A search of a reservoir in Portugal that came more than 16 years after the British girl went missing resulted in the collection of some material but did not solve the mystery of her disappearance.
he allegedly lied and told authorities he wasn t in portugal at the time of the disappearance. this may have been the biggest mistake many this case. in the letter inviting him for this kind of interview, they explained to him that this was about the madeleine mccann case. and if he is guilty, this gave him all the time in the world to destroy evidence. when you have this man who was living about a mile away from the ocean club, he has a clear criminal record, why did it take so long? well, that s one of the big questions in this case. christian b. was hiding in plain sight. so he lived next to the place, and he was a known child molester. it should have been possible to identify him earlier. two years after german authorities went public, bruckner still has not been formally charged, and he denies any involvement in the mccann case. that clip is just a small part of an intriguing one-hour
special with new details about the prime suspect. randi kaye joins us now. randi, this is an unbelievable story. all these years later, we are still so captivated. why hasn t he been charged yet? what are the prosecutors waiting for? well, laura, we went to germany and spoke with the prosecutor. he did tell me that they do have cell phone evidence that puts this suspect christian bruckner s cell phone at the ocean club in praia da luz where madeleine mccann disappeared from. but just in the area of the ocean club, they can t tell if his cell phone was actually at the ocean club the night she disappeared. but the trouble is, while logic would follow that if his cell phone is there, he was there too, they still can t prove that. and that s why they haven t brought charges yet. they re still looking for person, the key witness who called christian bruckner s cell phone. and that s the person who would be able to tell this prosecutor, yes, i called that phone. yes, christian bruckner had