservoir funded by a portuguese lawyer found nothing that proved relevant to the case. divers said there was almost no visibility, but police will search at the dam again starting today. the last significant search in this inquiry was nine years ago and was led by british police as part of an investigation that cost more than £10 million. madeleine mccann s 20th birthday was this month. 0n the 16th anniversary of her disappearance, her parents wrote, the police investigation continues and we await a breakthrough . daniel sandford, bbc news, in the algarve. we re joined now by our correspondent navtej johal, who s at the reservoir where the search is due to begin this morning. navtej, what can we expect to happen today? as danieljust as da
during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. madeleine vanished from a portuguese holiday home 16 years ago on the 3rd of may, 2007. a week later portuguese police said they believed madeleine had been abducted but was still alive and in portugal. at the end of may 2007 police issued a description of a man seen on the night of madeleine s disappearance possibly carrying a child. byjuly 2008 portuguese police say they have submitted their final report on the case. weeks later authorities shelve their investigation. in 2022, a german man is declared an official suspect by portuguese prosecutors. joining me live now arejim gamble, a former police officer who helped with the madeleine mccann investigation, and jon silverman, a professor of media and criminal justice at university of bedfordshire and former bbc home affairs correspondent.
local media reported this area sealed off ahead of the search that is expected to start tomorrow morning. it will be the first major search in this case since 2014. madeleine mccann disappeared days before her fourth birthday. madeleine mccann disappeared days before herfourth birthday. despite her case being one of the most high profile missing person cases ever known has been charged in connection with her disappearance. her parents have always maintained hope of finding her doctor but german police leading the investigation are treating it as a murder inquiry. madeleine mccann vanished for her room at the ocean club on the 3rd of may 2007 as her parents who were in a restaurant 100 yards away. despite months of extensive searching no trace was found. in 2008 at private search of the revs were are funded by a portuguese lawyer found a bag of small bones but they were not sent
16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area was sealed off ahead of the search, expected to start tomorrow morning. it will be the first major search in this case since 2014. madeleine mccann disappeared days before her fourth birthday stop despite her case being one of the most high profile missing person cases ever, no one has been charged in connection with her disappearance. her parents, kate and gerry, have always maintained hope of finding their daughter. but german police, who are leading the investigation, are treating it as a murder inquiry. madeleine mccann vanished from her room in praia da luz on the 3rd of may, 2007, as her parents were in a restaurant 100 yards away. despite months of extensive searching, no trace was found. in 2008, a private
tomorrow morning. it will be the first major search in this case since 2014. madeleine mccann disappeared days before her fourth birthday. despite her case being one of the most high profile missing person cases ever, no one has been charged in connection with her disappearance. her parents, kate and gerry, have always maintained hope of finding their daughter. but german police, who are leading the investigation, are treating it as a murder inquiry. this man is their prime suspect. christian brueckner is currently serving seven years in prison for the rape of a woman in the same area of portugal in 2005. he has never been charged over the disappearance of madeleine mccann and has denied any involvement but lived near the resort and the german state prosecutor said there was growing evidence connecting him to the case including mobile phone records. madeleine mccann vanished from her room at the ocean club in praia da luz on the 3rd of may, 2007, as her parents were in a restaurant 100