Madeleine McCann case: Prosecutor says guilty of murderer, but admits he has no evidence of how the death occurred | Globalism

In an interview with the Mirror newspaper, Walters said that Prosecutors have evidence to charge Bruckner, but he admitted he had no information about how Madeleine died. He indicated that the investigation should end in 2022.

“We are confident we have the man who took her and killed her,” the prosecutor said. “It is now possible to charge him. We have that evidence now.”

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However, the attorney general said the goal was to direct as much evidence as possible to Bruckner. Investigators are taking advantage of the fact that the suspect has already been detained for sexual offenses to answer questions that remain.

“I’m not saying we don’t have enough right now,” Walters said. “But he’s in prison, so we don’t have that pressure on us.”

According to the prosecutor in the case, there are no details about how Madeleine died, nor evidence such as DNA or photos linking Bruckner to the alleged murder. Although the, The investigation believes that other elements link the suspect to the crime..

“We don’t have a body or DNA, but we do have other evidence,” Walters noted. “Based on the evidence we have, there’s no other conclusion.”

“I cannot say on what basis we assume she is dead. But for us, there is no other possibility. There is no hope that she is alive,” he said.

The Mirror reported that among the evidence analyzed was a confession that Bruckner reportedly made to a friend and a phone analysis indicating he was at the hotel where Madeleine was last seen.

The prosecutor admitted it was “circumstantial evidence – we don’t have any scientific evidence”.

Maddie – as Madeline was known – disappeared in May 2007 when she was three years old. She was in a hotel in Praia da Luz, South Portugal.

The girl disappeared while her parents were out for dinner. In the last years, The case has gone through twists and turns, without the authorities reaching a conclusion.

The investigation had already stated in 2020 that I thought Madeleine was dead. in this occasion , Bruckner has been named a suspect to participate in the case.

In 2019, he was convicted of raping a 72-year-old American woman in 2005. The crime took place in Praia da Luz, the same city where Madeleine disappeared.

Bruckner denies involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance and refuses to speak to the police and prosecutors.