Christian Brueckner: To be or not to be

For anyone who still misguidedly thinks there is some semblance of credibility with this German saga, here is the clue - in a nutshell..

But despite months of insisting he is their main focus, he has still not been charged, leaving devastated parents Kate and Gerry wondering if they will ever find out what happened.

That and taking every available opportunity to discredit the Portuguese police.

Oh and Mr Pisa, your every article includes the misleading claim .... the man responsible for her abduction and murder, or words to that effect.

If you take the time to research this case Mr Pisa, you will note the Portuguese police investigation. carried-out with due diligence, found no evidence of a break-in or a burglary or an abduction. They did however uncover sufficient evidence to implicate the parents of Madeleine McCann, that's Gerry and Kate McCann. As a result they, the parents, were considered to be the prime suspects in their daughters disappearance (read fate) and they still are until such times, if ever, new evidence is revealed to get them out of the situation they find themselves in.

Chilling ain't it!

In short Mr Pisa, do you homework or !

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/

[size=34]How Nick Pisa became more notorious than Amanda Knox[/size]
He's emerged as the true villain of the Netflix doc


Were these stories accurate? Pisa wasn't fussed. "We are journalists reporting what we have been told," he says in the film. "It's not as if I can say, 'right, hold on a minute. I just want to double check that myself in some other way.'"

Qouted from the Netflix film about Amanda Knox 2007.


Source:
https://www.shortlist.com/news/nick-pisa-amanda-knox-villain

NEVER GIVE UP Madeleine McCann’s parents have ‘not lost hope’ despite prime suspect’s lawyer saying he may never be charged
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Tracey Kandohla Ben Hill

22 Feb 2021, 18:29Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 18:51

MADELEINE McCann's parents have "not lost hope" despite a lawyer for the prime suspect into their daughter's disappearance saying he may never be charged.

Key suspect Christian B is unlikely to be charged according to a sensational claim by his lawyer Friedrich Fulscher.


Gerry and Kate McCann have not lost hope in the search for their daughter Credit: Alamy

The 44-year-old convicted paedophile and rapist was named by German police in June last year as the lone person responsible for Madeleine’s abduction and murder.

But despite months of insisting he is their main focus, and that Madeleine is dead despite no body having been found, he has still not been charged.

Kate and Gerry have been left on tenterhooks wondering if they would ever find out their daughter’s fate after the German national became a prime suspect.

But the couple from Rothley, Leics, have indicated they are not beaten yet as well wishers continue to support them and given them renewed hope.

A new post on the Find Maddie Campaign website, endorsed by the McCanns, states: "Our resolve is still the same and we have not lost hope of finding Madeleine or finding out what happened to her.”

It adds: “Thank you for continuing to be by our side and keeping hope alive.”

The page is run by a close un-named pal of the couple and is viewed across the world.

The digital co-ordinator wrote, beside an iconic picture of Madeleine with the word Hope: “It’s been a while since I posted."

Blue Stevenson posted: "I still believe she is out there alive somewhere.”

Mary O’Sullivan wrote: "Please God someday you will find her. I think of the anguish you must constantly feel. I pray for her return to you." Sharon

Duane added: “Hopefully 2021 is the year of finding Madeleine.”
GLIMMER OF HOPE

Three-year-old Madeleine vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz in May 2007.

She had been left sleeping alone with her younger twin siblings while her parents were dining in a nearby tapas restaurant with pals.

Heart doctor Gerry and ex GP turned medical worker Kate cling onto a glimmer of hope that their daughter could still be alive. She would now be aged 17.

In a New Year post they vowed to carry on searching for their daughter with “hope, energy and determination.”

Christian B, who has not been quizzed over Madeleine's kidnap, has maintained his innocence.

His lawyer told a new documentary called Prime Suspect: The Madeleine McCann Case: ''My client hasn't been charged with anything.

“He is under investigation and under suspicion. I have to assume that they (German prosecutors) do not have any concrete evidence.”

Meanwhile Kate and Gerry have been rocked by another setback in their long-running battle to silence a former cop who claims their daughter is dead.

The anguished pair must now wait until spring to find out if the European Court of Human Rights finally allows their legal appeal to go ahead or throws it out.

They had been due to be told by the end of last year but now face an agonising wait in their civil action which has been “dragging on” for nearly 12 years.

An ECHR spokesperson told The Sun Online: "A judge is due to rule of the admissibility of their application over the coming months.

"It is still under consideration and it is expected to be notified to the Portuguese Government by the end of April."

A close pal of Kate and Gerry said: "It drags on and on. They go one step forward then two two back. It’s caused them so much anguish over the years and they just want to draw a line under it.

"It’s never been about seeking damages but simply trying to stop false and malicious accusations being spouted. They still have no idea if their appeal in their fight for justice will be granted, or not.”

It is based on their civil feud with former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral, who claimed in his best-selling book that Madeleine’s parents had accidentally killed their daughter and disposed of her body.

In ensuing claims and appeals, Mr Amaral was cleared of any wrong doing which led to the McCanns’ latest action being filed against the country’s top court rather than the ex officer.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14128062/madeleine-mccann-christian-b-parents-charged-lawyer/

Former cop says Madeleine McCann's mum's reaction to disappearance 'was not normal'

23 Feb, 2021 02:10 AM

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Trailer. Video / Netflix

A former police officer involved in the Madeleine McCann case has stunningly claimed mother Kate McCann's reaction to her daughter going missing was "not normal".

Portuguese ex-cop Goncalo Amaral accused the McCanns of a cover-up and insisted Kate should have been more emotional the day her daughter vanished.

Amaral was the lead investigator before being sacked in October 2007 for criticising British police.

Now his controversial allegations are the subject of a new documentary looking at the disappearance of Maddie.

The McCanns had left Maddie, then just 3, asleep with twin siblings Sean and Amelie to go and eat tapas with their holiday friends at a bar near their Praia da Luz apartment.

During that time Maddie disappeared.

In the documentary Targeting Kate in Prime Suspect: The Madeleine McCann Case, Amaral's allegations are aired.

He said: "She has two children asleep in a cot.

"She leaves them and then goes back to where she was having dinner when she could have gone on to the balcony and screamed or picked up the phone and asked for help.

"She walked 100 metres or 200 metres back to the restaurant - that's not normal."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/former-cop-says-madeleine-mccanns-mums-reaction-to-disappearance-was-not-normal/IDKKI6VPK2P25N4VUTBSOW2RZM/

Stunningly claimed - stunningly?

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Snr Amaral was not sacked - and that's an emphatic not!!!

Accused?  Snr Amaral didn't accuse the McCanns of anything.  Snr Amaral's observations recorded were in line with the official Portuguese police investigation.  The observations were based on evidence and intelligence.

The new documentary is not about Snr Amaral, it's about a German man currently serving a prison sentence and being scrutinized for past alleged misdemeanors. Some devious source has linked this German prisoner to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, without a shred of evidence to substantiate the claim it would appear.

According to Kate McCann's witness statements, her husband and the loyal group of friends, she did indeed leave her two children in apartment 5a to go back to the Tapas restaurant to raise the alarm.  So why the emphasis?

Do your homework before reporting on a case, an active case by all accounts, from the other side of the globe Mr NZ Herald.

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/

He said: "She has two children asleep in a cot.

"She leaves them and then goes back to where she was having dinner when she could have gone on to the balcony and screamed or picked up the phone and asked for help.

"She walked 100 metres or 200 metres back to the restaurant - that's not normal."

 No, that is most emphatically not normal by the stretch of any stretched imagination.
Carry on regardless eh?
Carry on as if the abductor of your eldest child had mysteriously vanished into the mists of time.  
Carry on regardless to raise the alarm at the tapas bar without a thought for the safety of your other two sleeping babes as you leave them unattended.
What were you thinking of, carrying on regardless like that?

I often think of Sr. Amaral; I hope he is all right. He knew what he was talking about.

Hark hark the Herald angels sing, glory to the McCann spin.

New Zealand Herald update, a few minutes ago..

Former cop says Madeleine McCann's mum's reaction to disappearance 'was not normal'

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Trailer. Video / Netflix

A former police officer involved in the Madeleine McCann case has stunningly claimed mother Kate McCann's reaction to her daughter going missing was "not normal".

Portuguese ex-cop Goncalo Amaral accused the McCanns of a cover-up and insisted Kate should have been more emotional the day her daughter vanished.

Amaral was the lead investigator before being sacked in October 2007 for criticising British police.

Now his controversial allegations are the subject of a new documentary looking at the disappearance of Maddie.

The McCanns had left Maddie, then just 3, asleep with twin siblings Sean and Amelie to go and eat tapas with their holiday friends at a bar near their Praia da Luz apartment.

During that time Maddie disappeared.

In the documentary Targeting Kate in Prime Suspect: The Madeleine McCann Case, Amaral's allegations are aired.

He said: "She has two children asleep in a cot.

"She leaves them and then goes back to where she was having dinner when she could have gone on to the balcony and screamed or picked up the phone and asked for help.

"She walked 100 metres or 200 metres back to the restaurant - that's not normal."

In the documentary, Amaral also took a shot at German officials who strongly believe convicted paedophile Christian Bruckner is responsible for Maddie's disappearance.

He described German officials as all talk, no action.

"They talk a lot but they don't present any evidence.

"The question is what are they up to? Why are they not telling us anything? There is a huge lack of evidence.

"There is no evidence. They need to prove that someone entered the apartment. They need to prove that happened but the German authorities have not gone public with any other information.

"Simply finding someone that fits a profile isn't good enough. This suspect is almost the perfect suspect."

Amaral was involved in a long legal battle with the McCanns after releasing his book in 2008 titled The truth of the Lie.

In it, he accused the family of covering up Maddie's accidental death.


Disgraced former police officer Goncalo Amaral has claimed Kate McCann's reaction to daughter Madeleine going missing was "not normal". Photo / Netflix

Amaral, 61, told a Spanish TV programme in December 2019 when shown a picture of another man previously linked to Maddie's abduction that the supposed kidnapper was "similar, very similar" to her father Gerry McCann.

He also made unsubstantiated claims MI5 spies had helped to cover up Maddie's disappearance and death.

In response, Gerry has previously said Amaral's claims have harmed their search for Maddie.

"I'm sure it's a very small minority of people who spend their time doing it, but it has totally inhabited what we do."

Meanwhile, Brueckner's lawyer, Friedrich Fulscher, says his client has nothing to do with the case despite being placed in the vicinity of the McCanns' resort complex the night Maddie went missing.

Despite German authorities' efforts to pin it on Brueckner, his lawyer says there is no evidence he is involved.

"My client hasn't been charged with anything.

"He is under investigation and under suspicion. I have to assume that they do not have any concrete evidence. I think that's quite typical for us Germans.

"We think we are something special, at least in Europe, and think we can do things better than other nations. We will see if that is the case but I don't think so."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/former-cop-says-madeleine-mccanns-mums-reaction-to-disappearance-was-not-normal/IDKKI6VPK2P25N4VUTBSOW2RZM/

Disgraced Madeleine McCann cop Goncalo Amaral says her mother's decision to return to tapas bar rather than scream for help when the girl vanished 'was not normal' in new attack

Amaral claims in a new documentary Kate McCann had an unnatural reaction
He says she could have screamed or called for help instead of returning to bar
The ex-cop also said there is 'no evidence' Christian Brueckner was involved

By Natalia Penza For Mailonline

Published: 14:28, 22 February 2021

Disgraced former police officer Goncalo Amaral has claimed Kate McCann's reaction to daughter Madeleine going missing was 'not normal'.

The controversial ex-cop, who accused the McCanns of a cover-up after their daughter vanished, insisted Madeleine's mother should have been much more emotional at her disappearance.

Amaral, who was the original lead investigator in the case before his October 2007 sacking for criticising the British police, makes his shocking allegations in a new documentary.

The McCanns had left Madeleine, then three, asleep with twin siblings Sean and Amelie to go and eat tapas with their holiday friends at a bar near their Praia da Luz apartment.

The youngster's mother discovered she had gone during one of the checks on the children the so-called Tapas Nine had organised.

Targeting Kate in Prime Suspect: The Madeleine McCann Case, airing as a three-part series on Discovery Plus on Monday, Amaral said: 'She has two children asleep in a cot.

'She leaves them and then goes back to where she was having dinner when she could have gone onto the balcony and screamed or picked up the phone and asked for help.

'She walked 100 metres or 200 metres back to the restaurant - that's not normal.'

He also had a new dig at German authorities over their insistence convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner was responsible for taking Madeleine, saying: 'They talk a lot but they don't present any evidence.

'The question is what are they up to? Why are they not telling us anything? There is a huge lack of evidence.

'There is no evidence. They need to prove that someone entered the apartment. They need to prove that happened but the German authorities have not gone public with any other information.

'Simply finding someone that fits a profile isn't good enough. This suspect is almost the perfect suspect.'

Amaral has been at the centre of a long-running legal battle with the McCanns over his claims in his 2008 book 'The Truth of the Lie.'

He accused them of covering up their daughter's accidental death in their holiday flat.

The McCanns have made a last-ditch attempt to seek redress in the European Court of Human Rights after losing a libel fight against Mr Amaral in Portugal.

Amaral, 61, told a Spanish TV programme in December 2019 when shown a picture of another man previously linked to Madeleine's abduction that the supposed kidnapper was 'similar, very similar' to Gerry McCann.

He has also made unsubstantiated claims M15 spies had helped to cover up Madeleine's death and disappearance.

He said British secret agents 'for sure had an involvement' in an Australian documentary which aired in April 2018.

The McCanns have repeatedly said the fake accusations against them have harmed the search for Madeleine.

Gerry has been quoted as saying: 'I'm sure it's a very small minority of people who spend their time doing it, but it has totally inhabited what we do.'

Brueckner's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher has told the Discovery channel documentary he doesn't think his client will ever be charged.

The German 44-year-old, now in prison in his homeland, used to live in Praia da Luz and has been placed by police in the vicinity of the McCanns' Ocean Club holiday complex the night Madeleine disappeared.

German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said last month he remained hopeful of clarifying the 2007 disappearance.

But Mr Fulscher, who has always insisted Brueckner has nothing to do with the case, said: 'My client hasn't been charged with anything.

'He is under investigation and under suspicion. I have to assume that they do not have any concrete evidence. I think that's quite typical for us Germans.

'We think we are something special, at least in Europe, and think we can do things better than other nations. We will see if that is the case but I don't think so.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9286917/Madeleine-McCann-cop-Goncalo-Amaral-says-Kates-reaction-disappearance-not-normal.html

But there was no fooling the insightful. And in spite of how it appeared, the script didn't match the reality. The glaring omission? No danger present. Scriptwriter, proof-reader and, actor - DISMISSED

MADDIE BLOW Madeleine McCann suspect Christian B CLEARED of abducting ‘German Maddie’, 5, who vanished near paedo’s lair
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Nick Pisa

24 Feb 2021, 16:22Updated: 24 Feb 2021, 22:41

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian B has been ruled out of a missing girl probe in a hammer blow to investigators.

Convicted paedophile and rapist, 44, was identified last year by German police as the main suspect for Madeleine's abduction in 2007.

They said they had ''concrete evidence'' she was dead and have also linked him to a series of other child kidnap cases dating back several years.

But in a blow for Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry, prosecutors in Germany have now said he had nothing to do with the disappearance of Inga Gehricke.

The five year old was dubbed 'Germany's Madeleine McCann' and vanished in 2015 during a family picnic close to where Brueckner was renovating a derelict factory.

Despite five years of police appeals and a reward of 25,000 euros for information leading to her whereabouts, Inga has never been found.

Last night Christian B's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher told The Sun: ''The public prosecutor's office has thoroughly examined connections to the Inga case and determined there isn't even an initial suspicion against my client.''
POLICE PROBE

As part of the investigation the factory was searched and 8,000 images of children were found buried in a plastic bag under Brueckner's dead dog Charlie.

A lawyer representing Inga's family said Christian B stayed at the house in May 2015 and one day before Inga disappeared, police records placed him in a nearby motorway service station where he had a parking accident.

He is believed to have commuted by car between the property in Neuwegersleben and Braunschweig, around 35 miles away.

But Thomas Kramer, a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office in Stendal, told The Sun:''The investigation of Christian B regarding Inga's disappearance is currently closed.

''Police investigations have been conducted but they have not produced any facts to suggest that Christian B. could have abducted, abused or killed Inga. Therefore, even after this additional research, there was no initial suspicion against Chrisitan B., so that the preliminary proceedings were discontinued.''

The development comes just days after The Sun revealed how Brueckner's lawyer believes his client will ''never be charged'' in connection with Madeleine's disappearance.

In a bombshell interview he said:''He is under investigation and under suspicion. I have to assume that they do not have any concrete evidence. I think that's quite typical for us Germans.

''We think we are something special, at least in Europe, and think we can do things better than other nations. We will see if that is the case but I don't think so.''

Madeleine disappeared while on holiday in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 2007. Christian B is currently serving seven years for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old woman.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14150992/christian-b-cleared-abducting-german-maddie/

Episode 2 of the Discovery + 'Prime Suspect - Madeleine McCann Mystery' documentary is now up for grabs.  Only ten minutes in and I am ...



Gonçalo Amaral is the villain, so say Sandra Felgueiras.  She, apparently, never reveals her sources but on this occasion she must because he unashamedly  lied to her!!

I have to stop here before I blow a gasket.  Tomorrow is another day but tomorrow is already here and tomorrow never comes.

Howz that for a conundrum?

Snr Amaral is filmed sitting in the middle of an enormous empty room of classic design. I've no idea at this stage where or why or when but the eerie atmosphere is apparent .... artistic licence maybe?

Verdi wrote:Gonçalo Amaral is the villain, so say Sandra Felgueiras.  She, apparently, never reveals her sources but on this occasion she must because he unashamedly  lied to her!!

It's either about the villain(s) or about the victim(s) or both.

It's never about determining what happened to a 3-year old who was reported missing almost 14 years ago.

It's been almost 9 months since this hype surrounding the new "suspect" first kicked in, and despite German prosecutor's claims that they had evidence which could answer the question "what happened?" and arrest any guilty person or persons responsible for Madeleine's disappearance, the fact of the matter is that nothing has happened since then. What we have so far are sensational stories about the alleged suspect's criminal records, girlfriends, bar confessions, more fruitless searches, and so on...

Why not start from the beginning?

Revisit the scene where it all happened, re-analyse samples, take a closer look at witness statements, etc.

So much could be learned if they just cared to look at the evidence...

Considering that all investigations should be ‘eilverfahren’ and conducted as swiftly as possible.

Although there is no legal time limit set in German law for investigation of a Suspect, there is the possibility that the Defence could make a formal request to hurry up!

It cannot be allowed to drag on forever.

pauloalexandre wrote:

Verdi wrote:Gonçalo Amaral is the villain, so say Sandra Felgueiras.  She, apparently, never reveals her sources but on this occasion she must because he unashamedly  lied to her!!

It's either about the villain(s) or about the victim(s) or both.

It's never about determining what happened to a 3-year old who was reported missing almost 14 years ago.

It's been almost 9 months since this hype surrounding the new "suspect" first kicked in, and despite German prosecutor's claims that they had evidence which could answer the question "what happened?" and arrest any guilty person or persons responsible for Madeleine's disappearance, the fact of the matter is that nothing has happened since then. What we have so far are sensational stories about the alleged suspect's criminal records, girlfriends, bar confessions, more fruitless searches, and so on...

Why not start from the beginning?

Revisit the scene where it all happened, re-analyse samples, take a closer look at witness statements, etc.

So much could be learned if they just cared to look at the evidence...

Amen! Post of the day Paulo..

It's a circus, not a thought for the victim Madeleine McCann - never has been. At least not where it counts.

The German authorities should be screwed for this farce they've created, along with the British authorities and all the adherents they've gathered over the years.

Trouble is, the deception works every time. Plant a few misleading distractions from time to time and the focus is shifted away from the evidence and taken into the realms of fantasy.

Even the humble internet forum follows the same pattern. It's paramount, as you suggest, that you stick to the evidence and cast asunder anything else that's thrown in your path. Distraction to evade truth is the most common tactic - you see it in every day life.

I've just had another quick look at the Discovery + Madeleine McCann production - Episode 2.

After another show of Snr Amaral sitting in the middle of a room, and then a zoom in on his face - presumably for a dramatic effect (for this film is full of dramatic effects), an American media report from the archives is aired, along with this ..



All points worthy of comment - later!

Then it's back on Sandra Felgueiras..



Interviewer: What do you think about Gonçalo Amaral being fired?

Sandra Felgueiras: If you are asking the question was it better for this operation err ..... I think it was.

The PJ investigation was archived - summer 2008.

Sandra Felgueiras: 'On that day when the files closed, the McCanns stopped being arguidos, stopped being suspects'.

Verdi wrote:Trouble is, the deception works every time.  Plant a few misleading distractions from time to time and the focus is shifted away from the evidence and taken into the realms of fantasy.  

Even the humble internet forum follows the same pattern.  It's paramount, as you suggest, that you stick to the evidence and cast asunder anything else that's thrown in your path.  Distraction to evade truth is the most common tactic - you see it in every day life. 

And do you know what's the best way to mislead people?

Getting them to make assumptions.

One prime example of that is that very famous word we all see in the UK newspapers - "abduction".

So if people assume what happened without any real evidence (abduction), then it's pretty easy for them to be easily tricked by whatever distraction that is put out there, as they are essentially ignoring the evidence and looking for a phantom abductor.

It's a wild-goose chase.

I have this night watched the whole Discovery + Episode 2 - what can I say?



Do you know .... why do I even bother to say anything?

Do USB drives found buried beneath a dead dog hold the clue to what may have happened to Madeleine McCann?

The discovery was made at an abandoned factory deep in the woods of Germany, once owned by a convicted sex offender who is at the center of the missing child case.

26th February - Josh Gelman

On June 4, 2020, in the German city of Braunschweig, public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters gathered the press for a stunning announcement. German authorities believed they had the answer to the question that some of the finest investigative minds in the world had been been wrestling with for 13 years: What happened to Madeleine McCann?

"48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant has been covering the case since 2007 and takes a look at the investigation into the new suspect in "The Puzzle: Solving the Madeleine McCann Case" airing Saturday, February 27 at 10/9c on CBS.

More than a decade has passed since 3-year-old Madeleine, on vacation with her parents and younger brother and sister in the beach resort town of Praia da Luz, Portugal, disappeared from her bed on the evening of May 3, 2007, without a trace. With local police slow to respond, Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, both British doctors, turned to the international press to enlist the help of the entire world in finding their daughter. Hundreds of man-hours spent searching, millions spent on international investigations, endless global media attention, thousands of false Madeleine "sightings," even a meeting with the pope, and more than 13 years of desperate hope have yielded not a single viable clue.

So how is it that an unassuming small city prosecutor in Germany can say with absolute conviction that "…in connection with the disappearance of the 3-year-old British girl Madeleine Beth McCann …  the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office is investigating a 43-year-old German citizen on suspicion of murder.  From this you can see that we assume that the girl is dead"? When asked by Van Sant why they were so certain of this terrible outcome, Prosecutor Wolters responded, "We have strong evidence that Madeleine McCann is dead and that she was killed by our suspect, Christian B."

Because of German law, Wolters is not allowed to use Christian Brueckner's full name nor comment on the evidence they have against him, but it is no secret that this career criminal and repeat sex offender is their prime suspect in the abduction and possible murder of Madeleine McCann. In fact, he has been on their radar for some time.

Wolters says that in 2017, a decade after Madeleine had disappeared, a person contacted German police and gave them the suspect's name. Wolters was tight-lipped about the details but according to news reports, Christian Brueckner had allegedly made a drunken confession to a friend that he knew what had happened to Madeleine McCann.

Germany's highest police agency conducted an investigation and what they uncovered was that Brueckner had a long and disturbing history of crime. "Christian B. is a … criminal who committed a lot of financially motivated crimes like burglary or drug trafficking," says the Germany-based crime and intelligence analyst Mark Hofmann. "But he also has a darker side," Hofmann adds.

Brueckner has a record for possessing child pornography and has been convicted twice for sexually abusing a child. Hofmann says, "He absolutely matches the profile of a person who could potentially abduct and or kill a little girl like Madeleine McCann."

In 2016, investigators conducted multiple searches of a deserted factory deep in the woods of Saxony Anhalt, Germany which Brueckner once owned. "48 Hours" has learned these searches were part of a broad investigation into child pornography. Hofmann says they found USB drives containing pictures and videos of child abuse buried underneath a dead dog. But what, if any, connection could they have to the Madeleine McCann case?

"He is definitely a psychopath. And he is definitely a full-time criminal. … But the question is … is he guilty in the Maddie McCann case?" Hofmann asks.

Learn more about Brueckner's sordid background and the evidence that may place him near or at the crime scene in Portugal in an all-new episode of "48 Hours." "The Puzzle: Solving the Madeleine McCann Case" airs Saturday, February 27 at 10/9c on CBS.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/madeleine-mccann-usb-drives-buried-48-hours/

So now we have yet another exposé of the sordid life of Christian Brueckner, this time courtesy of CBS to be aired tomorrow, 27th February 2021.

This needs some sorting out, it would appear from the above CBS report, that the production will be much on the lines of the recent Discovery+ documentary - the life and times of Christian Brueckner with a slightly modified title .... 'The Puzzle: Solving the Madeleine McCann Case'. Time will tell.

Dramatic as it may seem, the headline 'USB drives found buried beneath dead dog' is tenuous to say the least. I'm going from memory here so don't quote me - I'll check the detail when I have the time and inclination, maybe.

According to Manfred Wotshisname, the primary Discover+ episode 1 key witness, he and his mate found the USB drives (depends which version of the story you read) which he didn't hand over to the authorities because he had broken into the property to nick diesel he thought might be stored there by Brueckner - the building that was derelict and wide open. The documentary goes on to say that Brueckner was convicted for posession of indecent images of rape, child sexual abuse and bestiality, showing Breuckner as a participant in the videod acts and served a 15 month prison sentence.

The profiler Hofmann said Brueckner fits the profile perfectly to link him to the abduction and murder of Madeleine McCann. The documentary narrator also hints that Snr Amaral thinks Brueckner's profile fits the bill. The statement is taken entirely out of context (as usual), it needs to be presented with the entire text, The narrator/reporter also said Snr Amaral agreed to be interviewed for the Discovery+ documentary and it appears from the filming that he was interviewed, if this be true, they might have made the studio setting a little more congenial.

Episode 2 of the Discovery+ documentary claims Brueckner filmed a little girl on a slide with her skirt blowing up and he fondled her private parts - the video showed his, Brueckner's, erect penis in the foreground. New police intelligence there - identification by willy! Apparently he wasn't convicted on that occassion.

As I say, it's all very confusing. I need to watch again.

USB drive... oh...

Hammer... beneath dog... hammer... beneath dog.... hammer.... beneath dog....

What a dilemma.

Does Brueckner have the brain of a peanut?

Christian B cleared of involvement in Inga's disappearance so what about Madeleine's?