Detectives find new emails tying suspect to Madeleine McCann disappearance

German authorities have announced that they have discovered an email account linked to Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the disappearance and presumed murder of three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann. Detective Titus Stampa of Germany’s Federal Crime Police provided this information in court, according to the Times of London.

Titus Stampa, a detective with Germany’s Federal Crime Police, testified about this discovery during a court session. The outlet reported that the email account in question belongs to Brueckner, who is currently being tried for unrelated rape and child sexual abuse charges. Stampa said he was restricted from revealing further details about the email account.

Brueckner, who is the primary suspect in Madeleine's case, has consistently denied being involved. This statement has appeared in multiple reports, including one from the Evening Standard. Still, authorities persist in uncovering evidence that might tie him to the crime.

According to detective Stampa, investigators also traced a second email account used by Brueckner, which contained child abuse material. He testified that emails from this account were deleted around the time of Madeleine's disappearance in early 2007. “I can remember that things were massively deleted in the inbox. There was nothing in there from January 2007,” Stampa noted, as reported by the Telegraph.

Madeleine McCann vanished in 2007 while her family was on vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal. That evening, her parents left her and her younger siblings asleep in an unlocked rental apartment to have dinner at a nearby restaurant. When her mother checked on the children later, Madeleine was missing. The parents were initial suspects but were cleared the next year.

Investigators discovered that Brueckner was in the Praia da Luz area the night Madeleine disappeared and had a phone call lasting nearly 30 minutes. Despite this evidence, Brueckner has not been charged in connection with Madeleine's disappearance.

The case drew renewed attention in mid-2020 when German authorities named Brueckner as the main suspect. This development added another layer to his existing criminal record. In 2019, Brueckner was convicted of raping a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal in 2005.

The investigation still holds significant public and media interest as authorities continue to seek conclusive evidence in Madeleine McCann's case.