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Originally Posted by Jamie89
I felt a similar way but Niamh kind of changed my mind on it lol... there is really strong evidence against them but no evidence that supports the abduction theory. I haven't read up on it as much as some others but I think there's reasons why they have never been charged that are more to do with procedural errors, and I don't think they've ever actually been cleared of wrong doing.
I thought that was the main factor in suspicions against the McCanns too (and tbh a lot of people would probably suspect them due to that regardless so it's not that it's untrue), but I do think this case is very different to any other examples, and there is very good reason to suspect them. And I think the opposite could also be said, that some people don't want to believe that parents could do something like that, so basing it on emotions about the case rather than the actual evidence.
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I honestly don't know, it's a very difficult one - you may be right that emotions can get in the way.
The public don't have a good track record on their reaction to cases like this and I find it very difficult to believe Maddie's parents would have either harmed their daughter or tried to cover up an accident or poor decision on their part i.e. Drugging her.
In this case I do prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt until concrete evidence proves me wrong.