Madeleine McCann latest news: Suspect ‘boasted about snatching toddler’ as cops say they believe she is dea - The Sun

GERMAN police have revealed a new prime suspect in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Police homed in on the drug-dealing paedophile, 43, named only as "Christian B" after he told a pal in a pub: “I snatched her.”

German prosecutors yesterday said they believe Madeleine is dead and know how she died after being abducted by the rapist with a 22-year history of child sex abuse offences.

The rapist is believed to have staked out the McCanns’ holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, for four days before the three-year-old was snatched in May 2007.

He is currently in prison for raping a 72-year-old woman in the Algarve resort in 2005.

The rapist's alleged confession led to the latest breakthrough, but Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry’s hopes of finding her alive were yesterday crushed.

German public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said they are assuming Madeleine is dead.

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2020-06-05 05:33:19Z
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