Portugal identifies suspect in probe of missing British girl Madeleine McCann

Prosecutor in the South Portugal is officially charging a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCannA British girl went missing nearly 15 years ago while on holiday with her family in the southern European country.

A statement on Thursday by the Public Ministry of Faro district, the largest city in Portugal’s Algarve region, did not name the suspect but said it was acting at the request of German authorities and in coordination with the authorities. British investigator.

In mid-2020, German police determined Christian Bruecknera German citizen, as a suspect in the case.

McCann was 3 years old when she disappeared from the apartment where her family was vacationing in the Algarve town of Praia da Luz.

Brueckner, 45, is serving a drug sentence in a German prison and has a seven-year sentence pending for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal. in Praia da Luz.

Brueckner has denied any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.

Investigators in the nearby town of Portimao are leading the investigation with the assistance of the Judicial Police, prosecutors’ statement said.

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