Madeleine McCann: Suspect claims to have had sex when infant disappeared

The main suspect in her disappearance Madeleine McCann – just 15 years ago today – claims he had sex in a caravan with a woman who said she would provide him with an alibi. Christian Brueckner, 44, has been officially named as the missing person of the young child in 2007 last month, but he was not charged.

Now, the German suspect insists he was nowhere near the Praia de Luz resort in the Algarve region of Portugal on the night the McCannaccording to Sky News.

McCann’s devastated parents, Kate and Jerry McCann, issued a statement on May 3 in anticipation of the 15th anniversary of her disappearance.

“Regardless of the outcome, Madeline will always be our daughter and a really horrible crime has been committed. “These things will remain,” they said.

What the main suspect in the disappearance case claims

Brueckner claims he drove his alleged love partner to a nearby airport for her return flight the next day. He says they spent the night in a caravan in Faro – about an hour’s drive from Praia de Luz.

Brueckner, who is referred to as Christian B in Germany because of the country’s strict privacy laws, claims the couple stopped and were photographed at a police checkpoint, according to Sky News.

At the airport security, the woman – who was on vacation with her parents – was arrested because she had illegal pepper spray in her bag. He later appeared in court, Brueckner claims. Brueckner argues that Portuguese officials should have a record of these events and should be able to locate his alibi.

However, German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, who is leading the investigation, seems to deny the possible alienation of Brueckner. Wolters said “nothing” he had heard so far could be a valid alibi for Brueckner. “What we found was going in the opposite direction, so it was rather incriminating, without being able to expand on that now,” Wolters told Sky News.