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    Home - UK News - Madeleine McCann: New search brings fresh hope but there are big unanswered questions
    UK News Updated:June 4, 2025

    Madeleine McCann: New search brings fresh hope but there are big unanswered questions

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    Cliff Notes – Madeleine McCann: New search brings fresh hope

    • New Search Underway: Police begin searching a large area near Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann disappeared, with different sites explored each day.
    • Local Memories: Residents recall previous searches conducted in the same area 20 years ago, raising questions about the effectiveness of this latest endeavour.
    • International Attention: The case remains one of the most high-profile missing-person investigations globally, drawing significant media presence and renewed hope for McCann’s parents.

    Madeleine McCann: New search brings fresh hope – but there are big unanswered questions | UK News

    Dense shrubs, empty barns, disused wells and dirt tracks – the police here have got their work cut out if they’re to find evidence relating to Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.

    At 6am, before police cordons were put up, we spoke with an officer – a balaclava covering his face – manning one of the forensic tents.

    “It’s a large area,” he told me. “A different place will be searched each day.”

    New search for Maddie could be ‘last throw of dice’

    A police officer in Praia da Luz where authorities are searching for Madeleine McCann

    Gusty winds blow up dust on the dirt tracks. The land is used by dog walkers and hikers, and is sparsely populated.

    But as the crow flies, it’s only a mile or so from where the three-year-old was last seen while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz in 2007.

    As we stood by the police van, out for his morning run was Tony Gallagher, a Brit who has lived within this new search area for 20 years.

    He remembers when it all happened

    “I know for a fact that they searched up here 20 years ago,” he said.

    “I’m not sure what they’re hoping to find, because even locals were searching.”Image:
    Tony Gallagher said police and locals had searched the same area 20 years ago

    It’s one of the big unanswered questions: Just what intelligence is this latest search based on? Has someone come forward?

    “It feels strange, you know,” Tony adds.

    “I think it will be for the people in Praia da Luz… because it had a whole negative impact there 20 years ago in terms of business and tourists coming and everything.

    “And I hope for the locals that doesn’t happen again.”

    Timeline of the McCann case

    At 9am, two vans and three cars arrived – all with German number plates. Inside, police – some in camouflage uniforms – were ready to begin the search.

    Police in Germany had asked officials in Portugal for access back in April, so this has been in the planning for weeks.

    Madeleine’s disappearance is one of the most high-profile missing-person investigations in the world.

    It’s why every new search brings the world’s media. Members of the media report on the new search

    At one point, more than 20 journalists were broadcasting live alongside us, lining the road opposite the police.

    While this new search brings fresh hope, journalists and, more importantly, Kate and Gerry McCann have been here before, many times.

    Around two years ago, a dam about 45 minutes from here was searched, but nothing was found.

    In May, on the anniversary of these tragic events, her parents said they will leave “no stone unturned” in the search for their daughter.

    Eighteen years on, it is a poignant moment – Madeleine would have turned 22 last month.

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