In the case of the well over 13 years ago in Portugal, missing British girl Madeleine “Maddie” McCann, a 43-year-old German is suspected of murder. The Prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig determined according to the Federal criminal police office against the man on several occasions for sexual offences was also previously convicted of children. He’m serving currently in the other case a longer prison sentence, informed the BCA on Wednesday evening in Wiesbaden.
The then-three-year-old girl was on 3. In may 2007, disappeared from an apartment complex in the Portuguese of Praia da Luz. The parents were eating in a nearby Restaurant. The unresolved fate of the girl had in the world for headlines. The investigators were assumed to be a kidnapping. At times, parents were even under suspicion. The case, was asked on Wednesday evening as in the past, back to the topic in the ZDF-show “aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst”, in the relevant notes.
The Accused have lived between 1995 and 2007 in the Algarve, including some years in a house between Lagos and Praia da Luz. “According to present knowledge, he went in this time, in the space of Lagos, several odd jobs, among other things in gastronomy,” said the BKA.
As Scotland Yard announced on Wednesday evening, carried the man to the time of the crime short blonde hair and is about 1.80 meters tall. Special attention drew the British investigators on two vehicles and two telephone numbers, which is said to have used the Suspect. It’s about a Caravan of the type VW T3 Westfalia with a Portuguese number plate, in which the man is at times used to have, and a Jaguar, Model XJR 6, with a German license plate. On the day following Maddie’s Disappearance, the Jaguar had been re-registered to a new holder.
On the evening that Maddie disappeared, is said to have received the Suspect also call under the number +351 912 730 680 with the Portuguese country code. The call was received in the Region of Praia de Luz. “Investigators believe the Person who made this call, is a most important witness, and call on you to get in touch,” said the Scotland Yard statement. The number of the caller loud +351 916 510 683.
The findings were was the result of a year-long collaboration, the British, German, and Portuguese police, it more. “After the 10. Anniversary, the Metropolitan Police received information about a German man who was known to be in and around Praia de Luz. We have worked together with colleagues in Germany and Portugal and this man is a suspect in the Disappearance of Madeleine,“ said Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell, according to the announcement. Scotland Yars stressed, however, that there was still a missing person’s case.
after a shipment of the “aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst” from the year 2013 notes to the German had been received, said Christian Hoppe, the BKA on Wednesday evening in the ZDF-show. Also, according to a report ten years after the Disappearance of the girl, there had been hints. At the time, the information was not sufficient for an investigation or an arrest, such as Hoppe reported. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence, the crucial evidence is lacking but still. The investigations led to the assumption that the girl is like a homicide victim.
Madeleine’s parents had contacted with some emotional Call to the Public to obtain information about the whereabouts of her daughter. “Everything we’ve ever wanted is you can find to bring the truth to light and to bring those responsible to justice,” – said in a Statement, the parents in the Scotland Yard message. “We will never give up the hope of finding Madeleine alive, but what should always come out, we need to know, because we need to find peace.”
you can buy more gifts for your daughter at Christmas and for birthday, mother Kate McCann in a BBC Interview on the 10. Anniversary of Maddie’s disappearance in 2017, said.
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