phone was being used, officers believe he was in praia da luz on the night madeleine mccann vanished. they have made appeals on german tv but have not felt they had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine mccann went missing from a ground floor apartment in praia da luz on the 3rd of may 2007. her parents were having dinner at a restaurant in the complex. the metropolitan police opened its own investigation in 2013, and injune 2020, the german police first revealed that they had identified a suspect. since then, there have been further searches in portugal but no obvious breakthrough. under portuguese law, there is a statute of limitations, a legal time limit for serious crimes of 15 years. an investigation has to progress within that time and that may be the reason for the announcement now. the deadline is 11 days away. there have been many
and that they haven t given up hope madeleine may still be alive. our correspondentjon kay has more from praia da luz. her face and name are known around the world, but what happened to madeleine remains a mystery. it was on the 3rd of may 2007 that she vanished from the mccanns holiday apartment in praia da luz the moment herfamily s lives changed forever. please give our little girl back. overnight, portuguese prosecutors announced that they d declared a new arguido , or formal suspect , in the case. it s understood to be this man, christian brueckner. the 45 year old is currently in prison in germany pfor rape and drugs offences. he s known to have been living in portugal around the time madeleine disappeared, and german investigators say mobile phone records place him in praia da luz. but he has denied any involvement in the mccann case
madeleine mccann vanished. they have made appeals on german tv but have not felt they had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine mccann went missing from a ground floor apartment in praia da luz on the 3rd of may 2007. her parents were having dinner at a restaurant in the complex. the metropolitan police opened its own investigation in 2013, and injune 2020, the german police first revealed that they had identified a suspect. since then, there have been further searches in portugal but no obvious breakthrough. under portuguese law, there is a statute of limitations, a legal time limit for serious crimes of 15 years. an investigation has to progress within that time and that may be the reason for the announcement now. the deadline is 11 days away. there have been many false dawns in this case, and there is no guarantee that the portuguese or german
luz on the night madeleine mccann vanished. they have made appeals on german tv but have not felt they had enough evidence to charge him. madeleine mccann went missing from a ground floor apartment in praia da luz on the 3rd of may 2007. her parents were having dinner at a restaurant in the complex. the metropolitan police opened its own investigation in 2013, and injune 2020, the german police first revealed that they had identified a suspect. since then, there have been further searches in portugal but no obvious breakthrough. under portuguese law, there is a statute of limitations, a legal time limit for serious crimes of 15 years. an investigation has to progress within that time and that may be the reason for the announcement now. the deadline is 11 days away. there have been many false dawns in this case, and there is no guarantee that the portuguese or german investigations will produce results.