McCann

German man long identified as the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case released from prison Christian Brueckner, the 49-year-old German man long named by British investigators as the prime suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann, has been released from a German prison after serving a seven-year sentence, German authorities confirmed on Thursday. Brueckner had been serving time for the 2005 rape of an elderly woman at her home in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz — the same Portuguese town where…

British police say German suspect in Madeleine McCann case has refused interview as his prison release nears British detectives investigating the disappearance of three‑year‑old Madeleine McCann said Friday that a German man long linked to the case remains a suspect but has declined to be interviewed, even as he is due to be released from prison this month. "We have requested an interview with this German suspect but ... it was subsequently refused by the suspect," Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell, the Metropolitan…