Overview

• Previously undisclosed evidence, including disturbing chat logs, weapons, and a selfie near the crime scene, has been revealed but was already known to prosecutors for years.
• Christian Brückner, the main suspect in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance, is currently imprisoned for an unrelated rape conviction and is set for release by September 2025.
• Recovered chat logs detail Brückner's explicit fantasies involving children, and investigators also found storage media with disturbing images during a 2016 search.
• Prosecutors worry Brückner may flee abroad upon release, intensifying the need to secure sufficient evidence for an arrest warrant in the McCann case.
• Searches at a Portuguese dam linked to Brückner in 2023 did not yield conclusive proof, leaving authorities in a race against time to act before his release.