Christian Brueckner, the convicted sex offender officially identified as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, could be a free man within days, despite being branded "extremely dangerous" by authorities.
In a chilling development, German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has admitted to The Sun that his team currently lacks the concrete evidence needed to bring formal charges against Brueckner in the McCann case. This critical lack of evidence could see the 47-year-old released from prison imminently.
Brueckner is currently serving a seven-year sentence in a prison in Braunschweig, northern Germany, for the brutal 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American tourist in Praia da Luz—the same Portuguese resort where three-year-old Madeleine vanished in 2007. His sentence for that crime concludes in the coming days.
"We are still investigating him for the murder of Madeleine McCann, but we don't have the evidence to charge him at this moment," Mr. Wolters stated. This admission throws the high-profile investigation into a state of uncertainty and raises grave concerns for public safety.
Criminologist and behavioural expert Prof. Dr. Christian Pfeiffer issued a stark warning, confirming that Brueckner's psychopathic and paedophilic tendencies mean his danger to society, particularly children, has not diminished. "He is still the same extremely dangerous person he was before," Pfeiffer asserted.
The news has sent shockwaves through the long-running investigation. While German authorities remain convinced of Brueckner's involvement in Madeleine's disappearance, the race to build an unassailable case continues. His potential release marks a devastating setback for Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, and poses a terrifying prospect for communities wherever he may go.
