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Madeleine McCann new evidence - BREAKING NEWS

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PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 05/06/2024 18:58

A Senior German detective has told a court that investigators had found emails on a Hotmail account used by Christian Brueckner that linked him directly to the Madeleine McCann case.

However, the detective was unable to share details of the evidence as it was 'related to the killing' of Madeleine. Brueckner, the prime suspect, is currently on trial in Germany for unrelated sex crimes.

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Swingingvvoter · 05/06/2024 19:41

I'm really hope this is the beginning of the end for that poor family.

ohfourfoxache · 05/06/2024 19:42

Oh no 😭

Raggydollz · 05/06/2024 19:44

Always thought he looked so much like the sketches from witnesses and descriptions.. hope they get him finally

VibeOnWithMyGalPals · 05/06/2024 19:46

Didn’t the German police say that a long time ago, that they had evidence that Madeleine was dead and that he was involved, but they wouldn’t give any more information? Why can’t they charge him?

flyingwingsabove · 05/06/2024 19:47

VibeOnWithMyGalPals · 05/06/2024 19:46

Didn’t the German police say that a long time ago, that they had evidence that Madeleine was dead and that he was involved, but they wouldn’t give any more information? Why can’t they charge him?

This.

BESTAUNTB · 05/06/2024 19:47

I hope it’s enough to charge him.

smooththecat · 05/06/2024 19:53

VibeOnWithMyGalPals · 05/06/2024 19:46

Didn’t the German police say that a long time ago, that they had evidence that Madeleine was dead and that he was involved, but they wouldn’t give any more information? Why can’t they charge him?

They must not have evidence that the crime happened in their jurisdiction. If they are confirming her death in this way, that’s not right.

Igotjelly · 05/06/2024 20:11

I just want so badly for her family to have the answers they so desperately seek and, if she is dead to be able to have a funeral and to grieve properly. A conviction would hopefully also put an end to the vile rumours that have circulated about their involvement for all of these years.

AmusedMaker · 05/06/2024 20:16

I always hope she’s alive somewhere.
whatever happened, I hope the family find peace & some sort of closure eventually.

AutumnCrow · 05/06/2024 20:18

This has apparently come out in the Brueckner court case.

I hope the McCann family were given a prior warning about it. Surely they were??

OrchardBlack · 05/06/2024 20:45

Igotjelly · 05/06/2024 20:11

I just want so badly for her family to have the answers they so desperately seek and, if she is dead to be able to have a funeral and to grieve properly. A conviction would hopefully also put an end to the vile rumours that have circulated about their involvement for all of these years.

Agreed.

Pixiesgirl · 05/06/2024 20:57

Hope it actually amounts to something and the whole thing is laid to rest. Poor Madeleine.

TheThingIsYeah · 05/06/2024 21:00

I thought the script was that Scotland Yard detectives conveniently discover new evidence at this time of the year that necessitates golf clubs to be packed a trip to the Algarve for investigation.

Psychoticbreak · 05/06/2024 21:18

@TheThingIsYeah well that is all well and good but an Irish girl I know has just been there as he raped her years ago in portugal and she has given evidence and had to go through her own ordeal again and yes it is going to bring up the Madeline case again but it is not in the least convenient for her although she is a strong woman and I hope she gets that bastard done for what he did to her at very outside.

flosset · 05/06/2024 21:20

TheThingIsYeah · 05/06/2024 21:00

I thought the script was that Scotland Yard detectives conveniently discover new evidence at this time of the year that necessitates golf clubs to be packed a trip to the Algarve for investigation.

They always seem to discover something when the public funding is due to end

Sue152 · 05/06/2024 21:21

That is a vile, vile man. I can't imagine what that poor child went through if he did take her.

icallitasplodge · 05/06/2024 21:24

AutumnCrow · 05/06/2024 20:18

This has apparently come out in the Brueckner court case.

I hope the McCann family were given a prior warning about it. Surely they were??

I believe the McCanns were told, when he first became a suspect, that they had circumstantial evidence and belief she was no longer living but not the circumstances so were unable to prosecute on that. I believe he has been in prison so long as they are hoping he will talk and someone will inform. That’s usually how these old cases are solved.

Hotttchoc · 05/06/2024 21:30

I just can't imagine how a family deals with this sort of a loss of a child. Any loss is horrible but to not know where they are, what they have been through and whether they are dead or alive. It is unthinkable.

OhHelloMiss · 05/06/2024 21:30

He was sentenced to 7 years for a different crime

He's rude to staff in prison so that tells me all I need to know about his character

He won't ever walk free, god knows what they have uncovered

ActivePeony · 05/06/2024 21:32

He's rude to staff in prison so that tells me all I need to know about his character

WTF? Not the vile crimes that he has committed, the fact that he is rude?

OhHelloMiss · 05/06/2024 21:34

Yeah @ActivePeony it's one of my thoughts on this, if that's ok??

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Thelastbitofketchup · 05/06/2024 21:39

I thought the script was that Scotland Yard detectives conveniently discover new evidence at this time of the year that necessitates golf clubs to be packed a trip to the Algarve for investigation.
interesting to critique the police.
No mention of the fact she was left alone
would anything have happened if she hadn’t been
Place ire where it should be

Theweepywillow · 05/06/2024 21:39

OhHelloMiss · 05/06/2024 21:30

He was sentenced to 7 years for a different crime

He's rude to staff in prison so that tells me all I need to know about his character

He won't ever walk free, god knows what they have uncovered

Huh? Why don’t his crimes do that?

Nopet · 05/06/2024 21:41

Sue152 · 05/06/2024 21:21

That is a vile, vile man. I can't imagine what that poor child went through if he did take her.

I don’t want to know…absolutely sickening that this creature is still alive!
I think about her parents regularly and they were destroyed that day .
They didn’t do anything wrong apart from a bad call leaving her at the apartment.
As a parent who had children a similar age in the 90s/00s it was considered ok to eat very close to our apartment and regularly check. It was normal and never on our radar that a weirdo would steal our child.

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