Madeleine McCann investigators say there are "many pieces" of the puzzle pointing towards Christian Brueckner but nothing to suggest she is alive.
Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters also admitted there still was no “smoking gun” evidence enabling charges to be brought against Brueckner, 43, over the British youngster’s disappearance.
But he insisted in an interview on Portuguese state broadcaster RTP, referring to Brueckner only by his first name and initial of his surname, that “many pieces” lead to Christian B.
He said: “All I can say is this is like a puzzle and there are many pieces that lead us to believe Christian B is responsible. “One of the pieces is the signal from the mobile phone he was using at the time Madeleine McCann
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