Maddie McCann Suspects Christian Brueckner 'Spent Thousands of Dollars to Change His Appearance' While Trying to Avoid Being Recognized
MADELEINE McCann suspects Christian Brueckner has spent 'thousands of dollars to change his appearance' and could be unrecognizable to the man he was in 2007, police say.
German detectives who oversee the McCann It is believed that the convicted rapist has created 'an illusion' with his current appearance and is now a completely different man than he was then Madeleine disappeared.
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A source close to the investigation said police believe this could be a key reason why the search has been stalled for so many years.
On Saturday, the source said: “The Christian B today is not the same person he was in 2007 when Maddie disappeared.
“German detectives are convinced he looks very, very different and have wasted tens of thousands of pounds changing the way he looks.
“For a long time, Christian B was a prolific drug dealer who made a lot of money money and lived a very long time Nice lifestyle. He had the means to undergo surgery and make changes to the way he looked.
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“Officers believe there is a good chance that the way he looks now is an illusion of the man he was ten or fifteen years ago.
“They have always been concerned that this is an important area that the police in the Algarve have not been able to properly monitor or investigate from day one. So it's an area they'll be focusing on a lot more in the coming months.”
The source added that there is even a chance they could reissue photo e-fits and wild posters to find new information about the chilling case.
One of the ways Brueckner is said to have hidden his identity was by having surgery to remove a birthmark on his left thigh after an alleged rape.
That's what prosecutors claim Brueckner47, had it erased to avoid being identified following a knife attack on a student Hazel Behan was stuck on him.
The woman told me Police exactly where the recognizable mark was located during Job interviews although it was no longer on the body of main suspect Brueckner.
However, officers found scars in the spot Hazel had described on him.
A source said: “When Brueckner was examined during his current captivity, they found a scar where the birthmark should have been.
“Then they went through the archives again and found a body scan of Brueckner, taken by German researchers.
“Crucially, photographs were taken of his entire body and at this time he had a significant mole on his upper left leg at the hip.”
The evidence against the German pedophile has been presented to judges.
It is also said that he spent £7,500 to reset his jaw and straighten four “rabbit teeth”. just four months after Maddie disappeared Praia da Luz in the Portuguese Algarve.
A police sketch that emerged in the following days showed a man with a billy goat teeth near the McCanns' holiday apartment.
Brueckner appeared court was confronted earlier this week with a series of violent sex crimes in and around the resort where Maddie disappeared.
One of these alleged victims is Irish mother Hazel Behan, who says he raped her when she was 20 and working as a holiday worker in Portugal in 2004.
He is also accused of raping and abusing a teenage girl and a 70- to 80-year-old woman at his home in Praia da Luz between December 2000 and June 2006.
Prosecutors allege Brueckner also sexually abused children Portugal twice.
A handcuffed Brueckner brazenly entered the hearing with a blank expression on his face the trial was adjourned after a judge “kill the b*****d” rant was read out in court.
The process takes just nine minutes.
Brueckner's latest trial does not relate to the McCann case, but police hope a series of witnesses giving evidence could lead them to uncover a chilling overlap.
Other sickening allegations the court heard included that he masturbated in front of a girl at a playground in Mesen in June 2017.
He is also facing claims that he did the same in front of another girl, on the beach of Salema, Portugal, in April 2007.
Brueckner, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for rape, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
If found not guilty, he would be free in two years when his current prison sentence expires.
He denies all charges against him.
LINK TO MADELINE
Brueckner was identified four years ago as the main suspect in the kidnapping of Madeleine from her family's holiday flat in Portugal in 2007.
The three-year-old disappeared from an apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve while on holiday with parents Kate and Gerry, 55, from Rothley, Leics.
German investigators believe Brueckner kidnapped and murdered her, although no charges have been filed against him.
Previously, they felt like they were hitting a wall with the investigation because no new clues had emerged for months.
The source told us: “Detectives hope the trial will provide new information and areas on which they can focus.
“They receive virtually no support from the police in Portugal who excluded Christian B a while ago. As far as they are concerned, linking him to Maddie is nonsense.”
They hope the fallout from the new case can finally reveal crucial details about the toddler's disappearance in Portugal.
Key dates in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
MADELEINE McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007 – and police believe Brueckner could be behind her disappearance.
Nearly 17 years later, no one has been linked. These are the most important dates:
May 3, 2007 – Kate McCann finds Madeleine missing at 10 p.m
May 14, 2007 – Real estate developer Robert Murat is called an “arguido” or formal suspect
August 31th, 2007 – The McCanns launch a defamation action against Tal e Qual, a newspaper that claims the couple murdered Madeleine
September 7, 2007 – Kate and Gerry McCann are made “arguidos”.
September 9, 2007– Madeleine's parents return to England with their two-year-old twins
October 2, 2007– Lead detective Goncalo Amaral is removed from the case after criticizing the British police in a newspaper interview
July 21, 2009 – The Portuguese police lift the “arguido” status of both Robert Murat and the McCanns
May 12, 2011 – On Madeleine's eighth birthday, Scotland Yard launches an investigation into the case
April 25, 2012 – Scotland Yard officers say they believe Madeleine McCann is still alive
July 4, 2013 – Two years after the case was reviewed, Scotland Yard launched its own investigation into Madeleine's disappearance
October 24, 2013– The Portuguese police reopen their case after new lines of investigation were found
November 27, 2013 – With Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called on the British and Portuguese police to work together
October 28, 2015 – Scotland Yard is reducing the number of officers working on Madeleine's disappearance
March 11, 2017 – The Home Office awards Operation Grange an additional £85,000 will continue from April to September
September 28, 2017 – British police will receive £154,000 to continue investigation runs until March 2018
November 2017 – The police moved the search to Bulgaria
May 2018 – A new round of financing, probably in the region of £150,000 will be awarded
September 2018 – A The Ministry of the Interior is requesting six months of additional funding
November 2018 – More financing, probably in hand the region of £150,000 is awarded
November 2018 – British police re-examine a theory. Madeleine left the apartment to look for her parents
June 2019 – Another round of financing, believed to be £300,000 in public money has been awarded
June 2019 – The Portuguese police are here investigating a “new lead and suspect” after discussions with British officers
June 2020 – New prime suspect revealed as a German pedo Christian Brückner
April 2022 – Brueckner formally made an “arguido”
May 2023 – Police search for the remote reservoir of the Algarve Brueckner called his “little paradise”
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