Overview

• Christian Brueckner will leave German custody by September 17 unless new charges are filed, the lead prosecutor told the BBC.
• He is imprisoned for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz and has never been charged in the McCann case.
• Lead prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters says Brueckner remains the sole suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance and has been assessed as dangerous.
• Investigators say their evidence has strengthened but still falls short of what is needed for a likely conviction, so no arrest warrant has been sought.
• Authorities are seeking court-imposed release conditions such as an ankle tag, and recent cross‑border searches in Portugal continue to be examined.