Police begin fresh search for ‘signs of' Madeleine McCann's body
View of dismantled base camp at the end of the three-day search for remains of Madeleine McCann at Barragem do Arade Reservoir on May 25, 2023 in Silves, Portugal. Photo / Getty Images
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will begin fresh searches on Tuesday, near where the 3-year-old went missing in Portugal in 2007.
Some 30 German police officers are expected to comb over 21 private plots of land after they were given permission to fly into the country by Portuguese
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