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Re: Weird Madeleine McCann Shrine Found at Reservoir Where Police Were Searching
Weird Madeleine McCann Shrine Found at Portugal Reservoir Where Police Were Searching
Ralf and Ann, a retired couple, took photographs of the shrine and sent them to Portuguese detectives, thinking they were of significance in the Madeleine McCann case
BBC 31 MAY 2023
A British couple claimed they spotted a bizarre "shrine" to missing Madeleine McCann in the reservoir police searched last week - just seven months after the toddler vanished.
The retired couple, who have asked to be named only as Ralf and Ann, took photographs of the memorial and sent them to Portuguese detectives.
The couple felt they were of significance, but never heard back.
The makeshift shrine consisted of boulders in the shape of an arrow pointing towards a picnic site, which was dug over by police last week at the Barragem do Arade in Portugal.
The memorial was weighed down by a large rock and had a bouquet of flowers and a photograph of abducted Madeleine on it, they said.
When prime suspect Christian Brueckner, 45, was identified by German police in 2020, Ralf and Ann contacted detectives after seeing an appeal for anyone who was on holiday in the Algarve when Madeleine went missing in May 2007 to get in touch.
German officers from the BKA (criminal investigation unit) responded within hours of Ralf and Ann emailing them on that occasion, and detectives quizzed them on the telephone for several hours before asking them to give a formal statement.
Ralf and Ann frequently stay in their holiday home just minutes from the reservoir in the Algarve.
Ralf, 66, recalled seeing a row of stones stretching out into the water and, on the last one, a bouquet of fresh white lilies. He went out and had a look, and on the stone where the flowers were, there was a photograph of Madeleine.
The retired builder described the scene as "very strange".
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