The prosecutor in the Madeleine McCann probe has written to her parents to confirm she was murdered – but he “can’t say why” he knows.
Hans Christian Wolters is leading the investigation into Christian Brueckner, 43 – the man named as the main suspect in Maddie’s disappearance.
He said there has been an increasing exchange of information between the German team, Scotland Yard and Portugal but admitted “not every detail has been passed on”.
Speaking from his office in the German city of Braunschweig, Mr Wolters told the Mirror: “We have re-established contact with the McCann family in writing. "We, of course, really consider the fact that it is going to be very hard for the family when we tell them we assume Madeline is dead. “But we can’t
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