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McCanns Issue New Year Message, Hope for 2026 Breakthrough in Madeleine Search

Their message stresses that police inquiries continue.

Overview

  • In a post on the Official Find Madeleine pages, Kate and Gerry McCann said the search for answers is ongoing and thanked supporters.
  • German prosecutors named Christian Brückner as the prime suspect in 2020, yet no charge has been brought in Madeleine’s disappearance.
  • Brückner was released in Germany in September 2025 and is under electronic monitoring, has surrendered his passport and cannot leave the country.
  • Renewed searches by German and Portuguese authorities in June 2025 ended without significant findings.
  • The couple highlighted the Missing People charity’s Safecall service in their update, and the Metropolitan Police still treat Madeleine as a missing person.