for this crime, and at the moment half of the sentence is over. this is german prosecutor hans christian walters. while he is fluent in english, he sometimes answers in his native german due to the precise legal nature of the case. what makes you so certain that madeleine mccann is dead? we have some evidence for this. we have no forensic evidence but we have other evidence, but i m not allowed to speak about this at the moment. you wouldn t come out and say that madeleine mccann was dead if you thought there was a chance that she wasn t, correct? yes. so to be clear the formal suspect in madeleine mccann s case is a convicted rapist and a known pedophile? yes. shockingly, authorities received their first tip on brookner back in 2013, but as a witness in the mccann case, not a suspect. he allegedly lied and told authorities he wasn t in
everything was wrong. and then i went back just to open the door again a little bit. just as i did that, i noticed that the shutter was open. the window was open. and then she saw that madeleine s bed was empty. and what did you think in that moment? i thought someone s taken her. please, if you have madeleine, let her come home to her mommy, daddy, brother and sister. the search for madeleine begins, next.
video or photographic evidence that puts this formal suspect christian brookner and madeleine mccann in the says place? i could say something about that but i do not wish to because i do not want to comment on individual piece oss of evidence. does christian brookner have an alibi? we found no alibi, and he told us of no alibi. he apparently talked about this woman who he was having sex with in his camper at the time. we found no woman that say something like that. since seeking the public s help in 2020, german prosecutors have received more than 1,000 tips from all over the world. before you charge, i understand in germany you have to actually show the court that you have enough for a conviction and not an acquittal, is that correct? yes. we have to be sure that he will sentence for this, and if it s not sure, we are not allowed to
disappearance of our lovely daughter madeleine. 14 months passed since madeleine s disappearance with no progress and no charges filed. in july 2008, stunning news. the portuguese attorney general was closing the case. translator: at a certain point, i realized that there were no reliable clues that were any more solid than others. it reminded me of a cat trying to catch its own tail. we were running around in circles without any success. his decision cleared all suspects, including robert murat. i think he was more of a victim. the victim? yeah, they needed someone to blame. this left me completely destroyed. not only myself, my family. it s hard to describe how utterly despairing it was to be named arguido and subsequently
properties he once owned. at one location deep in the german woods in a deserted factory, officials uncovered usb drives buried under the site where brookner s dead dog was buried. those drives allegedly contain more than 1,000 images and videos of his past crimes. the local prosecutor also says that children s bathing suits were found on the premises. but the question remains, does any of this have a direct connection to the madeleine mccann case? one of his co-workers recalled this conversation with him. at some point he said, people need to stop. the child is long dead and i asked how would he know. the child might just have run away or been kidnapped. but he said after so many years the child must be dead, and a dead body can be hidden easily. 2022. we ve got the portuguese coming forward and suddenly naming him as a formal suspect. there is a 15-year statute of