[spacebandit]

Originally posted by Jack

I agree that the McCanns could have killed Madeleine and hidden her body before they allegedly found her missing but that doesn't explain the blood found in the hire car which was hired 4 weeks after she apparently went missing.

Easily explained, the Portugese Police were incompetent and un-professional, they were clearly swept up in the "abduction" story, and only too willing to jump all over an expat Britain as the culprit.

No-one wanted to believe the parents could be responsible - and it wouldn't suprise me if the portugese police were not hugely releived to have a non-portugese suspect.

As soon as they take the gloves off and start investigating properly two things happen

The parents become suspects

after months of saying they would never leave, and days after saying they would stay to clear themselves, they run back to UK, where, according to Gerry McCanns sister on BBC News they arecall so releived that the press are so supportinve of them and are dismissing the allegations against them.

They ran to where the media is tamest