2023-05-24 11:12:29
“Little paradise” is the expression that the main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case used to refer to the Arade dam, located about 50 kilometers from the place where the 3-year-old girl disappeared on May 3, 2007. According to the investigation, Christian Brueckner frequented this reservoir when he lived in the Algarve and was seen in the enclave in the following days to the kidnapping of the little girl.
German researchers, who are convinced of their guiltbelieve that the sexual predator -with an extensive criminal record, which includes rape and sexual abuse of minors- could end the life of the minor and have dumped there his corpse. Hence, he asked the Portuguese police to search the swamp.
The search began early this Tuesday and continues this Wednesday. Dozens of agents participate in the investigations, which are being carried out very thoroughly. Some walk the field inch by inch, while divers inspect in the water. They are also expected to make small excavations.
Throughout yesterday, the cameras were able to capture -from a distance, since the perimeter where the search work is being carried out is cordoned off- the investigators collecting various vestiges that were introduced into bags for further analysisalthough the details of them have not been disclosed.
Because here?
Christian Brueckner is the main suspect in the case and last year he also became the only defendant for the disappearance of the British minor. He lived in the Algarve, about 3 kilometers from the tourist complex where the McCanns were vacationing, when the little girl was kidnapped. In addition, the positioning of your phone locates you in the area on the night of the events.
Coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Maddie’s disappearance, German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters stated that they have evidence that he is guilty. He declined to confirm if he was referring to the finding pajama fibers of Winnie The Pooh of the girl in the back of Brueckner’s van, as the press had reported. But he did say that they are “sure” that he killed the little girl.
The suspect went to Germany after Maddie’s disappearance. The press named it in 2020, when the German police discovered that had a hole in a plot from Braunschweig. The basement was hidden under a cabin that had already been torn down. But under the rubble they found a pen drive (portable storage device) with pedophile material.
In 2016, they had already found 8,000 photos of child pornography and a large number of girl swimsuits in the caravan in which the German lived at that time. It seems that among the seized material, there were different images of Brueckner in his “little paradise”. The same place where a witness He claimed to see the delivery of a girl Madeleine resembled a “mystery man”.
previous trace
It is not the first time that the Arade reservoir has been traced. The Portuguese lawyer Marcos Aragao Correia financed the inspection of the swamp in search of clues or remains of little Maddie in 2008. As he explained at the time, he had received information from an alleged witness who assured that the girl’s body had been thrown into this dam within 48 hours after to his disappearance.
The private investigation proved fruitless. The divers found different objects and a bag with small size bones, but -after being analyzed- it was determined that they belonged to an animal. They weren’t Madeleine’s. At that time, the water level was much higher, which made the work of the professionals who participated in the operation difficult. There was about 14 meters deep and poor visibility.
Current swamp conditions could favor a more exhaustive search. However, it will take time to know the details of the new tracking. Sources from the Portuguese Judicial Police have warned that they will not divulge information about the operation until there is some news, while the German Prosecutor’s Office in Braunschweig has indicated that “for tactical reasons” no more information will be provided.
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