Prime Suspect: Who Took Madeleine McCann? airs on BBC One this week, more than 16 years since the disappearance of the three-year-old in Portugal – but what’s the evidence against Christian Brueckner?
The German authorities are pursuing a theory that she was murdered by the drifter. He’s a known paedophile from Germany, who has a history of sex crimes.
In this BBC One documentary, journalist Richard Bilton reports on the discovery of prime suspect Christian. He’s currently serving time in a German prison for another heinous crime.
Richard travels across Germany and Portugal to examine the evidence. He aims to determine how strong the case is that Christian Brueckner abducted and murdered the missing girl Madeleine McCann.
Christian Brueckner names as an ‘arguido’ in abduction of Madeleine McCann
Portuguese police named Christian Brueckner as an “arguido” – an official suspect – in the abduction and murder of three-year-old Maddie.
Investigators working on McCann’s disappearance insisted they had “concrete evidence” that she is dead and believed Brueckner killed her.
Christian B is a known paedophile, and is being investigated over several other sex crimes. In addition to being investigated over the disappearance of Maddie, Christian Brueckner was also being investigated over the disappearance of five-year-old Inga Gehricke.
Inga went missing during a family barbecue by the Wilhelmsholf, an assisted living facility located in the district of Stendal in May 2015. Christian was living in the same area as the location of the barbecue. But prosecutors eventually dropped the Gehricke investigation in relation to him.
In June 2020, Portuguese police named German-born Christian as the man “responsible” for Maddie’s kidnap and probable murder. However, police have so far not bought charges against him.
Christian Brueckner, who is 46, was born in 1976 as Christian Fischer in Bavaria. His birth mother gave him up for adoption, and placed him in a children’
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