Madeleine McCann disappearance sees German garden plot ripped up by detectives investigating possible Christian B link
ABCPolice in Germany have begun searching a garden plot near Hanover as part of the continuing investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann. Key points: Police have been using excavators and sniffer dogs at the site Prosecutors said they had evidence Madeleine was dead Suspect Christian B, who is currently in prison in Germany, spent many years in Portugal Madeleine disappeared 13 years ago from an apartment in Portugal while on holiday with her parents in the seaside town of Praia da Luz. The allotment being searched is an hour's drive from the town of Braunschweig, the last fixed abode of Christian B, who prosecutors last month named as their main suspect in Madeleine's presumed murder. Christian B spent many years in Portugal, including in Praia da Luz around the time of Madeleine’s disappearance, and has two previous convictions for "sexual contact with girls," authorities have said. Last month German prosecutors said they had evidence Madeleine was dead but needed more information about where Christian B had lived so they could search for her body.