Investigators believe the suspect, known as Christian B, killed Madeleine soon after abducting her from a holiday apartment in Portugal.

Madeleine McCann disappearance: Cellar found as garden digs ends

Police began work at the site in Hanover on Monday and are expected to remain on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Madeleine McCann: Investigators search German garden

The suspect, who is currently serving a prison sentence, has been named in reports as Christian B.

Lenta Johlitz worked with Christian B at a corner shop in Braunschweig, north Germany

The student nurse was last seen in Germany in July 2001.

A spokesman for the Braunschweig public prosecutor’s office said they have some evidence that Madeleine is dead but not enough for a trial.

The 43-year-old convicted German child sex offender, currently in prison in his home country, has been named as Christian B.

Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange still considers the Madeleine case a missing person inquiry.

Madeleine was abducted from a room on May 3, 2007.

German prosecutors believe Madeleine is dead and are investigating the child sex predator on suspicion of her murder.

Mary Nightingale was one of the first journalists to interview Kate and Gerry McCann after their daughter Madeleine went missing.

Little has changed in 13 years - Praia da Luz remains the quiet resort which drew the McCanns to the resort with their young children.


Scotland Yard has not identified the suspect in the case, but here's everything we know so far.

Police are appealing for the public's help in solving the Madeleine McCann case, after announcing a child sex offender was the new suspect.

Thursday's papers are dominated by a new development in the Madeleine McCann case.