The new documentary reveals Christian Brueckner’s vile child kidnap stories where he reportedly wrote: “A very small girl enters the room. She is definitely not older than five”
A new documentary has claimed to unveil bombshell new evidence about the chief suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, Christian Brueckner.
The investigation ‘Madeleine McCann: Inside the Secret Evidence’ reveals circumstantial evidence linked to Brueckner, including images of children’s swimming costumes and toddler’s toys found at his property.
It also revealed how a mask, guns and child kidnap stories where Brueckner describes using chemical ether to abduct a mother and her child.
In one story, he reportedly wrote: “A very small girl enters the room. She’s definitely not older than five.
“Blonde, long hair tied in pigtails bounces cheekily back and forth as she comes towards me. I feel like I’m in paradise right now.”
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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas
Brueckner ‘mocks police’ over Madeleine investigation in letter
A new letter from lead suspect Christian Brueckner is said to mock German police’s attempts to link him to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
In the handwritten note, seen by German newspaper Bild, he reportedly writes: “Are there any traces of her in my vehicle? Any other traces of her in my possession? Photos? Is there a body? No, no, no.”
Bradley Jolly
How much has UK spent of operation to find Madeleine McCann?
The UK has spent several million pounds in its efforts to find out any information about Madeleine McCann.
Funding given to Operation Grange has reached more than £13.2million since 2011.
As of 2022, there were five Metropolitan police officers who were working on the case.
Bradley Jolly
Praia da Luz residents hope for closure
The residents of Praia da Luz have said they hope the family of Madeleine McCann will “get closure.”
Long-term residents in the resort town said they hoped the search would bring the family much-needed closure.
Speaking to the BBC, residents said: “We hope her family get closure.”
Anders Anglesey
Madeleine McCann: New evidence found in Christian Brueckner lair – toys to 80GB hard drive
An explosive new Madeleine McCann documentary has revealed new bombshell evidence that may prove that Christian Brueckner is the prime suspect in the case. The new film hones in on circumstantial evidence found in his lair that points directly to why German national Brueckner is the prime suspect in the case that has gripped the world since Madeleine vanished in 2007.
Clues have been few and far between since little Madeleine disappeared during a family holiday to the Algarve some 18 years ago. The investigation uncovers the disturbing finds at Brueckner’s abandoned factory as well as his sickening obsession with young children.
To read more, click here.
Anders Anglesey
Brueckner 80gb hard drive details
The documentary revealed the existence of an 80gb hard drive that contains images and a laptop key, which might have persuaded police to launch another phase of the investigation.
The hard drive also put Brueckner at the location of Arades Dam, in Portugal.
KEY EVENT
Madeleine McCann documentary reveals new evidence bombshell
A new TV documentary has compiled a host of circumstantial evidence, including images of children in swimming costumes as well as toddler toys found at his property.
The documentary also reveals how a mask, guns and Brueckner’s confession to using chemical ether to take a mum and her child outside a school.
A document also put the suspect at the location of a search for Madeleine McCann where he allegedly said “she did not scream” as he discussed the British toddler with an associate.
It also reveals harrowing kidnap stories where Brueckner wrote: “A very small girl enters the room. She’s definitely not older than five.”
The new documentary casts more light on Christian Brueckner (
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Phil Harris)
Anders Anglesey
What neighbours said about chief Madeleine McCann suspect?
An ex-neighbour previously desribed convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner as an “angry young man.”
The neighbour, who lived in the same town where Madeleine vanished in 2007, recalled Brueckner had regular arguments with his then girlfriend.
The neigbhour told The Independent: “If was riding past and he’d be standing outside, we’d say hello, you know how are you.” She added: “Nothing more. Then we found out he was a really nasty piece of work.”
Anders Anglesey
Alleged Brueckner victim claims police were dismissive of claims
Irish woman Hazel Behan, 41, claimed police were dismissive of her account that she was raped at knifepoint by Christian Brueckner.
Hazel said she reported the assault in Praia da Luz 21 years ago but that they were dismissive of her claim.
She said they continued to follow her for the next few weeks to analyse her behaviour and believes they were checking to see if she was sexually promiscuous or not.
Monica Charsley
Police boss who led prior Maddie search reveals why her case gripped the public
A former homicide police chief has shared why this missing person case captured the public in particular.
Simon Foy, who led Operation Grange to find Madeleine in 2011, explained that the case had captured the world because it was “every parent’s nightmare”.
He told The Guardian: “When I was working in homicide investigations in the Met, occasionally these cases would come along which for some reason just connected around the public consciousness.
“It’s a whole load of things: it’s a young blond girl, it’s a middle-class family, it’s a holiday, it’s every parent’s nightmare. All that sort of stuff very unpredictably would combine together and you would go from virtually minimal media interest and coverage to significant and substantial media coverage, and that was all before the days of social media.”
Monica Charsley
True crime tourists visit Praia da Luz
True crime tourists have flocked to Praia da Luz in a bid to retrace the family’s last steps.
British friends Joanne Sheppard, 60, and Jane Thorp, 61, visited the Ocean Club complex last week.
Joanne told The Guardian: “When we decided to go on holiday, I said I would like to see the place where [Madeleine] went missing and I’d like to sit and see the scope of the area so we could get a feel of various routes where maybe Gerry McCann and Kate walked.”
Monica Charsley
Irish woman ‘in fear’ ahead of prime suspect’s release
An Irish woman who was allegedly raped at knifepoint by Christian Brueckner fears he will “hunt her down” when he is released from prison.
Brueckner, 48, who is the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is set to be freed from a prison in Germany in September. He was jailed for the rape of a 72-year-old US woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2005.
Now, Hazel Behan, 41, who bravely waived her right to anonymity, has opened up about her ordeal and said she is living in fear.
She told The Sun: “His sentence may be ending but mine never did. I have lived with fear every day for 21 years. Fear that I’ll see him. Fear that he’ll find out where I live and hunt me down. I also have fear that he’ll do to someone else what he did to me.
“I’ve called him out in a public forum and I have genuine concern he could confront me. I wouldn’t put anything past a person like him. If he is released, I will worry for every woman and child who, like me, believes the justice system is protecting them. A leopard doesn’t change his spots.”
Hazel Behan is concerned about his release (
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Bradley Jolly
How much has UK spent of operation to find Madeleine McCann?
The UK has spent several million pounds in its efforts to find out any information about Madeleine McCann.
Funding given to Operation Grange has reached more than £13.2million since 2011.
As of 2022, there were five Metropolitan police officers who were working on the case.
Bradley Jolly
Praia da Luz residents hope for closure
The residents of Praia da Luz have said they hope the family of Madeleine McCann will “get closure.”
Long-term residents in the resort town said they hoped the search would bring the family much-needed closure.
Speaking to the BBC, residents said: “We hope her family get closure.”
Ryan Fahey
Rescue expert says case is a unique mystery with so many questions unanswered
A rescue expert has spoken to Fox News about the Madeleine McCann case, saying it’s “frustrating” because the “five W’s” remain unanswered.
Bryan Stern is the founder of Grey Bull Rescue, a charity that rescues Americans and its allies from combat zones.
He told Fox Digital: “The five W’s are unanswered right now: Who did it? How did it happen? When did it happen? Where did it happen, you know?”
“That’s why these situations are so frustrating … because there’s way more questions than answers. The only thing that anybody knows for sure is that there’s a little girl who used to be walking the streets; now she’s not.”
He believes that the renewed search clearly suggests that officials are still searching for answers in an unsolved case. He said it may have been sparked by a tip off from someone close to Christian Brueckner, or the paedophile himself as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Anders Anglesey
Mystery around couple at heart of new theory
Investigators are looking into claims a British man and his German wife were somehow involved in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann after the sister of the Brit tipped off detectives.
The woman claimed in 2018 that the couple had been drinking close to where Madeleine went missing.
They reportedly had been in a car that hit Madeleine while under the influence of alcohol.
Anders Anglesey
What Brueckner note said
A note written by Christian Brueckner asked six questions.
According to a note translated by The Sun, Brueckner wrote: “It is the important questions, the decisive questions that can never be answered.”
These are the six questions he raised:
Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?
Is there DNA evidence of me at the crime scene?
Are there DNA traces of the injured party in my vehicle?
Are there other traces/DNA carriers of the injured party in my possession?
Or photos [of the above]?
Is there a body/corpse?
Anders Anglesey
Portuguese police did not know what intelligence prompted search
Portuguese police reportedly did not know what intelligence German police were working with when they launched the latest search.
German officials packed up a few soil samples from the site during the search, although they have not commented on the significance of anything that was found.
German police had been searching for any links that tied Christian Brueckner to the location where he had been at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance in 2007.
Anders Anglesey
What we know about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance
Madeleine McCann vanished on May 3 while she was on holiday with her family at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz.
Her parents went out for dinner with some friends while she and her brother and sister stayed at the holiday flat about 100 yards away.
The adults had a rota system and, when it was Kate McCann’s turn to check on the children, she found Madeleine was missing.
Police were then alerted and guests at the complex started to search for Madeleine.
Anders Anglesey
What investigators found in latest Madeleine McCann search
Investigators made limited findings as they searched for any clues related to Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz.
The probe unearthed limited findings including animal bones and small materials that have been hauled off for analysis.
The area was investigated as lead suspect Christian Brueckner lived in a cottage in the area when Madeleine went missing in 2007.
Madeleine has been missing for 18 years (
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Anders Anglesey
Latest search ‘in right spot,’ says private detective
South African private detective Daniel Krugel said he believes the latest search happened in “the right area.”
He told The Olive Press: “I’m so excited the Germans are at the right spot. I’m very at ease that things will now go to an end. This is all I was waiting for. Justice for Madeleine. That’s all I want.”
Paige Ingram
Private detective believes German police have uncovered “important key evidence”
Danie Krugel, a South African private detective believes German police have uncovered “important key evidence”.
He told The Olive Press: “I’m so happy they’ve finally been searching in the right place and looking at their body language. I’m quite convinced they found something they were looking for. They only looked in three specific areas with 30 people brought in from Germany and it seemed they stopped suddenly early.”
He added: “They are in the right area. That’s what I’ve said since the beginning, which was in 2007, that the signal was static, wherever she was, she was not moving.
“I used that as a centre point and what I explained to the police is to use a centre point and then you make the 360 turn bigger and bigger. I’m so excited the Germans are at the right spot. I’m very at ease that things will now go to an end. This is all I was waiting for. Justice for Madeleine. That’s all I want.”
While neither Portuguese nor German police have issued any statement, local media reported that they found clothing and animal bones.
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Former detective brands search ‘pointless’ and based on ‘sketchy’ information
Former British Police detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who has worked on some of the world’s most high profile missing persons cases, has given his take on the new searches for Madeleine McCann. He started the six-minute rant on X by saying: “So no surprise the search in Portugal has come to nothing.”
He went on to speak about the ‘very sketchy’ information the new search was based on and the huge amounts of money being ploughed into the case.
Read the full story here.
Ryan Fahey
Suspect’s neighbour described him as an ‘angry young man’
A former neighbour of prime suspect Christian Brueckner in Portugal described the convicted paedophile as an “angry young man”.
The neighbour, who lived in the same town where Madeleine disappeared back in 2007, recalled hearing Brueckner having frequent domestic arguments with his then girlfriend. At the time of Madeleine’s disapperance, Brueckner – often described as a drifter character – was living in Praia da Luz.
The neighbour told The Independent: “If I was riding past and he’d be standing outside, we’d say hello, you know, how are you,” she said. “Nothing more. Then we found out he was a really nasty piece of work.”
Ryan Fahey
Madeleine McCann prime suspect’s ex-flatmate is ‘sure he left evidence somewhere’
A former flatmate of Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner has called on German police to carry out more searches. Thomas Hertel, who lived with the convicted paedophile in the same children’s home, believes the fiend has buried crucial evidence yet to be found and wants the authorities to search all of his previous addresses.
He spoke after German and Portuguese officers concluded their latest seemingly fruitless search near Praia da Luz, where she disappeared in May 2007. Thomas, 51, told the Sunday Mirror: “I am sad. The parents deserve that Maddie is found. I didn’t think they would find anything in Portugal, but I do think they might find something if they dig more in Germany.
“I would like to see them search everything in all the places where Christian lived. Brueckner doesn’t say the truth, so it’s really important that they find some proof so they know what really happened.”
‘I lived with Maddie McCann prime suspect – I’m sure he left evidence somewhere’
Ryan Fahey
Are cops in the UK still investigating Maddie’s disappearance?
While Portuguese police had mostly been leading the charge into the investigation of little Madeleine’s disappearance, a parallel taskforce has continued on British soil.
The Metropolitan Police’s investigation, dubbed Operation Grange, was dramatically downsized last year to just one detective chief inspector, two detective constables and a single member of police staff. At the time, the Met said the investigative team is under constant review, with resources being allocated in line with updated information about the case.
DCI Mark Cranwell, who oversees the British investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann told The Mirror: “We continue to support Madeleine’s family to understand what happened on the evening of 3 May, 2007 in Praia da Luz. Our thoughts remain with the family. “
Patrick Hill
Madeleine McCann prime suspect’s ex-flatmate is ‘sure he left evidence somewhere’
A former flatmate of Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner has called on German police to carry out more searches.
Thomas Hertel, who lived with the convicted paedophile in the same children’s home, believes the fiend has buried crucial evidence yet to be found and wants the authorities to search all of his previous addresses.
He spoke after German and Portuguese officers concluded their latest seemingly fruitless search near Praia da Luz, where she disappeared in May 2007.
Thomas, 51, told the Sunday Mirror: “I am sad. The parents deserve that Maddie is found. I didn’t think they would find anything in Portugal, but I do think they might find something if they dig more in Germany.
To read more, click here.
Anders Anglesey
Were British officers involved in latest search?
The Metropolitan Police confirmed British officers had not been present in the latest German and Portuguese searches.
Investigators used chainsaws, diggers and shovels in a bid to find any clue tat could shed light on the fate of Madeleine.
Anders Anglesey
What is new Maddie theory?
A devastating new theory into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann emerged as officers called off a new search in southern Portugal.
Portuguese authorities demanded an investigation into a British man and his German wife who might have killed the toddler in a drink-drive accident.
The claim emerged after his sister tipped off police in 2018, claiming he could be covering up a dark secret.
Madeleine McCann vanished in 2007 (
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Anders Anglesey
Officials yet to comment on potential discoveries
German and Portuguese investigators, who led the latest search for Madeleine McCann have yet to comment on any potential discoveries that were made.
Crews took few soil samples and some animal bones after three days of searches but found little other information that they have made public.
Anders Anglesey
Madeleine McCann suspect boasts cops ‘will never’ pin Madeline disappearance on him
Convicted rapist Christian Brueckner, 48, boasted German police would never pin the disappearance of Madeleine McCann on him.
He taunted police, asking: “Is there a body? No, no, no.”
In a letter published by the Sun, he said: “Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?
“Is there DNA evidence of me at the crime scene? Are there DNA traces of the injured party in my vehicle?
“Are there other traces/DNA carriers of the injured party in my possession? Photos? And, not to forget, is there a body/corpse? All no, no no.”
Anders Anglesey
How much has UK spent of operation to find Madeleine McCann?
The UK has spent several million pounds in its efforts to find out any information about Madeleine McCann.
Funding given to Operation Grange has reached more than £13.2million since 2011.
As of 2022, there were five Metropolitan police officers who were working on the case.
Anders Anglesey
Praia da Luz residents hope for closure
The residents of Praia da Luz have said they hope the family of Madeleine McCann will “get closure.”
Long-term residents in the resort town said they hoped the search would bring the family much-needed closure.
Speaking to the BBC, residents said: “We hope her family get closure.”
Paige Ingram
Six major questions from Christian Brueckner’s letter
A vile letter from the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has raised some questions over the case. While Christian Brueckner has gloated that police will never pin the case on him without a body his letter raises six major questions in the police investigation.
Elizabeta Ranxburgaj
Pictured: The end of the latest search for Madeleine
The renewed search for Madeleine McCann led by German police officially ended yesterday after just three days.
No major evidence linked to the toddler’s disappearance was believed to have been found by cops on the search. Despite this, German and Portuguese investigators were pictured standing in a circle debriefing after the end of the hunt.
They were spotted clapping, hugging and passing out a case of beers.
An officer with a crate of beer after the end of the search for Madeleine McCann yesterday (Image: PA)
Police packing up equipment yesterday (Image: PA)
Kelly-Ann Kiernan
British police release female suspect e-fit
An e-fit of a woman officers want to speak to in relation to the disappearance of Maddie was previously released by British police as part of their ongoing investigation.
The woman is a “person of interest” to Operation Grange – which is run by the Met Police in London and funded by the Home Office.
The Find Madeleine Campaign says: “This is an e-fit picture of a woman aged 30-35 years, approx. 5ft 2” tall, who was behaving suspiciously in the area of the Port Olimpic Marina in Barcelona in the early hours of May 7th 2007.
“She is a person of interest to the inquiry – as yet, unidentified.
“If you know or suspect who she is – please contact the investigation hotline 0207 321 9251.”
An e-fit of an unidentified woman of interest
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
Kate and Gerry McCann stay silent on police searches
Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann are not commenting during the “active police investigation”, staff at the Find Madeleine Campaign have said.
In their latest post, on Saturday May 3, they said: “As we arrive at the 18th anniversary of Madeleine’s abduction, we’d like to thank our faithful supporters once again for standing by us and never forgetting about Madeleine.
“The years appear to be passing even more quickly and whilst we have no significant news to share, our determination to ‘leave no stone unturned’ is unwavering. We will do our utmost to achieve this.
“May is also the month which includes ‘International Missing Children’s Day’ (25th). We continue to remember all missing children and their families, both here in the UK and abroad, thinking especially of all the children displaced from their homes & families in Ukraine & Gaza at this time.
“We’re very grateful to the UK Charity, ‘Missing People’ for their ongoing, invaluable work, & to all organisations, charities and police forces who remain committed, despite many challenges and limited resources, to finding & bringing home the many missing and abducted children.
“May is also Madeleine’s birthday – her 22nd this year.
“No matter how near or far she is, she continues to be right here with us, every day, but especially on her special day. We continue to ‘celebrate’ her as the very beautiful and unique person she is.
“We miss her.”
Parents Kate and Gerry back in June 2007 (Image: PA)
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
Suspect seen carrying child
As early as May 26, 2007 – just 23 days after the missing British girl went vanished without a trace – police issued a description of a man seen on the night of Madeleine’s disappearance, possibly carrying a child.
That person has never been identified but an e-fit of the “suspect” was later released.
It is not known if this is linked to the “drunk British/German couple” theory which has been revealed for the first time today.
Composite e-fit of potential suspect
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Undercover plan rejected
Portuguese detectives wanted to launch a undercover operation to test the theory that a drunk German woman killed Maddie with her car, before enlisting the help of her British husband to help her get rid of the toddler’s body.
It is reported that German authorities rejected the Portuguese request to use an undercover police officer with a fake identity to try to befriend the female suspect.
They wanted to firm up their suspicions, according to Portuguese daily newspaper Correio da Manha, that she was driving a car that hit Madeleine while under the influence of alcohol.
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
Is Christian B still the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance?
Convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner is due to be freed from prison in Germany in September after finishing a seven-year sentence for rape.
Although German authorities have named 47-year-old Brueckner as their sole Madeleine McCann suspect, and he is also an official suspect in Portugal, he has yet to be charged over the British youngster’s disappearance.
Christian Bruckner will be released this year
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
Portuguese police silence over new claims
Portuguese police who have reportedly been sitting on this information for seven years are yet to respond to the remarkable claims.
German and British officers have also remained tight-lipped.
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Bombshell about Brit at heart of new theory
The unnamed British man who is reported to be at the heart of a new theory, where his drunk wife knocked over Maddie with her car, is believed to be dead.
The Portuguese newspaper revealing the dramatic new information this morning has also stated that it in not clear if his German wife is still alive.
The newspaper also claimed the mystery British man had always “refused to tell his sister if he had been involved in Madeleine’s death” before she alerted the authorities.
Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha’s website today
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
German and Portuguese cops at Maddie search
This week German and Portugeuse police teams have been hunting for the missing three-year-old’s remains as they painstakingly go over ground near to where she disappeared.
German officers armed with pick-axes, shovels, hi-tech radar and chainsaws painstakingly searched for clues that could solve the case.
They carried away boxes of soil, a children’s car seat and white bags filled with unknown contents.
And then it all came to an end. As quickly as the German and Portuguese search teams arrived, they were gone, after cordial handshakes and a round of applause.
German detectives handed a crate of beer to Policia Judiciaria officers as a thank you – but there appeared little to celebrate.
Read Mirror reporter Martin Fricker’s full story here as he joins the police on the ground in Praia da Luz
Police at the search (Image: PA)
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
‘Drunk’ couple’s neighbour spoke to cops
The British/German couple’s neighbour also spoke to police about what she heard the night Maddie went missing, it has been claimed.
She reportedly heard the pair rowing the day after the three-year-old disappeared.
She told detectives she heard the man yelling: “Why did you bring her?” over and over again.
Portuguese police are reportedly said to have got the knock-back from the Germans after urging them to look more closely into the possibility the woman had driven home “drunk” with Maddie after hitting her and enlisted her husband’s help in disposing of her body at sea.
Composite e-fit of potential suspect
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British woman at centre of new claims
A British woman is reported to have tipped off police as long ago as 2018.
She is the sister of an unnamed man at the centre of a new theory about Madeleine’s disappearance.
Describing the mystery couple – a British man and his German wife – as “alcoholics” they place the woman in a cafe near the Ocean Club where she had been “drinking” the night Madeleine went missing from the Algarve resort.
Madeleine (right) was just 3 years old when she vanished from Praia da Luz (Image: PA Wire/PA Photos)
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Kelly-Ann Kiernan
Christian B was “only focus”
The Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha has claimed: “German prosecutors were asked to authorise a covert police operation with someone posing as a friend of the woman’s and trying to get her to confess, but the courts refused.
“It was decided to continue solely with the investigation into suspect Christian Brueckner, rejecting other possibilities.”
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Natalia Penza
‘UK police tipped-off with new theory’
It has been claimed that the woman of the British man told investigators that she heard the man yelling: “Why did you bring her?”
Portuguese police are reportedly said to have got the knock-back from the Germans after urging them to look more closely into the possibility the woman they were tipped off about had driven home “drunk” with Maddie after knocking her down and enlisted her husband’s help in disposing of the “youngster’s body at sea.”
