The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, 48-year-old Christian Brückner who is currently serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in the Algarve in 2006, could walk free in September if no further charges are brought against him.
In the face of a fresh search efforts to find the missing toddler near Brückner’s cottage home in Praia da Luz where he was residing at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance, Brückner gave a chilling interview from his cell.
He’s still claiming his innocence in the case for which he’s serving prison time and says he’s looking forward to a “nice steak and a beer” upon his release.
“I’m as well-known as a colorful dog,” he said, hinting he’ll drop off the radar the moment he’s out.
Speaking to Ulrich Oppold, a journalist from German broadcaster RTL who visited him in prison, Brückner said, “The fact that I have been in prison for many years for something that I cannot have committed and that therefore, through the participation of the media, half the world considers me a cruel rapist.”
He claimed he was “assaulted by another inmate — at least one rib was broken. I now stay in my cell 24 hours a day. I don’t go out. Not even for food.”
Oppold described Brückner as “intelligent,” adding that he was emotionally distant. “I think he had prepared himself very well for our conversation. He knew exactly what he wanted to say and, above all, what he didn’t want to say.”
The search by German authorities is a massive one. Around 30 officers from the German equivalent of the FBI (the BKA) arrived in Portugal this week. They closed off roads and are scanning the area with radar equipment.
According to the Guardian, they are reportedly planning on looking where trenches were dug near the resort at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance, at wells, ruins, and water tanks. The search will include 21 pieces of land.
Madeleine McCann – four years old at the time – went missing from an apartment in Praia da Luz, in Portugal. At the time, her parents were out having dinner. Her case remains “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history.”
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