Missing Maddie McCann: Key witness apparently terminally ill. Helge B.'s statements made Christian B.
the main suspect in the Maddie case. Now the important witness is said to be suffering from cancer. What does this mean for a possible trial? Braunschweig public prosecutor's office sees Christian B., but has not yet brought any charges. The then three-year-old British girl Madeleine "Maddie" McCann disappeared from a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007 while her parents were eating dinner nearby.