Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner gloats cops ‘will NEVER pin case on me without a body' in sick letter
MADELEINE McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner has gloated that police will never pin the case on him without a body.
In a sickening letter,
investigation
will hit the world like a bomb'.
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Prime suspect Christian Brueckner goaded cops in a sick letter bragging that they will not find a body
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British toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared from Praia da Luz in Portugal back in 2007
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Bruckner taunted cops in a letter to claim they cannot find evidence against him
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Police officers packed up a tent as they ended day one of their search for evidence connected to Madeleine McCann's disappearance
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The
police
do not have the evidence to back their accusations against him in the investigation into the toddler's disappearance.
And
The vile letter emerged as officers desperate to find a forensic link to him flew back to Germany after a fresh, three-day search in Portugal.
They had combed scrubland
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German prosecutors are convinced of the
Last month, a Sun investigation aired on Channel 4 revealed new bombshell evidence found at
We revealed that he wrote horrifying fantasies about abducting and abusing a blonde toddler — and how this would leave him 'in paradise'.
He also boasted in online forums about his desire to 'capture something small and use it for days'.
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But, in the verified letter seen by The Sun, Brueckner insists there is no evidence against him.
He wrote: 'It is the important questions, the decisive questions that can never be answered.
Madeleine McCann cops call off search as trawl of Brueckner's 'rat run' turns up nothing
'Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?
"Is there DNA evidence of me at the crime scene? Are there DNA traces of the injured party in my vehicle?
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'Are there other traces/DNA carriers of the injured party in my possession? Photos?
'And, not to forget, is there a body/corpse? All no, no no.'
He adds: 'You don't have to be a realist like me to predict that the accusations made against me will not hold up and that the investigation will be dropped.'
Brueckner — named as a
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He wrote: 'You know, of course, that in
Germany
you don't have to prove your innocence as a suspect, but that the public prosecutor's office has to prove that you are clearly guilty.
'Even the slightest doubt leads to an acquittal, if there is a
court
hearing at all.'
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Portuguese police are searching various sites in and around the resort of Praia da Luz
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The locations are around where Brueckner stayed in his car or in camping grounds
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Brueckner even claims the case against him is built on 'purchased witnesses' and reveals his awareness of his global notoriety.
He added: 'Now, my path is paved with misjudgements, so to speak, but from now on the whole world is watching.
'Not even the Braunschweig regional court will now dare to make an obvious misjudgement.
'Even if an attempt is currently being made to create a shocking overall picture of me through purchased witnesses, it is the important questions, the decisive questions that can never be answered with 'yes'.'
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The
Police were seen taking fibres by hand while a hole was dug at the site of an apparent tent from around the
However, it was unclear whether the search had found anything was found with enough potential value to the case it merited being sent back to
Germany
for testing.
Brueckner had already moved out of his cottage in Praia da Luz when three-year-old Madeleine, from Rothley, Leics, arrived in the resort with
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Those who want to understand how brutal the German justice system is in its attempts to hammer through its own law, even if nothing is true.
Christian Brueckner
He was living in his car, or
In another letter seen by The Sun, Brueckner described how he used his
He wrote: 'Do you know that I was a drug dealer at that time in 2007? Investigators know this.
'I bought marijuana in Spain and sold it on beaches in the Algarve.
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'I was never caught by the police because I followed a few principles.
'If possible, only drive during the day so that my battered hippie bus doesn't attract so much attention, only drive the necessary and most importantly, never provoke the police.'
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Brueckner has been named as a Madeleine suspect for five years
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Forensic cops comb scrubland close to where Madeleine vanished aged three from a holiday
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He added: 'Together with my dog and a lover at the time I enjoyed the 'temporary hippie life'.'
The seeming failure of long-shot searches this week to find any traces of Madeleine is the latest in a string of blows for the case.
German authorities, who
He told this week he
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The pervert was jailed in 2019 for the 2005 rape of an American pensioner just streets from the Ocean Club, where the McCanns stayed in Praia da Luz.
In his letters, he whinges he has been framed so he can be scapegoated over the Madeleine case.
Key dates in Madeleine McCann's disappearance
MADELEINE McCann vanished on May 3, 2007 - and cops believe Brueckner could have been behind her disappearance.
Almost 17 years on, no one has been charged in connection. These are the key dates:
May 3, 2007 -
Kate McCann finds Madeleine missing at 10pm
May 14, 2007
- Property developer Robert Murat is named an "arguido" or formal suspect
August 31,
2007
- The McCanns launch libel action against Tal e Qual - a newspaper that claimed the couple killed Madeleine
September 7, 2007
- Kate and Gerry McCann are made "arguidos"
September 9, 2007
- Madeleine's parents return to England with their two-year-old twins
October 2, 2007
- Lead detective Goncalo Amaral is taken off the case after criticising British police in a newspaper interview
July 21, 2009
- Portuguese police lift the "arguido" status of both Robert Murat and the McCanns
May 12, 2011
- On Madeleine's eighth birthday, Scotland Yard launches a review into the case
April 25, 2012
- Scotland Yard officers say they believe Madeleine McCann is still alive
July 4, 2013
- Two years into a review of the case, Scotland Yard launched its own investigation into Madeleine's disappearance
October 24, 2013
- Portuguese police reopen their case after new lines of inquiry are found
November 27, 2013
- Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called for British and Portuguese police to work together
October 28, 2015
- Scotland Yard reduces the number of officers working on Madeleine's disappearance
March 11, 2017
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September 28, 2017
-
November 2017
-
May 2018
- Another round of funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted
September 2018
- An
November 2018
- More funding, thought to be in
November 2018
- UK police
June 2019
- Another round of funding,
June 2019
- Portuguese police are
June 2020
- New prime suspect
April 2022
- Brueckner formally made an "arguido"
May 2023
- Police
Brueckner wrote: 'Right from the start they plotted a miscarriage of justice to make me vanish into thin air. And now half the world knows why.'
And he adds: 'I am not exaggerating when I say that 80 per cent of what I have heard from the reports is not true.
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'A large proportion of these lies are clearly being spread by the investigating authorities.
"My words are directed at those who are taking this seriously and are not laughing about it.
'Those who want to understand how brutal the German justice system is in its attempts to hammer through its own
law
, even if nothing is true.'
The Sun investigation aired on Channel 4 revealed the existence of computer hard drives which were vital in to persuading investigators of Madeleine's death.
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Our findings placed Brueckner at key Madeleine search point — the
And a document puts him at the location where he allegedly said 'she did not scream' as he discussed her with an associate.
In the online message where he
German investigators last night remained
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The long-shot searches attempting to find any trace of Madeleine did not bring results
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