• Maddie case - Madeleine McCann missing: German prosecution investigates murder of 43-year-old sexual predator

German authorities have "concrete evidence" that the British girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal in 2007, is dead, Brunswick City Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters told AFP on Wednesday.

"They are concrete evidence, facts that are in our hands, not mere indications ," Wolters explained. However, it is not "forensic evidence ... like the corpse," the expert explained.

The case, which shocked public opinion, took a dramatic turn in early June, when German authorities pointed to a new suspect, a German citizen, currently detained in another case.

"At the moment I cannot disclose to them the exact information we have, which indicates that our suspect murdered Madeleine," the spokesperson continued, specifying that the German authorities had written to the girl's parents.

Christian B., 43, is a repeat offender, currently detained in Kiel (northern Germany).

At the time of the events, this individual lived a few kilometers from the hotel where the three-year-old girl disappeared , who was on vacation with her parents and two brothers in Portugal when she disappeared.

Investigators found, according to the German media, children's swimwear in the suspect's trailer. They would also have found several USB keys with thousands of images of pedophilia, some in which he himself appeared, hidden where he had buried his dog.

The suspect asked for his release, which was denied, the prosecution said. Portugal claims his extradition for the rape of a 72-year-old woman .

The German police had been widely questioned for his role in the investigation into the disappearance of the little Brit, since in 2013 he would have warned the main suspect who had him in his sights, which could have allowed him to destroy evidence.

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