Madeleine McCann investigators search German allotment

2007 May 3: Gerry and Kate McCann leave their three children, including Maddie, asleep in their hotel apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, as they eat with friends in a nearby restaurant. When they return, they find Maddie missing from her bed May 4: A friend of the McCanns reports of seeing a man carrying … Read more

Madeleine McCann: Claims she’s living with German family

A new witness has come forward to claim that Madeleine McCann is alive and living with a German family on the Algarve – 40 miles from where she disappeared. The Portuguese woman claims she saw a teenage girl with Madeleine’s distinctive blemish in her right eye outside a supermarket in Gale near Albufeira. ‘Her eyes … Read more

Portuguese police ‘have only 22 more months to make their case against Christian Brueckner’

Portuguese police ‘have only 22 more months to make their case against prime suspect Christian Brueckner’ for the kidnap and murder of three-year-old Madeleine McCann before 15-year limit for prosecutions runs out Rogerio Alves said police have only 22 months left to arrest Christian Brueckner  Said investigation ‘still on time’ even with 15-year prosecution limit … Read more

Police ‘close to identifying caller who Madeleine McCann suspect spoke to on the night she vanished

German police probing the Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner are reportedly ‘close to identifying’ a mystery caller who he spoke to on the night the British teenager vanished from Praia da Luz. Officers are said to be following up 16 leads from members of the public after an appeal on a German TV show … Read more

Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case

Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case after tip-off revealing who owned the number prime suspect Christian Brueckner called the day she vanished A TV appeal viewer recognised the number Bruckner is said to have phoned Brueckner recently identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine  Prosecutors claim they have … Read more

Madeleine McCann suspect’s British neighbour destroyed any likely DNA evidence from his house

A British expat has admitted destroying any likely DNA evidence linked to the squalid Algarve home lived in by Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner. Ruth Maclean lived next door to ‘monster’ Brueckner, 43, in the hamlet of Sitio de Lakes, near Praia de Luz, for years.  Brueckner was recently identified as a prime suspect in the … Read more

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could be released from prison NEXT WEEK

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could be released from prison in Germany NEXT WEEK as lawyers launch bid to free him on parole Christian Brueckner’s lawyers filed a request for him to be released on parole  German prosecutors fear he could ‘vanish’ afterwards if he is released next week  The convicted paedophile has served two-thirds … Read more

Portuguese police tried to quiz Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner after she vanished

Portuguese detectives showed up to question prime suspect Christian Brueckner soon after Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, but he wasn’t in when they arrived. Disgraced former chief Goncalo Amaral, 60, who led the investigation in 2007, made the claim in an interview on Portuguese TV on Sunday night. ‘I have been told by colleagues, who are retired like … Read more

Maddie McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner is a scapegoat says Portuguese detective

Portuguese detective who led original probe into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance claims prime suspect Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ Goncalo Amaral described 43-year-old German as an ‘almost perfect suspect’   The former Portuguese police officer said Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ In 2008 Amaral claimed Madeleine’s parents had covered up their daughter’s accidental death in their Algarve … Read more

Portuguese police unwittingly destroyed Christian Brueckner’s van before it could be searched

Bungling Portuguese police unwittingly destroyed Christian Brueckner’s van before it could be searched for evidence German used Bedford van to steal diesel before Madeline McCann abduction  Was impounded by Portuguese police and crushed before it could be searched Brueckner lived and slept in the van near Praia da Luz between in 2006 Madeleine went missing … Read more