More recent events related to Madeleine McCann's case

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

It is on record that according to the PJ the main evidence against the McCanns was the dog alerts... So I dont see Harrison supporting such ignorance

I’m talking about the time before the dog alerts led to the collection of forensic evidence.

[Vertigo Swirl]

The investigation.

Obviously, but on which theory?  You keep mentioning him as if he was sceptical of the abduction theory - was he? 

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

Obviously, but on which theory?  You keep mentioning him as if he was sceptical of the abduction theory - was he?

I’ve no idea what his personal thoughts were. I’m talking about his professional input into the investigation.

[Brietta]

Back to the current investigation with this link taken from a thought provoking discussion on Websleuths.

What events I wonder left Brueckner destitute and on the streets in Italy with his only possessions being a bible and a card with his lawyer's address.


'When we arrested him we could see the surprise on his face': Italian police set a trap for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'by making a fake appointment for a new passport'
 Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner was arrested with a trap in Italy
The Italian police made a fake appointment with him for  a new passport in 2018
Police said he looked homeless and was holding a bible on the day of the arrest
By JORDAN KING FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 02:29, 7 June 2020

Italian police set up a trap for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner by making a fake appointment for a new passport at the German consulate in Milan, it has emerged today.

The police did not know he was a suspect in the McCann case but knew he was a fugitive when he came up for a drug conviction. 

The German had just arrived from Switzerland and said he needed new ID documents because they had been stolen from him on the train.

When the police found the drug conviction they arranged an international arrest warrant and set up the fake appointment.

Col Michele Miulli, commander of the Carabinieri investigative unit that planned his arrest, told the Mirror they had 'no idea' about Brueckner's link to the McCann case.

Lieutenant Andrea Papa, part of the city's elite murder squad, said that Brueckner 'looked homeless' on the day he was arrested.

'He was in jeans, trainers and a military jacket. He had no phone or money, just a Bible and a business card with his lawyer's number,' said  Lieutenant Andrea Papa.

The Lieutenant said they even felt sorry for the man and offered him some water. 

Brueckner was extradited to Germany where he was also found guilty last year for raping a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal in 2005 and given seven years.
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Now that Brueckner is being investigated in the McCann case his activities in Italy before his arrest are being looked at.

However, it is difficult to do this because there is no record of when he entered Italy or what he did there.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8395677/Italian-police-set-trap-Madeleine-McCann-suspect-Christian-Brueckner.html

[John]

Why won't you accept the obvious from various photos, videos and reports.  Those curtains are very cheap and flimsy.  The nets are flimsy too.

Why are you unable to accept official weather records that state it was a gusty evening.  Several different weather stations in the region have given their readings for that evening and YOU will have read them without doubt.  They have ben posted often enough

Gusts of around 20mph were recorded that evening.

Dunno whether the reports are still there

Yes...they're all there.

[Lace]

The abduction theory is not logical or plausible in my opinion and this case has nothing in common with the Lamplugh case.

 Two Police forces are investigating abduction,  but  you know better.

[barrier]

 Two Police forces are investigating abduction,  but  you know better.

Therein possibly lies why its still not been solved.

[Lace]

 

Therein possibly lies why its still not been solved.

 

[G-Unit]

 Two Police forces are investigating abduction,  but  you know better.

I don't know why Operation Grange choose to investigate only one possible crime and neither do you. Could they be wrong? In my opinion they could because there is no definitive evidence that an abduction took place imo. Hopefully they didn't base their thesis on the fact that Madeleine wasn't old enough to run away and start a new life. That would be a very flimsy reason on which to base an assumption that she was abducted.

[Admin]

I don't know why Operation Grange choose to investigate only one possible crime and neither do you. Could they be wrong? In my opinion they could because there is no definitive evidence that an abduction took place imo. Hopefully they didn't base their thesis on the fact that Madeleine wasn't old enough to run away and start a new life. That would be a very flimsy reason on which to base an assumption that she was abducted.

Bottom line is that the Met failed to progress any criminal proceedings in the Madeleine McCann case despite all their hoohah and bravo.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I don't know why Operation Grange choose to investigate only one possible crime and neither do you. Could they be wrong? In my opinion they could because there is no definitive evidence that an abduction took place imo. Hopefully they didn't base their thesis on the fact that Madeleine wasn't old enough to run away and start a new life. That would be a very flimsy reason on which to base an assumption that she was abducted.

Please don’t be silly, thank you.

[G-Unit]

Bottom line is that the Met failed to progress any criminal proceedings in the Madeleine McCann case despite all their hoohah and bravo.

Given the lack of evidence, the time which had elapsed since the crime was committed and the difficulties of investigating in another country it's hardly surprising, is it? What is surprising is that people still have faith in such a doomed (imo) project.

[Mr Gray]

Given the lack of evidence, the time which had elapsed since the crime was committed and the difficulties of investigating in another country it's hardly surprising, is it? What is surprising is that people still have faith in such a doomed (imo) project.

You are mistaken... I dont expect SY to be abble to solve the case due to the poor first investigation . Plus a stranger abduction is a notoriously difficult case to solve
I think it was clear that the best chance the case had got of being solved was if someone knew something and talked and gave the investigation some information.

I think there is a high probability that the Germans will sove the case based on what Wolters has said.

Whats odd to me is how some have faith in amaral who clearly didnt understand the evidence but no faith in Wolters

[Eleanor]

You are mistaken... I dont expect SY to be abble to solve the case due to the poor first investigation . Plus a stranger abduction is a notoriously difficult case to solve
I think it was clear that the best chance the case had got of being solved was if someone knew something and talked and gave the investigation some information.

I think there is a high probability that the Germans will sove the case based on what Wolters has said.

Whats odd to me is how some have faith in amaral who clearly didnt understand the evidence but no faith in Wolters

Par for the course.  Some persons desperately want The McCanns to be culpable.  No other explanation will do for them.
Don't ask me why.  I have no idea, other than a sickness of mind.

[G-Unit]

You are mistaken... I dont expect SY to be abble to solve the case due to the poor first investigation . Plus a stranger abduction is a notoriously difficult case to solve
I think it was clear that the best chance the case had got of being solved was if someone knew something and talked and gave the investigation some information.

I think there is a high probability that the Germans will sove the case based on what Wolters has said.

Whats odd to me is how some have faith in amaral who clearly didnt understand the evidence but no faith in Wolters

SY made no promises, to be fair, but the only evidence they had was that collected by the first investigation plus a lot of nonsense from private investigators with no track record of success in such cases.

The crux of the matter is SY's conviction that a stranger abduction was the crime to investigate, given the dearth of evidence available.

Anyone who had something to offer could have contacted the police at any time after 3rd May 2007. It's odd that this only happened ten years later and there seemed to be no reason why it was withheld for so long.