The abduction took place 15 years ago in Portugal. BERLIN / LISBON. A German pedophile has been officially suspected of missing the British girl Madeleine McCann, who took place 15 years ago in Portugal, the Portuguese prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The article continues under video advertising Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007 – just a few days before her fourth birthday. The case provoked media frenzy and an unprecedented international hunt for the perpetrator. The prosecutor’s office in the Portuguese city of Portimao clarified that the suspected man, whose identity was not disclosed, was officially declared a suspect in this case on Wednesday this week. The media reported that he was a pedophile identified as Christian B., who lived in the Portuguese province of the Algarve from 1995 to 2007. It was in the area where Madeleine was abducted at that time that he subsisted on dubious activities, including burglary in hotel rooms or apartments. Related article According to the prosecutor’s office, there is concrete evidence Read The body was not found German police revealed in 2020 that the man was a pedophile and a sex offender who was already behind rape bars in Germany for the Praia de Luz resort in 2005. Police in Germany, he believes that he killed Madeleine, writes AFP. No official charges have been brought against him so far. Despite extensive research by the British and Portuguese police, Madeleine’s body was never found. The police in Portugal first closed the case in 2008. However, five years later, it reopened, “when new indications came to light,” the Portuguese prosecutor’s office told AFP. Since then, the investigation has been conducted in cooperation with both the British and German authorities. Germany Subscribe to topic Subscribe New: Receive notifications of new articles in the monitored topic by e-mail. Try the new feature and turn on the subscription.