The prosecutor's office in Stendal, in eastern Germany, is studying a possible parallel between the disappearance of a young girl five years ago in the country and that of the British Madeleine McCann, German media said on Friday. Two days ago, the Brunswick prosecutor's office announced that it was investigating a 43-year-old German man suspected of having abducted in 2007 and killed "Maddie", 3 years old, while on vacation in Portugal with his parents .
Inga, 5, disappeared in a forest
The prosecution of Stendal decided to check if there was a relationship between the two cases, and enough elements to suspect the same Christian B. in the disappearance of another blonde girl, Inga, five years ago, according to information from the DPA news agency and the Spiegel. Inga, 5, disappeared in May 2015 in a forest in the Sachsen-Anhalt region during an excursion with her family. The investigation and the numerous searches did not make it possible to find the child.
According to the local newspaper Magdeburger Volksstimme , Christian B., convicted on several occasions in Germany, notably for sexual violence against minors, owns a property in this region and would have been nearby when Inga disappeared.
Inga's mother calls for new investigation
In February 2016, the investigators allegedly discovered at his home a USB key containing child pornography. But no evidence linking him to the disappearance of the little girl.
The lawyer for Inga's mother demanded that a new investigation be opened, according to the newspaper.
Thirteen years after the disappearance of "Maddie", the identification of this new suspect has revived the hope of unraveling the deep mystery surrounding this twist affair. The Brunswick prosecution, however, "does not yet have enough evidence for an arrest warrant or an indictment," said a spokesperson, Hans Christian Wolters.
Unveiled conversations
One thing is certain: the suspect has already been convicted in several drug, theft and sexual violence cases, including the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal, German authorities said on Thursday. The Spiegel published Friday on its website extracts from a cat of Christian B. with one of his acquaintances, contained according to the magazine in the documents of investigation of justice.
In September 2013, he wrote wanting to "catch something small, and use it for days," writes D er Spiegel . When his interlocutor pointed out to him that it was dangerous, he replied: "oh, when the evidence is destroyed after".