German police to probe Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's van amid ... trends now
A van driven by the prime suspect in Madeline McCann's disappearance is being examined by the German police.
The white Mercedes Sprinter was pictured parked at Christian Bruckener's 'lair' after Maddie vanished - and the police are examining it in the hope it may still contain DNA or crucial clues.
It was leased by the Rosier dealership to Bruckner between 2014 and 2015, and an employee who took the van back told The Sun they 'cleaned it and repaired it' however claimed 'it wouldn't have been wiped of all DNA'.
The employee said there could be 'hairs and other traces of anyone who was kept inside' which could be found by Germany's federal police - the BKA.
A van driven by the prime suspect in Madeline McCann's disappearance (Christian Brueckner, pictured) is being examined by the German police
Christian Brueckner (pictured) is a suspect in the disappearance of Madeline McCann
Three-year-old Madeleine McCann (pictured), who vanished in Praia da Luz in 2007
A white Mercedes Sprinter van 9 (pictured), similar to one police say Christian Brueckner had while living in Portugal, was stored by him on the site of a derelict factory in Germany
It has previously been claimed that the paedophile, who was living in the Algarve when three-year-old Maddie disappeared in 2007, took one van and two cars back to his home country where he disposed of them after she vanished.
Among them was a white Mercedes Sprinter van which was similar to one police say he owned in Portugal, with photos obtained by The Sun showing it parked in woodland in East Germany.
The exact date the vehicles were moved back to Germany is not known, with sources claiming he would often visit a scrapyard that was close to his secret hideout where he was found to have horrific images and videos.
The owners of the scrapyard, which has since closed down, claimed it was not a secret that Brueckner had used the site but police still had not contacted them about him.
It is thought Brueckner used the van at the time that five-year-old Inga Gerhricke vanished from a family picnic in 2015. He was investigated by the police between 2016 and 2020.
He didn't have an alibi and was involved in an accident an hour away the day before the girl, referred to as the 'German Maddie'. went missing.
The case remains unsolved and Brueckner hasn't been officially discounted as a suspect.
Blonde haired, blue-eyed Inga Gehricke disappeared on May 2, 2015 during a family barbecue in a forest in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state.
It is thought Brueckner used the van at the time that five-year-old Inga Gerhricke vanished from a family picnic in 2015. He was investigated by the police between 2016 and 2020
He didn't have an alibi and was involved in an accident an hour away the day before the girl,
