Cops Suspect Parents In Missing British Girl Case

The british press has lost their minds. Until such time as it becomes clear what happened to this kid we don't know if the parents had anything to do with it. Parents often kill their kids. Parents should always be suspected until they are ruled out, the press suggesting that they might have done it is completely fair.

Did they pay up because they are sacrificing principle for a cheaper option, or because the courts might have ruled against them??

Parents often kill their kids. Parents should always be suspected until they are ruled out...

The british press has lost their minds

hawkeye10 wrote:

The british press has lost their minds. Until such time as it becomes clear what happened to this kid we don't know if the parents had anything to do with it. Parents often kill their kids. Parents should always be suspected until they are ruled out, the press suggesting that they might have done it is completely fair.

Did they pay up because they are sacrificing principle for a cheaper option, or because the courts might have ruled against them??

It seems like they are not the only ones. This must be one of the craziest posts I've read for a while:

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The Numbers
Children under the age of 5 in the United States are more likely to be killed by their parents than anyone else. Contrary to popular mythology, they are rarely killed by a sex-crazed stranger. FBI crime statistics show that in 1999 parents were responsible for 57 percent of these murders, with family friends and acquaintances accounting for another 30 percent and other family members accounting for 8 percent. Crime statistics further reveal that of the children under 5 killed from 1976 to 1999, 30 percent were murdered by their mothers while 31 percent were killed by their fathers. And while the strangers, acquaintances, and other family members who kill children skew heavily toward males (as does the entire class of murderers), children are as likely to be murdered by their fathers as by their mother

He's right (this time), sadly..

I'm not surprised about the statistics. When Hawkeye earlier wrote, "Parents should always be suspected until they are ruled out", that may have seemed bloodcurdlingly cynical, but unfortunately, it's also just a correct reflection of reality.

Steve 41oo wrote:

hawkeye10 wrote:

The british press has lost their minds. Until such time as it becomes clear what happened to this kid we don't know if the parents had anything to do with it. Parents often kill their kids. Parents should always be suspected until they are ruled out, the press suggesting that they might have done it is completely fair.

Did they pay up because they are sacrificing principle for a cheaper option, or because the courts might have ruled against them??

It seems like they are not the only ones. This must be one of the craziest posts I've read for a while:

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Parents often kill their kids. Parents should always be suspected until they are ruled out...

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The british press has lost their minds

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You should read some of his other posts, Steve. They're all gems like this one.

Every year about 300 American parents are killed by their child aged kids.

While tabloid television has brought us closer to the everyday horrors of our society, nothing still shocks as much as a child killing a parent or step-parent. Such an act, though thought uncommon, is almost a daily event in the United States. Between 1977 and 1986, more than 300 parents were killed each year by their own children

It's to do with legalities, I think. Newspapers shouldn't publish such (sensational & incriminating, in this case) allegations without any substantiating evidence. It might sell a lot of newspapers, but ...
In any case, the allegations could be wrong.