GRIM DISCOVERY: Bones & Clothes Found in McCann Hunt!
The latest searches for the tot concluded as planned, German prosecutors revealed.
Head prosecutor in Braunschweig, Hans Christian Wolters, dubbed the co-operation between the Portuguese and German authorities during the operation as “very constructive”.
Samples of fragments have now been sent to Germany for testing amid hopes they could finally reveal the forensic link cops are missing on the case.
Cops are understood to have found clothes and animal bones during the extensive search through an area known as Brueckner’s “rat run”.
Without evidence pinning it to the convicted German rapist, prosecutors risk not being able to get the arrest warrant they need to keep Brueckner behind bars.
The claims were made in the Berlin Morning Post.
A source said: “Several objects have apparently been discovered, which are now being examined in more detail by the police in the laboratory.
“As Portuguese media report, clothing debris and bones were found, among other things.
“The investigators have not officially commented on whether the finds could have anything to do with Madeleine’s disappearance but that is clearly their hope.”
The search took place around an area of scrubland which is located close to where the British toddler was staying with her parents back in 2007.
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The little girl was aged just three when she vanished and has never been found since despite extensive searches.
German and Portuguese police used JCB-type machines and ground-penetrating radar but found “nothing of consequence”.
It was reported that animal bones and adult clothing were the only things unearthed – but no traces could be linked to Maddie.
This quickly dashed hopes of pinning Brueckner with fresh DNA evidence until the latest developments today.
It comes as The Sun uncovered new Maddie evidence in a bombshell documentary.