Christian Brueckner is just days away from his prison release — and an ex-associate is insisting he is the man behind the 2007 disappearance of a 3-year-old toddler Madeleine McCann .
Brueckner has been named a prime suspect in McCann's famous missing person case, although he was never formally charged in connection with her kidnapping.
While the convicted criminal has been serving a seven-year sentence for raping a 72-year-old woman in Portugal — near where McCann went missing — he is set to be released this week after completing his time in prison.
Madeleine McCann Prime Suspect to Be Released From Prison
Ahead of Brueckner's release from jail , a former associate of the rapist spoke out during an interview with British ITV News, urging authorities to somehow not let the inmate out of prison.
"I want Christian behind bars for this, for the Madeleine McCann case. This was him, I am 100 percent sure," fellow criminal and ex-associate Helge Busching declared to a reporter from an undisclosed location in Europe. "He can say I am innocent. I know what he was doing, I saw it with my own eyes. I know he's a dangerous man."
Busching made it a point to note that he and Brueckner were never personal friends, but ran a "business" together for some time in the Algarve region of Portugal - participating in things like stealing solar panels, diesel and drug dealing.
Christian Brueckner Is a 'Very Dangerous Man'
Busching said he is now a changed man who has left his criminal past behind and become a key witness for the German authorities in McCann's disappearance.
"He's a dangerous man. A really dangerous man," Busching emphasized days before the convicted pedophile is set to walk free.
During his interview, Busching chillingly recalled a conversation he had with Brueckner while attending a festival in Spain one year after McCann vanished from her family's holiday villa in Portugal.
"I told him I don't understand how somebody can rob little children from a hotel," Busching recounted, though it was Brueckner's alleged response that was concerning.
According to Busching, Brueckner replied: " She was not screaming ."
The comment made Busching wonder, "How do you know this... yeah he has something to do with this," though he was too afraid to question Brueckner further before the rapist abruptly left the festival that night.
"He took Maddie out from this hotel. He is involved, sure," Busching claimed.
Police have never found enough evidence formally Charge Brueckner with McCann's kidnapping , although he was first named as a prime suspect by German authorities in 2020.
At the time, law enforcement officials said McCann was assumed dead and Brueckner was likely the one responsible .
The convicted child abuser, however, has vehemently denied any involvement in McCann's disappearance and alleged murder.
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