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Expat Ken Ralphs said that Christian B, the German drifter suspected of abducting Madeleine, tried to recruit a mutual friend to help find a youngster to sell to a childless couple.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

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Expat Ken Ralphs said that Christian B, the German drifter suspected of abducting Madeleine, tried to recruit a mutual friend to help find a youngster to sell to a childless couple.

Mr Ralphs, a former UK political campaigner, said Christian B made the offer to the man who was penniless and living in a tent in a remote part of the Algarve coast.

After a short drive off-road, Mr Ralphs took me along a track to a clearing in the woods about 20 miles from Praia da Luz, the beachside village from where Madeleine disappeared in May 2007.

Mr Ralphs said he knew Christian in the months before Madeleine vanished because they both used to park their camper vans on Barranco beach at the end of a long, rocky track.

When German police appealed for information about the then unnamed suspect in 2020 they released a photograph of Christian B's yellow and white camper van parked on Barranco beach near its eastern cliffs.

Read more:Sex offence charges against Christian B droppedPolice recover items in Portuguese reservoir searchWho is the main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case?


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