Madeleine McCann disappearance

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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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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Suspect Formally Named in the Disappearance of Madeleine ... (PEOPLE.com)

German authorities previously identified Christian Brueckner as a suspect in the case in mid-2020, and believe he is still involved.

Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? German authorities said in 2020 that Madeleine is believed to be dead and they were investigating Bruekner in connection with her death. Brueckner is currently in prison in Germany on rape and drug convictions.

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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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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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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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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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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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