Suspect faces probes over 5 child victims
CHRISTIAN Brueckner is fac- ing investigations over the deaths or disappearance of at least three other children.
The Madeleine McCann suspect drove regularly between his native Bavaria and the Algarve in Portugal and police are now tracing his movements to investigate if he could be linked to other cold case files.
Prosecutors in Belgium have confirmed they are investigating if he was connected to the murder of 16-year- old Carola Titze, whose body was found in sand dunes in De Haan, near Ostend, in 1996.
The teenager was said to have met a German man while she was on holiday in the town and was seen with him at a disco just days before her murder.
Police in Germany have reportedly told the family of a missing boy they are to reopen the inquiry into his disappearance. Rene Hasee was six when he went missing in 1996 while on holiday in Aljezur, around 25 miles from Praia da Luz. Brueckner was living in the region at the time.
Police in Germany are also investigating whether Brueckner was involved in the disappearance of fiveyear-old Inga Gehricke in 2015, after it emerged he had been nearby.
Often refered to as ‘the German Maddie’, she vanished from a family barbecue in Stendal, northern Germany, after going to collect firewood.
In Portugal, police face pressure to re-examine the case of Joana Cipriano, eight, who disappeared in 2004 from Figueira, seven miles from Praia da Luz. Her mother and uncle allegedly confessed to her killing but her mother has since said she was forced to admit to the crime by police who beat her.
Her lawyers called for the case to be reopened after Madeleine, left, vanished, because of similarities between the two disappearances. Joana’s body was never found.