Madeleine McCann: Cops think witnesses are terrified of Christian Brückner and hiding key info, says source
Investigators who are looking for vital information in the disappearance case of Madeleine McCann believe witnesses are not providing crucial evidence against prime suspect Christian Brückner since they are “terrified” of him. A source revealed to The Sun Online, “many of the people who have bravely come forward to pass on information about Christian B have made clear how difficult a decision it was to speak out. The reality is that he is an evil man who terrified many of the people who he has come across in his life.”
The source continued: “But detectives are convinced there are people out there — potentially other criminals themselves who know the truth but who are too scared to speak out. German police will continue to try and reach out to those people as they are determined to prove what they are sure of — that Christian B was involved in Maddie’s disappearance.”
One of the acquaintances of Brückner is Manfred Seyferth, who believes the 43-year-old was behind the abduction of Madeleine, who vanished in May 2007 at the age of three from an apartment while she was on vacation with her family in the town of Praia da Luz, in Portugal’s Algarve area. Seyferth, who had an experience of working with the suspect, recently said: “We called him ‘The Climber’ because of his skills. He was an expert at getting into apartments and hotel rooms. Christian was athletic and he was strong. I saw him many times climb up to first and second-floor apartments and break in. He would take watches, passports, money and anything electronic that he could sell. He was a great burglar.” Calling him a "bad, bad man,” the 64-year-old added: “I never liked him and he is a psychopath. He is obsessed with small children and I didn’t like it. He always had a young girlfriend with him and I think he is easily capable of taking a small child."
Another friend of the convicted pedophile, Helge Busching, said last week that he thinks Brückner is guilty. Speaking of him, Busching added, “One word. Guilty. He is in the right place at the moment and hopefully, he will stay there a long time. I am not allowed to say anything about Brückner but I hope he stays in jail." Brückner is currently in jail in Germany for drug offenses and the rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005. He has appealed against the conviction at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and a judgment is expected on Thursday, September 24.
Meanwhile, prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has said that though there are "many pieces" of the Madeleine puzzle hinting towards Brückner, they still cannot charge him into the case since there's still no "smoking gun" evidence. "All I can say is this is like a puzzle and there are many pieces that lead us to believe Christian B is responsible. One of the pieces is the signal from the mobile phone he was using at the time Madeleine McCann disappeared and has been shown to have been in the area of the Ocean Club resort where she was staying,” Wolters said.