Gonçalo Amaral shows robot portrait of suspect in Maddie case in 2007 that belies German versionGonçalo Amaral released a photomontage of what Christian Brueckner had at the time of Maddie's disappearance.
June 26, 2020 at 3:02 pm
For Gonçalo Amaral, a former inspector of the Judiciary Police, Christian Brueckner is the "almost perfect suspect" in the case of Maddie McCann. In an interview with Jornal do Centro , Amaral released an image of the German with long hair that he claims corresponds to the image that he would have at the time of Maddie's disappearance.
The former PJ pointed out what he considers flaws in the English and German police in conducting the process. One of the inconsistencies pointed out is related to the images released by the German, which correspond to his current image and not to the one he had 13 years ago, when the crime occurred.
"I cannot say that someone recognizes someone by an image of the person who is already a few years old. People change (...) Showing images of the person at 43 years of age is not the same thing as showing the person at 30" , said, during the interview.
The former coordinator of the Portimão PJ points out that the robot portraits released by the authorities at the time of the crime show a suspect with short hair, a fact that appears to be innocent for Christian Bruecker, who in 2007 would have long hair behind his back.
"In 2007 there are people who claim that his figure is not with short hair. He looked like a hippie and wore long hair behind his back. And the cops know that," he said.
To consolidate his statements, Gonçalo Amaral himself decided to present a reconstruction of what the German would look like in the year that Maddie disappeared. Using an image of Brueckner in 2006, a year before Maddie's disappearance, and using an image manipulation program, the ex-PJ presented a photomontage of the suspect with long hair.
Amaral concludes his theory with the fact that most of the witnesses in the case stated that the suspect was similar to Madeleine McCann's father, allegations corroborated by the English police. "I wonder where this individual resembles Mr. Gerard McCann", he asks.
The former PJ devalues the new evidence linking Christian Brueckner to the investigation of the disappearance of the English girl and asks for more concrete evidence to consolidate a "serious investigation".
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