Madeleine McCann suspects Christian Brueckner took vehicles he owned when she disappeared to Germany and scrapped them
VEHICLES owned by Madeleine McCann, suspected Christian Brueckner in Portugal when she disappeared there, were taken to Germany and scrapped.
And our exclusive photo shows a white Mercedes Sprinter van, as police said he was inside the Algarve – parked in a creepy wooded area he later bought.
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The pedophile took a Mercedes van, a VW station wagon and an Opel Ascona to his home country, our investigation shows.
It was not known exactly when.
Sources say he then regularly visited a scrap yard near his home to dispose of cars and vans.
It was understood that German police were told in 2020 that he was using it when he was first publicly named as a suspect in 2007. disappearance of Madeleinethree, out of one Apartment in the Algarve.
But he knew from 2013 that his name had been given to the Madeleine investigators, so it’s possible he could have scrapped them between then and 2020.
The scrap yard, in nearby Helmstedt, has since closed.
We tracked down the owners who said they still had a decade’s worth of records – and admitted they were ‘surprised’ they had never heard of the police.
Brueckner He was known to store vehicles in his abandoned box factory in Neuwegersleben.
A source said: “We know he brought some back from Portugal and drove them around for years.
“His white van was known locally. He drove it around with a mattress in the back for when he arranged appointments with women online.
“He told me that he regularly took old vehicles to the scrap yard in Helmstedt, but of course no one thought about that at the time.”
He bought the abandoned factory in the former communist East Germany in 2010 and is believed to have lived there in a trailer.
A police investigation in 2016 revealed disturbing images and videos on memory cards Lidl plastic bag under the corpse of one of his dogs.
Clothing was also found, including swimwear in children’s sizes.
Accusations of rape and child abuse
Multiple sources confirmed that at least two other vehicles returned Portugal of Brueckner.
The owner of the scrap yard, who did not want to be named, told The Sun on Sunday: “German law requires you to keep all data for a minimum of ten years.
“But the thing is, not a single police department came by to ask us anything, which might be surprising.”
German investigators confirmed last night that they were still pursuing vehicles linked to this Brueckner.
Brueckner is in prison Germany for rape and now also on trial for other allegations of rape and child abuse that have emerged as part of the Madeleine research.
He denies any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.
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Key dates in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
MADELEINE McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007 – and police believe Brueckner was 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”