Christian Brueckner: To be or not to be

crusader wrote:I'm convinced the British authorities want the bogus search to continue because if it ends, they will have to answer some very difficult questions by freedom of information. 
They will no longer be able to hide under the guise of it being a live investigation.
Mark Rowley said he is satisfied the McCann's have been cleared of any involvement in the disappearance of Madeleine, not to my knowledge they have.
Infact the Portuguese police state the opposite, only closing the case because of insufficiant evidence against them.

I don't think anyone in the British establishment need be in fear of awkward questions being raised in the event of Operation Grange being abandoned, indeed they said back in 2015 the working team was to be scaled down to 4 (?) staff. Technically it could be said Madeleine McCann's disappearance is an active case until further evidence is unearthed to take it forward - whichever way you look at it, Madeleine McCann's disappearance has never been satisfactorily explained. Thus she is a missing person!

As for having to answer FOI requests, they will always find a way around not answering very specific questions that might compromise their positions.

The police are not obliged to update the public on any criminal investigation unless it is a matter of public concern/interest. It's the fact that the German authorities are so glib with their public commentary about Brueckner that rouses suspicion about their ultimate motives - in short, they talk too much! The British did take the cameras and journalists on board their jolly to Portugal back in the day - The Great 2014 Dig!

Personally I don't think the British are collaborating with German authorities, I think their dismissive approach to be an indicative of what they feel about Brueckner and his alleged involvement in the case of Madeleine McCann. Same applies to Portugal, if a rogatory request is submitted for international cooperation, they have little or no alternative but to respond positively - just imagine the outcome if there was some evidence forthcoming and the leading authorities didn't cooperate.

All that aside, the press and media are playing a huge part in this circus - take that out of the equation and there is little left.

Christian Brueckner is not/was not/will never be involved with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann - that's all we need to know.

Talking of the press, I was black listed by the Snaily Wail years ago for daring to point out known facts of the Madeleine McCann case.

Yesterday I tried again and perchance I was back in, so I posted a simple comment, short and sweet like a donkey's gallop, in response to this article copied-over up-page ^^^ to the effect that reportage was factually incorrect, which can be verified by very detailed official documentation of the Portuguese investigation, freely available on the internet.

'Strange, she didn't scream': Prime Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's sinister claim to the friend who reported him to police over young British girl's disappearance in Portugal

EXCLUSIVE: Brueckner has mounted concerted effort to clear name by writing several letters

By Nick Pisa On The Algarve

Published: 15:14, 3 June 2023 | Updated: 19:23, 3 June 2023

My comment hasn't been published, instead the Slimy Snail opted to publish these comments..

~ There are stories and situations in life where you have no connection with the family but feel so sorry for them it's beyond words so sad

~ What about all the other kid that have gone missing in 17 years or so, no search for them !!

~ The peoples of Scotland wish Gerry and Kate lot's of love, you are so sweet kind and you will get justice for Maddy x

~ A great case for capital punishment

~ Poor parents, sad story

~ I wish the McCann family all the best, what they have really been through you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. I hope they get answers some day.

~ Do her parents really need to hear or read this

~ Oh thats just awful to hear for the parents.

~ It doesn't bear thinking about what that poor little girl went through

~ Aww so sad hopefully one day Madeline will turn up ..Never give up looking for her, and hold on to that hope,Madeline will be found one day.(Debbie)

Madeleine McCann: UK police travel to Portugal resort to oversee excavations

Ben Quinn

Mon 5 May 2014 01.45 BST

Report says forensics team plan to use radar equipment to look underground for clues to child's disappearance seven years ago

The search for missing child Madeleine McCann is set to enter a new phase as British police prepare to travel to Portugal to oversee excavations in the Portuguese resort where she went missing seven years ago, according to a report.

A team of forensic officers will use radar equipment to look underground for clues to her disappearance, according to a report in the Daily Mirror, which cited police sources.

The child's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were said to have been told of the plans to search three sites near the Praia da Lux resort but are not expected to go to Portugal.

Madeleine went missing from her family's rented holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007, as her parents dined with friends at a nearby tapas bar.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan police said that the force would neither confirm nor deny the report. "We are not going to give a running commentary," he said. "From the beginning of Operation Grange [the UK-led hunt for Madeleine], we have made it clear that speculation has been unhelpful to the investigation and that continues to be the case.

"As we have said from the beginning, we will not be commenting on any speculation surrounding this investigation."

Police said last month that they knew of nine sexual assaults and three "near misses" on British girls between the ages of six and 12 who were on holiday in the Algarve between 2004 and 2006.

Scotland Yard began a review of the case in May 2011 – codenamed Operation Grange – and opened a formal investigation last July.

Five new cases in which young girls were assaulted and one near miss came to light as a result of an appeal in March for information about a lone predator entering rooms of British families on holiday.

The Met said more than 500 people came forward and its officers were cautiously optimistic that they would be soon be working on the ground with Portuguese authorities, who will remain in charge of the investigation despite hopes of a joint operation. Portuguese police last year reopened their investigation after discovering new lines of inquiry.

There is a £20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for Madeleine's disappearance. Anyone with information can call police on 0207 321 9251 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/05/madeleine-mccann-portugal-forensics-excavations

Could this have been the precursor to the German angle? I can imagine talk of £20k to be good incentive for the likes of felons - or anyone else for that matter, to come forward with 'their version of the truth'.

~ Police said last month that they knew of nine sexual assaults and three "near misses" on British girls between the ages of six and 12 who were on holiday in the Algarve between 2004 and 2006.

~ Five new cases in which young girls were assaulted and one near miss came to light as a result of an appeal in March for information about a lone predator entering rooms of British families on holiday.

~ The Met said more than 500 people came forward and its officers were cautiously optimistic that they would be soon be working on the ground with Portuguese authorities, who will remain in charge of the investigation despite hopes of a joint operation. Portuguese police last year reopened their investigation after discovering new lines of inquiry.

... trolls and McCann haters

 Almost juvenile in it's connotation ain't it, who ever kicked off such a stupid reference in the first place?

 

Like a petulant child .... not the only time he had a little    before the cameras.

I'm happy to be a troll, if that is  what the uneducated think of us  forum members. It's infinitely preferable to being an idiot.

I don't give my energy to " hate " it's a waste of my time and energy ! 

This " troll " has read the PJ Files , you know the ones the " investigative journalists " choose to ignore , I was told a few years ago on YouTube they were " fake " , hmm tell that to the wonderful people who gave of their time to translate them !

The dastardly duo of McCann lovers (touché) Fricker & Couzens Inc have joined forces for a real humdinger this summery Sunday evening..

Exclusive: Madeleine McCann reservoir cops testing key evidence for link to suspect's camper van

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann think they have a good chance of proving Christian Bruckner's VW camper van was at the reservoir


Police hope to link the reservoir to Bruckner's camper van (Image: PA)

ByMartin FrickerSenior Reporter
Gerard CouzensNews Correspondent

15:35, 4 Jun 2023Updated16:42, 4 Jun 2023

Police probing Madeleine McCann’s disappearance are testing soil samples to see if they match dirt found in their prime suspect’s camper van.

Detectives believe they have a good chance of proving Christian Brueckner’s VW Westfalia was at Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal, around the time the youngster went missing.

They are waiting for comparisons of samples already on file with earth taken from 2ft-deep bore holes made during a three-day hunt last month.

German prosecutors first connected Brueckner, 45, to the remote reservoir near Silves through mysterious photo evidence that has not been made public.

And sources say proving the German visited Barragem do Arade in May 2007 could be pivotal to their case.

One well-placed source said: “Photos led German police investigating Maddie’s disappearance to the reservoir.

“One of their focuses now is to close the net around Brueckner by showing through soil sample analysis that his van was there.

“A positive match of the soil they already have from the vehicle with the earth they removed during the search last week will be another important piece of evidence against him.

“It will be a slight setback if the forensics people don’t get a match but at this stage investigators remain hopeful.

“The search that took place last week would never have been requested and authorised if the motive for it hadn’t been well supported.”

The reservoir is a 40-minute drive from Praia da Luz, where Madeleine vanished from her parents’ holiday apartment in May 2007.

Kate and Gerry McCann, from Rothley, Leics, are being kept updated on the German investigation by Scotland Yard.

German and Portuguese search teams spent three days at Barragem do Arade last month.

It was the first overseas-led search since British police dug for clues on waste ground in Praia da Luz in June 2014.

Brueckner’s friend Michael Tatschl claimed in 2020 that the German often visited a reservoir half an hour from Praia da Luz.

Barragem do Arade was searched twice in February and March 2008 by divers hired by a Portuguese lawyer.

Brueckner was dramatically named as the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance in June 2020.

The pervert, who is serving a jail term in his home country for raping a pensioner in Praia da Luz, denies any involvement.

He was awaiting trial for a string of rapes and child sexual assaults allegedly committed in Portugal.

But those charges were dramatically dropped last month after a court ruling over who had jurisdiction in the case.

They were originally filed by prosecutors in Braunschweig because he previously lived in the city in 2016.

But Brueckner’s lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher argued he was actually living in a warehouse in Neuwegersleben, Lower-Saxony.

A court in Braunschweig ruled in his favour, saying it had no jurisdiction over the case.

But prosecutors are confident the ruling will be overturned when they appeal it in Braunschweig’s Higher Regional Court.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/madeleine-mccann-reservoir-cops-testing-30151744

Was that the camper van big enough to hide a little girl, or a stash of hash - or was that another one, I admit to losing track of this story at times.



You couldn't make it up could you - oh but wait a minute, they did didn't they?

So, let's think for a moment that Brueckner did spend time at the reservoir - everyone's got to be somewhere at every point in time, how does that implicate involvement in the case of missing Madeleine McCann without any evidence to back it, evidence which they clearly ain't got or they wouldn't be banging on about everything and nothing week after week.

It gets more farcical as time goes on.



I really thought, or hoped, the name Brueckner was to finally become a thing of the past (at least by the well informed) but here we go again!

The last German 'who dunnit', Raymond Hewlett, ran on seemingly endlessly but at least at the time there were other distractions to dilute the focus - now there's nothing but a full blown Brueckner to contend with day after day after day.

I can't keep up with the campervan saga either. Didn't one of them allegedly contain fibres from the famous pyjamas?

I pass ....

There was the big one where they found girly swimsuits - allegedly.

This is a fun read for weekend..

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner tells his lawyer he 'DIDN'T kill her' as pictures of little girls' swimming costumes found in his motorhome in Germany are revealed

Christian Brueckner's lawyer said his client 'denied any involvement' in Madeleine McCann's disappearance
Revelation comes as reports say Brueckner's mobile home had girls' swimwear in when it was seized by police
German convicted paedophile Brueckner reportedly drove the motor home between Portugal and Germany
Unclear when he bought 30ft-long Tiffin Allegro. He drove similar vehicle at the time that Madeleine vanished

By Claire Duffin In Braunschweig For The Daily Mail and Jemma Carr For Mailonline

Published: 22:02, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 19:19, 24 August 2020

Christian Brueckner claims he had nothing to do with Madeleine McCann's disappearance as it emerged police found a stash of girls' swimming costumes in the convicted paedophile's motorhome.

Brueckner reportedly drove the 30ft-long American-style vehicle, which he also lived in for a time, back and forth between Portugal and Germany.

It is not clear when Brueckner bought the 30-year-old Tiffin Allegro but he was known to be driving a vehicle matching its description in 2007, when Madeleine, three, vanished.

Brueckner's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher said his client - who is languishing in solitary confinement in a German prison - 'denied any involvement' in Madeleine's case, The Mirror reports.

People who knew him described a 'large cream-coloured Winnebago campervan,' which he allegedly bragged could hide 'drugs and children'.

Police investigating the disappearance of five-year-old Inga Gehricke – known as the 'German Maddie' – found the vehicle during a search of a disused box factory in Neuwegersleben, near Braunschweig [Brunswick] in northern Germany, in May 2016.

It was parked on land Brueckner bought six years earlier at auction. Brueckner, a convicted drug dealer and rapist, was under suspicion after Inga vanished from woods during a family outing.

Germany's Spiegel TV reported that during a six-day search of the site detectives found numerous items of children's clothing, most of them 'small swimsuits' in the motorhome. Brueckner does not have any children.

Police also found six memory sticks with more than 8,000 files, mostly containing pictures and videos of child abuse. They were in a bag in a hole in the ground, underneath the body of his dead dog. Brueckner, now 43, was convicted of possessing the child porn but not charged in relation to Inga. He was identified as a suspect in the McCann case in recent weeks and police near Hanover have reopened the file into Inga's disappearance, looking again at Brueckner.

It is alleged the motorhome was seen on Portugal's Algarve on several occasions around 2007.

A former ambulance driver called Dieter, whose daughter knew Brueckner, said he was given a tour of the vehicle. He added: 'As I looked inside, I asked him: 'Herr Brueckner, what do you do in Portugal? What is your job?' He told me: 'I work, I get money, because I have a special business. I transport grass [cannabis] in my van.'

Dieter revealed to the Mail on Sunday: 'Brueckner told me again, 'I have 50kg of grass, and I transport it around Europe'. I thought he was joking at the time. He said, 'In my van, I can take 50kg of grass – nobody can see it ... I can transport children, kids, in this space. Drugs and children, you can transport them in this van – it's a safe space in the van. Nobody can find them. Nobody can catch you'.'

It is not known where the motorhome is now. Asked if it was a potential lead, the German prosecutor running the Madeleine case, Hans Christian Wolters, said: 'Maybe, but I can't comment on it.' Brueckner has denied any involvement in her disappearance.

Meanwhile, it emerged yesterday that he could be released from jail as early as next month.

Brueckner is serving time for drugs charges but has applied to be released early after completing two-thirds of his sentence.

Separately, he was found guilty of raping a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz – where Madeleine disappeared – in 2005 and jailed for seven years but has appealed against that sentence.

The case is now being considered by the European Court of Justice, which will make a decision by July 17. Other new pictures emerged showing Brueckner larking around including putting a bag on his head.

A friend also alleged he boasted about breaking into holiday apartments in Portugal wearing swimming goggles to disguise his identity.

Brueckner ran a small store selling drinks and snacks in Braunschweig between 2012 and 2014. He would shower youngsters with toys and teddy bears as they walked to a school barely 100 yards from the kiosk.

In 2013, police allegedly tipped Brueckner off about the investigation, giving him ample time to destroy evidence.

Germany's federal criminal police contacted police in Braunschweig for more information about the suspect after receiving a confidential tip-off, Spiegal reported.

But while calling the suspect in, police specified in their letter that it had to do with the 'Madeleine McCann missing persons case' and 'personal examination of Christian B'.

Brueckner told a friend - who gave his name only as Bjorn R - that he played no part in Madeleine's disappearance after being handed a subpoena by police, The Sun reports.

The friend spoke out as part of the Spiegel TV documentary. He said: 'One day I came into the kiosk and he was a little bit distraught and said, "Hey, look what I've got here" — and he showed me a subpoena for the Madeleine McCann case.

'You could see it churned him up a bit but he wasn't panicking and he wasn't saying "they are on my heels".

'I think he said he had been there but that he had nothing to do with it and that was that.'

13 YEARS OF HEARTACHE

May 3, 2007 - Madeleine McCann disappears from her apartment in Praia da Luz.

May 4 - Police do not set up effective searches or alert the Spanish border for 12 hours. A basic check of other guests is not done for 48 hours.

May 30 - The McCanns meet the Pope in Rome during a series of trips around Europe and beyond to highlight the search.

August - Sniffer dogs reportedly find blood traces in the McCanns' apartment.

September 7 - The McCanns are made arguidos – official suspects. They were totally exonerated the following year.

2008 - Detective Goncalo Amaral falsely claims the McCanns hid Madeleine's body.

2011 - The Met Police launches Operation Grange and identify almost 200 new lines of inquiry.

2013 - The Met identifies 38 people 'of interest'. Portuguese detectives reopen the case.

2017 - A witness comes forward with the name of the German suspect, Christian Brueckner. The McCanns reveal they still buy gifts for Madeleine.

June 3, 2020 - Police sensationally reveal that they are investigating a German sex offender. Brueckner's name emerges the following day.

June 8 - German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters says he has evidence Madeleine is dead – but won't say what it is.

June 15 - Mr Wolters says he has written to the McCanns telling them he has evidence their daughter is dead. Once again, he gives no details.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8428843/Madeleine-McCann-suspects-motorhome-contained-stash-girls-swimming-costumes.html

Sod it - now I'm really confused .

crusader wrote:If they go to the house with the pole in the middle of the living room, you know the one where he raped a young girl on video, they will find irrefutable proof CB had been there too.
Does that make me a credible informant.

No, it makes you a barmpot - like the rest of 'em

Police released pictures showing the interior of one house believed to be linked to the suspect

Note: The above furnished image was published by the press, the same room was shown on the Discovery+ documentary as an empty room.

Discovery+ Prime Suspect: Madeleine McCann documentary

Journalist: The videos. You recognised that they were both at Christian's house?

MS: Yes, the beam

Yes the other one, too. The table too
It was his house, you can tell right away, if you've seen it

Journalist: I thought that only one of videos was at this house - but you think it was both?

MS: No, I think both were

I think both were

You're making me feel unsure. I need to think. Let me think

I remember

But not 100% now you're asking

Voice over: Manfred Seyferth and his accomplice both claim they found the video recordings inside Christian B's home but their recollections differ when it comes to what they saw on the tapes. In particular they disagree about the age of the woman

Friedrich Fulscher: The witnesses gave very different accounts of this scene. There are so many contraditions. That even the court finally made the assumption that the recording could not even show the crime for which he had been convicted. They made a conclusion based on motive and sentenced him because of that.

___________________________________

The many versions of the video camera are as confusing as the campervans - that's to say inconsistent.

I guess it all depends on which press report one chooses to believe, personally I'll stick with the most reliable witness - after all, it is thanks to him that these allegations against the name Brueckner have come to light.


Manfred Seyferth

CaKeLoveR wrote:I can't keep up with the campervan saga either. Didn't one of them allegedly contain fibres from the famous pyjamas?

Oh here it is, or at least one of the reports..

Madeleine McCann breakthrough: 'Fibres from toddler's pyjamas found in suspect's van'

4 May 2022, 00:10 | Updated: 4 May 2022, 09:10

By Emma Soteriou

German investigators have discovered "evidence" of Madeleine McCann in a campervan belonging to a prime suspect in the case.

It comes exactly 15 years after Madeleine vanished from the apartment she slept in with her two younger siblings in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents visited a nearby tapas bar.

The evidence is believed to be fibres from the then three-year-old's pyjamas.

Hans Christian Wolters, who is leading the investigation with Portuguese and British detectives, said he believed Madeleine was dead and that Christian Brueckner, 45, was the man responsible.

"We have found new facts and new evidence," he said.

"It's not forensic evidence but evidence and because of our evidence, we are sure he is the murderer of Madeleine McCann. We are sure he killed Madeleine."

When asked on Portuguese TV whether it was "true that you have found something of Madeleine McCann in Christian Brueckner's van", Mr Wolters replied: "I'm not going to comment on the details of the investigation.

"But you can't deny it?" the interviewer asked.

"I don't want to deny it," he said.

He later added: "Because the suspect has not yet been informed."

Prosecutors in the Algarve city of Faro released a statement last month that said, according to a translation, that a person was named an "arguido", a Portuguese legal designation which elevates a witness to the status of a named or formal suspect.

The statement did not name Christian Brueckner but said the person was made an "arguido" by German authorities at the request of Portugal's public prosecution service.

Brueckner, who was identified as a murder suspect by German prosecutors in June 2020, has reportedly denied any involvement in the case and has not been charged.

According to Sky, he has claimed to have an alibi, revealing he was having sex in his camper van with a woman at the time of Madeleine's disappearance.

He further claimed that he drove the young woman to Faro Airport in Portugal on the morning after their encounter and she was later arrested for carrying pepper spray and later appeared in court.

Brueckner is serving a seven-year jail term for a brutal 2005 sex attack on a 72-year-old woman and his application for early release has been rejected by the German authorities.

Prosecutors in the Algarve city of Faro released a statement last month that said, according to a translation, that a person was named an "arguido", a Portuguese legal designation which elevates a witness to the status of a named or formal suspect.

The statement did not name Christian Brueckner but said the person was made an "arguido" by German authorities at the request of Portugal's public prosecution service.

Brueckner, who was identified as a murder suspect by German prosecutors in June 2020, has reportedly denied any involvement in the case and has not been charged.

According to Sky, he has claimed to have an alibi, revealing he was having sex in his camper van with a woman at the time of Madeleine's disappearance.

He further claimed that he drove the young woman to Faro Airport in Portugal on the morning after their encounter and she was later arrested for carrying pepper spray and later appeared in court.

Brueckner is serving a seven-year jail term for a brutal 2005 sex attack on a 72-year-old woman and his application for early release has been rejected by the German authorities.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccann-breakthrough-fibres-toddlers-pyjamas-suspects-van/

"It's not forensic evidence but evidence and because of our evidence, we are sure he is the murderer of Madeleine McCann. We are sure he killed Madeleine."

Hans Christian Wolters [allegedly]

Eh ?

Not very professional for a professional - or maybe something was lost in translation.  Wouldn't be the first time.

The fibres could be from something HE was wearing. Dressing like a girlie would be the least of his many crimes.

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke was the only journalist to visit the ‘secret camp’ of Madeleine McCann suspect last year, as three-day lake search finds ‘relevant clues’.

By Jon Clarke (publisher and editor) Jun 2, 2023

RITUAL CLEANSING: What did Brueckner do at Arade lake stone circle?

This was his secret camp that he called his ‘little paradise’.

Hidden in a copse overlooking Arade lake, this was the Portuguese hide-out that Christian Brueckner would come to ‘cleanse himself’ alongside lots of beer and marijuana.

As well as a rudimentary table, hewn out of a log, the Madeleine McCann suspect even sculpted a stone bench down by the water’s edge.  But what most intrigued German detectives, who spent 72-hoursscouring the area last week, was a perfect stone circle, now dismantled, that was made beside it.

“This was his exact special spot he liked to come to ‘cleanse himself’,” a former friend told the Olive Press on a visit to the reservoir, last year.  “He came here often, but I don’t know exactly what he did as he was always secretive.”

The Olive Press established he spent long periods by a trio of lakes on the Algarve, as well as Granada’s Alpu-jarras region, where he sold drugs and stolen items.
The convicted rapist and paedophile particularly liked Arade lake.

“He would drive down to the edge of the lake. He liked to be near the water,” revealed the German mother-of-two, who is a key witness in the case. “He always camped in the same spot and said he came to ‘cleanse himself’ and he certainly washed himself and his clothes in the lake.

Cambodia

“He drank a lot of beer as when I came down with him to pick up stones for a wall at my house there were loads of empty cans.  “I think he liked the silence and the fact there was usually no-one else around. It now makes me horrified to think what he really might have done down there.”

Talking at her home near Silves, the expat, who has lived on the Algarve for three decades, added: “The most important thing detectives needed to know was exactly when and where he went by the lake. They made me pick it out on maps and aerial shots, which luckily I could do.,,“I really hope they finally catch him for all the horrible things he has done.”

Located just 30 miles from where Madeleine, then 3, was snatched from her bed in Praia da Luz, Arade lake sits close to where Brueckner was staying at the time in the village of Foral.

A former flatmate, Michael Tatschl, told the Olive Press in 2020 that Brueckner ‘loved’ spending time by the lakes with his friend Christian Post, an IT technician, who now lives in  Cambodia.  “He loved the isolation at the lakes...and he was definitely a pervert and more than capable of snatching a child, for sexual kicks or money,” said Tatschl, from his home in Austria.

“He was always bragging about making money. He even talked about selling kids maybe to Morocco, and I think he probably sold Maddie to someone – maybe a sex ring.  When we tracked Post down to Kampot, in Cambodia, last year, he said he believed Brueckner snatched a sleeping Madeleine while on a burglary spree. “Now I know about his paedophile past. I’m 100% certain it was him.

I think he found [Madeleine] by chance and took her,” said Post.  This is a theory that German detectives have been working on since they unearthed a stash of 8000 photos and videos, including child abuse, at a Brueckner property, in 2016.

The files came with various other items, it can be revealed, some of which ‘directly implicate’ Brueckner in the abduction.

Clue

Yet remarkably, while he was twice extradited from Portugal for sex crimes against children, Portuguese detectives never considered he could be involved.  He is currently serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old in Praia da Luz, in 2005.

German cops discovered his phone was used near Madeleine’s apartment on the same night she went missing.  Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters told the Olive Press last year he was ‘certain’ Brueckner abducted Madeleine and killed her.

Detectives have found at least one ‘relevant clue’ from the Arade search and taken dozens of samples back to Germany to be analysed over the coming weeks.

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/06/02/exclusive-ground-zero-the-druidic-circle-hideaway-of-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner/

There is one very major problem with this theory.

There is not a shred of evidence to suggest Madeleine McCann was abducted - the rest as they say is history.

Why bother following false leads when all the evidence is readily available for all to read.

Seems a bit odd that Jon Clarke of the Olive Press was nosing around the reservoir last year, 2022, talking to old Brueckner friends and acquaintances and then some months later the German authorities decide the Portuguese reservoir could hold vital clues - information obtained word of mouth from the usual criminal underworld.

Coincidence or is someone jumping on the bandwagon, at the same time trying to take the credit for this latest revelation !?!

I don't believe Jon Clarke of the Olive Press has sufficient influence in the world of policing and press/media to be masterminding this charade. I think he lives in his own little world of make believe .... like a comic book super hero.