‘German Madeleine McCann’s mum’ clings to hope her daughter and missing Brit girl are still alive
THE mum of a girl nicknamed the "German Maddie" who went missing in 2015 is desperately holding out hope that her daughter and Madeleine McCann are still alive.
Little Inga Gehricke vanished when she was just five years old during a family picnic in northern Germany almost eight years after Madeleine went missing.
Paedophile and chief suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, Christian B, was believed to have been in the area when Inga disappeared.
He was investigated at the time of her disappearance but was never charged.
But after German prosecutors said they suspect Christian B abducted and murdered Madeleine, police began taking another look at Igna's unsolved disappearance to find out if he was involved.
Victoria Gehricke, Inga's mum, told Volksstimme newspaper that she was not aware of Christian B's alleged involvement in the McCann case until it was reported by german media.
She is now hopeful that the breakthrough in Madeleine's disappearance could help to find Inga.
She said: "Finally, there is a suspect in a very similar case who appears in Inga's files.
We should all never give up hope that Maddie and Inga are still alive
Victoria Gehricke
"This needs to be investigated further. When the Maddie case is finally cleared up, I first hope that the child is alive. Perhaps a connection to the disappearance of Inga could then also be established."
"We should all never give up hope that Maddie and Inga are still alive," she added.
Inga vanished while on a family picnic in 2015 from Wilhelmshof and Christian B owned a derelict property nearby which was searched by cops a year later.
They found several USB sticks containing more than 8,000 images of child porn as well as images of him semi naked and indulging in a solo sex act while wearing stockings.
It was also where he kept his 30ft RV campervan here police found kids swimwear and clothes inside but nothing of Inga was ever located.
The items were in a carrier bag buried beneath the body of Christian B's dog.
Online chats where the suspect revealed his sick fantasies of kidnap, rape and murder were also found.
He also boasted how he would document the torture of a child and allegedly told friends he wanted to "catch something little and use it for days".
When he was asked what he would do if he was caught, he said he would "destroy the evidence".
He allegedly added: Then I'll record many videos/clips. I'll document in detail how she's being tortured.
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Cops said there was no evidence linking Christian B and Inga, but he was jailed for possession of child abuse images.
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A former ambulance driver who met the paedophile said: "He told me, 'I can transport children, kids, in this space. Drugs and children, you can transport them in this van. Its a safe space in the van, nobody can find them. Nobody can catch you."
