Madeleine McCann: German police search Hanover allotment near where suspect Christian Brueckner lived
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Suspect Christian Brueckner, who is currently in prison for unrelated offences, formerly lived in both Hanover and Braunschweig, which is under an hour’s drive away. Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office said Brueckner had a history of child sex offences and other crimes, including drug trafficking and burgling holiday apartments in Portugal. German authorities give statement on latest in Madeleine McCann investigation In September 2013, he allegedly wrote that he wanted to “catch something small and use it for days”, and then destroy the evidence. The Metropolitan Police said they were still treating the case as a missing person investigation, and that they had no “definitive evidence” indicating whether Madeleine is alive or dead.