Madeleine McCann

2022 - 4 - 22

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In Madeleine McCann's disappearance, child sex offender ... (CBS News)

Police in Germany revealed in 2020 that the prime suspect was a child sex offender who was already in jail there — and that they believed he had killed her.

At one point in the investigation, Madeleine's parents were also declared arguidos. Media reports have identified that suspect as a pedophile called "Christian B" who is suspected of raping an Irish tour representative and serving a prison term in northern Germany for the rape of a 72-year-old American in Praia da Luz in 2005. The public prosecutor's office in the southern Algarve city of Portimao said the suspect, whose identity was not confirmed, was identified as an official suspect on Wednesday.

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Madeleine McCann suspect formally declared (New York Post)

Christian Brueckner has officially been named as a suspect in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance, however, he has not been charged with a crime.

She went missing from the resort on May 3, a few days before her fourth birthday. “The person was made (a suspect) by the German authorities in the execution of a request for international judicial cooperation issued by the Public Ministry of Portugal.” In 2020, German police named Brueckner as a person of interest for the first time in connection with the case.

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Madeleine McCann: Formal suspect declared over disappearance ... (Euronews)

A man has been declared a formal suspect as part of the investigation into the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago, ...

German investigators said the suspect had lived a few kilometres away from the hotel in Praia da Luz where McCann disappeared at the time. They were later cleared. A man has been declared a formal suspect as part of the investigation into the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago, Portuguese authorities said in a statement.

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Madeleine McCann: Timeline of key dates and developments (The Independent)

Portuguese police have formally identified German national Christian Brueckner as a murder suspect.

July 4: Scotland Yard confirms it has launched its own investigation, Operation Grange, into Madeleine’s disappearance two years into a review of the case. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. May 4: Kate and Gerry McCann post a statement on the Official Find Madeleine Campaign website saying they still cling to the hope of seeing their daughter again as they prepare to mark her 18th birthday on May 12. October 24: Portuguese police confirm that a review of their original investigation has uncovered new lines of inquiry, and they reopen the case. April 25: Scotland Yard detectives say they believe Madeleine could still be alive, release an age-progression picture of how she might look as a nine-year-old, and call on the Portuguese authorities to reopen the case, but Portuguese police say they have found no new material. Almost 15 years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Portuguese police have formally identified German national Christian Brueckner as a murder suspect.

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Madeleine McCann: Portuguese prosecutors say man named formal ... (CNN)

Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ...

But, since then, Brueckner, 45, has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance. He also falsified passports and was caught stealing diesel from a Portuguese harbor. They were later cleared.

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Madeleine McCann: Christian B isn't the first official suspect in ... (Sky News)

The move to make Christian B an official suspect is likely to head off the Statute of Limitations which, in Portuguese law, rules out a prosecution for ...

A few questions were thrown at him in his prison cell on Wednesday when German police told him of his new status as an official suspect. On May 3 it will be 15 years since Madeleine vanished. Christian B isn't the first arguido - official Portuguese suspect - in the Madeleine McCann case, but he may well be the last.

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False leads, multiple suspects: the long search for Madeleine McCann (The Guardian)

Kate and Gerry McCann are likely to take limited solace from Portuguese authorities designating a convicted German sex offender a formal suspect in the ...

And while the development brought hope that the case of the child’s disappearance may one day be solved, the German state prosecutor’s office has said it has “concrete evidence” that Madeleine is dead. In March 2010, a released file from the Portuguese police on potential sightings was described as “gold dust” by a spokesperson for the family. Brückner’s lawyer has said that his client has not been charged over the case. But by then, investigators had already made a string of potentially crucial, basic errors that included not only falsely suspecting the McCanns but also failing to seal off the scene at the family’s Praia da Luz holiday apartment. The Metropolitan police’s involvement, known as Operation Grange, has continued to this day. It would be January 2009 before the McCanns returned to Portugal, launching a fresh public appeal for information.

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In Madeleine McCann's disappearance, child sex offender ... (CBS News)

Police in Germany revealed in 2020 that the prime suspect was a child sex offender who was already in jail there — and that they believed he had killed her.

At one point in the investigation, Madeleine's parents were also declared arguidos. Media reports have identified that suspect as a pedophile called "Christian B" who is suspected of raping an Irish tour representative and serving a prison term in northern Germany for the rape of a 72-year-old American in Praia da Luz in 2005. The public prosecutor's office in the southern Algarve city of Portimao said the suspect, whose identity was not confirmed, was identified as an official suspect on Wednesday.

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Formal Suspect Named in Madeleine McCann Case Nearly 15 ... (Today.com)

For the first time since Madeleine McCann disappeared from a resort in Portugal in 2007, Portuguese authorities say they have a formal suspect in the case.

"We should have been a family of five for all that time. Madeleine disappeared while on vacation in Praia da Luz, a coastal Portugese town, on May 3, 2007. He has not been charged in the case.

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Madeleine McCann: Convicted child abuser Christian B becomes ... (Sky News)

The convicted child abuser travelled between Praia da Luz and Germany in a camper van for several years before Madeleine vanished - it is understood ...

However, there are not thought to be any immediate plans to do so. A Portuguese source added: "The legal grounds for making (Christian B) an arguido include the fact that he allegedly confessed to a friend he had snatched Madeleine and mobile phone records placed him in Praia da Luz the night she vanished." Christian B is in prison in Germany after being convicted of raping a 72-year-old woman in 2005, in the same town where Madeleine went missing.

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Portugal identifies suspect in probe of missing British girl Madeleine ... (NBC News)

Prosecutors in southern Portugal are formally accusing a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British girl who.

Get a head start on the morning's top stories. Get the Morning Rundown Brueckner, 45, is serving a sentence on drug offenses in a German prison and has a pending seven-year sentence for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal. The rape also took place in Praia da Luz.

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Madeleine McCann: German investigation could last until next year (The Guardian)

Portuguese police tell Christian Brückner, in prison for rape in Germany, he is 'formal suspect'

However, British officers continue to treat it as a missing persons case and her parents “still hope” Madeleine is alive. “We note the announcement from Faro, but it does not affect our own work in a significant way,” Wolters said. They were formally cleared of suspicion in 2008.“ ”, or “formal suspect” – the first time Portuguese authorities have

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15 years later, Portugal identifies a suspect in the probe of a missing ... (NPR)

Prosecutors formally accuse a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished nearly 15 years ago while on a family ...

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Factbox-The 15-year hunt for missing British girl Madeleine McCann (WTVB News)

MADRID (Reuters) - Portuguese prosecutors said late on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddle...

He was jailed for seven years in 2019 for raping and robbing a 72-year-old American woman in her home in the Algarve. However, the early investigation by Portuguese police produced no major leads and the detectives began to focus attention on the parents themselves. The apartment was broken into while Madeleine and her twin baby siblings were asleep, and local police concluded it was a kidnapping. In September 2007, Gerry and Kate McCann were questioned by police as formal suspects. Brueckner has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance and denies any involvement. The following July, the Portuguese police dropped their investigation because of a lack of evidence and cleared the McCanns of any involvement.

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Madeleine McCann disappearance suspect Christian Brueckner has ... (New York Post)

The convicted pedophile officially declared a suspect in the 15-year-old disappearance of Madeleine McCann has now been formally interviewed about it for ...

Brueckner has a long history that includes sex-crimes offenses — as well as burgling holiday flats like the one Maddie was in while he lived in the Algarve between 1995 and 2007, the year she disappeared, according to Agence France-Presse. While the convicted sex attacker has been long eyed as a prime suspect in the case, it is the first time he has been formerly quizzed about it, the report said. The convicted pedophile officially declared a suspect in the 15-year-old disappearance of Madeleine McCann has now been formally interviewed about it for the first time in prison, according to a report Friday.

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Factbox: The 15-year hunt for missing British girl Madeleine McCann (Reuters)

Portuguese prosecutors said late on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 ...

He was jailed for seven years in 2019 for raping and robbing a 72-year-old American woman in her home in the Algarve. However, the early investigation by Portuguese police produced no major leads and the detectives began to focus attention on the parents themselves. The apartment was broken into while Madeleine and her twin baby siblings were asleep, and local police concluded it was a kidnapping. In September 2007, Gerry and Kate McCann were questioned by police as formal suspects. Brueckner has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance and denies any involvement. The couple and their friends who were with them on the night Madeleine went missing successfully sued a number of British tabloids for libel for suggesting they were involved in their daughter’s disappearance.

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A suspect has been named in the 2007 case of missing toddler ... (Salon)

German police first began investigating the suspect, Christian Brueckner, in 2020, but did not have enough evidence to charge him at the time, according to CNN.

"Even though the possibility may be slim, we have not given up hope that Madeleine is still alive and we will be reunited with her." "We welcome the news that the Portuguese authorities have declared a German man an 'arguido' in relation to the disappearance of our beloved daughter Madeleine," Kate and Gerry McCann said in a statement posted on the Official Find Madeleine Campaign Facebook page. German police first began investigating the suspect, Christian Brueckner, in 2020, but did not have enough evidence to charge him at the time, according to CNN. On Thursday Brueckner was officially made an "arguido," which translates as "named suspect," and today Portuguese prosecutors interviewed the man in prison where he was informed of his "arguido" status, per a report by New York Post.

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Madeleine McCann: 'Hope for closure' in home village as suspect ... (BBC News)

Kate and Gerry McCann still live in Rothley in Leicestershire, in the same house where their daughter lived before she disappeared. The couple have not spoken ...

"It's been a sad thing. "But you always live in hope. However, in its statement, Portugal's office of public prosecutions said the move was not driven by timing, but by "strong indications" of the practice of a crime.

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