Madeleine McCann suspect

Romola did you say that about George Floyd as well when that made and with demonstrations following, headline news. News is news.

What is equally sad is how many people will and are coming out of the wood work and putting in their two pence worth in...when fingers crossed this family are getting closer to finding out what happened. Speculation! And now maybe at last they have some hard facts about this evil person responsible.

I have a good friend who lives in the same village as the McCanns and has occasionally spoken to Kate and sees her driving sometimes. She said she looks haunted.

I do hope, after all the false leads, that this one brings some closure, regardless of what that means. Apart from the unbearable loss, the not knowing has been torture for them.

How can anyone possibly think that the MCanns would have been responsible for their daughter's death?
The whole idea is beyond weird. I remember people at the time even criticised Kate for wearing different tops every time she was shown on TV. And they also thought she was not looking too upset considering that her little daughter was missing.
No matter what they did after that someone was always pointing the finger. It must have been very difficult for them to see patients at work. Poor couple, poor little girl.
I just hope the German admits to doing it.

My son made the comment that others have made, that Maddie and her sibiling shouldn't have been left alone but I reminded him that we used to sit in our garden when he was a baby, and that was no closer in terms of distance. We didn't think anyone would steal our child and trusted the world. As babies, many of my generation were parked outside in the pram for a sleep, either in the garden or outside a shop (there are stories of Mums coming home with the shopping and only then remembering the pram is still outside the butchers) personally never gone that far and have a different style of childrearing, but it wasn't uncommon!

I hope that this latest news may bring an answer as to what happened to Maddie. However, I think there are still too many unanswered questions from that night. I thought then and still think now that the behaviour of the parents was strange to say the least.

And, by the way, I think it's horrible the way that nearly all the papers are running this story all over their front pages. And it's been headline news on the BBC as well.
This is a tragic story, almost in the classical sense (fatal error leading to awful retribution) but truly it has no relevance to the urgent situation brought about by the pandemic.
With honorable exceptions, the press and media as usual pander to our worst tastes.

Why do so many people blame the victims in every situation, not just this one?

If anything we have been made aware about stranger danger so thank you McCanns.

Although I yearn for a more trusting innocent childhood for our DGC.

When my DC were babies, nobody ever thought about kidnap. I left them in their prams outside shops. I left them asleep outside the house. I was much more concerned that a cat might jump in the pram and suffocate them.
They walked to school by themselves from about the age of 5. Don't give me that about your being perfect parents rubbish!.

Back to the investigation: I can't understand why the change of the car number plates the day after she went missing wasn't clocked immediately.

all these holier than thou, have you never made a mistake? They will die with regret, they should not be trolled. They have suffered enough, let them be

Just a thought but perhaps she refused to answer questions because she was aware the police thought she was responsible. The local police handled the whole thing very badly, allowing anyone to enter the apartment before checking for forensic evidence etc. I think they chose to try to try to blame Kate as a cover up for their own incompetence.

I certainly do not accept that it was common to leave small children alone in the evenings in holiday accommodation whilst the parents went out.

I don’t know anyone who did that. We either ate early and took them with us, or used the hotel nanny service.

I agree catta5 How could educated people think it was OK to leave three young children by themselves in a strange room in a strange country? I cannot help thinking that if this was a family on benefits or a single parent they would have been prosecuted for neglect - there would have been a lot more censure, and a great deal less effort to solve the case. It was tragic for the family but a tragedy brought about by their own irresponsible behaviour

I only hope this is closure for a couple that are filled with guilt. Some of these comments are only worthy of the bin.

I also was completely baffled by Kate’s refusal to answer some police questions.

Wouldn’t she want to do all she could to assist them?

I was also puzzled about why the friends’ version of events that evening didn’t tally.

There’s a nasty picture doing the rounds of Dom and PM intimating that the McCann news deflects from the Dom issue. I thought it was clever (but probably offensive to regular people)
I still suspect the mother for which I will probably be water boarded.

I wonder if he has spoken to a cell mate. Madeline disappeared on my granddaughters second birthday, and I think about her on May 3rd. I would have never left my children on their own, but to have to live with that must be beyond dreadful.

The McCanns have been and are still going through a traumatic time. However I cannot forget that they left a three year old and even younger toddler twins alone in the apartment while they went out with their friends, without even a baby alarm. Anything could have happened that they would not have known about and sadly it did. They have certainly been punished for this. UK social services would have been very hard on them if they had left their children unattended. They are partly to blame for this tragedy.

I cannot get it out of my head that when Kate was made a suspect in the case and was interviewed, her only reply was ‘no comment’ all the way through. That is not the normal behaviour for an innocent person. Then, the fact that the first call Gerry made was to Gordon Brown? Kate went off to play tennis the next day? I would have been distraught to even consider doing that for a long, long, time. Maddie crying the previous night because she’d woken up and nobody to comfort her? Yet, they went out again leaving them alone?
Sorry, too many loose threads for me to believe the parent’s innocence.
Poor, poor, Maddie!

In fact I would also add, we have been in hotels where there were baby listening serices which we availed ourselves of in a few places. We were incredibly lucky our first child, he always went out like a light from a few months. We were one of the fortunate couples who got through a meal in the hotel dining room without anyone coming to tell us "your baby is awake and crying" So yes that was common practice, don't know if it still is.

Feel very sorry for the parents. The guilt must have been unbearable all these years. Who hasn't been tempted to pop out for something while their child was sleeping? But we don't do we? I hope this whole thing might be resolved at last but I have the feeling it will remain one of those tragic mysteries...

Almost the worst thing that can happen to parents is to lose a child; the absolutely worst thing is to lose a child and not know what has happened - and that has been the fate of Madeleine's parents every day since she disappeared. The mental torture of blaming yourself, as you would whatever the circumstances, and the terrible nightmares and thoughts must be never ending. I remember Genette Tate, who disappeared and her bike was found with the wheel still turning, and other children who have gone without trace. The worst cruelty that life can inflict, and my heart goes out to them whenever they are shown in the media. Madeleine's siblings will not have had a happy normal life either - let us hope that at least now they can discover what happened and perhaps have the chance to bury their child at home - but how likely is that if the depraved individual 'isn't talking'?

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The police are talking about murder so sadly it seems they know she is dead. My heart breaks for her parents. They paid a terrible price for their mistake.

Yes I'm another who agrees with mumofmadboys and co., I won't judge the McCanns, insomuch as I wasn't always the perfect parent, it's hard to attain that state. Parenting was and is a learning curve, having to adapt to whatever stage they we find ourselves, not that I'm saying I left my children, but with hindsight there are things I would have done differently.

Canklekitten when we first went to Spain and Portugal 30 odd years ago it was very common for couples to leave their children in hotel rooms and go to a nearby restaurant for dinner.They took turns to check on them during the evening.We used to get told frequently to just leave our daughter in our room,as she would be "fine".We wouldn't have left her at home where she was surrounded by her own things never mind in a strange place,but many many couples did .

Pointing out that parents should make appropriate arrangements for their children isn't being judgemental but factual. Surely being a parent means considering those things ?
I have had to attend case conferences in respect of clients who were also clients of social services ( children's services) and often the parents thought it was ok to go to the pub and leave the children alone . What is the difference between them and the McCanns? Not a lot.
It has been reported that Madeleine asked her mother 'where were you last night when I cried?' , but they still chose to leave the children alone .
Yes, I feel immense sympathy for Madeleine; she was let down badly by her parents . She could just as easily harmed herself when left by herself , or wandered off. We don't know what happened .
Parents are expected to protect their children and that is the bottom line.