Haven't heard much from Amaral of late. Keeping a low profile perhaps?
Suspect in Maddie's case gets no probationFOCUS online/WochitEx-chief investigator again raises serious allegations against Maddie's parents
Thursday, 26.08.2021
More than 13 years ago, the then three-year-old Maddie McCann disappeared from a hotel complex in Portugal. Now the 43-year-old German Christian B. is suspected of having kidnapped the girl. All information in the news ticker on FOCUS Online.
The most important facts about the Maddie McCann case in brief:
Maddie McCann disappeared without a trace in Portugal in 2007 - a 43-year-old German is being investigated for murder
Suspect Christian B. has several previous convictions, currently he is in custody for drug trafficking in Kiel
Prosecutor hints at evidence of girl's death
"Abduction only simulated": Ex-chief investigator again raises serious allegations against parents - prosecutor's office clearly contradicts
Tuesday, August 24, 4:22 p.m.: Maddie McCann disappeared 14 years ago. So far, there is still no trace of the girl. Now the former chief investigator of the case, Gonçalo Amaral, has again raised strong allegations against the parents Kate and Gerry McCann to "Bild.de".
"I still have no doubt that a kidnapping was only simulated," says Amaral. As an indication of this, he cited a window "of which no one could say for sure whether it was open or closed". The investigators were told in 2007 "that the alleged kidnapper climbed in and out of there." There had been fingerprints, but only from the mother.
Amaral also admitted his own mistakes. The investigations on the ground should have been "more comprehensive, as in a murder," according to the investigator. Instead, the investigators approached the case as if something had been stolen. That was a mistake. He apparently considers the main suspect, Christian B., to be innocent. "B. has nothing to do with Maddie's disappearance," he claims.
The Braunschweig prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters clearly contradicts the execution: "We still do not want to comment on Mr. Amaral's statements, because we assume that Mr. Amaral has no knowledge of the current state of the investigation and his statements are therefore completely irrelevant to us," he said on RTL demand. There is "not the slightest hint of suspicion against the parents," according to the prosecutor.
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