The evidence found at a location belonging to the main suspect linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007 implies that the young girl is no longer alive.
Reportedly, German authorities conducted a search at an deserted facility owned by Christian Brüeckner, a convicted rapist, where they discovered masks, chemicals, firearms, and items related to children like clothes and toys. Allegedly, police also came across a hard drive containing images that indicate McCann’s demise, as reported by the U.K. Sun.
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In 2008, Brüeckner acquired the property for $26,000, just a year after McCann went missing in Portugal. The incriminating evidence, such as a wallet, six USB sticks, and two memory cards, was unearthed by a dog in 2016, buried beneath Brüeckner’s deceased pet.
According to the U.K. Sun, the devices contained stories by Brüeckner in which he fantasized about snatching children. Police reportedly also seized a case containing pictures of 4- and 5-year-old girls.
The U.K. Sun reported that a nude selfie places Brüeckner 35 miles from where McCann was abducted in 2007. McCann was three when she vanished from her bedroom while vacationing at a Portuguese resort with her parents and family friends.
Last year, a German court acquitted Brüeckner in an unrelated rape and child sexual abuse case. Presiding Judge Uta Engemann concluded there was insufficient evidence to convict him and some of the witnesses were not credible.
During the trial, detective Titus Stampa said police located Christian Brüeckner’s Hotmail account and a hard drive related to the McCann case.
Stampa testified that he was “not allowed” to talk about how Brüeckner’s external hard drive was related to the toddler’s disappearance. However, he did reveal that Brückner used another email account to share child abuse content.
While handing down the acquittal, Engemann stressed that the child sex trial in Germany is unrelated to the McCann case. However, reports indicated that some of the discredited witnesses in that case are possible witnesses in McCann’s disappearance.
Brüeckner is currently serving a seven-year sentence in Germany for raping an elderly American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005. Last year’s acquittal means his release, at latest, is slated for this September.
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