Madeleine McCann Search Focuses on Portugal Reservoir, 16 Years On

Madeleine McCann Search Focuses on Portugal Reservoir, 16 Years On
A photo of Madeleine McCann outside Glenfield Hospital where Madeleine's father Gerry McCann works, in Leicester, England, on Nov. 1, 2007. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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SILVES, Portugal—Police deployed heavy equipment and sniffer dogs on Wednesday, the second day of a search at a remote reservoir in Portugal for evidence linking a German suspect to the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 16 years ago.

Emergency services brought in a remote-controlled tractor-mounted tree cutter to clear what appeared to be a new search area, a few hundred meters (yards) away from a temporary camp set up on Tuesday on the shores of the Arade reservoir by Portuguese police, assisted by German and British counterparts.