New German suspect in Madeleine McCann mystery disappearance.

[Brietta]

I've just finished watching episode 2 of the Discovery+ documentary and Goncalo Amaral has back-tracked on the claim Portuguese police knew Brueckner was a paedophile. He said they must have knocked on Brueckner's door because of his criminal record for robbery, which is odd given that he'd never given the courts any addresses in Luz.

It is my guess that we will see more back-tracking from Amaral before this is over and done with.  I think his credibility is under severe strain as is his much vaunted 'honour'.

[Robittybob1]

I've just finished watching episode 2 of the Discovery+ documentary and Goncalo Amaral has back-tracked on the claim Portuguese police knew Brueckner was a paedophile. He said they must have knocked on Brueckner's door because of his criminal record for robbery, which is odd given that he'd never given the courts any addresses in Luz.

You would think through their own intelligence system and informants they could have known CB's address even if CB had never told them.

[Brietta]

You would think through their own intelligence system and informants they could have known CB's address even if CB had never told them.

Amaral was the co-ordinator of the investigation until he was sacked from it.  Even in the light of the present circumstances his focus does not reach beyond his prejudices.  For example he seems to be in denial about any information which diverts attention away from that very limited point of view ~

On the matter of the cell phones and the association of the cell phone numbers during the investigation at the time of the disappearance, Gonçalo Amaral has doubts about the origin of those numbers recently associated with the German suspect Christian Brueckner: "Is anyone sure that this phone belongs to this man?” he questioned, underlining that "small details like this, is what makes the evidence".

The former PJ believes that if the German police knew that the phone number belonged to Brueckner, "they wouldn't need to seek for more information."

in Correio da Manhã, June 27, 2020 at 20:28

[faithlilly]

It is my guess that we will see more back-tracking from Amaral before this is over and done with.  I think his credibility is under severe strain as is his much vaunted 'honour'.

Did Rebelo discover Brueckner’s past offending as he had access to the same information as Amaral and a longer time to find it? Or OG who were given Brueckner name early in the investigation. We are told that they weren’t interested.

It is interesting that Rebelo didn’t request any diligences that didn’t involve the parents and their friends.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I've just finished watching episode 2 of the Discovery+ documentary and Goncalo Amaral has back-tracked on the claim Portuguese police knew Brueckner was a paedophile. He said they must have knocked on Brueckner's door because of his criminal record for robbery, which is odd given that he'd never given the courts any addresses in Luz.

Did he explain why simply knocking on a criminal's door and getting no reply was enough to rule them out of the investigation?

[Brietta]

Did he explain why simply knocking on a criminal's door and getting no reply was enough to rule them out of the investigation?

The interventions which he has made recently ~ all of which I think were deliberately made to undermine the German investigation ~ have in one way or another been proved false. 

In the instance of the falsified illustration displayed by Amaral on television of Brueckner complete with rasta type hairstyle, quite spectacularly so.

Without the footage showing Brueckner as he actually was in the weeks prior to Madeleine's disappearance the lie of the hippie hairstyle would still be in existence and anyone who might have had valid information could have been sidetracked as a result.
Was that Amaral's intention?  Who knows.

This man has been discredited so often it is becoming embarrassing to all but him and his followers.

[Eleanor]

The interventions which he has made recently ~ all of which I think were deliberately made to undermine the German investigation ~ have in one way or another been proved false. 

In the instance of the falsified illustration displayed by Amaral on television of Brueckner complete with rasta type hairstyle, quite spectacularly so.

Without the footage showing Brueckner as he actually was in the weeks prior to Madeleine's disappearance the lie of the hippie hairstyle would still be in existence and anyone who might have had valid information could have been sidetracked as a result.
Was that Amaral's intention?  Who knows.

This man has been discredited so often it is becoming embarrassing to all but him and his followers.

Do you think Amaral might have lost the plot?

[faithlilly]

Do you think Amaral might have lost the plot?

Who really cares.

[Eleanor]

Who really cares.

No, I don't suppose I do either.

[G-Unit]

So this judge gets told this during an interview and somehow it's the PJ's fault for not doing something about it.  To me the problem starts with the judge, he should have done something about it.

It's typical to blame the PJ, even when they're being blamed for something they may not have known about.

[Vertigo Swirl]

It's typical to blame the PJ, even when they're being blamed for something they may not have known about.

But of course no one is blaming the Met or the BKA for not focusing their attentions on the McCanns, no sirree!

[Brietta]

Do you think Amaral might have lost the plot?

I think he has just been viewed by a wider audience and has been subject to closer scrutiny.  I don't think he has lost the plot any more than he did at any other time in what was a rather turbulent career and messy life when one considers the personal issues with him at the centre which ended up in the Portuguese courts and the stupidity which cost him his job.

I think his recent exposure on podcast and television the debunking of which we have witnessed first hand is nothing more or less than a reflection of his media antics since 2008

If these were debunked we very rarely were ever allowed a glance in the face of the huge cottage industry which arose around him with his followers? or perhaps mentors controlling what translations we were allowed to view.

It is really quite staggering when considering the hundreds if not thousands of internet sources devoted to eulogising this guy and deriding Madeleine's parents.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I’ve just finished watching Part 2 of the Discovery documentary on CB and here is an interesting fact that occurred to me while watching it:
CB (a man who has abused young girls and who has discussed online abducting, raping and disposing of them so they will never be found) was within 40 miles of the disappearance of three young girls on the days they went missing:
Joana Cipriano
Madeleine McCann
Inga Gehricke.

What are the statistical odds of that I wonder?

[Wonderfulspam]

I’ve just finished watching Part 2 of the Discovery documentary on CB and here is an interesting fact that occurred to me while watching it:
CB (a man who has abused young girls and who has discussed online abducting, raping and disposing of them so they will never be found) was within 40 miles of the disappearance of three young girls on the days they went missing:
Joana Cipriano
Madeleine McCann
Inga Gehricke.

What are the statistical odds of that I wonder?

I'm not sure, I guess we might have to look at how many other people are criminals & have ever talked about traceless disposal of children's bodies & their proximity to each missing childs location.

[Brietta]

I’ve just finished watching Part 2 of the Discovery documentary on CB and here is an interesting fact that occurred to me while watching it:
CB (a man who has abused young girls and who has discussed online abducting, raping and disposing of them so they will never be found) was within 40 miles of the disappearance of three young girls on the days they went missing:
Joana Cipriano
Madeleine McCann
Inga Gehricke.

What are the statistical odds of that I wonder?

I think the geographical proximity of Figueira and Luz has always made the possibility of a link between Joanna and Madeleine well worth thinking about. 

Consideration of a possible link between Brueckner and Inge in conjunction with a possible link between Brueckner and Madeleine is a chilling thought when the three disappearances are linked to possible contact with Brueckner.