A startling revelation uncovered by a team of German investigative journalists has brought up the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in the very resort from which she disappeared.
Sentenced pedophile Christian Brueckner, who became the sole suspect in the cold case 15 years old, worked as a helpful man at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz in the spring of 2007, according to the German documentary New Lead in Maddie Case will air on Monday nights in Europe.
A producer on the show confirmed to The Daily Beast that it had delivered a series of investigative documents to German and Portuguese investigators, showing that Brueckner “repeatedly performed repair work” in the area. Algarve vacation and was in town when the McCanns spent their vacation there.
McCann disappeared from a bedroom in a vacation rental apartment where she was sleeping with her twin siblings shortly after her 4th birthday while her parents dined at a nearby tapas bar with her. friend. The couples took turns checking on the kids, and the interval between checks in which McCann disappeared was less than an hour, implying that whoever kept her was familiar with the property.
McCann’s parents were initially suspected by Portuguese authorities, which many believe led to the real escape of the perpetrator. They were eventually cleared of the case and went on to successfully sue a police investigator who wrote a book alleging they were involved.
A spokesperson for the documentary said they had performed a reconstruction of the evening and that Brueckner could have easily snatched the child. Prosecutors in Germany, where Brueckner is serving a prison sentence for raping a 72-year-old American woman at a resort in Portugal, were also interviewed. “We are grateful to the SAT.1 team for sharing certain findings with the prosecutor’s office,” he said in the documentary, according to a clip. “There are witnesses who may prefer to speak to the media rather than us or the police. If this generates any ideas, we will of course keep an eye on these. ”
Investigators have been tracking Brueckner, 45, since evidence including a child’s toy bucket was found buried in his backyard in 2020. Police first identified him. He was a potential suspect in the 2017 case when he was living in an RV when she disappeared and phone records forced him to go to the Praia da Luz area the night she was abducted. He has maintained his chastity and continues to write letters to journalists – including German documentary filmmakers – who will share his letters on Monday’s show.
An excerpt from the show said one of the letters contained a strange quip about his innocence. “If possible, drive only during the day so that my crumpled ‘hippy bus’ doesn’t attract attention, only drive on the roads I need to, and most importantly, never provoke the police. closely,” he wrote, according to the excerpt. “That means no crime, certainly no kidnapping. Having said that, this seemed to me at the time as absurd as starting a nuclear war or slaughtering a chicken.”
German and Portuguese police continue to investigate the incident supported by the UK government’s Operation Grange, which has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds investigating the incident, with no reason “corroborating evidence for”. whether she’s alive or dead.”
