Madeleine McCann suspects that “five other cases are being investigated”

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Madeleine McCann’s suspect is being investigated for five more cases, including rape and murder, according to the German prosecutor

  • Hans Christian Wolters told a new book that Christian Brueckner is being investigated in connection with several German, Belgian and Portuguese cases
  • One consists of the attack of a ten-year-old girl, just six kilometers from where Madeleine disappeared, a month before the girl’s attack.
  • Another is the murder of 16-year-old Carola Titze in De Hana, Belgium, in 1996
  • Brueckner, who is in prison in Germany, has denied involvement in the McCann case

By Charlotte Mitchell for Mailonline

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The first suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is being investigated for at least five other sex crimes.

German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said convicted pedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner, 44, is being investigated for several other attacks, including a ten-year-old girl, as well as the murder of a teenager in Belgium.

Brueckner is currently being held in a high-security prison in Oldenburg, near Bremen, northern Germany.

Investigators believe he kidnapped and killed three-year-old Madeleine in Portugal in 2007.

In a new book, Wolters said German police considered “good grounds” to suspect Brueckner is responsible for sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl.

The attack took place just six kilometers from Praia da Luz, where Madeleine had disappeared a month earlier.

Madeleine McCann

Christian Brueckner

Christian Brueckner (right), the main suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann (left), is being investigated for at least five other sex crimes, according to a German prosecutor

“We are investigating the possible involvement of Christian B in this,” Wolters told British journalist Jon Clarke for his book My Search for Madeleine.

The lawyer said Belgian investigators are also studying Brueckner in connection with the 1996 murder of Carola Titze in De Hana.

Brueckner is also suspected of raping a 20-year-old woman in Praia de Rocha, Portugal, in 2004.

“We only have Christian B as a suspect,” Wolters said.

Three-year-old Madeleine, known as Maddie, disappeared from a holiday apartment on Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, 2007. Pictured: Praia da Luz beach [File photo]

Madeleine, three, known as Maddie, disappeared from a holiday apartment on Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, 2007. Pictured: Praia da Luz beach [File photo]

In the book, the German prosecutor said authorities were also considering whether Brueckner could have been involved in the disappearance of five-year-old Inga Gehricke, christened “German Maddie,” in 2015.

“A Belgian prosecutor had specific questions about Carola recently. They needed information about Christian B and we gave it to them,” he said.

The final case Wolters revealed that Brueckner was being investigated in connection with an incident at a playground in Messina, 40 miles from Praia de Luz, in 2017.

A man was accused of having sex with children, according to Wolters, who added: “We have now collected the investigation and are facing several years in prison.”

Brueckner has denied any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann, known as Maddie, disappeared from a holiday apartment on Portugal’s Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007.

He was on vacation with his parents, Kate and Gerry McCann; his two-year-old twin brothers; and a group of friends of the family and their children.

She and the twins had fallen asleep in the apartment while the McCanns and their friends dined at a restaurant 55 meters (180 feet) away.

The parents checked the children through the night, until Kate found out she was missing at 10 p.m.

What followed is widely regarded as one of the most reported investigations of missing persons in the world.

Portuguese authorities closed their investigations in July 2008, but Maddie’s parents continued with private detectives.

Scotland Yard launched its own investigation, Operation Grange, in 2011 and investigations continue.

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