[Niamh.]

Also Kaz, in support of the idea that Maddie and the Twins could have been sedated :

(Taken from Pat Brownes Book)
Were the twins sedated on the night of 3rd May 2007 ?

The question of sedation of the three McCann children is one which has caused problems
since the very beginning.
Reported facts.
Around 10 pm 3rd May 2007 Kate McCann entered the apartment in the holiday resort and
reported Madeleine missing. The younger twins were still in their travel cots in the same
room, and were asleep.
What followed is a matter of public record. The apartment was searched, several times, by
many people, the surrounding area was searched by large numbers of police and ex-pats
and villagers, and huge amount of activity was directed to discovering Madeleine’s
whereabouts. All were in vain.

BUT . . . during all of this commotion -
despite a window and shutters having been open for an hour on a cold night,
despite the door slamming shut,
despite curtains blowing into the room,
despite their mother frantically opening and closing wardrobes and cupboards
despite their mother rushing out screaming for help,
despite the entire Tapas 7 group searching throughout the apartment,
despite Kate and the Tapas group shouting Madeleine’s name outside,
despite Gerry McCann’s closing and opening the shutters multiple times
despite Mrs Webster’s similarly attempting to open the shutters but failing,
despite the Police investigating the scene,
despite Gerry’s “roaring like a lion” and then prostrating himself on the floor,
despite both parents repeating this action and wailing
despite Kate’s checking the twins for vital signs,
despite the twins being lifted from their cots by people not their parents, and
despite their being carried out into the cold night air, and to another apartment. [1.1]


Despite all of this . . . the twins did not wake