Madeline mc Canns parents

[PatriciaH]

I think that now they are back home its going to hit them like a ton of bricks...i cannot see them hurting her or killing her as some have said .. it is just too sad for words even after all this time

[kwicky]

The Portugese police have shown what amateurs they are. They have now ruined the lives of 3 people as mud sticks. Why don't they call in interpol or hand the case to someone else?

[pussnboots]

Hiya Trish. I have been quite annoyed this last couple of days about this whole fiasco. I don't think for one minute that the parents had anything at all to do with Madelines disappearance it is awful the way they are being treated. My heart goes out to them and I just hate the witchhunters that have reared their heads in this case.

[Kleiber]

I'm with all of you on this one, too, as I've stated on another thread, I can't believe they could have harmed her. I think they're being made scapegoats.

[RATTER15]

I'm unsure either way, I think if they did kill her, it was one of them overdosed her on something to stop her waking as they did to the other two kids and killed her accidentally.

[Panic Button]

Please explain what they did next then

[PatriciaH]

I cant believe they would "drug up " their own child just so they could go out surely ? Also who are these people who have supposedly stated theve heard madeline crying before the night she went missing? Have they given statements to back this up does anyone know? if i read anything in the papers i take it with a pinch of salt ...

[RATTER15]

I have no idea what happened next, obviously!! its just what I think, why is it that when the Mother was screaming in the apartment and all the commotion of the place being searched, the detectives even removing the other two children, they never woke up!! I think they have even admitted using sedatives, but im not sure.

[lindapinda]

I'm with you Trish.I think the Portuguese police are using the McCanns as pure scapegoats. They have already ruined Robert Murat's life by naming him as the main suspect,when they obviously had no evidence to back up their statement.If they had genuine convicting forensic evidence on the McCanns,they would not have been allowed to leave the country,and would have been charged with her death by now.

[pussnboots]

I truly believe that the Portugese police are desperate to bring closure to this case and have therefore made up this so called evidence against Kate & gerry MrCann. Some of the things they are suggesting are unbelieveable and just doesn't make any sense at all. The police are now so convinced that the little girl is dead and murdered by her parents that they can pull back on the search for her. If ever I wanted to go to their country for a holiday which I never have it has made me think twice. They seem to be making the McCanns responsable for all the media attention, they do not seem to think that it could possibley be a resident of their own country to have perpretrated this crime and are hell bent at laying the blame at a couple who went on holiday just to have a nice time in this god forsaken country.

[sp1814]

In terms of timescale, it seems absolutely impossible that the McCanns could've hidden the body, raised the alarm, contacted the police, then waited a couple of days, hired a car (under the full glare of the media spotlight) and moved the body elsewhere.

It just doesn't make sense.

However, pussnboots - I have to disagree with you. They had everything to do with her disappearance.

If I bought a brand new car, and it was my pride and joy, and if I left it unlocked with the keys in the ignition whilst I went for a meal, checking on it every 20 minutes...well if my car got nicked, wouldn't I be responsible?

[Petal~flower]

The whole thing with the parents. If you are loving caring parents, you don't leave 3 tiny children alone, in a strange country, in their unlocked room, while you go out for a meal.

And I am not accusing the parents, but I feel there is something odd about their whole behaviour.

Checks on the children, were not always made, and if they were, then it was just sometimes a listen at the door, rather than looking inside and seeing if they were alright.

It took the parents 2 hours before they notified police of Madelines disappearance.

The Portuguese police can not be held responsible for anything.

The people held responsible should be the parents. They should never of left their babies alone

[China Doll]

I'm sorry.

I apologise because I'm about to be offensive. But it's just my upbringing... I'm actually not even remotely sorry....

When someone here has some valid information on this case perhaps they'd like to post.

In the mean time, if you couls all stop treating it like an evening soap opera I'd really appreciate it.

A kid suffered at the end of this.

When you've all quite finished speculating, it might be nice to remember that.

Until then, I of course blame the media. Heaven help us if salivating over this case is something the British culture enjoys.

[Pippa68]

Petal~Flower, this is why I get so cross when people go on about how the McCanns couldn't have killed Maddie..because she was conceived by IVF and must be far more precious than a naturally conceived child.

If their child was so precious, why leave her (and the twins) night after night?

I haven't mentioned her being left since the first week she disappeared, as I don't like to go on about it. However i was forced to shout at someone today for mentioning the IVF thing!

[Pippa68]

Ooops..I do apologise, CD ;o)

Mind you I wasn't speculating ~ just mentioning how peed off I am at some folks opinions!

[Petal~flower]

pippa, I was listening to Radio 2 on Friday, with old friends of the Mccanns saying they were the most loving parents.

Do loving parents leave their children in a room, which was not 50 yards away from the restaurant? While they go out and enjoy themselves?

Take the children with you

[shanx]

i think its all about affecting tourism in the area,and portugal loseing out they are deneighing that things happen like that there,like spain when they encourage you to buy properties there, no burgalries here, so why have all the windows got grids on them? there is crime in every county each as bad as each other but no one will admit it

[bekka]

Can anyone actually believe that a parent knowing their child is dead would be able to sit around a table with others and eat a meal while all of the time acting normally.

To go back to check the children and allow others to do so...then to return to the table and carry on normal conversation...impossible.

As said above in other posts...i believe also that the Portugese police are looking for scapegoats.

[ELVIS68]

What p!sses me off is why they get so much support from the media just because they are doctors...if they were a couple of factory workers would they be treated the same?

Would Gerry and Kate still get the support if they were from a council estate?

This isn`t the first time this has happened..remember Ben Needham...he`s still missing

[shanx]

elvis you are missing the point, its not down to whos who ,its the number of times this have happend,thatyou or i dont know about,it is not only the british this have happened too but other nationities,and the macans are saying enough is enough

[ELVIS68]

Enough is enough?...so what was the world tour about...meeting the Pope..Barbara Bush etc...speaking to Rhys Jones parents...ffs
Gerry`s been acting like a celebrity...he posed for the cameras before he went into the police station like he was on the red carpet...and as soon as he got off the plane today he was there with his speech..now he wants privacy