New evidence found as Madeleine McCann's parents release statement
<p dir="ltr">The German prosecutor in charge of Madeleine McCann’s case has alluded to “new evidence” in relation to the young girl’s disappearance 15 years ago to the day. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Christian Brueckner has been officially declared the first formal suspect in the case - years after Madeleine’s parents were also considered suspects but were cleared in 2008.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In a televised interview, Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters indicated there is new evidence linking Brueckner to Madeline’s murder but stopped short of revealing any more.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We are sure that he is the murderer of Madeleine McCann. We are sure that he killed Madeleine McCann,” he said. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“The investigation is still going on and I think we found some new facts, some new evidence – not forensic evidence, but evidence.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">The potential incriminating evidence comes 15 years to the day that Madeleine disappeared on May 3, 2007, with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann releasing a statement.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“This year we mark 15 years since we last saw Madeleine. It feels no harder than any other but no easier either,” the statement read.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“It’s a very long time. Many people talk about the need for closure. It’s always felt a strange term.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Regardless of outcome, Madeleine will always be our daughter and a truly horrific crime has been committed. These things will remain.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">Brueckner, 45, is currently serving seven years for raping a 72-year-old woman, and is being probed over the 2004 rape of a second woman and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl at Praia da Luz a month before Madeleine disappeared</p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty</em></p>
