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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

admirable after what she has had to endure

It is probably quite tough when your husband pressures you into covering up the negligent death of your child to be fair.

I'm not even being entirely flippant. This is 100% what I believe to have happened to Madeleine but I always have suspected that Kate would have simply called the authorities and admitted what happened (they left them in the room, she died accidentally) and the kidnapping/murder charade is Gerry's. Easy to convince someone who is in shock to go along with a lie, and once a lie has started, it becomes harder and harder to get out of .