Could this be Maddie

[netibiza]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/dailymai l/home.html?in_page_id=1766 Wouldn't it be great if it is her, and soon they'll find her.

[sp1814]

I read the picture was taken three weeks ago.

Wonder why it took so long to be made public???

[NJOK]

Is it just me or did anyone else read the heading 'Could this be Maddie' to the tune of 'Could It Be Magic' by Barry Manilow?

On another note, without wanting to sound like a hero, if I saw Maddie I'd a) get as good a photo as I can and b) follow the people she's with or at least be able to describe them adequately - at the very least.

Of the three (or is it four?) sightings, this is the first one to even take a photo. And none of the witnesses have gone out of their way to track her.

Or am I being harsh?

[spaced]

i have to agree. If I saw a child that remotely resembled Maddie I would at the very least try and follow them whilst I called the police, of not stop the people myself.

Absolutely shocking that people think that taking a photo is enough. Its just so typical of society today where people keep themselves to themselves

In this case, the person who took the photo, didnt realise until she downloaded the photo 3 later....why would she photograph 3 women walking the street??????

[WaldoMcFroog]

Does everything have to be a bl00dy conspiracy..? Jeez.

Can't well all accept that the woman was taking photos of lots of things like she said, and hope that it really does give reason to hope an innocent little girl is still alive?

[LoftyLottie]

I have just read that the woman took the photo thinking it could be Maddie, although surely if that were the case she would take the camera straight to local police, not download them three weeks later. All the papers give different reports. The 'Mail's' report (dubious) says that the woman was 99% sure it was Maddie.

Personally, I think the girl looks too young and the hair falls differently with a natural parting on the other side. Although there are a quite a number of fair haired people, especially children, in Morocco.

[LoftyLottie]

'Also' not 'although'

[Gromit]

It could be any female young girl.

[Goodsoulette]

I think the thing that strikes me about the pic is the person carrying her doesnt look like she would have a kid with blonde hair and she looks like a bloke.

[LoftyLottie]

She looks weathered Goodsoulette and a lot like a great deal of aged Moroccan native women who have had a hard life. Fair haired babies are not that rare even amongst native Moroccans. The child is not that blonde and if Madeleine's hair had been exposed to a lot of sun, surely it would be very blonde by now.

I don't think either that these native Morocanns would be the sort to have the funds to arrange a abduction or to do it themselves. If she was alive now I would expect her to be with a rich family or, although I sincerely hope not, being exploited - not carried around in normal fashion on the back of an old native woman.

I may be wrong. It would be nice if I were.

[Reverandfunk]

I doesnt look like her to me

[Pippa68]

It doesn't look like her to me either.

[Reverandfunk]

Hi Pippa

[horsestache1]

It would be nice if it were Maddie, but sadly I think not.

[Pippa68]

Hi Rev.

What the heck are we doing in the News section????

[Reverandfunk]

Shall we go somewhere more....cough

comfortable....

lol

[4GS]

The photo was taken from the inside of a car and the little girl was about 200 meters away, so of course it will take some time to enhance the image.
I for one really hope it is Maddie, because if it is her then at least she looks like she is being cared for and does not appear to be in distress, and , most important,she is alive!!!

[boojp]

I suspect it isn't Madeleine. Could be any little girl. Striking and mysterious photo though.

[mountainboo]

My partner thought that the person carrying the child looked a bit like a man!
If it was me I'd have stopped the car and discretly followed the person until I got a clear view and if the person was carrying maddie I'd have done a citizens arrest on his/her ass!!

[Reverandfunk]

bet its a withered old morrocan woman carrying her grandaughter

[boojp]

It is a strong possibility Rev!