15 Years After Maddie McCann Disappears, Suspect Named
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 6 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
German national Christian Brueckner has been named a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann.
Brueckner, 44, is currently serving a 7-year prison sentence in Germany for raping an elderly American woman in 2005. Three-year-old Maddie went missing from a vacation rental while on a family holiday in Portugal.
The Portuguese Public Ministry, while not specifically naming Brueckner, said that evidence had been uncovered that put a suspect named "Christian B" in Praia da Luz at the time of Maddie's disappearance.
A Portuguese prosecutor in Braunschweig, Germany, has been pursuing a case against Brueckner since June 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | CRIME STORIES WITH NATTY GREASE |
| 0:14.0 | Can you imagine going on a dream trip with your family? |
| 0:18.4 | I plan one every summer during COVID-19. |
| 0:24.3 | In the middle of your dream trip to have your baby girl disappear, I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:32.8 | This is CRIME STORIES. |
| 0:33.8 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM 111. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm talking about Maddie McCann. |
| 0:42.4 | That's right. |
| 0:43.4 | Madeline McCann. |
| 0:45.4 | Take a listen to our 25, our friends at WTHR. |
| 0:48.8 | Finally, is there a break in the case? |
| 0:52.1 | We do have an update now for you on a 15-year-long missing child investigation. |
| 0:57.4 | Prosecutors in Portugal now believe they may have a suspect in the Madeline McCann case. |
| 1:02.7 | You might remember that was a three-year-old little girl from Britain who vanished while |
| 1:08.0 | she was vacationing with her family back in 2007 at a resort. |
| 1:13.0 | The suspect's identity has yet to be released. |
| 1:15.7 | We do know he now is in custody for another crime. |
| 1:19.3 | He also has a previous conviction in a child sexual abuse case. |
| 1:24.1 | I can't thank you for being with us. |
| 1:25.9 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 1:26.9 | This is CRIME STORIES. |
| 1:28.9 | I'm concerned that it has taken this long for police to hone in on who they now say |
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