Cops Suspect Parents In Missing British Girl Case

Some Portuguese papers said Kate McCann's cool and composed demeanor throughout the investigation was a sign of her guilt.

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Some Portuguese papers said Kate McCann's cool and composed demeanor throughout the investigation was a sign of her guilt.

This is pretty damning evidence. Call off the search. Gaol the mother and father. End of story.

(Perhaps Kate and Gerry McCann's relative composure in public has something to do with being middle class educated. Perhaps they do their crying in private, they dont blubb to camera at every opportunity, or go on Jerry Springer and wail).

What is it that causes such vindictiveness, hatred & hysteria in normally reasonable people?

Bloody hell!

I'm shocked at (some) people on this thread, all based on rumour and press snippets.

Want a length of rope?

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Why not just keep your gob shut?

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msolga wrote:

What is it that causes such vindictiveness, hatred & hysteria in normally reasonable people?

I think it just has to do with too many of these kinds of incidents where a child has gone missing or is murdered, and our hearts go out to the crying parents, only to find out later that they were responsible.
Also, given the predatory climate we live in, we are angered by parents that take such a blase attitude toward keeping their children safe.

There is a difference between healthy debate and condemnation without evidence.

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Children being abducted from their beds, though, feels fairly common -- Jessica Lundsford, Polly Klaas, Elizabeth Smart -- and none of them turned out to have been murdered by their parents.

This paper addresses the two foremost myths of child abduction: (1) that it is generally committed by strangers; and (2) that the phenomenon is a growing problem. These commonly held views are considered in light of the extant empirical knowledge base, including the recently released NISMART-2 study. Research indicates that stranger abduction occurs less frequently than family abduction or acquaintance abduction; stereotypical stranger abductions are rarer still, and stereotypical stranger abductions resulting in homicide are extraordinarily rare. There is no evidence of a stranger-abduction epidemic, and there is no clear evidence for a child abduction epidemic overall. There is, however, strong evidence that parental abduction is widespread. Assessment of the extant knowledge base suggests the need for: (1) national longitudinal studies with consistent typologies and methodologies which could determine the scope and trend of child abduction; (2) increased efforts to verify interview data to avoid overestimation; (3) theoretical construction to predict/explain abduction behaviors; and (4) migration of new elaborated typologies into NIBRS and especially UCR data collection.

.....and the case in the early 80's of Diane Downs who shot her three kids in her car because they interferred in her relationship with her lover.
That story was made into a movie with Farrah Fawcett.

It probably was an abduction. But it wouldn't have happened if they'd been more vigilant in keeping their kids safe in a foreign country. I don't see how anyone can argue that fact.