Cops Suspect Parents In Missing British Girl Case

Didn't the Portuguese "discover" America?

Or could it be that their daughter was abducted, that the police didnt treat it as abduction until the McCann's organised publicity and that vested interests want to pin the blame on the parents rather than acknowledge the truth?

I'm surprised they know how to spell the word,
SCIENCE" in Portugal, much less perform and understanD an intensive DNA analysis.

Mame wrote:

Miller wrote:

Secondly, many parents leave their kids at home alone, while they go to work, to the store, to the gym, to visit friends, to do the wash at the laundry on the corner...

Plenty of people leave their kids at home alone for 2-6 hours, and nothing happens and no "officials" come knocking on the door to snatch the kids.

And, having grown up on the SouthSide of Chicago, I can say that the Chicago police have far to much to do, without having to track down
"home-alone" kids...This is I know as a FACT...

Well, I don't know what Twilight Zone you're living in, but leaving 2 and year olds home alone for any length of time whatsoever (never mind 2 - 6 hours!!!!!!!!) is immediate grounds for a check from the Children's Aid Society, at the very least, and apprehension and court in the normal scheme of things.

And I can't believe you are so blase about people leaving little ones alone while they "go to work, to the store, to the gym, to visit friends, to do the wash at the laundry on the corner." There is absolutely no excuse for leaving such young kids home alone. It's reprehensible.

This situation may be different in that the apartment was close to their table (wasn't it? - I can't remember what the distances were). I don't approve of their leaving them in any case, but perhaps if they were close and they made frequent checks, it could not be considered the same as "going to work or to the gym...) - that is totally negligent and unforgivable behaviour.

They should have foregone their dinner, in my opinion. Aren't their kids worth more than that? They could have had room service or ordered take out. There were other options, and look at the mess their lives are in now.

If you haven't lived in major cities of the USA such as LA, Chicago and NY, then it's you who's living in the twilight zone.

Do you know what it's like to be an unwed mother, with 10 starving kids in a 3 bed room apartment, with no money, no support systems and trying to live on a minimum wage?

If you don't you need to leave your white, diversity sparse suburban "twlight zone" and see what it feels like to be poor and trying to make ends meet.

These parents were obscenely negligent. If they had enough money to vacation there, and to go out to a nice dinner, then they could have afforded a babysitter to watch over their sleeping children for a couple hours.

steve - Don't make excuses for them. They were in the wrong from the git go.

In loosing their daughter

Your children are 20 times more likely to be killed by lightning than to be abducted by a stranger.

Steve 41oo wrote:

In loosing their daughter

Losing their daughter. It sounds so benign. As if they had no responsibility toward their children.

Leaving their children alone while they were out, whether it was for dinner or drinks or anything else, was negligent.

Perhaps standards are different in the U.K., but here it is illegal to leave children under the age of 10 (or 12, depending on the province) without adult supervision. It means involvement by the police, child care agencies, and frequently means loss of custody. It's not considered a minor issue.

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The McCanns may have been relying on something like

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Your children are 20 times more likely to be killed by lightning than to be abducted by a stranger.

timesonline link

but children aren't shoes. You don't lose, or misplace them. You pay attention to their safety.

Steve,

Are you saying that both British authorities and Portugese authorities are working to protect the Praia da Luz tourist business? The evidence collection began after British police started helping the Portugese police.

Steve,

Did you hear the description of the Portuguese police given by a guest on last week's "Any Questions" (BBC Radio 4)...?

...."Inspector Clouseau meets the Keystone Cops"....( applause from the audience).

Intense attention has focused on what police found in the hire car rented by Madeleine's parents 25 days after she went missing. Senior sources linked to the investigation told Portuguese journalists that they discovered "bodily fluids" - not blood - with an 88% match to Madeleine's genetic profile in the boot.

Toxicological tests on the liquid show that Madeleine had consumed a "significant" quantity of sleeping tablets and may have overdosed, the French newspaper France Soir reported, citing unnamed sources in Portugal.