Portugal's secret communes could hold the key to Madeleine McCann puzzle

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Portugal's secretive communes in Algrave could unlock the mystery behind Madeleine McCann vanishing.Hippies once flocked to the area in the 1960s and the area continued to become a haven for drop-outs and off-griddeers, with drugs and crime prevelant.

Now it has been revealed that investigators discovered a “relevant clue” to the case of the missing girl during their search of a reservoir in the area, reports the Daily Mirror.Prime suspect Christian Brueckner, 45, hung out at the communities in the mid-2000s, where he helped to organise raves in the forests and peddled drugs to nomad partygoers.While in the area the German paedophile also burgled houses, sold flowers in weekend markets and stole fuel.When Madeleine went missing from Praia da Luz in May 2007, the twisted beast was living a nomadic lifestyle in a Volkswagen Westfalia camper van nearby.

He was known to frequent Praia do Barranco, an isolated beach 20 minutes’ drive from where Madeiline went missing.The large waves that batter the coastline in the remote area make it a popular haunt for surfers and travellers.One local said: “It’s beautiful but can be proper shady at times.

It’s a hippy hangout. They have raves there all the time, not massive ones but they are going all night.“Every drug imaginable is available if you know the right people.”After he was named as a suspect the police released a photograph of him in his van parked up at the beach.A friend previously said: “He loved it down there.