Following these leads, investigators conducted a massive three-day search in May 2023 at the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal, a location Brueckner reportedly called his "little paradise".
In mid-2022, German prosecutors reported they had found "concrete evidence" against Christian Brueckner, a convicted sex offender who was named as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. This evidence reportedly included items found within a motorhome (camper van) that Brueckner owned and used in the Algarve region of Portugal around the time Madeleine vanished in 2007. Following these leads
: Police reportedly found up to 75 swimming costumes belonging to young children at one of his properties. Following these leads