Madeleine McCann cops identify TWO more areas linked to suspect Christian B as they ramp up hunt after dam search
COPS leading the search for Madeleine McCann think there could be at least two other areas linked to prime suspect Christian B to scour for clues.
Detectives last week combed the desolate Arade Dam in Portugal the convicted rapist and paedophile called his “little paradise”.
They found a “relevant clue” after three days of digging at the remote site 31 miles from Praia da Luz, where three-year-old Madeleine vanished in 2007.
But The Sun understands there could be other areas in Praia De Luz where Christian B spent time that could be checked out.
A source said: “German officers have gone through more than 8,000 pictures belonging to Christian B.
“That forensic work led them to Barragem – but there are other places that have come up in the pictures too.
“Detectives are seeking to work out where they are and why Christian B was taking pictures of those places.”
Cops scoured the dam for three days following a “very credible” tip-off amid claims he had been to the spot days after Maddie vanished.
The tip-off – plus geolocation clues found in Christian B’s vile stash of 8,000 videos and images – is understood to have sparked the search.
Police were spotted removing what appeared to be large brown evidence bags from the search site, where The Sun’s exclusive pictures show Christian B’s sinister secret camp.
They have not revealed any information about what was found, however, following the first major search for Maddie in nine years.
The source also said German officers have long believed Portuguese cops who led the original probe didn’t do things properly.
They added: “German detectives remain hugely skeptical about the way the investigation has been carried out in Portugal which is why they are keen to carry on searching and looking at areas – even those where Portuguese cops claim to have examined.
“They believe fresh work could unlock new clues which move the case forward.”
Sources close to Christian’s legal team said any new probes or searches will be a “waste of time”.
The source said: “He didn’t kill Madeleine and all of this is taking attention away from the job of finding out who really did.”
Christian B became the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance in 2020 but cops did not find enough evidence to charge him.
He is now serving seven years in a German jail for raping a pensioner in Praia da Luz in 2005.
Madeleine vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in May 2007 while her parents Gerry and Kate dined with pals nearby.
In 2006 Christian B, who moved to the Algarve in 1994, and his old flatmate, fellow German Michael Tatschl, were jailed for eight months for fuel theft.
Christian B was freed in December 2006, five months before Madeleine vanished — and he is thought to have visited the Arade lake around the time she went missing.
The convicted sex offender has always denied involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance and has done so again in letters from his prison cell.
He claimed there is “not even the smallest evidence” and insisted there “will never be a trial”.