The Mirror reported that police and divers in the Algarve region examined three disused wells in Vila do Bispo for eight hours on Thursday.
The area is around 10 miles from the Praia da Luz resort, where Madeleine disappeared on May 3, 2007.Multiple investigators were at the scene with specialist diving equipment to examine the wells, with the largest thought to be more than 13 metres deep.According to our sister title, Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann have not been told on what grounds authorities searched the wells.It was also reported the search sites are near a beach where suspect Christian Brueckner's camper van was photographed in 2007.The investigation into Madeleine's disappearance was renewed in June after German.
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