A former detective who spent years searching for Madeleine McCann has delivered a sobering verdict on the latest investigation efforts, warning that new searches in Portugal are unlikely to yield breakthrough evidence.Mark Williams told GB News that the passage of time has severely diminished the chances of finding crucial evidence in the case that has captivated public attention for nearly two decades.He said: "Well, unfortunately this is probably not fresh hope for a breakthrough.“What we've got is we've got the German authorities leading on this investigation. They've got their prime suspect, Christian B, who's currently in jail for other matters."READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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00:00former police detective mark williams thomas mark welcome to the show you're a veteran of this case
00:06is there anything new that gives you fresh hope here hello martin well unfortunately not so what
00:11we've got is we've got the german authorities leading on this investigation they've got their
00:15prime suspect christian b who's currently in jail for other matters he's due to be released
00:20in september and the german authorities have been investigating him now for over seven years
00:26still don't have sufficient evidence to bring any prosecution they haven't even interviewed him
00:32in relation to their view that he killed madeline mccann the german prosecutor is very clear that he
00:38is responsible for murder although of course there is no madeline mccann there's been no body and
00:43there's been no confirmed death what's happened now is that the german authorities have been granted
00:50permission by the portuguese judge to search an area an area of wasteland which has a number of
00:57wells and derelict buildings and it is some distance probably about 30 minutes walk from an area where
01:03christian b was living but 10 months prior to madeline's disappearance so this is really about
01:11the german authorities throwing everything at it in the final months to try and get enough before
01:18christian b is released and in a quick nutshell they'll be searching for any kind of compelling
01:23evidence of dna forensic evidence to try and pin it on him finally yeah don't forget i mean you as
01:29your opening says these are years gone by since madeline's been missing and of course as time goes by
01:36evidence disappears we're talking about wasteland here we're talking about temperature huge temperature
01:40variations uh out there so the likelihood of finding any evidence is very very slim is there a chance
01:47of course to finding something well they're looking for they are saying they are looking for a body it's
01:52as simple as that uh in order to hide a body over that period of time you either have to have buried
01:57them or put them potentially into a building or to a well over those years those buildings will have
02:03been visited by people and in fact interestingly enough i think the large majority of that area
02:07was searched in the early days after madeline went missing it's not that far from prior to lose
02:13so they're probably just going back over those areas uh it's unfortunately for the mccans and don't
02:20forget they are they are at the center of this it's unfortunately for them more news it's going to bring
02:25more disappointment
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