Madeleine McCann is assumed to be dead by police investigating a child sex predator suspected of kidnapping and killing her.
German police say they assume she was murdered after being snatched aged three from a Portuguese holiday resort 13 years ago.
Last night it was reported police know how Madeleine was killed, but no further details were revealed. However, it is understood they do not believe it was premeditated.
Yesterday 43-year-old German drifter Christian Brueckner was named as the suspect. He is currently in jail in Kiel, Germany, for the rape of a pensioner during a raid on her home in the Algarve, where Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007.
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