A woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has been charged with stalking against the missing girl’s family. According to BBC, Julia Wandel, also known as Julia Wandelt, was arrested at Bristol Airport in Somerset, England, on Wednesday. The 23-year-old appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Friday and was remanded in custody. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
A convicted rapist who is the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s 2007 disappearance in Portugal was acquitted on Monday in an unrelated rape and child sexual abuse trial in Germany. Christian Brückner, 47, is currently serving a seven-year sentence in Germany for raping an elderly American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005. The …
Christian Brueckner, a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, reportedly told a former prison cellmate that he abducted a child from a Portuguese apartment during a break-in. Brueckner, 47, is currently standing trial for alleged sexual offenses that are not connected to the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine, who was abducted in 2007 from her family’s …
A German police officer testified on Tuesday that they discovered an email account linking a convicted rapist to the unsolved 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Telegraph reported that detective Titus Stampa said police located Christian Brückner’s Hotmail account and a hard drive which was related to the McCann case. McCann was three when she …
A convicted sex offender suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann reportedly tried to sell her to a homeless friend, an Expat says. Former UK political campaigner Ken Ralphs reportedly said that Christian Brueckner, the German drifter suspected of abducting Madeleine, approached a mutual friend in an attempt to enlist assistance in finding a child for potential …
Senior officers from the Portuguese police travelled to London earlier this year to apologize to the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann for how they handled the case. As CrimeOnline has reported, the 3-year-old disappeared from her parents’ rental apartment in Praia da Luz, where they were on holiday, on May 3, 2007. Gerry and …
British tabloids claim that an elderly couple’s discovery of what they called a “shrine” to missing toddler Maddie McCann — just a few months after her disappearance — may have prompted last week’s search of a remote Portuguese reservoir prime suspect Christian Brueckner allegedly called his “little paradise.” The British couple, who asked to be …
A German sex offender who is a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is asserting that he had nothing to do with the girl, who vanished 16 years ago in Portugal, the Daily Mail reports. This week, the news outlet published a bombshell story revealing that 45-year-old Christian Brueckner has written various letters disputing …
Police uncovered a “relevant clue” during the 3-day search of a remote reservoir in Portugal, located around 30 miles away from the Praia da Luz resort, where British toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared from in 2007. According to The New York Times, police wrapped up their search of the Algarve reservoir on Thursday, which was reportedly …
Portuguese authorities have begun what’s expected to be a two-day search near a dam about 30 miles from the resort where missing British toddler Maddie McCann was last seen in 2007. As CrimeOnline reported, the Portuguese Judiciary Police said that the search was requested by German authorities, who have been investigating convicted rapist Christian Brückner …
Portuguese Judiciary Police are preparing to begin a new search at a dam in the Algarve, about 30 miles from Praia da Luz, where British toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared 16 years ago. The search at the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Silves, at the request of German police, is to begin on Tuesday, CNN Portugal …
The 3-year-old girl disappeared while her parents were at dinner that night, dining in view of their room that night in 2007.
