[Ammi]

..I do think that they were extremely negligent, I don't think that the children should have been left alone, it's inconceivable to me that a parent could do that, not only once but again after Madeleine told them that she had woken the night before but they have had seven years already of having to live with that, with what they did...and seven years of not knowing where there daughter is or what happened to her, that in itself must be the worst sort of 'punishment' that a parent could have..the not knowing...I would think that they're their own 'torturers', they don't need anyone to constantly judge them because they must judge themselves every single day ...what good would them being charged and possibly convicted of negligence do for Madeleine..it wouldn't change anything but it would mean that their other children wouldn't have their parents if they did have to serve prison time...how would that be a good thing for any of them....

..I honestly think that Kate especially was 'judged' by many of the public almost from the minute it was known that Madeleine had been taken because she didn't 'look as though she was grieving' enough...but who's to say what someone who is grieving should look like, is there a certain way that people are expected to be..?...no, everyone is different and copes with their emotions differently...yes, they may have been negligent, I have no idea what they were thinking by leaving her alone, in my opinion it was completely wrong but it's been seven years, surely enough is enough and they've suffered enough judgement as well as the heartbreak of losing their daughter and not knowing what happened to her....