BERLIN - JUNE 06: Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of the missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, hold up a picture of Madeleine during a press conference on June 6, 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
Kate and her husband Gerry are in Berlin to spr LISBON (AP) - Portuguese police have said they will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the country’s Algarve region in 2007, in the next few days.Portugal’s Judicial Police released a statement confirming local media reports that they would conduct the search at the request of the German authorities and in the presence of British officials.Earlier on Monday, police were seen erecting tents and cordons in an area by the Arade dam, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Praia da Luz, where the 3-year-old was last seen alive.RELATED: Family pleads for help to find missing teen last seen in ParamountBritish, Portuguese and German police are still piecing together what happened when the toddler disappeared from her bed in the southern Portuguese resort on May 3, 2007.
She was in the same room as her 2-year-old twin brother and sister while her parents had dinner with friends at a nearby restaurant.In mid-2020, Germany’s police identified Christian Brueckner, a 45-year-old German citizen who was in the Algarve in 2007, as a suspect in the case.
Brueckner has denied any involvement.A picture of Madeleine McCann is tied to a post outside St Andrews Cathederal on May 12, 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland.