14 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner taunts cops with sick letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has penned a sickening letter from prison in which he questions the evidence against him

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14 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner writes sick new letter from jail

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's missing case, has penned a vile letter where claimed police wouldn't find evidence linking him to the case

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19 h. ago ‘Every parent’s nightmare’: after 18 years, was this the final search for Madeleine McCann?

As visitors pose for selfies in the Portuguese resort where the British child disappeared, a breakthrough seems further away than everThe police have packed up, the diggers and radar scanners gone from the Algarve scrubland. The latest search for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 2007, has ended quietly without any apparent breakthrough.After 18 years of intermittent searches, this one, led by German police, may well be the last. In Praia da Luz, a seaside town etched into the world’s memory by the tragedy, that realisation lands with a mix of relief and weariness. Locals barely speak about the case now, if at all. The McCann investigation brought an unrelenting glare of media attention that many here would prefer to forget. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a 'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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29 h. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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38 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect, Christian Brueckner was 'nasty piece of work', says neighbour

As the search for evidence in the case of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann comes to an end, a neighbour who spoke to prime suspect Christian Bruekner said he was a 'really nasty piece of work'

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40 h. ago Madeleine McCann search in Algarve called off after three days finding ‘nothing of consequence’

Scores of police have been searcing scrubland and an abandoned building near Praia da Luz with JCBs, radar and fingertip searches

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42 h. ago Maddie McCann search in Algarve called off after three days finding ‘nothing of consequence’

Scores of police have been searcing scrubland and an abandoned building near Praia da Luz with JCBs, radar and fingertip searches

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59 h. ago Witness who first linked Christian Brueckner to Madeleine McCann is 'convinced' prime suspect knows what happened to her and there is 'hope' for missing girl's parents

Helge Busching, a former friend of Brueckner, first linked the German to her abduction as long ago as 2008 - just a year after she disappeared.

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3 d. ago Watch live: Madeleine McCann police search continues in Portugal

Watch live as Portuguese and German police continue their search for Madeleine McCann in the Algarve, Portugal.

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3 d. ago Police launch new Madeleine McCann search in Algarve near prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating disappearance over 18 years ago to carry out searches ‘for signs of body’

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4 d. ago Portuguese and German police renew search for Madeleine McCann

Teams expected to use radar equipment that can scan beneath ground as they look for evidence that could implicate prime suspect Christian BrücknerA new search for Madeleine McCann is under way in Portugal with police officers gathering a few miles from where the British toddler was last seen in 2007.Portuguese and German police are carrying out the search 18 years after the three-year-old disappeared from the resort of Praia da Luz while her parents were having dinner out, leaving her sleeping in a nearby room with her toddler twin siblings. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Watch live: Madeleine McCann investigators scour abandoned farmhouse near Christian Brueckner home in Portugal

Watch live as investigators searching for Madeleine McCann scour an abandoned farmhouse near the home of prime suspect Christian Brueckner.

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4 d. ago Police launch new Madeleine McCann search in Portugal near prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating disappearance over 18 years ago to carry out searches ‘for signs of body’

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann latest: Police launch new search in Portugal’s Praia De Luz 18 years after disappearance

Searches will take place between Praia da Luz and one of houses where suspect Christian Brueckner lived

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4 d. ago New Madeleine McCann search to start in Portugal near prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating prime suspect Christian Brueckner to carry out searches ‘for sign’s of body’

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4 d. ago New Madeleine McCann search to start in Praia da Luz and at prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating prime suspect Christian Brueckner are said to have requested the search

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's creepy response when asked if her

Christian Brueckner, 46, remains the prime suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann, who vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007

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4 w. ago Fears Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner could flee to country without extradition treaty if he walks free from prison

Christian Brueckner is currently in German jail for raping a woman in 2005 in the part of Portugal's Algarve region where three-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing in 2007.

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