River 127,558 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Police in UK, Portugal and Germany launch joint appeal for information about Christian Brückner Madeleine McCann disappeared from Praia da Luz in May 2007. Photograph: Metropolitan police/AFP/Getty Detectives in three countries have appealed for evidence in relation to the strongest suspect they have had in 13 years to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, as German authorities said they believe she is dead. Circumstantial evidence has convinced detectives that a 43-year-old German child sex offender and rapist, identified by Portuguese sources on Thursday as Christian Brückner, is their prime suspect as it emerged he has been known to police for years. A major appeal for information on Wednesday has led to new tip-offs in the last 24 hours to police. According to court documents, Brückner was convicted in Germany last year of the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005, two years before Madeleine was snatched from the same area. He has a string of convictions ranging from child sexual abuse to theft and drug-dealing. He is also known to have made hotel break-ins, German officials said on Thursday. Christian Brückner has emerged as the prime suspect in the case. Photograph: BILD While German authorities said they believe Madeleine is dead, British police believe no direct evidence of that exists and continue to treat the case as a missing person investigation. She was abducted in May 2007 aged three as her family holidayed in the Algarve. Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, said that in the 13 years since their daughter vanished, there had never been a time “I can recall [the police] focusing on one individual”. The development is “potentially very significant”, the McCanns believe. Madeleine McCann went missing on 3 May 2007 Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/04/madeleine-mccann-praia-da-luz-christian-bruckner-strongest-suspect-yet So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Stotch 5,379 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 This story just gets sadder and saber... 13 years and still nothing. FIND YOUR FREEDOM IN THE MUSIC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,974 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 I'm still very suspish on the parents, but that's crazy they're potentially solving the 13-year old case, so famous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevana229 1,916 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 its truly insane how someone can commit such a serious crime and not leave a SINGLE trace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCF29 8,230 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 25 minutes ago, stevana229 said: its truly insane how someone can commit such a serious crime and not leave a SINGLE trace It would make one think it wasn’t their first time. I’m not a criminal expert but I would imagine that experience makes one better at avoiding leaving evidence or clues? Don't Call Me Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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