# Portuguese police started a new investigation near the place where British toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday with her family in 2007. The then three-year-old Madeleine went missing from an apartment at the coastal resort of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal, sparking an international campaign to find her and unprecedented media coverage. Several police vehicles were today seen driving down a dirt road guarded by officers. The new searches are being conducted at the request of German authorities investigating Christian Brueckner, a convicted rapist who is suspected of having killed Madeleine.
Portuguese police starts new investigation into 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann