Suspect in Madeleine McCann case, Christian Brueckner, refuses to talk to police before release.

The prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, Christian Brueckner, a 49-year-old German national, has refused to be interviewed by the Metropolitan Police ahead of his pending release from prison. Brueckner is serving a seven-year sentence for raping an elderly woman in Germany. Madeleine, a three-year-old girl, vanished in 2007 in Portugal. Despite Brueckner's refusal, the Metropolitan Police will continue to pursue any viable lines of inquiry in the ongoing investigation.